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SUMISHO AIR LEASE (AL): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$9,399,534Former CEO John Plueger · source
Say-on-pay support61.49%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers44th pct.Of 16 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio28:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $9,075,696FY2023
  • $8,400,063FY2024
  • $9,399,534FY2025

CEO total pay was $9,399,534 in fiscal 2025, up from $8,400,063 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,000,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $5,313,829 · option awards $0

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
John Plueger$1,000,000$0$5,313,829$0$2,820,000$0$265,705$9,399,534
Former Chief Executive Officer and President
Carol Forsyte868,3331,000,0001,108,21301,480,500052,9004,509,946
Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
Grant Levy898,33801,062,78901,522,800063,3423,546,564
Former Executive Vice President
Gregory Willis860,00001,063,44001,463,580039,8483,426,868
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kishore Korde835,8330961,53101,421,280049,2403,267,885
Executive Vice President
Steven Udvar-Házy613,6360439,34101,017,9810513,8462,584,804
Former Executive Chairman

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
John Plueger$9,399,534$8,400,063$9,075,696↑ +999,471
Carol Forsyte4,509,9462,917,8972,990,466↑ +1,592,049
Grant Levy3,546,5642,956,9343,281,449↑ +589,630
Gregory Willis3,426,8682,774,2042,855,699↑ +652,664
Kishore Korde3,267,885———
Steven Udvar-Házy2,584,8048,290,0239,397,751↓ −5,705,219

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

Pay for performance is an essential element of our compensation philosophy, designed to reward and retain a small team of high-caliber executives in a competitive market by tying compensation to the achievement of performance metrics based on the financial plan. The program emphasizes a substantial portion of variable, at-risk compensation to align executive interests with stockholder value creation and sustainable growth.

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

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Gregory WillisPSU309—$19,847
Carol ForsytePSU311—19,976
Kishore KordePSU311—19,976
Grant LevyPSU348—22,352
Gregory WillisRSU1,749—112,338
Carol ForsyteRSU1,761—113,109
Kishore KordeRSU1,765—113,366
John PluegerPSU1,819—116,834
Grant LevyRSU1,970—126,533
Steven Udvar-HázyRSU2,698—173,293
Kishore KordeRSU3,678—236,238
Grant LevyRSU4,032—258,975
Gregory WillisRSU4,037—259,297
Carol ForsyteRSU4,180—268,481
Kishore KordeRSU4,779—306,955
Grant LevyRSU5,288—339,648
Gregory WillisRSU5,291—339,841
Carol ForsyteRSU5,514—354,164
Steven Udvar-HázyRSU7,300—468,879
Steven Udvar-HázyRSU8,950—574,859
Kishore KordePSU8,985—577,107
Grant LevyPSU9,941—638,510
Gregory WillisPSU9,947—638,896
Kishore KordePSU10,133—650,843
John PluegerRSU10,311—662,276
Carol ForsytePSU10,366—665,808
Kishore KordePSU10,758—690,986
Grant LevyPSU11,210—720,018
Gregory WillisPSU11,217—720,468
Carol ForsytePSU11,689—750,784
Grant LevyPSU11,793—757,464
Gregory WillisPSU11,809—758,492
Carol ForsytePSU12,226—785,276
John PluegerPSU13,216—848,864
John PluegerPSU14,365—922,664
John PluegerRSU19,249—1,236,363
Kishore KordePSU21,958—1,410,362
Grant LevyPSU24,068—1,545,888
Gregory WillisPSU24,102—1,548,071
Carol ForsytePSU24,952—1,602,667
John PluegerRSU26,438—1,698,113
Steven Udvar-HázyPSU34,864—2,239,315
Steven Udvar-HázyPSU36,713—2,358,076
John PluegerPSU49,703—3,192,452
Steven Udvar-HázyRSU55,310—3,552,561
John PluegerPSU56,050—3,600,067
Steven Udvar-HázyPSU71,150—4,569,965
Steven Udvar-HázyRSU79,440—5,102,431
Steven Udvar-HázyPSU85,882—5,516,201
Director compensation

No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2025.

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$80,000
Annual equity retainer$130,000
Per board meeting fee$1,500
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 10,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline$5
Peer group, and who names SUMISHO AIR LEASE as a peer

Companies that benchmark against AL

8 companies name AL as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses AL 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 AL 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

Of the companies SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer’s own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer’s filing. A dash means the peer’s current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP.

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
1Janus Henderson Group plc2025Ali Dibadj$725,000$27,665,115$0$0$35,038,727
2Franklin Resources, Inc.2025Jennifer Johnson750,0008,959,77106,925,00016,844,816
3Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.2025Jay Horgen750,0008,967,00006,525,00016,311,950
4Invesco Ltd.2025Andrew Schlossberg750,00010,084,90305,321,25016,299,849
5Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.2024William McMorrow1,500,0008,734,19603,735,00015,842,528
6Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.2025James Risoleo1,100,0009,569,88003,697,10014,835,223
7W.P. Carey Inc.2025Jason Fox1,000,0007,986,68601,770,00010,786,686
8Healthpeak Properties, Inc.2025Scott Brinker825,0007,208,68801,986,15610,072,994
9Federal Realty Investment Trust2025Donald Wood1,000,0007,554,43401,350,0009,929,147
10SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP2025John Plueger1,000,0005,313,82902,820,0009,399,534
11Herc Holdings Inc.2025Lawrence Silber1,056,5385,500,03701,484,0008,289,126
12GATX Corporation2025Robert Lyons991,6672,281,8302,302,1051,012,0938,178,380
13Federated Hermes, Inc.2025J. Christopher Donahue787,5002,528,25903,937,5007,982,105
14Digital Bridge Group, Inc.2025Marc Ganzi1,200,0002,864,222—2,403,3607,505,614
15Kilroy Realty Corporation2025Angela Aman820,0004,433,57701,801,8507,072,527
16H&E Equipment Services, Inc.2023Bradley W. Barber907,6923,599,9240—6,295,836
17Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.2025Jason Gottlieb300,0001,548,40003,570,0005,482,136

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
SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORPnot disclosedPRSU 50 · RSU 25not disclosedExequity
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.134%PSU 75 · RSU 25NoSemler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedMcLagan
Digital Bridge Group, Inc.166.9%Restricted Stock 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative TSR ModifierPay Governance
Federal Realty Investment Trust120%not disclosedNoSemler Brossy Consulting Group
Federated Hermes, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMcLagan Partners, Inc.
Franklin Resources, Inc.not disclosedPSU 100YesSemler Brossy Consulting Group
GATX Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedPay Governance LLC
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Healthpeak Properties, Inc.127%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — 3-Year Relative TSR PerformanceFerguson Partners Consulting
Herc Holdings Inc.100%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoFW Cook
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSRPay Governance
Invesco Ltd.129%not disclosedYes — Relative TSRJohnson Associates, Inc.
Janus Henderson Group plcnot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40NoMeridian Compensation Partners
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.not disclosedPSU 66 · RSU 33Yes — Relative TSRFerguson Partners Consulting L.P.
Kilroy Realty Corporation125.6%PSU 75 · RSU 25Yes — TSR Percentile RankingKorn Ferry
W.P. Carey Inc.118.0%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — TSR relative to the constituents of the MSCI US REIT IndexFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.

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
20252025-05-0261,791,11138,701,23942,35561.49%Passed
20242024-05-0387,629,4165,923,84266,98093.6%Passed
20232023-05-0362,829,61731,059,27977,78066.92%Passed
20222022-05-0472,075,43818,891,4311,550,78477.9%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
20252025-05-0261.49%a
20242024-05-0393.6%b
20232023-05-0366.92%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote "AGAINST" the proposal.”.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

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)28 : 1
CEO total compensation$9,399,534
Median employee compensation$341,434
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (41 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, John Plueger. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 9,399,534. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Carol Forsyte. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,509,946. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Grant Levy. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,546,564. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Gregory Willis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,426,868. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Kishore Korde. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,267,885. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Steven Udvar-Házy. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,584,804. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 28 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-08. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 61.49% (votes for as printed: 61,791,111). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-09. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 93.6% (votes for as printed: 87,629,416). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-05-05. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 66.92% (votes for as printed: 62,829,617). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Janus Henderson Group plc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Janus Henderson Group plc's own proxy. As printed: 35,038,727. View filing ↗
  • Franklin Resources, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Franklin Resources, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,844,816. View filing ↗
  • Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,311,950. View filing ↗
  • Invesco Ltd., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Invesco Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,299,849. View filing ↗
  • Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,842,528. View filing ↗
  • Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-08. CEO total compensation as printed in Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,835,223. View filing ↗
  • W.P. Carey Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in W.P. Carey Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,786,686. View filing ↗
  • Healthpeak Properties, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Healthpeak Properties, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,072,994. View filing ↗
  • Federal Realty Investment Trust, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Federal Realty Investment Trust's own proxy. As printed: 9,929,147. View filing ↗
  • SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP's own proxy. As printed: 9,399,534. View filing ↗
  • Herc Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Herc Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,289,126. View filing ↗
  • GATX Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-13. CEO total compensation as printed in GATX Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 8,178,380. View filing ↗
  • Federated Hermes, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Federated Hermes, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,982,105. View filing ↗
  • Digital Bridge Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Digital Bridge Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,505,614. View filing ↗
  • Kilroy Realty Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Kilroy Realty Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,072,527. View filing ↗
  • H&E Equipment Services, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in H&E Equipment Services, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,295,836. View filing ↗
  • Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,482,136. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Kilroy Realty Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Kilroy Realty Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Federal Realty Investment Trust reciprocity. DEF 14A. Federal Realty Investment Trust's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Invesco Ltd. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Invesco Ltd.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Franklin Resources, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Franklin Resources, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Digital Bridge Group, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Digital Bridge Group, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, W.P. Carey Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. W.P. Carey Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Herc Holdings Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Herc Holdings Inc. names SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Janus Henderson Group plc reciprocity. DEF 14A. Janus Henderson Group plc's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Federated Hermes, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Federated Hermes, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Healthpeak Properties, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Healthpeak Properties, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP. View filing ↗
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