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Core Laboratories (CLB): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $7,988,083FY2023
- $7,932,540FY2024
- $4,980,491FY2025
CEO total pay was $4,980,491 in fiscal 2025, down from $7,932,540 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $886,912 · bonus $0 · stock awards $3,505,105 · option awards $0
Executives and directors
Christopher Hill · CFOLawrence Bruno · CEOMark Tattoli · General CounselGwendolyn Gresham · SVPCurtis Anastasio · Independent DirectorHarvey Klingensmith · Independent DirectorKatherine A. Murray · Independent DirectorKwaku Temeng · Independent DirectorMartha Z. Carnes · Lead Independent DirectorRob Martinovich · Independent Director
Frequently asked questions
Who was the highest-paid executive at Core Laboratories in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Lawrence Bruno (Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Core Laboratories in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $4,980,491.
What is Core Laboratories's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Core Laboratories's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 120:1.
How did shareholders vote on Core Laboratories's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 96.8% of shareholders supported Core Laboratories's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Core Laboratories spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Core Laboratories reported total board compensation of $1,223,389 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 officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Bruno | $886,912 | $0 | $3,505,105 | $0 | $351,217 | $0 | $237,257 | $4,980,491 |
| Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Christopher Hill | 465,088 | 0 | 1,189,320 | 0 | 138,131 | 0 | 65,704 | 1,858,243 |
| Senior Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Mark Tattoli | 407,888 | 0 | 568,937 | 0 | 110,864 | 0 | 58,006 | 1,145,696 |
| Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | ||||||||
| Gwendolyn Gresham | 407,888 | 0 | 568,937 | 0 | 110,864 | 0 | 55,813 | 1,143,503 |
| Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations | ||||||||
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 officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Bruno | $4,980,491 | $7,932,540 | $7,988,083 | ↓ −2,952,049 |
| Christopher Hill | 1,858,243 | 2,909,068 | 2,882,854 | ↓ −1,050,825 |
| Mark Tattoli | 1,145,696 | 1,788,482 | 1,464,621 | ↓ −642,786 |
| Gwendolyn Gresham | 1,143,503 | 1,788,028 | 1,473,704 | ↓ −644,525 |
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
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | — |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Tattoli | PSU | 2025-02-13 | 16,456 | 32,912 | — | 57,596 | $568,937 |
| Gwendolyn Gresham | PSU | 2025-02-13 | 16,456 | 32,912 | — | 57,596 | 568,937 |
| Christopher Hill | PSU | 2025-02-13 | 34,400 | 68,800 | — | 120,400 | 1,189,320 |
| Lawrence Bruno | PSU | 2025-02-13 | 101,382 | 202,764 | — | 354,837 | 3,505,105 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Tattoli | $0 | $568,937 | $0 | 100.0% |
| Gwendolyn Gresham | 0 | 568,937 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Christopher Hill | 0 | 1,189,320 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lawrence Bruno | 0 | 3,505,105 | 0 | 100.0% |
% 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
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Tattoli | RSU | 1,450 | — | $23,244 |
| Gwendolyn Gresham | PSU | 124,100 | — | 1,989,323 |
| Mark Tattoli | PSU | 124,100 | — | 1,989,323 |
| Christopher Hill | PSU | 259,424 | — | 4,158,567 |
| Lawrence Bruno | PSU | 764,554 | — | 12,255,801 |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Z. CarnesIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Lead Director | $132,500 | $120,546 | — | — | — | $253,046 |
| Kwaku TemengIndependent · Compensation · Nominating | 97,500 | 120,546 | — | — | — | 218,046 |
| Harvey KlingensmithIndependent · Compensation · Nominating · Audit | 95,000 | 120,546 | — | — | — | 215,546 |
| Katherine A. MurrayIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating | 85,000 | 120,546 | — | — | — | 205,546 |
| Curtis AnastasioIndependent · Audit | 81,250 | 120,546 | — | — | — | 201,796 |
| Rob MartinovichIndependent · Nominating | 40,000 | 89,409 | — | — | — | 129,409 |
| Lawrence BrunoEmployee director · Board Chair | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
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) | 25,000 / 20,000 / 12,500 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $5 |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $531,250 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $692,139 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,223,389 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names Core Laboratories as a peer
Companies that benchmark against CLB
8 companies name CLB as a compensation peer
- Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.AESIFY2025
- Delek US Holdings, Inc.DKFY2025
- HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INCHLXFY2025
- Innovex International, Inc.INVXFY2025
- KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.KLXEFY2025
- National Energy Services Reunited Corp.NESRFY2025
- OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL, INCOISFY2025
- SEADRILL LtdSDRLFY2025
- TIDEWATER INCTDWFY2025
Each company listed discloses CLB 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 CLB 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.
PresidentWFRD Weatherford InternationalOIS Oil States InternationalOII Oceaneering InternationalHLX Helix Energy Solutions GroupRES RPC, Inc.VTOL Bristow Group Inc.FTI TechnipFMC plc Innovex International Inc. (fka Dril-Quip Inc.)TTI TETRA Technologies Inc.FET Forum Energy TechnologiesXPRO Expro Group Holdings N.V.TDW Tidewater Inc. Champion X CorporationPDS Precision Drilling CorporationSMHI SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.
Peer reciprocity
The companies Core Laboratories 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 | TechnipFMC plc | 2025 | Douglas Pferdehirt | $1,450,000 | $12,361,640 | $0 | $3,501,750 | $17,816,188 |
| 2 | Weatherford International | 2025 | Girishchandra Saligram | 1,254,808 | 9,969,035 | 0 | 1,735,296 | 13,022,298 |
| 3 | Oceaneering International | 2025 | Roderick Larson | 910,000 | 2,027,796 | 0 | 4,282,425 | 7,735,670 |
| 4 | Expro Group Holdings NV | 2024 | Michael Jardon | 1,000,000 | 5,246,072 | 0 | 690,625 | 6,962,497 |
| 5 | Forum Energy Technologies | 2025 | Neal Lux | 717,769 | 4,232,105 | 0 | 1,196,463 | 6,163,337 |
| 6 | Tidewater Inc. | 2025 | Quintin Kneen | 750,000 | 3,892,458 | 0 | 1,078,125 | 5,732,208 |
| 7 | Bristow Group Inc. | 2025 | Christopher Bradshaw | 800,000 | 3,584,607 | 0 | 1,291,200 | 5,706,605 |
| 8 | Tetra Technologies Inc. | 2025 | Brady Murphy | 735,000 | 1,325,333 | 0 | 3,061,825 | 5,133,908 |
| 9 | Oil States International | 2025 | Cindy Taylor | 925,000 | 2,400,003 | 0 | 1,654,244 | 5,079,386 |
| 10 | Helix Energy Solutions Group | 2025 | Owen Kratz | 800,000 | 3,838,519 | 0 | 420,000 | 5,067,269 |
| 11 | Core Laboratories | 2025 | Lawrence Bruno | 886,912 | 3,505,105 | 0 | 351,217 | 4,980,491 |
| 12 | RPC, Inc. | 2025 | Ben Palmer | 618,000 | 1,388,265 | 0 | 1,155,660 | 3,192,075 |
| 13 | Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. | 2025 | John Gellert | 600,000 | 1,360,322 | 0 | 0 | 2,724,322 |
| — | Precision Drilling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Laboratories | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Bristow Group Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Expro Group Holdings NV | not disclosed | PRSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR) | Meridian Consultants, LLC |
| Forum Energy Technologies | not disclosed | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | not disclosed | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Helix Energy Solutions Group | 35% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — TSR relative to performance peer group | WTW (Willis Towers Watson) |
| Oceaneering International | 124% | not disclosed | Yes — Relative TSR | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Oil States International | not disclosed | RSU 50 · PRSU 25 · Cash Performance Award 25 | not disclosed | Meridian Compensation Partners |
| Precision Drilling Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| RPC, Inc. | 187% | RSU 75 · PSU 25 | No | Mercer, LLC |
| Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| TechnipFMC plc | not disclosed | PSU 70 · RSU 30 | Yes — Relative TSR | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Tetra Technologies Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 50 · LTIP Units 50 | not disclosed | Pay Governance LLC |
| Tidewater Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Weatherford International | 92.3% | PSU 75 · RSU 25 | No | LB&Co. |
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 year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-12 | 38,265,683 | 1,263,224 | 107,495 | 96.8% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-05-21 | 38,010,404 | 2,292,675 | 26,512 | 94.31% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-05-08 | 36,411,684 | 1,822,497 | 82,370 | 95.23% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-06-28 | 36,172,862 | 1,265,529 | 803,147 | 96.62% | 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 year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-12 | 96.8%a |
| 2025 | 2025-05-21 | 94.31%b |
| 2024 | 2024-05-08 | 95.23%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 the outcome.”.
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) | 120 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | $5,604,877 |
| Median employee compensation | $46,614 |
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (38 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, Lawrence Bruno. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “All Other Compensation from Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 4,980,491. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Christopher Hill. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “All Other Compensation from Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 1,858,243. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Mark Tattoli. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “All Other Compensation from Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 1,145,696. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Gwendolyn Gresham. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “All Other Compensation from Summary Compensation Table” · page 39. As printed: 1,143,503. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Mark Tattoli PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Gwendolyn Gresham PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Christopher Hill PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Lawrence Bruno PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 120 : 1. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Martha Z. Carnes. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 253,046. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Kwaku Temeng. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 218,046. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Harvey Klingensmith. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 215,546. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Katherine A. Murray. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 205,546. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Curtis Anastasio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 201,796. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Rob Martinovich. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 129,409. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Lawrence Bruno. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-13. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.8% (votes for as printed: 38,265,683). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-27. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.31% (votes for as printed: 38,010,404). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-10. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.23% (votes for as printed: 36,411,684). 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 531,250 + equity 692,139 + all other 0 = 1,223,389, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- TechnipFMC plc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-19. CEO total compensation as printed in TechnipFMC plc's own proxy. As printed: 17,816,188. View filing ↗
- Weatherford International, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Weatherford International's own proxy. As printed: 13,022,298. View filing ↗
- Oceaneering International, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Oceaneering International's own proxy. As printed: 7,735,670. View filing ↗
- Expro Group Holdings NV, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Expro Group Holdings NV's own proxy. As printed: 6,962,497. View filing ↗
- Forum Energy Technologies, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Forum Energy Technologies's own proxy. As printed: 6,163,337. View filing ↗
- Tidewater Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Tidewater Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,732,208. View filing ↗
- Bristow Group Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Bristow Group Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,706,605. View filing ↗
- Tetra Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Tetra Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,133,908. View filing ↗
- Oil States International, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Oil States International's own proxy. As printed: 5,079,386. View filing ↗
- Helix Energy Solutions Group, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Helix Energy Solutions Group's own proxy. As printed: 5,067,269. View filing ↗
- Core Laboratories (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Core Laboratories's own proxy. As printed: 4,980,491. View filing ↗
- RPC, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. CEO total compensation as printed in RPC, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,192,075. View filing ↗
- Seacor Marine Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Seacor Marine Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,724,322. View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Oil States International reciprocity. DEF 14A. Oil States International names Core Laboratories in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Helix Energy Solutions Group reciprocity. DEF 14A. Helix Energy Solutions Group names Core Laboratories in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Tidewater Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Tidewater Inc. names Core Laboratories in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗