HSBC Holdings Plc awarded Stuart Gulliver the lowest pay package since he took over as chief executive officer in 2011 as a larger share of senior bankers at Europe's largest bank earned more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million). Gulliver, 56, had his variable pay for 2015 cut to 3 million pounds ($4.2 million) from 3.4 million pounds a year earlier, the London-based bank said in its annual report on Monday. His salary and share allowances remained at 3.6 million pounds, while benefits increased to 662,000 pounds from 589,000 pounds a year earlier.