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AdvanSix (ASIX): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$5,647,438CEO Erin Kane · source
Say-on-pay support98.27%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers31st pct.Of 14 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio51:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $4,718,496FY2023
  • $5,590,035FY2024
  • $5,647,438FY2025

CEO total pay was $5,647,438 in fiscal 2025, up from $5,590,035 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,019,700 · bonus $0 · stock awards $3,747,900 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at AdvanSix Inc. in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Erin Kane (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at AdvanSix Inc. in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $5,647,438.
How does AdvanSix Inc.'s chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Erin Kane's total compensation ranked at the 31st percentile of AdvanSix Inc.'s disclosed peer group.
What is AdvanSix Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, AdvanSix Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 51:1.
How did shareholders vote on AdvanSix Inc.'s executive compensation?
As disclosed, 98.27% of shareholders supported AdvanSix Inc.'s executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does AdvanSix Inc. spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, AdvanSix Inc. reported total board compensation of $1,568,120 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
Erin Kane$1,019,700$0$3,747,900$0$785,400$18,904$75,534$5,647,438
President and Chief Executive Officer
Siddharth Manjeshwar288,7500832,869000604,5461,726,165
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Achilles Kintiroglou480,0000916,1600258,720037,1521,692,032
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Kelly Slieter430,0000697,5480231,770034,1521,393,470
Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Christopher Gramm418,4190480,1070192,50016,51927,9571,135,503
Interim Chief Financial 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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Erin Kane$5,647,438$5,590,035$4,718,496↑ +57,403
Siddharth Manjeshwar1,726,1651,014,644—↑ +711,521
Achilles Kintiroglou1,692,0321,696,8751,251,925↓ −4,843
Kelly Slieter1,393,4701,370,736999,112↑ +22,734
Christopher Gramm1,135,503779,785726,027↑ +355,718

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

Our executive compensation and benefit programs are designed to support the creation of stockholder value through four key objectives: attract and retain world-class leadership talent, drive performance that creates stockholder value, pay for superior results and sustainable performance, and manage risk through oversight and sound management. We seek to achieve the optimal balance between fixed and variable pay, short-term and long-term pay, and cash and equity-based elements.

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

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Christopher GrammPSU2025-02-289963,982—7,964$119,579
Erin KaneRSU2025-02-28——64,865—1,800,004
Siddharth ManjeshwarRSU2025-02-28——14,415—400,016
Erin KanePSU2025-02-2816,21664,865—129,7301,947,896
Achilles KintiroglouRSU2025-02-28——15,856—440,004
Achilles KintiroglouPSU2025-02-283,96415,856—31,712476,156
Siddharth ManjeshwarPSU2025-02-283,60414,414—28,828432,852
Kelly SlieterPSU2025-02-283,01812,072—24,144362,522
Kelly SlieterRSU2025-02-28——12,073—335,026
Christopher GrammRSU2025-02-28——9,010—250,028
Christopher GrammRSU2025-02-28——3,982—110,501

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Christopher Gramm$360,529$119,579$024.9%
Erin Kane1,800,0041,947,896052.0%
Siddharth Manjeshwar400,016432,852052.0%
Achilles Kintiroglou440,004476,156052.0%
Kelly Slieter335,026362,522052.0%

% 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
Christopher GrammOption1,36341.2—
Christopher GrammRSU1,790—30,967
Kelly SlieterOption2,24141.2—
Kelly SlieterRSU2,942—50,897
Achilles KintiroglouOption3,11841.2—
Christopher GrammRSU3,594—62,176
Christopher GrammRSU3,982—68,889
Christopher GrammPSU3,982—68,889
Achilles KintiroglouRSU4,095—70,844
Christopher GrammPSU5,391—93,264
Kelly SlieterRSU7,676—132,795
Christopher GrammRSU9,010—155,873
Achilles KintiroglouRSU10,698—185,075
Kelly SlieterPSU11,513—199,175
Kelly SlieterPSU12,072—208,846
Kelly SlieterRSU12,073—208,863
Erin KaneOption14,78241.2—
Achilles KintiroglouRSU15,856—274,309
Achilles KintiroglouPSU15,856—274,309
Achilles KintiroglouPSU16,045—277,579
Erin KaneRSU19,417—335,914
Erin KaneRSU42,641—737,689
Erin KanePSU63,962—1,106,543
Erin KaneRSU64,865—1,122,165
Erin KanePSU64,865—1,122,165
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Todd D. KarranIndependent · Board Chair · Health, Safety and Environmental$190,000$119,978——$0$309,978
Patrick S. WilliamsIndependent · Compensation and Leadership Development · Nominating and Governance105,000119,978——0224,978
Gena C. Lovett, Ph.DIndependent · Nominating and Governance · Health, Safety and Environmental · Health, Safety and Environment (Chair)105,000119,978——0224,978
Sharon S. SpurlinIndependent · Audit · Compensation and Leadership Development (Chair)105,000119,978——0224,978
Donald P. NewmanIndependent · Audit · Health, Safety and Environmental100,714119,978——0220,692
Daniel F. SansoneIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Governance · Health, Safety and Environmental · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY99,286119,978——0219,264
Farha AslamIndependent42,0330——042,033
Darrell K. HughesIndependent42,0330——042,033
Daryl RobertsIndependent · Compensation and Leadership Development · Health, Safety and Environmental · Nominating/Governance · ESG/Sustainability · Audit · Newly elected29,5930——029,593
Dana O'BrienIndependent · Compensation and Leadership Development · Nominating and Governance · ESG/Sustainability · Newly elected29,5930——029,593
Erin N. KaneEmployee director—————0
Jeffrey J. BirdIndependent · Audit · Health, Safety and Environmental · ESG/Sustainability · Newly elected——————

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$90,000
Annual equity retainer$120,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline$5

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$848,252
Equity awards (grant-date value)$719,868
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,568,120

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

Peer group, and who names AdvanSix as a peer

Companies that benchmark against ASIX

15 companies name ASIX as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses ASIX 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 ASIX in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

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 AdvanSix Inc. 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.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Element Solutions2025Benjamin H. Gliklich$1,087,500$23,688,894$0$1,520,947$26,480,462
2Ingevity Corp.2025David Li810,6858,500,0862,000,0071,293,60012,839,719
3Cabot Corp.2025Sean Keohane1,100,0004,224,8472,274,9251,402,5019,307,883
4H.B. Fuller2025Celeste Mastin1,082,6922,971,9763,025,5381,339,8918,830,569
5Sensient Technologies Corp.2025Paul Manning1,080,0004,750,07601,842,0648,665,993
6Innospec Inc.2025Patrick Williams1,380,5485,285,62301,365,3368,252,747
7Ashland Inc.2025Guillermo Novo1,152,3325,233,86301,313,8307,907,423
8Minerals Technologies Inc.2025Douglas Dietrich1,050,0002,310,022768,8032,891,1607,405,693
9Koppers Holdings, Inc.2025Leroy Ball975,0005,145,824006,358,244
10AdvanSix Inc.2025Erin Kane1,019,7003,747,9000785,4005,647,438
11LSB Industries, Inc.2025Mark Behrman785,7313,448,20901,073,6005,327,795
12Ecovyst, Inc.2025Kurt Bitting750,0003,347,7520804,0004,992,440
13Quaker Chemical Corp.2025Joseph Berquist800,0002,420,3190461,8403,709,451
14Hawkins Inc.2026Patrick Hawkins743,2692,062,3930736,9843,607,894

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
AdvanSix Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosednot disclosed
Ashland Inc.90.4%not disclosedYes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)Meridian Compensation Partners
Cabot Corp.90%not disclosedNoMeridian Compensation Partners
Ecovyst, Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Element Solutions126%PRSU 67 · RSU 33NoFW Cook
H.B. Fullernot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson US LLC
Hawkins Inc.not disclosedPRSU 100not disclosedMcLagan
Ingevity Corp.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Innospec Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Koppers Holdings, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
LSB Industries, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedCompensation Strategies
Minerals Technologies Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
Quaker Chemical Corp.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners
Sensient Technologies Corp.not disclosedPSU 60 · Restricted Stock 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson

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
20262026-06-2220,627,836364,13036,84598.27%Passed
20252025-06-1822,751,320392,94545,90398.11%Passed
20242024-06-1321,415,0701,080,666122,48394.68%Passed
20232023-06-1521,849,9221,250,600152,50694.59%Passed
20222022-06-1521,492,866639,35591,13497.11%Passed
20212021-06-1019,815,777637,21945,10496.88%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
20262026-06-2298.27%a
20252025-06-1898.11%b
20242024-06-1394.68%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Shares not represented at or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on these proposals.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the effect of an "AGAINST" vote on these proposals.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the effect of an "AGAINST" vote on these proposals.”.

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)51 : 1
CEO total compensation$5,647,438
Median employee compensation$110,269
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (54 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, Erin Kane. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 5,647,438. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Siddharth Manjeshwar. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,726,165. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Achilles Kintiroglou. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,692,032. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Kelly Slieter. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,393,470. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Christopher Gramm. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,135,503. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Christopher Gramm PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Erin Kane RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Siddharth Manjeshwar RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Erin Kane PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Achilles Kintiroglou RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Achilles Kintiroglou PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Siddharth Manjeshwar PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Kelly Slieter PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Kelly Slieter RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Christopher Gramm RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Christopher Gramm RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 51 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Todd D. Karran. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 309,978. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Patrick S. Williams. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 224,978. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Gena C. Lovett, Ph.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 224,978. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Sharon S. Spurlin. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 224,978. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Donald P. Newman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,692. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Daniel F. Sansone. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 219,264. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Farha Aslam. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 42,033. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Darrell K. Hughes. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 42,033. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Daryl Roberts. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 29,593. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dana O'Brien. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 29,593. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Erin N. Kane. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jeffrey J. Bird. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-23. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.27% (votes for as printed: 20,627,836). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-20. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.11%. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-13. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.68% (votes for as printed: 21,415,070). 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 848,252 + equity 719,868 + all other 0 = 1,568,120, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Element Solutions, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Element Solutions's own proxy. As printed: 26,480,462. View filing ↗
  • Ingevity Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Ingevity Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,839,719. View filing ↗
  • Cabot Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Cabot Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,307,883. View filing ↗
  • H.B. Fuller, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-04. CEO total compensation as printed in H.B. Fuller's own proxy. As printed: 8,830,569. View filing ↗
  • Sensient Technologies Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Sensient Technologies Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,665,993. View filing ↗
  • Innospec Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Innospec Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,252,747. View filing ↗
  • Ashland Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Ashland Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,907,423. View filing ↗
  • Minerals Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Minerals Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,405,693. View filing ↗
  • Koppers Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Koppers Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,358,244. View filing ↗
  • AdvanSix Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in AdvanSix Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,647,438. View filing ↗
  • LSB Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in LSB Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,327,795. View filing ↗
  • Ecovyst, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Ecovyst, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,992,440. View filing ↗
  • Quaker Chemical Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Quaker Chemical Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,709,451. 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 ↗
  • Section 10a, Innospec Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Innospec Inc. names AdvanSix Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ecovyst, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ecovyst, Inc. names AdvanSix Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Minerals Technologies Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Minerals Technologies Inc. names AdvanSix Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, LSB Industries, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. LSB Industries, Inc. names AdvanSix Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ingevity Corp. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ingevity Corp. names AdvanSix Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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