CEO John Heller was paid $21,197,364 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 661.8% from fiscal year 2024, the 99th percentile of its disclosed peer group (SEC filing 0001104659-25-123111 ↗): executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
$21,197,364 ↑ John Heller total, FY2025 | 99th CEO pay percentile vs peers | — CEO-to-median pay ratio | 97.37% Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Heller | $1,224,038 | $0 | $10,651,567 | $7,332,048 | $1,937,518 | $0 | $52,193 | $21,197,364 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Steven Demetriou | 1,250,000 | 0 | 2,499,973 | 0 | 1,412,500 | 0 | 25,019 | 5,187,492 |
| Executive Chairman | ||||||||
| Travis Johnson | 647,308 | 500,000 | 2,749,979 | 0 | 733,634 | 0 | 53,254 | 4,684,175 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Stephen Arnette | 744,231 | 0 | 2,849,948 | 0 | 845,644 | 0 | 26,437 | 4,466,260 |
| Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
| Sean Mullen | 472,107 | 500,000 | 1,499,957 | 0 | 400,656 | 0 | 25,182 | 2,897,902 |
| Chief Growth 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.
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Heller | $21,197,364 | $2,782,479 | — | ↑ +18,414,885 |
| Steven Demetriou | 5,187,492 | 5,351,385 | — | ↓ −163,893 |
| Travis Johnson | 4,684,175 | 1,963,649 | — | ↑ +2,720,526 |
| Stephen Arnette | 4,466,260 | 2,658,972 | — | ↑ +1,807,288 |
| Sean Mullen | 2,897,902 | 1,233,964 | — | ↑ +1,663,938 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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Each company listed discloses AMTM 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 AMTM in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
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| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Alan E. Goldberg | Independent Director | $315,000 |
| Barbara L. Loughran | Independent Director | $339,997 |
| Benjamin Dickson | Lead Independent Director | $415,000 |
| Christopher M.T. Thompson | Independent Director | $314,997 |
| Connor Wentzell | Independent Director | $315,000 |
| General Ralph E. Eberhart | Independent Director | $314,997 |
| General Vincent K. Brooks | Independent Director | $314,997 |
| John Vollmer | Independent Director | $314,997 |
| Russell Triedman | Independent Director | $340,000 |
| S. Leslie Ireland | Independent Director | $314,997 |
| Sandra E. Rowland | Independent Director | $339,997 |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Mullen | PSU | 2024-11-06 | 7,258 | 14,516 | 14,516 | 29,032 | $799,974 |
| Steven Demetriou | RSU | 2024-11-06 | — | — | 90,727 | — | 2,499,973 |
| John Heller | RSU | 2024-11-06 | — | — | 36,291 | — | 999,995 |
| Sean Mullen | RSU | 2024-11-06 | — | — | 18,145 | — | 499,984 |
| John Heller | RSU | 2025-01-28 | — | — | 155,938 | — | 3,101,607 |
| John Heller | OPTION | 2025-01-28 | — | — | 1,373,955 | — | 7,332,048 |
| Sean Mullen | RSU | 2024-12-20 | — | — | 9,298 | — | 200,000 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 2024-11-06 | — | — | 27,218 | — | 749,989 |
| Travis Johnson | PSU | 2024-11-06 | 18,145 | 36,291 | 36,291 | 72,582 | 1,999,990 |
| John Heller | PSU | 2024-11-06 | 59,426 | 118,853 | 118,853 | 237,706 | 6,549,965 |
| Stephen Arnette | RSU | 2024-11-06 | — | — | 27,218 | — | 749,989 |
| Stephen Arnette | PSU | 2024-11-06 | 19,052 | 38,105 | 38,105 | 76,210 | 2,099,959 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Mullen | $699,984 | $799,974 | $0 | 53.3% |
| Steven Demetriou | 2,499,973 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| John Heller | 4,101,602 | 6,549,965 | 7,332,048 | 36.4% |
| Travis Johnson | 749,989 | 1,999,990 | 0 | 72.7% |
| Stephen Arnette | 749,989 | 2,099,959 | 0 | 73.7% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Heller | RSU | 155,938 | — | $4,046,591 |
| John Heller | RSU | 118,853 | — | 3,084,235 |
| John Heller | PSU | 118,853 | — | 3,084,235 |
| John Heller | RSU | 90,727 | — | 2,354,366 |
| John Heller | RSU | 43,396 | — | 1,126,126 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 38,652 | — | 1,003,019 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 38,105 | — | 988,825 |
| Travis Johnson | PSU | 38,105 | — | 988,825 |
| John Heller | RSU | 36,291 | — | 941,751 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 36,291 | — | 941,751 |
| Travis Johnson | PSU | 36,291 | — | 941,751 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 27,218 | — | 706,307 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 18,383 | — | 477,039 |
| Sean Mullen | RSU | 18,145 | — | 470,863 |
| Sean Mullen | RSU | 14,516 | — | 376,690 |
| Sean Mullen | PSU | 14,516 | — | 376,690 |
| Sean Mullen | RSU | 9,298 | — | 241,283 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 2,808 | — | 72,868 |
| Travis Johnson | RSU | 1,178 | — | 30,569 |
| John Heller | Option | 1,373,955 | 22.71 | — |
Our Executive compensation practices are crafted to attract and retain top talent, ensure competitive remuneration, provide rewards and incentives based on individual and company performance, and recognize exceptional contributions that advance the company’s vision, mission, and values.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-02-06 | 214,017,720 | 5,778,604 | 1,029,338 | 97.37% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-03-05 | 188,654,754 | 592,985 | 457,710 | 99.69% | 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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-02-06 | 97.37%a |
| 2025 | 2025-03-05 | 99.69%b |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. 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.
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin DicksonIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Compensation | $415,000 | $0 | — | — | — | $415,000 |
| Russell TriedmanIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating Governance | 340,000 | 0 | — | — | — | 340,000 |
| Barbara L. LoughranIndependent · Audit · Nominating Governance (Chair) | 150,000 | 189,997 | — | — | — | 339,997 |
| Sandra E. RowlandIndependent · Audit (Chair) | 150,000 | 189,997 | — | — | — | 339,997 |
| Alan E. GoldbergIndependent · Nominating/Governance | 315,000 | 0 | — | — | — | 315,000 |
| Connor WentzellIndependent · Nominating Governance | 315,000 | 0 | — | — | — | 315,000 |
| S. Leslie IrelandIndependent · Audit · Compensation | 125,000 | 189,997 | — | — | — | 314,997 |
| General Ralph E. EberhartIndependent · Compensation | 125,000 | 189,997 | — | — | — | 314,997 |
| Christopher M.T. ThompsonIndependent | 125,000 | 189,997 | — | — | — | 314,997 |
| John VollmerIndependent | 125,000 | 189,997 | — | — | — | 314,997 |
| General Vincent K. BrooksIndependent · Audit · Nominating Governance | 125,000 | 189,997 | — | — | — | 314,997 |
| Steven (Steve) J. DemetriouEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| John HellerEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $125,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $190,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | $2,000 |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | — |
| Stock ownership guideline | $5 |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $2,310,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $1,329,979 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $3,639,979 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies Amentum Holdings 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 Amentum Holdings.
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 | Amentum Holdings | 2025 | John Heller | $1,224,038 | $10,651,567 | $7,332,048 | $1,937,518 | $21,197,364 |
| 2 | V2X | 2025 | Jeremy Wensinger | 1,021,920 | 4,961,023 | — | 1,542,528 | 7,980,782 |
| — | Short-Term Incentive Plan | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amentum Holdings | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Short-Term Incentive Plan | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| V2X | 115.2% | PSU 67 · RSU 33 | Yes — Relative TSR | Pay Governance |
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.
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.
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.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, John Heller | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 21,197,364. View filing ↗ |
| 2 | Section 01, Steven Demetriou | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 5,187,492. View filing ↗ |
| 3 | Section 01, Travis Johnson | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,684,175. View filing ↗ |
| 4 | Section 01, Stephen Arnette | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,466,260. View filing ↗ |
| 5 | Section 01, Sean Mullen | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,897,902. View filing ↗ |
| 6 | Section 03, Sean Mullen PSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 7 | Section 03, Steven Demetriou RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 8 | Section 03, John Heller RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 9 | Section 03, Sean Mullen RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 03, John Heller RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 03, John Heller OPTION | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 03, Sean Mullen RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 13 | Section 03, Travis Johnson RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 14 | Section 03, Travis Johnson PSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 15 | Section 03, John Heller PSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 16 | Section 03, Stephen Arnette RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 17 | Section 03, Stephen Arnette PSU | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 08, Benjamin Dickson | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 415,000. View filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 08, Russell Triedman | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 340,000. View filing ↗ |
| 20 | Section 08, Barbara L. Loughran | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 339,997. View filing ↗ |
| 21 | Section 08, Sandra E. Rowland | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 339,997. View filing ↗ |
| 22 | Section 08, Alan E. Goldberg | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 315,000. View filing ↗ |
| 23 | Section 08, Connor Wentzell | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 315,000. View filing ↗ |
| 24 | Section 08, S. Leslie Ireland | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,997. View filing ↗ |
| 25 | Section 08, General Ralph E. Eberhart | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,997. View filing ↗ |
| 26 | Section 08, Christopher M.T. Thompson | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,997. View filing ↗ |
| 27 | Section 08, John Vollmer | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,997. View filing ↗ |
| 28 | Section 08, General Vincent K. Brooks | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,997. View filing ↗ |
| 29 | Section 08, Steven (Steve) J. Demetriou | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗ |
| 30 | Section 08, John Heller | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗ |
| 31 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-02-10 | 0001628280-26-006679 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.37% (votes for as printed: 214,017,720). View filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-03-07 | 0002011286-25-000085 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.69% (votes for as printed: 188,654,754). View filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | — | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer. |
| 34 | 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). |
| 35 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 2,310,000 + equity 1,329,979 + all other 0 = 3,639,979, summed across the director compensation table rows. |
| 36 | Amentum Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-12-19 | 0001104659-25-123111 | CEO total compensation as printed in Amentum Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 21,197,364. View filing ↗ |
| 37 | V2X, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-19 | 0001104659-26-031740 | CEO total compensation as printed in V2X's own proxy. As printed: 7,980,782. View filing ↗ |
| 38 | Section 10a, V2X reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-26-031740 | V2X names Amentum Holdings in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗ |