Company: IPAR
Filing Date: 2025-03-11
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001753926-25-000424
Chunk: 68

Company: INTERPARFUMS INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-11
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 10
Chunk 68
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 responsibility, skills and experience of each executive officer. 

 For executive officers of United States based operations, the bulk of their annual compensation is in base salary including a fee paid to the holding company for Mr. Madar for services rendered outside the United States. However, for executive officers of European based operations, base salary comprises a smaller percentage of overall compensation. We have paid a lower percentage of overall compensation in the form of base salary to executive officers of European based operations for several years, principally because European based operations historically have had higher profitability than United States operations, and European based operations are run differently from United States operations by the Chief Executive Officer of European based operations, Mr. Benacin. As the result of this historically higher profitability, European based operations have had the ability to pay higher bonus compensation in addition to base salary. As bonus compensation is and has historically been discretionary, no targets were set in order to maintain flexibility. Further, if results of operations for European based operations were not satisfactory (again, no target amounts were set to maintain flexibility), then bonus compensation, as well as overall compensation could be lowered without otherwise affecting base salary. Further still, by keeping annual bonus compensation at a higher percentage of overall compensation and base salary at a lower percentage, our company benefits because the base amount for annual salary adjustments would be smaller. Finally, initial executive compensation matters for Interparfums SA are authorized by an independent committee, the Interparfums SA Corporate Governance, Nominations and Remuneration Committee (the “IPSA Remuneration Committee”). 

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For 2024, Mr. Benacin received a base salary of $821,500, as compared to $795,000 in 2023. Included in this amount are payments made to Mr. Benacin’s holding company of $250,000 for each year. This same consulting fee has been paid for more than each of the past three years, in accordance with the consulting agreement with Mr. Benacin’s holding company, which provides for review on an annual basis of the amount of compensation payable to such company.

The Compensation Committee considered the following salient factors in ratifying Mr. Benacin’s base compensation that was approved by the IPSA Remuneration Committee, and in authorizing payment to Mr. Benacin’s holding company; services rendered to United States based operations for several years by Mr. Benacin in connection with licensing and distribution of international brands, as well as future services to be performed by Mr. Benacin internationally relating to licensing and distribution of international