Fiscal year 2021 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.
Each company listed discloses CIR 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 CIR in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Buckhout | $805,385 | $0 | $3,410,115 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,001 | $4,229,501 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Arjun Sharma | 368,462 | 0 | 526,926 | 0 | 69,505 | 0 | 22,401 | 987,294 |
| Senior Vice President, Business Development | ||||||||
| Tony Najjar | 393,846 | 0 | 477,828 | 0 | 90,057 | 0 | 14,031 | 975,762 |
| President, Aerospace and Defense Group | ||||||||
| Abhishek Khandelwal | 430,769 | 0 | 502,973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26,001 | 959,743 |
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Sumit Mehrotra | 219,162 | 0 | 480,616 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48,671 | 748,449 |
| Former President, Industrial Group | ||||||||
| Jessica Wenzell | 368,000 | 0 | 279,469 | 0 | 73,064 | 0 | 13,890 | 734,423 |
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief People 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 | FY2021 total | FY2020 total | FY2019 total | Δ FY2020→2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Buckhout | $4,229,501 | — | — | — |
| Arjun Sharma | 987,294 | — | — | — |
| Tony Najjar | 975,762 | — | — | — |
| Abhishek Khandelwal | 959,743 | — | — | — |
| Sumit Mehrotra | 748,449 | — | — | — |
| Jessica Wenzell | 734,423 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Wenzell | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 3,366 | — | $134,034 |
| Arjun Sharma | PSU | 2021-03-17 | 2,692 | 5,384 | — | 10,768 | 232,696 |
| Scott Buckhout | PSU | 2021-03-17 | 19,180 | 38,359 | — | 76,718 | 1,657,876 |
| Scott Buckhout | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 5,643 | — | 224,704 |
| Arjun Sharma | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 5,385 | — | 214,431 |
| Tony Najjar | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 5,385 | — | 214,431 |
| Abhishek Khandelwal | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 6,057 | — | 241,190 |
| Scott Buckhout | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 38,361 | — | 1,527,535 |
| Tony Najjar | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 771 | — | 30,701 |
| Arjun Sharma | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 2,004 | — | 79,799 |
| Sumit Mehrotra | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 841 | — | 33,489 |
| Sumit Mehrotra | RSU | 2021-03-17 | — | — | 5,385 | — | 214,431 |
| Tony Najjar | PSU | 2021-03-17 | 2,692 | 5,384 | — | 10,768 | 232,696 |
| Jessica Wenzell | PSU | 2021-03-17 | 1,683 | 3,365 | — | 6,730 | 145,435 |
| Abhishek Khandelwal | PSU | 2021-03-17 | 3,029 | 6,057 | — | 12,114 | 261,784 |
| Sumit Mehrotra | PSU | 2021-03-17 | 2,692 | 5,384 | — | 10,768 | 232,696 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Wenzell | $134,034 | $145,435 | $0 | 52.0% |
| Arjun Sharma | 294,230 | 232,696 | 0 | 44.2% |
| Scott Buckhout | 1,752,239 | 1,657,876 | 0 | 48.6% |
| Tony Najjar | 245,132 | 232,696 | 0 | 48.7% |
| Abhishek Khandelwal | 241,190 | 261,784 | 0 | 52.0% |
| Sumit Mehrotra | 247,920 | 232,696 | 0 | 48.4% |
% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Buckhout | Option | 77,422 | 33.63 | — |
| Jessica Wenzell | PSU | 3,365 | — | 91,461 |
| Tony Najjar | Option | 1,408 | 33.63 | — |
| Jessica Wenzell | RSU | 1,158 | — | 31,474 |
| Arjun Sharma | Option | 1,760 | 33.63 | — |
| Jessica Wenzell | RSU | 3,366 | — | 91,488 |
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | ISS Corporate Solutions, Inc. |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022-10-04 | 17,885,675 | 398,845 | 28,167 | 97.82% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-05-28 | 17,718,498 | 503,227 | 9,998 | 97.18% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-06-12 | 16,843,331 | 2,081,051 | 1,612 | 89% | Passed |
| 2019 | 2019-05-09 | 18,158,786 | 646,470 | 4,420 | 96.56% | Passed |
| 2018 | 2018-05-10 | 18,465,080 | 324,722 | 3,451 | 98.27% | Passed |
| 2017 | 2017-05-10 | 15,091,648 | 186,541 | 41,876 | 98.78% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022-10-04 | 97.82%a |
| 2021 | 2021-05-28 | 97.18%b |
| 2020 | 2020-06-12 | 89%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this Proposal 1.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “However, in the case of Proposal 4, under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, for purposes of stockholder approval of the amendment to the 2019 Plan, abstentions are counted as votes cast and will have the same effect as a vote against such matter.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote against this Proposal 1.”.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmuth LudwigIndependent · Board Chair | $182,875 | $112,571 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $295,446 |
| Samuel ChapinIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating/Governance | 98,063 | 112,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210,634 |
| John (Andy) O'DonnellIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance | 91,438 | 112,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204,009 |
| Jill D. SmithIndependent · Audit · Nominating/Governance | 86,625 | 112,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199,196 |
| Tina M. DonikowskiIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance | 81,813 | 112,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194,384 |
| Bruce LismanIndependent · Audit · Compensation | 81,813 | 112,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194,384 |
| David F. DietzIndependent · Compensation · Departed during FY | 60,563 | 112,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173,134 |
| Peter M. WilverIndependent · Audit (Chair, until January 1, 2021) · Compensation · Departed during FY | 28,333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28,333 |
| Annual cash retainer | $72,188 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $105,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 19,250 / 14,438 / 9,625 |
| Stock ownership guideline | 5x annual retainer fee |
| Component | FY2021 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $711,523 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $787,997 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,499,520 |
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 Circor International 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 Circor International.
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 | TriMas Corporation | 2025 | Thomas J. Snyder | $415,385 | $4,249,999 | $6,707,644 | $0 | $12,128,864 |
| 2 | Rexnord Corporation | 2025 | Louis Pinkham | 1,223,077 | 7,693,847 | 0 | 2,228,450 | 11,468,817 |
| 3 | SPX Corporation | 2025 | Eugene Lowe, III | 1,138,116 | 4,619,805 | 1,318,221 | 2,072,966 | 9,338,813 |
| 4 | Barnes Group Inc. | 2023 | Thomas Hook | 1,000,000 | 4,688,207 | 1,114,981 | 432,000 | 7,305,338 |
| 5 | Standex International Corporation | 2025 | David Dunbar | 936,436 | 3,553,548 | 0 | 339,224 | 5,117,281 |
| 6 | Albany International Corp. | 2025 | Gunnar Kleveland | 922,327 | 2,612,570 | 0 | 699,550 | 4,259,285 |
| 7 | Circor International | 2021 | Scott Buckhout | 805,385 | 3,410,115 | 0 | 0 | 4,229,501 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circor International | not disclosed | not disclosed | No | ISS Corporate Solutions, Inc. |
| Albany International Corp. | 72.9% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — AIN Relative TSR | Pearl Meyer & Partners |
| Barnes Group Inc. | 43.2% | PSU 60 · Options 20 · RSU 20 | Yes — Relative TSR | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Rexnord Corporation | 127.3% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR) | Meridian Compensation Partners |
| SPX Corporation | 163.9% | PSU 50 · Options 25 · RSU 25 | Yes — Relative TSR | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC |
| Standex International Corporation | 69.0% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | Yes — Relative TSR | Independent compensation consultant |
| TriMas Corporation | 200% | Options 65 · RSU 35 | No | Meridian Compensation Partners |
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.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Scott Buckhout | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Summary Compensation Table” · page 41. As printed: 4,229,501. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 629259–629269 |
| 2 | Section 01, Arjun Sharma | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Summary Compensation Table” · page 41. As printed: 987,294. Filing ↗machine: r10 · c24 · span 644447–644455 |
| 3 | Section 01, Tony Najjar | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Summary Compensation Table” · page 41. As printed: 975,762. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c24 · span 639999–640007 |
| 4 | Section 01, Abhishek Khandelwal | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Summary Compensation Table” · page 41. As printed: 959,743. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c24 · span 635643–635651 |
| 5 | Section 01, Sumit Mehrotra | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Summary Compensation Table” · page 41. As printed: 748,449. Filing ↗machine: r14 · c24 · span 653122–653130 |
| 6 | Section 01, Jessica Wenzell | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Summary Compensation Table” · page 41. As printed: 734,423. Filing ↗machine: r13 · c24 · span 650795–650803 |
| 7 | Section 03, Jessica Wenzell RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r21 · c10 · span 775382–775389 |
| 8 | Section 03, Arjun Sharma PSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r16 · c7 · span 761683–761688 |
| 9 | Section 03, Scott Buckhout PSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r5 · c7 · span 733225–733231 |
| 10 | Section 03, Scott Buckhout RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 03, Arjun Sharma RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r17 · c10 · span 764795–764802 |
| 12 | Section 03, Tony Najjar RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r13 · c10 · span 754746–754753 |
| 13 | Section 03, Abhishek Khandelwal RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r9 · c7 · span 743613–743618 |
| 14 | Section 03, Scott Buckhout RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r6 · c10 · span 736691–736700 |
| 15 | Section 03, Tony Najjar RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 16 | Section 03, Arjun Sharma RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 17 | Section 03, Sumit Mehrotra RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 03, Sumit Mehrotra RSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r24 · c10 · span 782690–782697 |
| 19 | Section 03, Tony Najjar PSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r12 · c7 · span 751284–751289 |
| 20 | Section 03, Jessica Wenzell PSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r20 · c7 · span 771921–771926 |
| 21 | Section 03, Abhishek Khandelwal PSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r9 · c7 · span 743613–743618 |
| 22 | Section 03, Sumit Mehrotra PSU | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r23 · c7 · span 779578–779583 |
| 23 | Section 08, Helmuth Ludwig | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 295,446. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r6 · c3 · span 263879–263887 |
| 24 | Section 08, Samuel Chapin | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 210,634. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r2 · c3 · span 260156–260164 |
| 25 | Section 08, John (Andy) O'Donnell | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 204,009. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r7 · c3 · span 264766–264774 |
| 26 | Section 08, Jill D. Smith | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 199,196. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r8 · c3 · span 265745–265753 |
| 27 | Section 08, Tina M. Donikowski | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 194,384. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r4 · c3 · span 262020–262028 |
| 28 | Section 08, Bruce Lisman | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 194,384. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r5 · c3 · span 262898–262906 |
| 29 | Section 08, David F. Dietz | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 173,134. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r3 · c3 · span 261036–261044 |
| 30 | Section 08, Peter M. Wilver | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 28,333. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r9 · c1 · span 266193–266199 |
| 31 | Section 06, 2022 vote | Form 8-K | 2022-10-07 | 0001091883-22-000086 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.82%. Filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 06, 2021 vote | Form 8-K | 2021-05-28 | 0001091883-21-000018 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.18%. Filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 06, 2020 vote | Form 8-K | 2020-06-17 | 0001091883-20-000094 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89%. Filing ↗ |
| 34 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 35 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 711,523 + equity 787,997 + all other 0 = 1,499,520, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,499,520 |
| 36 | TriMas Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-31 | 0001140361-26-012327 | CEO total compensation as printed in TriMas Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 12,128,864. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c25 · span 1036527–1036537 |
| 37 | Rexnord Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-18 | 0000082811-26-000085 | CEO total compensation as printed in Rexnord Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 11,468,817. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 915928–915938 |
| 38 | SPX Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-31 | 0000088205-26-000019 | CEO total compensation as printed in SPX Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 9,338,813. Filing ↗machine: t119 · r2 · c11 · span 620400–620409 |
| 39 | Barnes Group Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2024-03-29 | 0001140361-24-016599 | CEO total compensation as printed in Barnes Group Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,305,338. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c27 · span 926157–926166 |
| 40 | Standex International Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-09-05 | 0001437749-25-028442 | CEO total compensation as printed in Standex International Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 5,117,281. Filing ↗machine: t217 · r1 · c28 · span 1012679–1012688 |
| 41 | Albany International Corp., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-02 | 0001628280-26-022940 | CEO total compensation as printed in Albany International Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,259,285. Filing ↗machine: t89 · r3 · c9 · span 688295–688304 |
| 42 | Circor International (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2022-09-09 | 0001091883-22-000067 | CEO total compensation as printed in Circor International's own proxy. As printed: 4,229,501. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 629259–629269 |
| 43 | Section 10a, Rexnord Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000082811-26-000085 | Rexnord Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Circor International. Filing ↗ |
| 44 | Section 10a, Albany International Corp. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001628280-26-022940 | Albany International Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Circor International. Filing ↗ |
| 45 | Section 10a, SPX Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0000088205-26-000019 | SPX Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Circor International. Filing ↗ |
| 46 | Section 10a, TriMas Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-26-012327 | TriMas Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Circor International. Filing ↗ |
| 47 | Section 10a, Barnes Group Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-24-016599 | Barnes Group Inc. names Circor International in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |