39. Personnel expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Personnel Expenses

39. Personnel expenses

39. Personnel expenses

a) Breakdown

The breakdown of “Personnel expenses” is as follows:

Thousand of reais	2020	2019	2018
Wages and salaries	5,730,779	5,876,328	5,812,688
Social security costs	1,222,352	1,276,620	1,404,537
Benefits	1,390,044	1,491,485	1,387,078
Defined benefit pension plans (note 22)	6,892	10,917	8,939
Contributions to defined contribution pension plans	117,216	131,885	131,388
Share-based compensation	19,348	88,248	58,050
Training	49,037	66,215	62,756
Other personnel expenses	335,813	386,016	340,571
Total	8,871,481	9,327,714	9,206,007

b) Share-Based Compensation

Banco Santander has long-terms compensation plans linked to the market price of the shares. The members of the Executive Board of Banco Santander are eligible for these plans, as well as other members selected by the Board of Directors, whose selection will take into account seniority of the group. For the Board of Directors members in order to be eligible, it is necessary to exercise Executive Board functions. These amounts are recorded under Other liabilities (Note 24) and personnel expenses (Note 39.a).

b.1) Local and Global Program

Program	Plan			Vesting Period	Period of Exercise/Settlement
Local	Santander Brasil Bank Shares			01/2019 to 12/2021 01/2020 to 12/2022 2019 to 2023	03/2022 and 03/2023 03/2023 and 03/2024 2022 and 2023
Global	Santander Spain Shares and Options			01/2020 to 12/2022	03/2023 and 03/2025
Program	Liquidity Type	Vesting Period	Period of Exercise/Settlement	01/01 to 12/31/2020	01/01 to 12/31/2019
Local	Santander Brasil Bank Shares	01/2019 to 12/2021 01/2020 to 12/2022 2019 to 2023	03/2022 and 03/2023 03/2023 and 03/2024 2022 and 2023	R$ 4,916,667 (*) R$ 9,440,000 (*) 841,446 SANB11	R$ 4,916,667 (*) R$ 9,440,000 (*) 841,446 SANB11
Global	Santander Spain Shares and Options	01/2020 to 12/2022	03/2023 and 03/2025	318,478 SAN 1,664,983 opções s/ SAN	318,478 SAN 1,664,983 opções s/ SAN
Balance of Plans on December 31, 2020				R$ 14,356,667 841,446 SANB11 318,478 SAN 1,664,983 opções s/ SAN	R$ 14,356,667 841,446 SANB11 318,478 SAN 1,664,983 opções s/ SAN

Our long-term programs are divided into Local and Global plans, with specific performance indicators and conditions for maintaining the participant's employment relationship until the payment date in order to be entitled to the receipt

The payment of the plans is calculated based on the percentage of achievement of the indicators applied on the reference value (target), with the Local plans being paid in SANB11 units and the Global plans in shares and options of Grupo Santander (SAN).

Each participant has a reference value defined in cash, converted into SANB11 units or into Santander Group (SAN) shares and options, usually at the price of the last 15 trading sessions of the month immediately prior to the grant of each plan, At the end of the vesting period, the resulting shares are delivered with a 1-year restriction, and this payment is still subject to the application of the Malus / Clawback clauses, which may reduce or cancel the shares to be delivered in cases of non-compliance with internal rules and exposure excessive risks.

Impact on Results

The impacts on the result are recorded in the Personnel Expenses item, as follows:

Program	Liquidity Type	01/01 to 12/31/2020
Local	Santander Brasil Bank Shares	10,776
Global	Santander Spain Shares and Options	846

b.2) Variable Remuneration Referenced to Shares

In the long-term incentive plan (deferral), the requirements for payment of future deferred installments of variable remuneration are determined, considering the long-term sustainable financial bases, including the possibility of applying reductions or cancellations depending on the risks assumed and fluctuations of the cost of capital.

The variable remuneration plan with payment referenced in Banco Santander shares is divided into 2 programs: (i) Identified Collective and (ii) Other Employees. The impacts on the result are recorded in the Personnel Expenses item, as follows:

Program	Participant	Liquidity Type		01/01 to 12/31/2020		01/01 to 12/31/2019
Collective Identified	Members of the Executive Committee, Statutory Officers and other executives who assume significant and responsible risks of control areas	50% in cash indexed to  100% of CDI and 50% in shares (Units SANB11)		103,696		98,441
Unidentified Collective	Management-level employees and employees who are benefited by the Deferral Plan		50% in cash indexed to 100% of CDI and 50% in shares (Units SANB11)	98,069	104,068