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Enpro (EPRO): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$7,457,747CEO Eric Vaillancourt · source
CEO vs. named peers47th pct.Of 18 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio128:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $6,192,009FY2023
  • $6,671,257FY2024
  • $7,457,747FY2025

CEO total pay was $7,457,747 in fiscal 2025, up from $6,671,257 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $934,616 · bonus $0 · stock awards $3,678,231 · option awards $1,390,716

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Enpro Inc. in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Eric Vaillancourt (Chief Executive Officer and President) was the highest-paid executive at Enpro Inc. in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $7,457,747.
How does Enpro Inc.'s chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Eric Vaillancourt's total compensation ranked at the 47th percentile of Enpro Inc.'s disclosed peer group.
What is Enpro Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Enpro Inc.'s CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 128:1.
How much does Enpro Inc. spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Enpro Inc. reported total board compensation of $2,299,064 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.

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Eric Vaillancourt$934,616$0$3,678,231$1,390,716$1,341,949$0$112,235$7,457,747
Chief Executive Officer and President
Joseph Bruderek Jr.505,8450777,269293,914462,195022,2982,061,521
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert McLean517,5980632,221239,052405,372066,7931,861,036
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Larisa Joiner373,5260260,14198,459243,782035,2431,011,151
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Steven Bower372,3290227,03285,904218,700052,175956,140
Senior Vice President Controller and Chief Accounting 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
Eric Vaillancourt$7,457,747$6,671,257$6,192,009↑ +786,490
Joseph Bruderek Jr.2,061,5211,748,873—↑ +312,648
Robert McLean1,861,0361,805,7981,682,807↑ +55,238
Larisa Joiner1,011,151962,204—↑ +48,947
Steven Bower956,140931,102885,144↑ +25,038

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

The objectives of Enpro's executive officer compensation program are to attract, motivate, and retain key executives who will drive the company's success. Pay practices reward executives for superior performance and align their interests with the long-term interests of shareholders by tying a substantial portion of total compensation to financial results and stock-based compensation.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Larisa JoinerPSU2025-02-13248495—990$134,457
Robert McLeanRSU2025-02-13——1,604—305,450
Steven BowerPSU2025-02-13216432—864117,344
Steven BowerRSU2025-02-13——576—109,688
Steven BowerOPTION2025-02-25——999—85,904
Joseph Bruderek Jr.PSU2025-02-137401,479—2,958401,741
Joseph Bruderek Jr.RSU2025-02-13——1,972—375,528
Joseph Bruderek Jr.OPTION2025-02-25——3,418—293,914
Larisa JoinerRSU2025-02-13——660—125,684
Larisa JoinerOPTION2025-02-25——1,145—98,459
Robert McLeanPSU2025-02-136021,203—2,406326,771
Robert McLeanOPTION2025-02-25——2,780—239,052
Eric VaillancourtPSU2025-02-133,5006,999—13,9981,901,138
Eric VaillancourtRSU2025-02-13——9,332—1,777,093
Eric VaillancourtOPTION2025-02-25——16,173—1,390,716

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Larisa Joiner$125,684$134,457$98,45937.5%
Robert McLean305,450326,771239,05237.5%
Steven Bower109,688117,34485,90437.5%
Joseph Bruderek Jr.375,528401,741293,91437.5%
Eric Vaillancourt1,777,0931,901,1381,390,71637.5%

% 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
Larisa JoinerRSU256—$54,817
Steven BowerRSU280—59,956
Steven BowerRSU435—93,147
Larisa JoinerOption473110.73—
Larisa JoinerRSU499—106,851
Steven BowerOption518110.73—
Steven BowerRSU576—123,339
Larisa JoinerRSU660—141,326
Robert McLeanRSU774—165,737
Steven BowerPSU864—185,008
Steven BowerPSU978—209,419
Steven BowerOption985156.2—
Larisa JoinerPSU990—211,989
Steven BowerOption999199.78—
Larisa JoinerPSU1,120—239,826
Larisa JoinerOption1,126156.2—
Larisa JoinerOption1,145199.78—
Robert McLeanRSU1,205—258,027
Joseph Bruderek Jr.RSU1,234—264,236
Robert McLeanOption1,433110.73—
Robert McLeanRSU1,604—343,465
Joseph Bruderek Jr.RSU1,972—422,264
Joseph Bruderek Jr.Option2,174156.2—
Robert McLeanOption2,335156.2—
Robert McLeanPSU2,406—515,197
Robert McLeanPSU2,708—579,864
Joseph Bruderek Jr.PSU2,774—593,997
Robert McLeanOption2,780199.78—
Joseph Bruderek Jr.PSU2,958—633,397
Joseph Bruderek Jr.Option3,418199.78—
Eric VaillancourtRSU4,011—858,875
Eric VaillancourtRSU6,433—1,377,498
Eric VaillancourtOption7,425110.73—
Eric VaillancourtRSU9,332—1,998,261
Eric VaillancourtOption11,542156.2—
Eric VaillancourtPSU13,998—2,997,392
Eric VaillancourtPSU14,466—3,097,605
Eric VaillancourtOption16,173199.78—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
David L. HauserIndependent · Board Chair · Lead Independent Director · Audit and Risk Management · Compensation and Human Resources · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Executive · Not standing for re-election$200,000$130,445——$30,777$361,222
Thomas M. BottsIndependent115,000130,445——18,306263,751
John HumphreyIndependent120,000130,445——11,100261,545
Felix M. BrueckIndependent · Audit and Risk Management · Compensation and Human Resources · Nominating and Corporate Governance100,000130,445——14,806245,250
Judith A. ReinsdorfIndependent110,000130,445——0240,445
Adele M. GulfoIndependent · Audit and Risk Management · Compensation and Human Resources · Nominating and Corporate Governance100,000130,445——5,070235,514
William AbbeyIndependent · Audit and Risk Management · Compensation and Human Resources · Nominating and Corporate Governance100,000130,445——0230,445
Allison K. AdenIndependent · Audit and Risk Management · Compensation and Human Resources · Nominating and Corporate Governance100,000130,445——0230,445
Ronald C. KeatingIndependent · Compensation and Human Resources100,000130,445——0230,445

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$100,000
Annual equity retainer$125,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$1,045,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,174,005
All other compensation$80,059
Total cost of the board$2,299,064

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

Peer group, and who names Enpro as a peer

Companies that benchmark against EPRO

Each company listed discloses EPRO in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy 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.

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
1Curtiss-Wright Corporation2025Lynn Bamford$1,090,385$4,004,000$0$5,139,700$14,135,280
2Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation2025Todd Adams1,005,0008,000,01001,852,96911,603,760
3Entegris, Inc.2025David Reeder432,4047,232,0073,329,868308,51511,507,888
4Woodward, Inc.2025Charles Blankenship, Jr.1,177,8875,898,69602,895,10010,482,876
5Watts Water Technologies, Inc.2025Robert Pagano, Jr.1,173,0006,450,42102,709,00010,423,317
6Graco Inc.2025Mark Sheahan1,065,00005,749,7751,259,9079,491,330
7SPX Technologies, Inc.2025Eugene Lowe, III1,138,1164,619,8051,318,2212,072,9669,338,813
8Idex Corporation2025Eric Ashleman1,079,8854,933,4971,521,6211,345,1639,112,893
9Nordson Corporation2025Sundaram Nagarajan1,049,3853,514,4131,519,5471,327,4728,153,900
10Enpro Inc.2025Eric Vaillancourt934,6163,678,2311,390,7161,341,9497,457,747
11Barnes Group Inc.2023Thomas Hook1,000,0004,688,2071,114,981432,0007,305,338
12Mueller Water Products, Inc.2025Marietta Edmunds Zakas931,3272,970,915849,9772,038,6766,855,283
13Enerpac Tool Group Corp.2025Paul Sternlieb929,4234,520,6340951,3326,548,272
14Standex International Corporation2026David Dunbar936,4364,135,8190560,4576,407,973
15FormFactor, Inc.2025Michael Slessor664,6154,398,7700406,0355,481,644
16Materion Corporation2025Jugal Vijayvargiya982,6932,960,100779,92104,794,902
17CTS Corporation2025Kieran O'Sullivan856,3202,900,0490975,7804,758,899
18Helios Technologies, Inc.2025Sean Bagan713,461692,972705,015987,0003,383,351
—Esco Technologies, Inc.——————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

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Enpro Inc.not disclosedRSU 40 · PSU 30 · Option 30not disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Barnes Group Inc.not disclosedPSA 50 · RSU 30 · Option 20Yes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
CTS Corporation112.8%not disclosedYes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (RTSR) ModifierExequity, LLP
Curtiss-Wright Corporationnot disclosedPSU 40 · Cash LTI 30 · RSU 30Yes — Three-year relative TSR against the peer groupFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Enerpac Tool Group Corp.100.7%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoMercer, LLC
Entegris, Inc.69.0%RSU 40 · Option 30 · PSU 30Yes — Relative TSRFW Cook
Esco Technologies, Inc.not disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30not disclosedPay Governance LLC
FormFactor, Inc.61.8%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR)Aon's Human Capital Solutions practice
Graco Inc.not disclosedOption 100not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Helios Technologies, Inc.140%RSU 50 · Options 50NoMercer
Idex Corporation99%PSU 50 · Options 25 · RSU 25Yes — relative TSR measured against the TSR of companies in the S&P 500 IndexF.W. Cook
Materion Corporationnot disclosedPSU 75NoFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Mueller Water Products, Inc.199%PRSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25Yes — relative total shareholder return (rTSR)Farient Advisors, LLC
Nordson Corporationnot disclosedPSU 50 · Options 30 · RSU 20NoFW Cook
SPX Technologies, Inc.163.9%PSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25Yes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Standex International Corporationnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Watts Water Technologies, Inc.180.6%not disclosedNoPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Woodward, Inc.127%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR) relative to S&P MidCap 400 IndexFW Cook
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation147%PSU 100NoWillis 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

No say-on-pay vote is on file for this company.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)128 : 1
CEO total compensation$7,457,747
Median employee compensation$58,424
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (51 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, Eric Vaillancourt. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Summary compensation table” · page 39. As printed: 7,457,747. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Joseph Bruderek Jr.. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Summary compensation table” · page 39. As printed: 2,061,521. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robert McLean. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Summary compensation table” · page 39. As printed: 1,861,036. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Larisa Joiner. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Summary compensation table” · page 39. As printed: 1,011,151. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Steven Bower. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Summary compensation table” · page 39. As printed: 956,140. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Larisa Joiner PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert McLean RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Steven Bower PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Steven Bower RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Steven Bower OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Joseph Bruderek Jr. PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Joseph Bruderek Jr. RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Joseph Bruderek Jr. OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Larisa Joiner RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Larisa Joiner OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert McLean PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert McLean OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Vaillancourt PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Vaillancourt RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Vaillancourt OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Grants of plan-based awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 128 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, David L. Hauser. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 361,222. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Thomas M. Botts. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 263,751. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, John Humphrey. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 261,545. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Felix M. Brueck. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 245,250. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Judith A. Reinsdorf. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,445. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Adele M. Gulfo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 235,514. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, William Abbey. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 230,445. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Allison K. Aden. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 230,445. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ronald C. Keating. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 230,445. 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 1,045,000 + equity 1,174,005 + all other 80,059 = 2,299,064, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Curtiss-Wright Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 14,135,280. View filing ↗
  • Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 11,603,760. View filing ↗
  • Entegris, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Entegris, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,507,888. View filing ↗
  • Woodward, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Woodward, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,482,876. View filing ↗
  • Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Watts Water Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,423,317. View filing ↗
  • Graco Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Graco Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,491,330. View filing ↗
  • SPX Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in SPX Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,338,813. View filing ↗
  • Idex Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Idex Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 9,112,893. View filing ↗
  • Nordson Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Nordson Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 8,153,900. View filing ↗
  • Enpro Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Enpro Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,457,747. View filing ↗
  • Barnes Group Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Barnes Group Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,305,338. View filing ↗
  • Mueller Water Products, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,855,283. View filing ↗
  • Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Enerpac Tool Group Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,548,272. View filing ↗
  • Standex International Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-04. CEO total compensation as printed in Standex International Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 6,407,973. View filing ↗
  • FormFactor, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in FormFactor, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,481,644. View filing ↗
  • Materion Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Materion Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 4,794,902. View filing ↗
  • CTS Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in CTS Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 4,758,899. View filing ↗
  • Helios Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-04. CEO total compensation as printed in Helios Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,383,351. View filing ↗
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