Additional Information in accordance with Section 315a of the German Commercial Code (HGB)
Compensation of the Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA for the financial year 2016 amounted to €1,901,667 plus statutory value-added tax. Members of the Executive Board received total remuneration in the reporting period of €29,098,221, including €16,451,543 from Bertelsmann Management SE. Former members of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann Management SE and Bertelsmann AG and their surviving dependents received compensation of €5,876,338, including €5,498,548 from Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. The provision for pension obligations to former members of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG and Bertelsmann Management SE accrued at Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Bertelsmann Management SE amounts to €81,914,919. The members of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board are listed in „Boards/Mandates“.
The fees for the Group auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft totaled €7 million during the financial year. Thereof, €5 million was due to fees for the audit of the financial statements, and €2 million was due to other audit-related services. PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft was paid a total of less than €1 million for tax consulting services. Fees for further services also totaled less than €1 million.
The following table shows the number of employees as of December 31, 2016, and on an annual average:
Number of Employees
| Number of employees (closing date) | Number of employees (average) | |
|---|---|---|
| RTL Group | 13,150 | 13,015 |
| Penguin Random House | 10,594 | 10,524 |
| Gruner + Jahr | 10,877 | 10,968 |
| BMG | 597 | 576 |
| Arvato | 68,463 | 67,546 |
| Bertelsmann Printing Group | 8,138 | 8,216 |
| Bertelsmann Education Group | 1,488 | 1,515 |
| Bertelsmann Investments | 28 | 26 |
| Corporate | 3,099 | 3,101 |
| Total | 116,434 | 115,487 |
