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Park Ohio (PKOH): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$3,727,172CEO Matthew Crawford · source
Say-on-pay support97.57%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers50th pct.Of 3 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio104:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $5,726,975FY2023
  • $5,880,378FY2024
  • $3,727,172FY2025

CEO total pay was $3,727,172 in fiscal 2025, down from $5,880,378 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $875,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $984,000 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Park Ohio Holdings Corp in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Matthew Crawford (Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President) was the highest-paid executive at Park Ohio Holdings Corp in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $3,727,172.
How does Park Ohio Holdings Corp's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Matthew Crawford's total compensation ranked at the 50th percentile of Park Ohio Holdings Corp's disclosed peer group.
What is Park Ohio Holdings Corp's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Park Ohio Holdings Corp's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 104:1.
How did shareholders vote on Park Ohio Holdings Corp's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 97.57% of shareholders supported Park Ohio Holdings Corp's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Park Ohio Holdings Corp spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Park Ohio Holdings Corp reported total board compensation of $1,736,585 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
Matthew Crawford$875,000$0$984,000$0$1,765,000$18,234$84,938$3,727,172
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Patrick Fogarty480,000616,000410,0000017,31027,5301,550,840
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert Vilsack425,000528,000410,0000017,30640,8661,421,172
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, Corporate 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 FY2024→2025
Matthew Crawford$3,727,172$5,880,378$5,726,975↓ −2,153,206
Patrick Fogarty1,550,8401,774,6772,004,222↓ −223,837
Robert Vilsack1,421,1721,630,6421,969,524↓ −209,470

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

Our compensation program is designed to recognize the level of responsibility of an executive within our Company, taking into account the named executive officer’s role and expected leadership within our organization, and to encourage and reward decisions and actions that have a positive impact on our overall performance. The philosophy aims to align executive compensation with short- and long-term performance, enhance shareholder value, and attract and retain qualified executives through a competitive structure.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantPay Governance
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Matthew V. CrawfordRSU2025-07-31——60,000—$984,000
Patrick FogartyRSU2025-07-31——25,000—410,000
Robert VilsackRSU2025-07-31——25,000—410,000

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Matthew V. Crawford$984,000$0$00.0%
Patrick Fogarty410,000000.0%
Robert Vilsack410,000000.0%

% 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
Patrick FogartyRSU11,042—$231,219
Robert VilsackRSU11,042—231,219
Patrick FogartyRSU14,667—307,127
Robert VilsackRSU14,667—307,127
Patrick FogartyRSU25,000—523,500
Robert VilsackRSU25,000—523,500
CrawfordRSU50,000—1,047,000
CrawfordRSU60,000—1,256,400
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Edward F. CrawfordNot independent · Executive · Newly elected$0$0$0—$500,000$500,000
John D. GrampaIndependent · Audit (Chair)99,00085,0120—0184,012
Ronna RomneyIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Executive · Nominating and Corporate Governance96,00085,0120—0181,012
James W. WertIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)91,00085,0120—0176,012
Steven H. RosenIndependent · Audit · Compensation76,00085,0120—0161,012
Howard W. Hanna IVIndependent · Audit73,00085,0120—0158,012
Dan T. Moore IIIIndependent · Long-Range Planning · Nominating and Corporate Governance68,00085,0120—0153,012
Patrick V. AulettaIndependent · Executive66,00085,0120—0151,012
Andrew C. ClarkeIndependent · Partial-year service · Newly elected30,00042,5010—072,501
Matthew V. CrawfordEmployee director · Board Chair · Executive (Chair) · Long-Range Planning (Chair)—————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer—
Per board meeting fee$4,000
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)25,000 / 25,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$599,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$637,585
All other compensation$500,000
Total cost of the board$1,736,585

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

Peer group, and who names Park Ohio as a peer

Companies that benchmark against PKOH

4 companies name PKOH as a compensation peer

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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.

SYBT StockED Consolidated CEO Annual Cash Bonus Award

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
1Consolidated2025Timothy Cawley$1,445,833$9,773,900$0$2,809,000$19,899,971
2Park Ohio Holdings Corp2025Matthew Crawford875,000984,00001,765,0003,727,172
3Stock2025James Hillebrand875,000656,250218,7501,487,5003,380,337

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
Park Ohio Holdings Corpnot disclosedRestricted Shares 100not disclosedPay Governance
Consolidated143.5%PSU 70 · RSU 30NoMercer
Stock200%not disclosedNoAon

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
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-1412,322,715306,59450,05397.57%Passed
20232023-05-177,850,0962,904,51336,48472.99%Passed
20202020-05-287,539,7493,177,316162,71170.35%Passed
20172017-05-118,008,1302,772,5658,77474.28%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
20262026-05-1497.57%a
20232023-05-1772.99%b
20202020-05-2870.35%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Our shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, with approximately 69.4% of the votes cast (not counting abstentions) in favor of the compensation paid to our named executive officers.”.

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.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)104 : 1
CEO total compensation$3,727,172
Median employee compensation—
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (26 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, Matthew Crawford. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 3,727,172. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Patrick Fogarty. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 1,550,840. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robert Vilsack. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 1,421,172. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Matthew V. Crawford RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Patrick Fogarty RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Vilsack RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 104 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Edward F. Crawford. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 500,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, John D. Grampa. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,012. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ronna Romney. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 181,012. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, James W. Wert. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 176,012. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Steven H. Rosen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 161,012. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Howard W. Hanna IV. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 158,012. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dan T. Moore III. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 153,012. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Patrick V. Auletta. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 151,012. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Andrew C. Clarke. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 72,501. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Matthew V. Crawford. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-15. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.57% (votes for as printed: 12,322,715). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-05-18. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 72.99% (votes for as printed: 7,850,096). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2020 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2020-05-28. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 70.35% (votes for as printed: 7,539,749). 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 599,000 + equity 637,585 + all other 500,000 = 1,736,585, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Consolidated, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-08. CEO total compensation as printed in Consolidated's own proxy. As printed: 19,899,971. View filing ↗
  • Park Ohio Holdings Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Park Ohio Holdings Corp's own proxy. As printed: 3,727,172. View filing ↗
  • Stock, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Stock's own proxy. As printed: 3,380,337. View filing ↗
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