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In accordance with standard 15 of the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Principles for Compensation Practices and their Implementation Standards, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Pillar 3 disclosure requirements for remuneration, the tables below summarize aggregate quantitative information on compensation paid or awarded to 18 Senior Officers and 36 other employees who could have a material impact on Canada Life’s risk exposure (“Material Risk Takers.”)

Compensation amounts reflect services rendered to The Canada Life Assurance Company and its respective subsidiaries.
2024 Compensation awards
 ($ millions)

Senior Officers
(Unrestricted)

Senior Officers
(Deferred)

Material Risk Takers
(Unrestricted)

Material Risk Takers
(Deferred)

Salary
(Fixed compensation)

 9.6 Not applicable 17.1 Not applicable

Other
(Fixed compensation)

 2.3 Not applicable 3.1 Not applicable
Cash-based
(Variable compensation) 		9.7 Not applicable 13.8 2.1
Share units
(Variable compensation) 		Not applicable 13.5 Not applicable 12.1
Stock options 1
(Variable compensation) 		Not applicable 7.0 Not applicable 3.1
Option based awards are calculated based on Black-Scholes value at the time of grant.
Deferred compensation
($ millions)

Senior Officers
(Unvested)

Senior Officers
(Vested)

Material Risk Takers
(Unvested)

Material Risk Takers
(Vested)
Cash-based 2 Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable 2.1
Share units 3 56.4 34.6 37.4 3.2
Stock options 3 47.7 54.6 13.9 11.6
Calendar year payouts 4 Not applicable 24.1 Not applicable 15.8
Includes cash-based awards granted in respect of 2024 that have been deferred to meet compensation policy requirements. Excludes annual bonuses deferred, at the discretion of the employee, in the form of share units.
Includes all previously granted and still outstanding unvested and vested share units and stock options as at December 31, 2024; excludes annual bonuses deferred, at the discretion of the employee, in the form of share units.previously granted and still 
Excludes payout of cash-based awards that were previously deferred to meet compensation policy requirements.