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AA (AA): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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Summary compensation table
No Summary Compensation Table is on file for fiscal year 2025.
Equity grants and outstanding awards
No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.
No outstanding equity awards are on file for this fiscal year.
Director compensation
No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2025.
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $130,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $160,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 27,500 / 20,000 / 20,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $750,000 |
Peer group, and who names AA as a peer
Companies that benchmark against AA
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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Peer reciprocity
The companies AA names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.
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.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastman Chemical Company | 2025 | Mark Costa | $1,406,958 | $12,682,200 | $3,278,151 | $987,000 | $19,498,966 |
| 2 | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | 2025 | Lourenco Goncalves | 2,201,000 | 12,874,374 | 0 | 3,345,520 | 19,023,041 |
| 3 | Ecolab Inc. | 2025 | Christophe Beck | 1,390,081 | 7,228,101 | 4,566,916 | 3,383,183 | 17,404,935 |
| 4 | Packaging Corporation of America | 2025 | Mark Kowlzan | 1,539,396 | 11,484,123 | 0 | 3,100,700 | 16,992,255 |
| 5 | Newmont Corporation | 2025 | Tom Palmer | 1,435,000 | 10,094,351 | 0 | 3,339,604 | 15,625,168 |
| 6 | Nucor Corporation | 2025 | Leon J. Topalian | 1,560,000 | 8,895,273 | 2,000,000 | 2,486,203 | 14,945,471 |
| 7 | PPG Industries Inc. | 2025 | Timothy Knavish | 1,300,000 | 7,333,542 | 3,666,690 | 1,924,000 | 14,885,022 |
| 8 | International Paper Company | 2025 | Andrew Silvernail | 1,000,000 | 12,174,818 | 0 | 1,318,500 | 14,838,324 |
| 9 | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | 2025 | Kathleen Quirk | 1,400,000 | 11,631,590 | 0 | 1,400,700 | 14,808,126 |
| 10 | Huntsman Corporation | 2025 | Peter R. Huntsman | 1,334,125 | 10,513,393 | 0 | 1,329,561 | 14,666,623 |
| 11 | Reliance, Inc. | 2025 | Karla Lewis | 1,325,000 | 7,653,350 | 0 | 2,072,300 | 13,374,389 |
| 12 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 2025 | Mark Millett | 1,535,000 | 5,095,406 | — | 5,372,500 | 12,059,908 |
| 13 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 2025 | Eduardo Menezes | 810,846 | 10,918,501 | 0 | 0 | 11,809,287 |
| 14 | Celanese Corporation | 2025 | Scott Richardson | — | 5,249,958 | 2,249,990 | 1,342,625 | 10,137,072 |
| 15 | Commercial Metals Company | 2025 | Peter Matt | 1,084,616 | 5,505,805 | 0 | 1,322,530 | 8,022,901 |
| — | United States Steel Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
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
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Celanese Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Commercial Metals Company | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Eastman Chemical Company | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Ecolab Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Huntsman Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| International Paper Company | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Newmont Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Nucor Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Packaging Corporation of America | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| PPG Industries Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Reliance, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Steel Dynamics, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| United States Steel Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
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
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Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (19 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.
- Eastman Chemical Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Eastman Chemical Company's own proxy. As printed: 19,498,966. View filing ↗
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 19,023,041. View filing ↗
- Ecolab Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Ecolab Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 17,404,935. View filing ↗
- Packaging Corporation of America, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Packaging Corporation of America's own proxy. As printed: 16,992,255. View filing ↗
- Newmont Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Newmont Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 15,625,168. View filing ↗
- Nucor Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Nucor Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 14,945,471. View filing ↗
- PPG Industries Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-05. CEO total compensation as printed in PPG Industries Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,885,022. View filing ↗
- International Paper Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in International Paper Company's own proxy. As printed: 14,838,324. View filing ↗
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Freeport-McMoRan Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,808,126. View filing ↗
- Huntsman Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Huntsman Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 14,666,623. View filing ↗
- Reliance, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Reliance, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 13,374,389. View filing ↗
- Steel Dynamics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Steel Dynamics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,059,908. View filing ↗
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,809,287. View filing ↗
- Celanese Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-04. CEO total compensation as printed in Celanese Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 10,137,072. View filing ↗
- Commercial Metals Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-11-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Commercial Metals Company's own proxy. As printed: 8,022,901. View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Commercial Metals Company reciprocity. DEF 14A. Commercial Metals Company names AA in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Reliance, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Reliance, Inc. names AA in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. names AA in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Steel Dynamics, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Steel Dynamics, Inc. names AA in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗