| (in € millions) | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Sureties and guarantees | Sureties and guarantees 31/12/20211,106 |
Sureties and guarantees 31/12/2020 258 |
| Retirement benefit obligations | Retirement benefit obligations 31/12/202135 |
Retirement benefit obligations 31/12/2020 37 |
| Total | Total31/12/20211,141 | Total 31/12/2020 295 |
The line item “Sureties and guarantees” relates mainly to the guarantees given on behalf of subsidiaries, by the parent company in favour of financial institutions or directly to their customers. The increase during the year resulted primarily from a guarantee given to VINCI Deutschland.
Retirement benefit obligations comprise lump sums payable on retirement to the parent company’s personnel and supplementary retirement benefits in favour of certain Group employees or company officers in service.
Remuneration, including social benefit charges, recognised in respect of members of Group corporate management bodies, for the share borne by VINCI in 2021, breaks down as follows:
| (in € thousands) | Members of the Executive Committee |
Directors who are not members of the Executive Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Remuneration | Remuneration Members of the Executive Committee 11,180 |
Remuneration Directors who are not members of the Executive Committee - |
| Remuneration as Board members | Remuneration as Board members Members of the Executive Committee - |
Remuneration as Board members Directors who are not members of the Executive Committee 1,298 |
Retirement benefit obligations towards members of corporate governing bodies, corresponding to rights vested as at 31 December 2021, break down as follows:
| (in € thousands) | Members of the Executive Committee |
Directors who are not members of the Executive Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Retirement benefit obligations | Retirement benefit obligations Members of the Executive Committee 28,220 |
Retirement benefit obligations Directors who are not members of the Executive Committee 7,362 |
The members of the corporate governing bodies also benefit from performance share plans.
The average number of people employed by the Company was 334 (including 277 engineers and managers) in 2021, as opposed to 322 (including 261 engineers and managers) in 2020. In addition, 21 employees on average were seconded to VINCI by subsidiaries or external suppliers in 2021 (including 17 engineers and managers) as opposed to 28 in 2020.
The Board of Directors finalised the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 on 3 February 2022. These financial statements will only become definitive when approved at the Shareholders’ General Meeting to be held on 12 April 2022. A resolution will be put to shareholders in that meeting for the payment of a dividend of €2.90 per share in respect of 2021. Taking account of the interim dividend already paid in November 2021 (€0.65 per share), this means that the final dividend will be €2.25 per share, representing a total of around €1,646 million.
