"The board recognises the transition the company is going through and the important part the chief executive officer plays in the successful delivery of the strategy he set in 2018," Fletcher's annual report says.
At a media conference, Taylor was asked whether he had been head hunted while at Fletcher.
"No, I haven't and I'm very engaged in what we're doing here at Fletcher Building. That was the attraction for coming into this role," he replied.
Taylor joined the company in November 2017 and received total cash and benefits of $1.27 million through to June 30, 2018 plus a short-term incentive of $1.46 million in September last year. He was also awarded a long-term incentive of 182,561 shares worth $2 million based on a $7.34 share price.
Under the long-term incentive plan, executives purchase shares at the nominated price using an interest-free loan from the company and the shares are held by a trustee until they vest after three years, if performance criteria are met, including total shareholder returns. If performance targets aren't met after three years, the period is extended another 12 months.
If the targets are met, the company pays a bonus equal to the interest-free loan and the executive takes possession of the shares.
If the targets aren't met, the shares are forfeited with the proceeds used to repay the interest-free loan.
Fletcher's chair, Bruce Hassall, who took over from Sept. 1 last year, will receive $367,200 base remuneration in the year that began July 1 this year, up from $360,000 between Oct. 25, 2018 and June 30 this year.
Non-executive directors will also receive $142,800 this year, up from $140,000 between Oct. 25, 2018 and June 30 this year and up from $132,800 between Oct. 25, 2017 and Oct. 24, 2018.
These amounts don't include additional payments for chairing and sitting on board subcommittees which remain unchanged from last year.
Fletcher posted a $164 million annual net profit, a turnaround from the previous year's loss and the first year of a five-year refocusing strategy to grow the business, the company said.
Fletcher's net profit for the year ended June compares with a net loss of $190 million the previous year.
Earnings before interest and tax came in at $631 million, within guidance of $620-650 million, compared with $50 million the previous year.
However, ebit from the building products division fell to $127 million from $132 million the previous year, ebit from the distribution division was unchanged at $104 million, steel division ebit fell to $33 million from $49 million and concrete ebit fell to $84 million from $90 million.
The residential and development division was the lone bright spot, lifting ebit by $1 million to $137 million, while the construction division returned to profit with ebit of $47 million.
The last "normal" year for the construction division, before it began reporting massive losses totaling nearly $1 billion from its Building+Interiors high-rise unit, was in the year ended June, 2016 when ebit was $78 million.
Fletcher's Australian business produced ebit of $57 million, down from $114 million the previous year.
(BusinessDesk)
