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WD 40 (WDFC): executive pay, fiscal 2026

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CEO total pay$4,375,797CEO Steven Brass · source
Say-on-pay support98.03%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers25th pct.Of 12 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio38:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $3,660,174FY2024
  • $4,266,899FY2025
  • $4,375,797FY2026

CEO total pay was $4,375,797 in fiscal 2026, up from $4,266,899 in fiscal 2025.

FY2026: salary $680,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $2,584,890 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at WD 40 Co in fiscal 2026?
As disclosed, Steven Brass (CEO) was the highest-paid executive at WD 40 Co in fiscal 2026, with total compensation of $4,375,797.
How does WD 40 Co's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Steven Brass's total compensation ranked at the 25th percentile of WD 40 Co's disclosed peer group.
What is WD 40 Co's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, WD 40 Co's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 38:1.
How did shareholders vote on WD 40 Co's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 98.03% of shareholders supported WD 40 Co's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does WD 40 Co spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2026?
As disclosed, WD 40 Co reported total board compensation of $2,215,499 for fiscal 2026.

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
Steven Brass$680,000$0$2,584,890$0$985,183$0$125,724$4,375,797
CEO
Sara Hyzer400,0000581,5430314,7820107,8271,404,152
CFO
Patricia Olsem393,0000335,7740371,3530123,1241,223,251
Division President, Americas
Phenix Kiamilev360,0000322,8200262,8930109,9741,055,687
VP, General Counsel
Jeffrey Lindeman350,0000279,9770253,1840107,809990,970
VP, Chief People, Culture and Capability Officer

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 officerFY2026 totalFY2025 totalFY2024 totalΔ FY2025→2026
Steven Brass$4,375,797$4,266,899$3,660,174↑ +108,898
Sara Hyzer1,404,1521,369,9641,199,654↑ +34,188
Patricia Olsem1,223,2511,205,4751,198,666↑ +17,776
Phenix Kiamilev1,055,687———
Jeffrey Lindeman990,9701,000,476986,157↓ −9,506

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 program is designed to attract, motivate, reward, and retain high-performing executives while aligning their interests with stockholders by creating a direct link between business performance and individual rewards. The program utilizes a balanced mix of base salary, annual cash and equity incentives (GRP and PSUs), and long-term equity incentives (RSUs and MSUs) to drive short- and long-term company objectives and total stockholder return.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantClearBridge Compensation Group, LLC
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2026

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Sara HyzerPSU2025-10-0957——1,141—
Phenix KiamilevPSU2025-10-0946——933—
Steven BrassPSU2025-10-093,8917,783—15,5661,039,809
Steven BrassRSU2025-10-09——7,783—1,545,081
Sara HyzerPSU2025-10-098751,751—3,502233,934
Sara HyzerRSU2025-10-09——1,751—347,609
Phenix KiamilevPSU2025-10-09486972—1,944129,859
Phenix KiamilevRSU2025-10-09——972—192,961
Jeffrey LindemanPSU2025-10-09421843—1,686112,625
Jeffrey LindemanRSU2025-10-09——843—167,352
Jeffrey LindemanPSU2025-10-0945——908—
Patricia OlsemPSU2025-10-095051,011—2,022135,070
Patricia OlsemRSU2025-10-09——1,011—200,704
Patricia OlsemPSU2025-10-0956——1,121—
Steven BrassPSU2025-10-09176——3,528—

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Sara Hyzer$347,609$233,934$040.2%
Phenix Kiamilev192,961129,859040.2%
Steven Brass1,545,0811,039,809040.2%
Jeffrey Lindeman167,352112,625040.2%
Patricia Olsem200,704135,070040.2%

% 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 2026

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Jeffrey LindemanRSU1,514—$324,223
Phenix KiamilevRSU1,663—356,131
Patricia OlsemRSU1,842—394,464
Sara HyzerRSU2,905—622,106
Jeffrey LindemanPSU2,960—633,884
Phenix KiamilevPSU3,218—689,135
Patricia OlsemPSU3,552—760,661
Sara HyzerPSU5,856—1,254,062
Steven BrassRSU13,190—2,824,639
Steven BrassPSU27,340—5,854,861
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Eric P. EtchartIndependent · Board Chair · Corporate Governance · Finance$161,000$124,866——$7,000$292,866
Daniel T. CarterIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Corporate Governance · Finance106,000124,866——7,000237,866
David B. PendarvisIndependent · Audit · Compensation and People · Corporate Governance (Chair)105,000124,866——7,000236,866
Cynthia B. BurksIndependent · Audit · Compensation and People (Chair) · Corporate Governance105,000124,866——7,000236,866
Lara L. LeeIndependent · Compensation and People · Corporate Governance · Finance (Chair)100,000124,866——7,000231,866
Edward O. Magee JrIndependent · Audit100,000124,866——7,000231,866
Anne G. SaundersIndependent · Audit · Compensation and People · Corporate Governance99,000124,866——7,000230,866
Graciela I. MonteagudoIndependent · Compensation and People · Corporate Governance · Finance94,000124,866——7,000225,866
Ken A. PlunkIndependent · Finance · Partial-year service · Newly elected87,750124,821——0212,571
Trevor I. MihalikIndependent · Audit · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY34,33336,667——7,00078,000

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$75,000
Annual equity retainer$125,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 14,000 / 11,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2026
Cash retainers and fees$992,083
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,160,416
All other compensation$63,000
Total cost of the board$2,215,499

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

Peer group, and who names WD 40 as a peer

Companies that benchmark against WDFC

2 companies name WDFC as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name WDFC as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2026

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

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
1Beyond Meat, Inc.2025Ethan Brown$587,500$26,701,431$0$2,500,425$29,846,850
2Ingevity Corporation2025David Li810,6858,500,0862,000,0071,293,60012,839,719
3e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.2026Tarang Amin475,0007,399,8670950,0008,834,367
4Sensient Technologies Corporation2025Paul Manning1,080,0004,750,07601,842,0648,665,993
5Balchem Corporation2025Ted Harris1,198,2693,150,8861,050,3852,439,1547,894,874
6Yeti Holdings, Inc.2025Matthew Reintjes1,057,3085,500,18701,126,0337,697,528
7Olaplex Holdings, Inc.2025Amanda Baldwin1,000,0005,000,0000515,0006,541,537
8Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.2026Ronald Lombardi1,003,5644,099,9590850,0006,004,547
9The Vita Coco Company, Inc.2025Martin Roper625,0001,879,998920,0021,114,3754,549,875
10WD 40 Co2026Steven Brass680,0002,584,8900985,1834,375,797
11Hawkins, Inc.2026Patrick Hawkins743,2692,062,3930736,9843,607,894
12Xpel, Inc.2025Ryan Pape562,0001,500,0000629,7212,691,721
13American Vanguard Corporation2025Douglas Kaye650,0000—235,9501,069,480

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.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
WD 40 Conot disclosedRSU 50 · MSU 50not disclosedClearBridge Compensation Group, LLC
American Vanguard Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedExequity, LLP
Balchem Corporationnot disclosedPSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25not disclosedPearl Meyer
Beyond Meat, Inc.not disclosedRSU 55 · PSU 45not disclosedWTW
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.200%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoAon (Aon's Human Capital Solutions practice, a division of Aon plc.)
Hawkins, Inc.not disclosedPRSU 100not disclosedMcLagan
Ingevity Corporationnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Olaplex Holdings, Inc.103%RSU 100not disclosedAon
Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.68%PSU 75 · RSU 25Nonot disclosed
Sensient Technologies Corporationnot disclosedPSU 60 · Restricted Stock 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
The Vita Coco Company, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedPearl Meyer
Xpel, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedFW Cook
Yeti Holdings, Inc.71.0%PBRSU 75 · RSU 25Yes — Relative Total Stockholder Return (TSR)FW Cook

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20252025-12-1210,169,136204,70636,92598.03%Passed
20242024-12-1210,988,164132,17524,71998.81%Passed
20232023-12-1210,653,724333,89529,50396.96%Passed
20222022-12-1310,664,698444,17448,50496%Passed
20212021-12-1410,551,083153,30429,46498.57%Passed
20202020-12-0810,480,725346,28547,28996.8%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
20252025-12-1298.03%a
20242024-12-1298.81%b
20232023-12-1296.96%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.”.

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)38 : 1
CEO total compensation$4,375,797
Median employee compensation$113,903
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (50 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, Steven Brass. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 45. As printed: 4,375,797. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Sara Hyzer. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 45. As printed: 1,404,152. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Patricia Olsem. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 45. As printed: 1,223,251. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Phenix Kiamilev. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 45. As printed: 1,055,687. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jeffrey Lindeman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 45. As printed: 990,970. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Sara Hyzer PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Phenix Kiamilev PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Steven Brass PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Steven Brass RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Sara Hyzer PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Sara Hyzer RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Phenix Kiamilev PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Phenix Kiamilev RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeffrey Lindeman PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeffrey Lindeman RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeffrey Lindeman PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Patricia Olsem PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Patricia Olsem RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Patricia Olsem PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Steven Brass PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 38 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Eric P. Etchart. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 292,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Daniel T. Carter. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 237,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, David B. Pendarvis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 236,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Cynthia B. Burks. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 236,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Lara L. Lee. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 231,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Edward O. Magee Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 231,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Anne G. Saunders. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 230,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Graciela I. Monteagudo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 225,866. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ken A. Plunk. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 212,571. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Trevor I. Mihalik. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 78,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-12-16. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.03% (votes for as printed: 10,169,136). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-12-16. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.81% (votes for as printed: 10,988,164). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-12-18. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.96% (votes for as printed: 10,653,724). 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 992,083 + equity 1,160,416 + all other 63,000 = 2,215,499, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Beyond Meat, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Beyond Meat, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 29,846,850. View filing ↗
  • Ingevity Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Ingevity Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 12,839,719. View filing ↗
  • e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-08. CEO total compensation as printed in e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,834,367. View filing ↗
  • Sensient Technologies Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Sensient Technologies Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 8,665,993. View filing ↗
  • Balchem Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Balchem Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,894,874. View filing ↗
  • Yeti Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Yeti Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,697,528. View filing ↗
  • Olaplex Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Olaplex Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,541,537. View filing ↗
  • Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,004,547. View filing ↗
  • The Vita Coco Company, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in The Vita Coco Company, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,549,875. View filing ↗
  • WD 40 Co (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-30. CEO total compensation as printed in WD 40 Co's own proxy. As printed: 4,375,797. View filing ↗
  • Hawkins, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-18. CEO total compensation as printed in Hawkins, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,607,894. View filing ↗
  • Xpel, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Xpel, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,691,721. View filing ↗
  • American Vanguard Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in American Vanguard Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,069,480. View filing ↗
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