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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-10

MP Materials (MP)

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.

$28,010,723
James Litinsky total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
77.27%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against MP
No companies currently name MP 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 Litinsky$1,000,000$0$24,783,676$0$2,213,047$0$14,000$28,010,723
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Rosenthal725,000011,857,38401,234,199014,00013,830,583
Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Corbett675,00006,474,81601,149,082014,0008,312,898
Chief Financial Officer
Elliot Hoops600,00003,731,99401,021,406014,0005,367,400
General Counsel and Secretary

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 Litinsky$28,010,723
Michael Rosenthal13,830,583
Ryan Corbett8,312,898
Elliot Hoops5,367,400

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

02

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
Elliot HoopsRSU2025-01-1325,601$499,988
Ryan CorbettPSU2025-03-1021,76143,52287,0441,062,807
Ryan CorbettRSU2025-01-1343,522849,985
Ryan CorbettPSU2025-10-1335,99547,9914,562,024
Elliot HoopsPSU2025-10-1320,56827,4232,606,830
Elliot HoopsPSU2025-03-1012,80025,60151,202625,176
James LitinskyPSU2025-03-1059,523119,047238,0942,907,128
James LitinskyRSU2025-01-13119,0472,324,988
James LitinskyPSU2025-10-13154,258205,67619,551,561
Michael RosenthalPSU2025-10-1377,130102,8389,775,780
Michael RosenthalPSU2025-03-1023,68147,36394,7261,156,604
Michael RosenthalRSU2025-01-1347,363924,999
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Elliot Hoops$499,988$3,232,006$086.6%
Ryan Corbett849,9855,624,831086.9%
James Litinsky2,324,98822,458,689090.6%
Michael Rosenthal924,99910,932,384092.2%

% 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 LitinskyPSU154,258$7,793,114
James LitinskyPSU119,0476,014,254
James LitinskyPSU78,9483,988,453
Michael RosenthalPSU77,1303,896,608
James LitinskyPSU59,5233,007,102
Michael RosenthalPSU57,8682,923,491
Ryan CorbettPSU55,7602,816,995
Michael RosenthalPSU47,3632,392,779
Ryan CorbettPSU43,5222,198,731
Ryan CorbettPSU35,9951,818,467
James LitinskyPSU35,1321,774,869
Elliot HoopsPSU34,4981,742,839
Elliot HoopsPSU25,6011,293,363
Michael RosenthalPSU23,6811,196,364
Ryan CorbettPSU21,7611,099,366
Michael RosenthalPSU21,0791,064,911
Elliot HoopsPSU20,5681,039,095
Ryan CorbettPSU19,673993,880
Elliot HoopsPSU12,998656,659
Elliot HoopsPSU12,800646,656
James LitinskyPSU10,582534,603
James LitinskyPSU9,559482,921
Michael RosenthalPSU9,312470,442
Ryan CorbettPSU8,919450,588
Ryan CorbettPSU8,465427,652
Michael RosenthalPSU8,412424,974
Ryan CorbettPSU7,647386,326
Elliot HoopsPSU6,349320,751
Elliot HoopsPSU5,735289,732
Elliot HoopsPSU3,301166,767
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantExequity
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-0970,496,59220,735,952371,00777.27%Passed
20252025-06-1079,842,5728,432,222594,27990.45%Passed
20242024-06-1154,620,11221,870,6155,610,22571.41%Passed
20232023-06-13109,887,2172,523,705293,31397.75%Passed
20222022-06-1499,006,63936,970,929284,52972.81%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
20262026-06-0977.27%a
20252025-06-1090.45%b
20242024-06-1171.41%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

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.

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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Randall J. WeisenburgerIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit (Chair) · Compensation$177,500$135,000$312,500
Connie K. DuckworthIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)120,000135,000255,000
Andrew A. McKnightIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance115,000135,000250,000
Maryanne R. LavanIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance112,500135,000247,500
General (Retired) Richard B. MyersIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance105,000135,000240,000
Arnold W. DonaldIndependent · Compensation · Audit105,000135,000240,000
James H. LitinskyEmployee director · Board Chair · Audit0
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$100,000
Annual equity retainer$135,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)15,000 / 10,000 / 7,500
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$735,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$810,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,545,000

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

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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.

Years Ended December 31,
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
1MP Materials2025James Litinsky$1,000,000$24,783,676$0$2,213,047$28,010,723

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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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 LitinskyDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Compensation Tables” · page 42. As printed: 28,010,723. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 550573–550583
2Section 01, Michael RosenthalDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Compensation Tables” · page 42. As printed: 13,830,583. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c42 · span 568324–568334
3Section 01, Ryan CorbettDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Compensation Tables” · page 42. As printed: 8,312,898. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c42 · span 559639–559648
4Section 01, Elliot HoopsDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Compensation Tables” · page 42. As printed: 5,367,400. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c42 · span 577382–577391
5Section 03, Elliot Hoops RSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 650340–650347
6Section 03, Ryan Corbett PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 621187–621196
7Section 03, Ryan Corbett RSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 616463–616470
8Section 03, Ryan Corbett PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 625914–625923
9Section 03, Elliot Hoops PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 659789–659798
10Section 03, Elliot Hoops PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 655064–655071
11Section 03, James Litinsky PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 605558–605567
12Section 03, James Litinsky RSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 602247–602256
13Section 03, James Litinsky PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 608979–608989
14Section 03, Michael Rosenthal PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 642854–642863
15Section 03, Michael Rosenthal PSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 638126–638135
16Section 03, Michael Rosenthal RSUDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 633402–633409
17Section 08, Randall J. WeisenburgerDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 312,500. Filing ↗machine: span 387081–387088
18Section 08, Connie K. DuckworthDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 255,000. Filing ↗machine: span 377161–377168
19Section 08, Andrew A. McKnightDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 250,000. Filing ↗machine: span 382110–382117
20Section 08, Maryanne R. LavanDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 247,500. Filing ↗machine: span 379635–379642
21Section 08, General (Retired) Richard B. MyersDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,000. Filing ↗machine: span 384601–384608
22Section 08, Arnold W. DonaldDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,000. Filing ↗machine: span 374685–374692
23Section 08, James H. LitinskyDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
24Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-100001801368-26-000035Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 77.27% (votes for as printed: 70,496,592). Filing ↗
25Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-06-110001801368-25-000021Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 90.45% (votes for as printed: 79,842,572). Filing ↗
26Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-06-120001801368-24-000057Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 71.41% (votes for as printed: 54,620,112). Filing ↗
27Section 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
28Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 735,000 + equity 810,000 + all other 0 = 1,545,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,545,000
29MP Materials (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-240001801368-26-000020CEO total compensation as printed in MP Materials's own proxy. As printed: 28,010,723. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 550573–550583