Costa Group Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Costa Group Holdings' CEO is Harry Debney, appointed in Sep 2022, has a tenure of 1.42 years. directly owns 0.082% of the company’s shares, worth A$1.21M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.1 years and 6.4 years respectively.

Key information

Harry Debney

Chief executive officer

AU$131.6k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	1.4yrs
CEO ownership	0.08%
Management average tenure	3.1yrs
Board average tenure	6.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Harry Debney's remuneration changed compared to Costa Group Holdings's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jul 02 2023	n/a	n/a	AU$22m
Apr 02 2023	n/a	n/a	AU$28m
Jan 01 2023	AU$132k	n/a	AU$34m
Oct 01 2022	n/a	n/a	AU$38m
Jul 03 2022	n/a	n/a	AU$42m
Apr 03 2022	n/a	n/a	AU$42m
Dec 26 2021	AU$257k	n/a	AU$41m
Sep 26 2021	n/a	n/a	AU$48m
Jun 27 2021	n/a	n/a	AU$55m
Mar 27 2021	n/a	n/a	AU$58m
Dec 27 2020	AU$1m	AU$1m	AU$61m
Sep 27 2020	n/a	n/a	AU$14m
Jun 28 2020	n/a	n/a	-AU$33m
Mar 28 2020	n/a	n/a	-AU$35m
Dec 29 2019	AU$1m	AU$1m	-AU$36m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	AU$45m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	AU$45m
Dec 30 2018	AU$1m	AU$501k	AU$45m
Jul 01 2018	n/a	n/a	AU$115m
Apr 01 2018	n/a	n/a	AU$112m
Dec 31 2017	n/a	n/a	AU$108m
Sep 30 2017	n/a	n/a	AU$83m
Jun 25 2017	AU$2m	AU$953k	AU$58m

Compensation vs Market: Harry's total compensation ($USD86.34K) is below average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD1.00M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Harry's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Harry Debney

1.4yrs

Tenure

AU$131,564

Compensation

Mr. Harry George Debney, BAppSc (Hons) serves as Director at Costa Group Holdings Limited since September 26,2022 and served as its Non-Executive Director since July 01,2021 until September 26,2022. He ser...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Harry Debney	Interim CEO & Director	1.4yrs	AU$131.56k	0.082% A$ 1.2m
Wayne Johnston	Chief Financial Officer	3.7yrs	AU$500.91k	no data
Marc Werner	Group COO & Deputy CEO	1.4yrs	AU$625.96k	no data
Mark Brown	Chief Information Officer	3.1yrs	no data	no data
David Thomas	General Counsel & Company Secretary	11.6yrs	no data	no data
Carl Phillips	Chief People Officer	9.7yrs	no data	no data
Kirsty Deglas	Chief Strategy Officer	1.6yrs	no data	no data

3.1yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: CGC's management team is considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Harry Debney	Interim CEO & Director	2.6yrs	AU$131.56k	0.082% A$ 1.2m
Peter Margin	Independent Non-Executive Director	8.7yrs	AU$164.78k	0.020% A$ 302.1k
Neil Chatfield	Independent Chairman	12.3yrs	AU$269.11k	0.10% A$ 1.5m
Elizabeth Wilson	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.8yrs	AU$148.69k	0.0093% A$ 138.5k
Janette Kendall	Independent Non-Executive Director	7.3yrs	AU$151.82k	0.0092% A$ 135.9k
Timothy Goldsmith	Independent Non-Executive Director	5.4yrs	AU$170.50k	0.016% A$ 234.2k

6.4yrs

Average Tenure

63.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: CGC's board of directors are considered experienced (6.4 years average tenure).

Costa Group Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces CEO Changes, with Effect from 26 September 2022

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$57k worth of stock

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces Appointment of Sean Hallahan as New CEO

Recent updates

Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund VI a fund managed by Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC, Driscoll's, Inc. and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation completed the acquisition of remaining 85.16% stake in Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC).

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.055 (vs AU$0.081 in 1H 2022)

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Aug 25, 2023

Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC made unsolicited, confidential, non-binding indicative proposal to acquire remaining 85.16% stake in Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) for AUD 1.4 billion.

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 25%

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.05 per share at 3.4% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Feb 21, 2023

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces CEO Changes, with Effect from 26 September 2022

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.04 per share

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.082 (vs AU$0.093 in 1H 2021)

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces Dividend for the Period of Six Months Ended July 3, 2022, Payable on 6 October, 2022

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Aug 26, 2022

Costa Group Holdings Limited Declares Fully Franked Final Dividend for the Second Half of CY2021

Costa Group Holdings Limited Declares Fully Franked Final Dividend for the Second Half of CY2021

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.05 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Costa Group Holdings Limited Declares Ordinary Dividend for the Six Months Ended December 26, 2021, Payable on 7 April 2022

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$57k worth of stock

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$0.093 (vs AU$0.11 in 1H 2020)

Costa Group Holdings Limited Confirms Earnings Guidance for the Calendar Year 2021

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) completed the acquisition of Business and Assets of 2PH Farms Pty Ltd.

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) entered into binding agreement to acquire Business and Assets of 2PH Farms Pty Ltd for approximately AUD 200 million.

Costa Group Holdings Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Half and Full Year of 2021

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) signed a conditional agreement to acquire farming operations of KW Orchards citrus farm.

Upcoming Dividend of AU$0.05 Per Share

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS AU$0.15 (vs AU$0.11 loss in FY 2019)

Revenue beats expectations

New 90-day high: AU$4.38

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Feb 22, 2021

New 90-day high: AU$4.17

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces Appointment of Sean Hallahan as New CEO

New 90-day high: AU$3.94

New 90-day high: AU$3.68

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) signed an agreement to acquire citrus and wine assets from Murray River Organics Group Limited (ASX:MRG) for AUD 4.5 million.

Upcoming Dividend of AU$0.04 Per Share

First half earnings released

New 90-day high - AU$3.32

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report First Half, 2020 Results on Aug 28, 2020

CEO Compensation Analysis

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