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Stagwell (STGW): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$7,221,971CEO Mark Penn · source
Say-on-pay support98.14%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers33rd pct.Against its disclosed peer group
CEO pay ratio56:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $8,419,102FY2023
  • $7,261,550FY2024
  • $7,221,971FY2025

CEO total pay was $7,221,971 in fiscal 2025, down from $7,261,550 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,260,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $5,563,730 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Stagwell Inc in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Mark Penn (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman) was the highest-paid executive at Stagwell Inc in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $7,221,971.
How does Stagwell Inc's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Mark Penn's total compensation ranked at the 33rd percentile of Stagwell Inc's disclosed peer group.
What is Stagwell Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Stagwell Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 56:1.
How did shareholders vote on Stagwell Inc's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 98.14% of shareholders supported Stagwell Inc's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Stagwell Inc spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Stagwell Inc reported total board compensation of $1,720,000 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Mark Penn$1,260,000$0$5,563,730$0$0$0$398,241$7,221,971
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Jay Leveton800,00001,540,07400024,6242,364,698
President
Frank Lanuto650,000205,0001,208,71600031,3392,095,055
Executive Vice President, Finance
Ryan Greene625,000205,000470,79200023,5151,324,307
Chief Financial Officer
Vincenzo DiMaggio343,65587,819251,112000500,0121,182,598
Former Chief Accounting Officer
Peter McElligott437,500100,000243,26400024,624805,388
General Counsel

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Mark Penn$7,221,971$7,261,550$8,419,102↓ −39,579
Jay Leveton2,364,6982,360,7812,390,966↑ +3,917
Frank Lanuto2,095,0552,055,0762,134,778↑ +39,979
Ryan Greene1,324,3071,291,3511,394,207↑ +32,956
Vincenzo DiMaggio1,182,598829,388988,248↑ +353,210
Peter McElligott805,388738,6941,005,501↑ +66,694

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Company's compensation strategy focuses on appropriately linking compensation levels with stockholder value creation by aligning pay with financial performance, providing total compensation capable of attracting, motivating, and retaining executives of outstanding talent, and focusing executives on achieving key objectives critical to the Company's business strategy.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantNone
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Jay LevetonPSU2025-03-07128,534160,668—192,801$992,928
Jay LevetonRSU2025-03-07——88,535—547,146
Ryan GreeneRSU2025-03-07——20,750—128,235
Mark PennPSU2025-03-07566,837708,547—850,2564,378,820
Mark PennRSU2025-03-07——191,733—1,184,910
Ryan GreenePSU2025-03-0744,34455,430—66,516342,557
Frank LanutoPSU2025-03-07120,500150,626—180,751930,869
Frank LanutoRSU2025-03-07——44,959—277,847
Peter McElligottPSU2025-03-0717,99422,493—26,991139,007
Peter McElligottRSU2025-03-07——16,870—104,257
Vincenzo DiMaggioPSU2025-03-0721,36826,711—32,053165,074
Vincenzo DiMaggioRSU2025-03-07——13,922—86,038

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Jay Leveton$547,146$992,928$064.5%
Ryan Greene128,235342,557072.8%
Mark Penn1,184,9104,378,820078.7%
Frank Lanuto277,847930,869077.0%
Peter McElligott104,257139,007057.1%
Vincenzo DiMaggio86,038165,074065.7%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Peter McElligottRSU16,870—$82,494
Ryan GreeneRSU20,750—101,468
Frank LanutoRSU44,959—218,850
Vincenzo DiMaggioPSU50,713—247,987
Peter McElligottPSU68,558—335,249
Mark PennSAR75,0006.79—
Jay LevetonRSU88,535—432,936
Ryan GreenePSU168,947—826,151
Mark PennRSU191,733—937,574
Frank LanutoPSU459,098—2,244,989
Jay LevetonPSU476,078—2,328,021
Mark PennPSU2,159,601—10,560,449
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Irwin D. SimonIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Human Resources and Compensation Committee · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee$155,000$150,000$0$0$0$305,000
Wade OostermanIndependent · Audit Committee (Chair)100,000150,000000250,000
Desirée RogersIndependent · Human Resources and Compensation Committee (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee95,000150,000000245,000
Rodney SlaterIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (Chair)90,000150,000000240,000
Eli SamahaIndependent · Audit Committee80,000150,000000230,000
Charlene BarshefskyIndependent · Audit Committee80,000150,000000230,000
Brandt VaughanIndependent70,000150,000000220,000
Bradley J. GrossIndependent · Human Resources and Compensation Committee000000
Mark J. PennEmployee director · Board Chair000—00

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$75,000
Annual equity retainer$150,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 10,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$670,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,050,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,720,000

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Stagwell as a peer

Companies that benchmark against STGW

8 companies name STGW as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses STGW in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named STGW in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Stagwell Inc2025Mark Penn$1,260,000$5,563,730$0$0$7,221,971

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-11213,503,6143,763,867291,21698.14%Passed
20252025-06-12244,013,2944,843,070196,27797.98%Passed
20242024-06-12237,415,7851,245,622276,95399.36%Passed
20232023-06-14266,035,944494,320391,41399.67%Passed
20222022-06-14269,754,6646,961,521140,41497.43%Passed
20172017-06-0742,399,1521,928,926095.65%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-06-1198.14%a
20252025-06-1297.98%b
20242024-06-1299.36%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will be counted toward the tabulation of votes cast on this proposal and will have the same effect as negative votes.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will be counted toward the tabulation of votes cast on this proposal and will have the same effect as negative votes.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will be counted toward the tabulation of votes cast on this proposal and will have the same effect as negative votes.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)56 : 1
CEO total compensation$7,221,971
Median employee compensation$129,770
Insider trades since the proxy

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Bradley J. GrossDirector2026-05-04D2,163,790$6$13,073,619Common, indirectForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-05-13A20,0006117,600CommonForm 4 ↗
Eli SamahaDirector2026-06-11A22,97000CommonForm 4 ↗
Brandt VaughanDirector2026-06-11A22,97000CommonForm 4 ↗
Charlene BarshefskyDirector2026-06-11A22,97000CommonForm 4 ↗
Rodney SlaterDirector2026-06-11A22,97000CommonForm 4 ↗
Wade OostermanDirector2026-06-11A22,97000CommonForm 4 ↗
Desirée RogersDirector2026-06-11A22,97000CommonForm 4 ↗
Irwin D. SimonDirector2026-06-11A22,97000CommonForm 4 ↗
Brandt VaughanDirector2026-07-01A2,355717,498CommonForm 4 ↗
Eli SamahaDirector2026-07-01A2,691719,994CommonForm 4 ↗
Frank LanutoSee Remarks2026-07-31D62,0008524,520CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-08-01A2,000,00000Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-08-09D75,00000Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-08-09D500,00000Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-08-09D75,0009687,750CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-08-09A75,0007509,250CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-08-09D500,00094,585,000CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark Jeffery PennDirector2026-08-09A500,00084,135,000CommonForm 4 ↗
Beth J. KaplanDirector2026-08-11A15,45900CommonForm 4 ↗
Brandt VaughanDirector2026-10-01A2,149817,493CommonForm 4 ↗
Eli SamahaDirector2026-10-01A2,457820,000CommonForm 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

Sources (57 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Mark Penn. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 27. As printed: 7,221,971. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jay Leveton. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,364,698. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Frank Lanuto. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,095,055. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Ryan Greene. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,324,307. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Vincenzo DiMaggio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,182,598. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Peter McElligott. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 805,388. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jay Leveton PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “GRANT OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS DURING 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jay Leveton RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ryan Greene RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Mark Penn PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “GRANT OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS DURING 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Mark Penn RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ryan Greene PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “GRANT OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS DURING 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Frank Lanuto PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “GRANT OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS DURING 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Frank Lanuto RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Peter McElligott PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “GRANT OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS DURING 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Peter McElligott RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Vincenzo DiMaggio PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “GRANT OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS DURING 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Vincenzo DiMaggio RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 56 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Irwin D. Simon. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 305,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Wade Oosterman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 250,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Desirée Rogers. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 245,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Rodney Slater. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Eli Samaha. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 230,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Charlene Barshefsky. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 230,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Brandt Vaughan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Bradley J. Gross. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Mark J. Penn. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Bradley J. Gross 2026-05-04. Form 4, filed 2026-05-05. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-05-13. Form 4, filed 2026-05-13. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Eli Samaha 2026-06-11. Form 4, filed 2026-06-12. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Brandt Vaughan 2026-06-11. Form 4, filed 2026-06-12. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Charlene Barshefsky 2026-06-11. Form 4, filed 2026-06-12. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Rodney Slater 2026-06-11. Form 4, filed 2026-06-12. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Wade Oosterman 2026-06-11. Form 4, filed 2026-06-12. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Desirée Rogers 2026-06-11. Form 4, filed 2026-06-12. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Irwin D. Simon 2026-06-11. Form 4, filed 2026-06-12. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Brandt Vaughan 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Eli Samaha 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Frank Lanuto 2026-07-31. Form 4, filed 2026-08-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-08-01. Form 4, filed 2026-08-03. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-08-09. Form 4, filed 2026-08-11. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-08-09. Form 4, filed 2026-08-11. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-08-09. Form 4, filed 2026-08-11. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-08-09. Form 4, filed 2026-08-11. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-08-09. Form 4, filed 2026-08-11. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Mark Jeffery Penn 2026-08-09. Form 4, filed 2026-08-11. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Beth J. Kaplan 2026-08-11. Form 4, filed 2026-08-13. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Brandt Vaughan 2026-10-01. Form 4, filed 2026-10-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Eli Samaha 2026-10-01. Form 4, filed 2026-10-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-12. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.14% (votes for as printed: 213,503,614). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-17. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.98% (votes for as printed: 244,013,294). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-14. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.36% (votes for as printed: 237,415,785). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 670,000 + equity 1,050,000 + all other 0 = 1,720,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Stagwell Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Stagwell Inc's own proxy. As printed: 7,221,971. View filing ↗
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