SAP SE CEO Bill McDermott attends the company's annual results press conference in Walldorf, Germany, January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - SAP Chief Executive Bill McDermott received total benefits of 9.8 million euros ($11.2 million) in 2018, according to the software maker’s compensation report released on Thursday.

That compares with a 21.8 million euro payout a year earlier, which was boosted by multi-year variable compensation from stock options, making it the highest ever annual payout for a CEO in Germany’s blue-chip index DAX.