v3.25.4
Employee costs
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Classes of employee benefits expense [abstract]  
Employee costs

Note 7—Employee costs

(EUR’000)

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Employee costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wages and salaries

 

 

227,118

 

 

 

173,474

 

 

 

170,278

 

Share-based payment

 

 

116,171

 

 

 

95,512

 

 

 

66,660

 

Pensions (defined contribution plans)

 

 

6,921

 

 

 

4,485

 

 

 

4,403

 

Social security costs

 

 

21,134

 

 

 

15,003

 

 

 

12,877

 

Other employee costs

 

 

5,221

 

 

 

4,061

 

 

 

4,238

 

Total employee costs

 

 

376,565

 

 

 

292,535

 

 

 

258,456

 

Included in the profit or loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales (1)

 

 

20,474

 

 

 

16,487

 

 

 

15,748

 

Research and development expenses

 

 

145,673

 

 

 

131,867

 

 

 

127,002

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

210,418

 

 

 

144,181

 

 

 

115,706

 

Total employee costs

 

 

376,565

 

 

 

292,535

 

 

 

258,456

 

Average number of employees

 

 

1,103

 

 

 

892

 

 

 

851

 

(1)
Includes employee costs capitalized as part of inventories.

Key Management Personnel comprises the Board of Directors and the Executive Board and Non-executive Senior Management (“Senior Management”). Compensation to Key Management Personnel comprises salaries, participation in annual bonus schemes, pensions (defined contributions plans), and share-based compensation. Share-based compensation is elaborated in further details in Note 8, “Share-based Payment.”

Compensation to Key Management Personnel included in total employee costs is summarized below:

 

Board of Directors (1)

 

 

Executive Board (2)

 

 

Non-executive Senior Management

 

(EUR’000)

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wages and salaries

 

 

442

 

 

 

482

 

 

 

543

 

 

 

5,466

 

 

 

4,148

 

 

 

4,375

 

 

 

6,466

 

 

 

3,286

 

 

 

4,673

 

Share-based payment

 

 

2,425

 

 

 

2,169

 

 

 

1,276

 

 

 

18,568

 

 

 

18,334

 

 

 

13,243

 

 

 

14,464

 

 

 

10,266

 

 

 

9,529

 

Pensions (defined
   contribution plans)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

136

 

 

 

98

 

 

 

122

 

Social security costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

598

 

 

 

118

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

316

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

45

 

Other employee cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

40

 

Total compensation

 

 

2,867

 

 

 

2,651

 

 

 

1,819

 

 

 

24,725

 

 

 

22,677

 

 

 

17,795

 

 

 

21,422

 

 

 

13,727

 

 

 

14,409

 

(1)
The Board of Directors comprised six persons in 2025, 2024 and 2023.
(2)
The Executive Board comprised four persons in 2025, 2024 and 2023.