D _ Consolidated Financial Statements PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Personnel expenses (PwC GmbH) is the external auditing firm for the Allianz Group. € mn For services rendered by PwC GmbH and the worldwide member 2021 2020 firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL), the Salaries and wages 10,587 9,942 following fees were recognized in the fiscal year: Social security contributions and employee assistance 1,553 1,439 Expenses for pensions and other post-retirement benefits 1,199 1,129 PwC fees Total 13,339 12,509 € mn PwCIL thereof: PwC GmbH 2021 2020 2021 2020 Audit services 53.7 45.6 15.9 13.8 Other attestation services 5.8 4.0 2.3 1.4 Tax services 2.0 3.3 0.1 0.4 Other services 12.4 6.5 1.6 2.7 On 16 December 2021, the Board of Management and the Total 73.8 59.3 19.9 18.3 Supervisory Board of Allianz SE issued the Declaration of Conformity with the German Corporate Governance Code required by § 161 AktG and made it permanently available on the company’s website. Audit services primarily relate to services rendered for the audit of the Allianz Group’s consolidated financial statements, the audit of the statutory financial statements of Allianz SE and its subsidiaries, the As of 31 December 2021, the Board of Management is comprised of audit of the Allianz Group’s Solvency II market value balance sheet as ten members. The following values reflect the full Board of well as those of Allianz SE and its subsidiaries. In addition, a review of Management active in the respective year. the Allianz Group’s consolidated interim financial statements was The sum of the total remuneration of the Allianz SE Board of performed. Management for 2021, excluding pension service cost, amounts to Tax services primarily refer to tax compliance services, other € 39 mn (2020: € 32 mn). services mainly refer to consulting services. The equity-related remuneration in 2021 is comprised of 97,2081 (2020: 81,5612) Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). RSUs with a total fair value of € 17.9 mn (2020: € 13.9 mn) were 43 _ Subsequent events granted to the Board of Management for the year ended 31 December 2021. In 2021, former members of the Board of Management and their dependents received remunerations and other benefits totaling In February 2022, Allianz SE has started a new share buy-back € 10 mn (2020: € 8 mn), while reserves for current pension obligations program with a volume of up to € 1.0 bn. Allianz SE will cancel all and accrued pension rights totaled € 201 mn (2020: € 171 mn). repurchased shares. The total remuneration for all Supervisory Board members, including attendance fees, amounted to € 2.8 mn (2020: € 2.7 mn). As of 31 December 2021, there were no outstanding loans For further information on the Structured Alpha matter please refer to granted by Allianz Group companies to members of the Board of note 37. Management or the Supervisory Board. Board of Management and Supervisory Board compensation by individual is included in the Remuneration Report. 1_The relevant share price used to determine the final number of RSUs granted is only available after the 2_The disclosure in the Annual Report 2020 was based on a best estimate of the RSU grants. The figures sign-off of the Annual Report by the external auditors, thus numbers are based on a best estimate. shown here for 2020 now include the actual fair value as of the grant date (5 March 2021). The value therefore differs from the amount disclosed last year. 182 Annual Report 2021 − Allianz Group
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