LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden's total compensation for 2014will be 24.2 million euros ($25.7 million), including 5.6million euros in salary, bonus and shares plus pension and otheritems, the company said on Thursday.
Shell spokeswoman Sally Donaldson said the total figure,published in the company's annual report, was "unusually high"because it included a variety of extra payments related to VanBeurden's long service with Shell and tax payments.
"This is not the same as this year's 'take home pay',"Donaldson told Reuters in a statement.
"His promotion to CEO, combined with his prior expatriationfrom the Netherlands to the UK, have resulted in the 'singlefigure' which we have published today, but it's important to putthis figure in appropriate context."
BP said this month Chief Executive Bob Dudley's totalcompensation rose by more than 20 percent to $12.74 million in2014.
($1 = 0.9421 euros) (Reporting by Christopher Johnson; editing by Jason Neely)