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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-12

Medline (MDLN)

Fiscal year 2025 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.

$10,907,077
James Pigott total, FY2025
Presidenthighest-paid officer; CEO James Boyle: $3,860,972
1st
CEO (James Boyle) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.48%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against MDLN
No companies currently name MDLN as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
James Pigott$1,100,000$0$0$0$930,573$0$8,876,504$10,907,077
President
James Boyle1,250,00001,177,66501,409,960023,3473,860,972
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Drazin810,0000956,8530763,117027,2892,557,259
Chief Financial Officer
Douglas Golwas800,0000956,8530772,410025,0302,554,293
Chief Commercial Officer
Stephen Miller800,0000956,8530676,78109,1402,442,774
Chief Operating 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 FY20242025
James Pigott$10,907,077
James Boyle3,860,972
Michael Drazin2,557,259
Douglas Golwas2,554,293
Stephen Miller2,442,774

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
James BoylePSU2025-04-1120,30540,60960,914$1,177,665
Michael DrazinPSU2025-04-1116,49732,99549,492956,853
Douglas GolwasPSU2025-04-1116,49732,99549,492956,853
Stephen MillerPSU2025-04-1116,49732,99549,492956,853
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
James Boyle$0$1,177,665$0100.0%
Michael Drazin0956,8530100.0%
Douglas Golwas0956,8530100.0%
Stephen Miller0956,8530100.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
James PigottRSU1,008,005$18,947,619
James BoyleRSU799,63211,777,744
Michael DrazinRSU506,9137,848,576
Douglas GolwasRSU356,4735,503,398
Stephen MillerRSU255,0352,876,222
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantKorn Ferry
Clawback policy
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-111,189,280,3996,203,14554,98899.48%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
20262026-06-1199.48%a

a. 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.

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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.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Medline 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 Medline.

10b

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
1Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.2025Marc Casper$1,785,534$65,730,211$7,951,377$3,742,123$79,923,350
2Baxter International Inc.2025Andrew Hider499,31523,133,5183,185,053820,12529,805,182
3Danaher Corporation2025Rainer Blair1,400,0009,292,3708,386,6574,194,40023,795,280
4Stryker Corporation2025Kevin Lobo1,500,00016,684,91702,250,00021,401,495
5Honeywell International Inc.2025Vimal Kapur1,600,00010,866,2693,623,9143,516,80020,381,435
6GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.2025Peter Arduini1,324,98311,249,5333,624,9702,081,08418,562,794
7Becton, Dickinson and Company2025Thomas Polen1,395,4639,991,8543,311,8611,852,01017,129,140
8Colgate-Palmolive Company2025Noel Wallace1,500,0008,005,1523,570,0162,455,95016,478,196
9Kimberly-Clark Corporation2025Michael Hsu1,500,00011,499,98901,596,42415,320,405
10Illinois Tool Works, Inc.2025Christopher A. O'Herlihy1,337,2715,249,9575,249,9962,702,38915,211,011
11Henry Schein, Inc.2025Stanley Bergman1,707,0007,764,80002,289,25112,013,915
12W.W. Grainger, Inc.2025D.G. Macpherson1,176,3708,451,81901,653,07511,609,508
13Medline2025James Boyle1,250,0001,177,66501,409,9603,860,972

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.

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Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Medlinenot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedKorn Ferry
Baxter International Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · Stock Options 25 · RSU 25not disclosedAon
Becton, Dickinson and Company85%PSU 50 · Options 25 · RSU 25NoSemler Brossy
Colgate-Palmolive Company93.6%PSU 50 · Options 30 · RSU 20NoFW Cook
Danaher Corporationnot disclosedOptions 50 · RSU 50not disclosedFW Cook
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.101%PSU 50 · Options 25 · RSU 25NoSemler Brossy
Henry Schein, Inc.89.3%PSU 65 · RSU 35NoPearl Meyer
Honeywell International Inc.126%PSU 50 · Options 25 · RSU 25Yes — three-year total shareowner return (TSR) relative to the 2025 Compensation Peer Groupnot disclosed
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners LLC
Kimberly-Clark Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedSemler Brossy Consulting Group
Stryker Corporation100%PSU 48 · Options 34NoSemler Brossy
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.99.8%PSU 50 · Options 50Yes — Relative TSRPearl Meyer
W.W. Grainger, Inc.93%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoPay Governance, LLC

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.

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Source register

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.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, James PigottDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 10,907,077. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c42 · span 1447156–1447166
2Section 01, James BoyleDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 3,860,972. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c42 · span 1422792–1422801
3Section 01, Michael DrazinDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 2,557,259. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c42 · span 1434968–1434977
4Section 01, Douglas GolwasDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 2,554,293. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c42 · span 1459335–1459344
5Section 01, Stephen MillerDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 2,442,774. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c42 · span 1471430–1471439
6Section 03, James Boyle PSUDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1526182–1526191
7Section 03, Michael Drazin PSUDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1534914–1534921
8Section 03, Douglas Golwas PSUDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1551027–1551034
9Section 03, Stephen Miller PSUDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1558763–1558770
10Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-120002046386-26-000037Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.48% (votes for as printed: 1,189,280,399). Filing ↗
11Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
12Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-070001193125-26-144585CEO total compensation as printed in Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 79,923,350. Filing ↗machine: span 973487–973497
13Baxter International Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020330CEO total compensation as printed in Baxter International Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 29,805,182. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c30 · span 1451066–1451076
14Danaher Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-250000313616-26-000101CEO total compensation as printed in Danaher Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 23,795,280. Filing ↗machine: t122 · r2 · c21 · span 1070180–1070190
15Stryker Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-230000310764-26-000013CEO total compensation as printed in Stryker Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 21,401,495. Filing ↗machine: t101 · r2 · c7 · span 1584979–1584989
16Honeywell International Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-100000773840-26-000029CEO total compensation as printed in Honeywell International Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 20,381,435. Filing ↗machine: span 2093429–2093439
17GE HealthCare Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-190001932393-26-000021CEO total compensation as printed in GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,562,794. Filing ↗machine: t113 · r3 · c20 · span 924977–924987
18Becton, Dickinson and Company, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-12-180001628280-25-057846CEO total compensation as printed in Becton, Dickinson and Company's own proxy. As printed: 17,129,140. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 1173285–1173295
19Colgate-Palmolive Company, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-250001308179-26-000136CEO total compensation as printed in Colgate-Palmolive Company's own proxy. As printed: 16,478,196. Filing ↗machine: t137 · r1 · c18 · span 723853–723863
20Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020404CEO total compensation as printed in Kimberly-Clark Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 15,320,405. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c21 · span 1086894–1086904
21Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-270001193125-26-127599CEO total compensation as printed in Illinois Tool Works, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,211,011. Filing ↗machine: span 1647874–1647884
22Henry Schein, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-080001193125-26-146317CEO total compensation as printed in Henry Schein, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,013,915. Filing ↗machine: t221 · r3 · c35 · span 671366–671376
23W.W. Grainger, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-100001104659-26-025575CEO total compensation as printed in W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,609,508. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c32 · span 1578499–1578510
24Medline (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-230001104659-26-047092CEO total compensation as printed in Medline's own proxy. As printed: 3,860,972. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c42 · span 1422792–1422801
25Section 10a, GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001932393-26-000021GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
26Section 10a, Henry Schein, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-146317Henry Schein, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
27Section 10a, Becton, Dickinson and Company reciprocityDEF 14A0001628280-25-057846Becton, Dickinson and Company's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
28Section 10a, Baxter International Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001628280-26-020330Baxter International Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
29Section 10a, Honeywell International Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0000773840-26-000029Honeywell International Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
30Section 10a, Illinois Tool Works, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-127599Illinois Tool Works, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
31Section 10a, W.W. Grainger, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001104659-26-025575W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
32Section 10a, Stryker Corporation reciprocityDEF 14A0000310764-26-000013Stryker Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗
33Section 10a, Danaher Corporation reciprocityDEF 14A0000313616-26-000101Danaher Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Medline. Filing ↗