Kontron Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Kontron's CEO is Hannes Niederhauser, appointed in Jan 2011, has a tenure of 13.25 years. total yearly compensation is €10.00K, comprised of 80% salary and 20% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 2.22% of the company’s shares, worth €26.08M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.6 years and 3.8 years respectively.

Key information

Hannes Niederhauser

Chief executive officer

€10.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	80.0%
CEO tenure	13.3yrs
CEO ownership	2.2%
Management average tenure	1.6yrs
Board average tenure	3.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Hannes Niederhauser's remuneration changed compared to Kontron's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	€10k	€8k	€75m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	€16m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	€3m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-€6m
Dec 31 2022	€935k	€7k	-€12m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	€32m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	€34m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	€30m
Dec 31 2021	€19k	€7k	€30m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	€46m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	€51m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	€56m
Dec 31 2020	€1m	€7k	€56m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	€52m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	€51m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	€49m
Dec 31 2019	€269k	€7k	€49m

Compensation vs Market: Hannes's total compensation ($USD10.70K) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.62M).

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

CEO

Hannes Niederhauser (61 yo)

13.3yrs

Tenure

€10,000

Compensation

Dipl. -Ing. Hannes Niederhauser Dipl. Ing. serves as Chairman of Management Board & Chief Executive Officer at KATEK SE since 2024 and was its Member of the Supervisory Board since April 07, 2021 until Jan...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Hannes Niederhauser	Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO	13.3yrs	€10.00k	2.22% € 26.1m
Clemens Billek	CFO & Member of Executive Board	1.9yrs	€329.00k	no data
Michael Riegert	COO of IoT Solutions Europe Segment & Member of Executive Board	2.3yrs	€171.00k	0.017% € 202.7k
Hannes Griesser	Vice President of Group Accounting	1.3yrs	no data	no data
Christoph Neumann	Vice President of Technology	no data	no data	no data
Barbara Jeitler	Head of the Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Department	less than a year	no data	no data
Michael Jeske	CIO & EVP of Services Austria	1.3yrs	€251.00k	no data
Steve Chen	Executive Vice President of Asia	no data	no data	no data
Olga Sinenko	Executive Vice President of Smart Energy	no data	no data	no data
Robert Courteau	Executive Vice President of America	no data	no data	no data
Bernhard Gunthner	Executive Vice President of IoT Software	no data	no data	no data
Saso Berger	Executive Vice President of Communications	no data	no data	no data

1.6yrs

Average Tenure

56.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KTN's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Claudia Badstöber	Independent Chair of the Supervisory Board	3.8yrs	€123.00k	0.0032% € 38.0k
Bernhard Chwatal	Independent First Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board	10.9yrs	€123.00k	no data
Fu-Chuan Chu	Second Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board	6.8yrs	€85.00k	no data
You-Mei Wu	Supervisory Board Member	2.8yrs	€68.00k	no data
Joseph Fijak	Supervisory Board Member	1.9yrs	€65.00k	no data

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KTN's board of directors are considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).

Kontron Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Kontron Ag Announces CFO Changes

Recent updates

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

Kontron AG (XTRA:SANT) concluded an agreement to acquire 59.42656% stake in KATEK SE (XTRA:KTEK) from Primepulse SE for approximately €130 million.

Kontron AG (XTRA:SANT) concluded an agreement to acquire 59.42656% stake in KATEK SE (XTRA:KTEK) from Primepulse SE for approximately €130 million.

Kontron AG Increases Earnings Guidance for the Financial Year 2023

Kontron AG to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Aug 07, 2024

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Kontron AG (XTRA:SANT) agreed to acquire Hartmann Electronic Gmbh and W-IE-NE-R Power Electronics Corp. from Phoenix Mecano AG (SWX:PMN) for €22.1 million.

Kontron Develops the New Linux Based SecureOS Operating System That Provides Security and Data Protection for IoT Solutions in Critical Areas

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: €0.28 (vs €0.14 in 2Q 2022)

Kontron and ThinKom Deliver Exceptional Network Flexibility with Readily Available Ka-band SATCOM Antenna Platform

Kontron AG Approves Dividend for Financial Year 2022, Payable on May 31, 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: €0.26 (vs €0.18 in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Kontron AG (XTRA:SANT) completed the acquisition of Arce Mobility Solutions S.A.U. from Kapsch TrafficCom AG (WBAG:KTCG).

Axians completed the acquisition of IT services business of Kontron AG from Kontron AG (XTRA:SANT).

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: €0.089 (vs €0.16 in 3Q 2021)

Kontron AG (XTRA:SANT) agreed to acquire Arce Mobility Solutions..

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Kontron Ag Announces CFO Changes

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: €0.20 (vs €0.16 in 2Q 2021)

Kontron Introduces the D3723-R mITX Industrial Motherboard At Embedded World 2022

Upcoming dividend of €0.35 per share

Upcoming dividend of €0.35 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

S&T AG Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS €0.16 (vs €0.18 in 3Q 2020)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS €0.16 (vs €0.15 in 2Q 2020)

S&T AG Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2021 and 2023

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS €0.16 (vs €0.15 in 1Q 2020)

S&T AG Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2021

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS €0.86 (vs €0.75 in FY 2019)

S&T AG to Report First Half, 2021 Results on Aug 05, 2021

New 90-day high: €22.80

New 90-day high: €21.16

S&T AG to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Mar 25, 2021

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: EPS €0.18

S&T AG Raises Earnings Guidance for the Year of 2020

Market bids up stock over the past week

Market pulls back on stock over the past week

New 90-day low: €17.54

Charles Dickson acquired a 25% stake in Gericom AG (DB: GRO).

New 90-day low: €21.74

S&T AG (XTRA:SANT) completed the acquisition of 0.75% stake in Kontron S&T AG for €28.9 million.

Price target raised to €29.75

S&T AG (XTRA:SANT) completed the acquisition of Iskratel, d.o.o.

Earnings released

New 90-day high - €25.04

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