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Primo Brands (PRMB): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$14,908,091CEO Eric Foss · source
Say-on-pay support98.92%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers43rd pct.Of 8 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio207:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $14,908,091FY2025

CEO total pay was $14,908,091 in fiscal 2025; the brief holds no earlier figure for this CEO.

FY2025: salary $161,538 · bonus $0 · stock awards $14,418,944 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Primo Brands in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Eric Foss (Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Primo Brands in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $14,908,091.
How does Primo Brands's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Eric Foss's total compensation ranked at the 43rd percentile of Primo Brands's disclosed peer group.
What is Primo Brands's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Primo Brands's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 207:1.
How did shareholders vote on Primo Brands's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 98.92% of shareholders supported Primo Brands's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Primo Brands spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Primo Brands reported total board compensation of $2,680,563 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 Foss$161,538$0$14,418,944$0$0$0$327,609$14,908,091
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Robbert Rietbroek1,047,885000005,542,2776,590,162
Former Chief Executive Officer
Marni Morgan Poe445,97301,111,5180001,385,0772,942,568
Former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
David Hass621,53801,929,13900026,0252,576,702
Chief Financial Officer
Hih Song Kim580,34650,0001,326,288000408,2372,364,871
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Robert Austin846,11301,024,862000475,1052,346,080
Chief Operating Officer
Jason Ausher429,319100,000343,61600012,655885,590
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 Foss$14,908,091———
Robbert Rietbroek6,590,16225,990,984—↓ −19,400,822
Marni Morgan Poe2,942,5686,244,792—↓ −3,302,224
David Hass2,576,7027,117,232—↓ −4,540,530
Hih Song Kim2,364,8712,765,192—↓ −400,321
Robert Austin2,346,0806,473,889—↓ −4,127,809
Jason Ausher885,590———

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

To appropriately compensate our non-employee directors for the time, expertise and effort required to serve as a director of a large and complex company, and to align the interests of our directors with those of our stockholders.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultant—
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging—
Anti-pledging—
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Eric FossRSU2025-12-10——129,770—$2,039,984
David HassPSU2025-12-1026,87067,175—134,3501,385,149
Hih Song KimRSU2025-12-10——23,791—373,995
Eric FossRSU2025-05-01——5,317—175,000
Eric FossPSU2025-11-0782,987207,468—414,9364,184,630
Marni Morgan PoePSU2025-08-06————1,111,518
Eric FossPSU2025-12-10100,763251,908—503,8165,194,343
Eric FossRSU2025-11-07——207,468—2,999,987
Robert AustinPSU2025-12-1014,27435,687—71,374735,866
Jason AusherRSU2025-12-10——6,164—96,898
Jason AusherPSU2025-12-104,78611,965—23,930246,718
Robert AustinRSU2025-12-10——18,384—288,996
David HassRSU2025-12-10——34,605—543,991
Hih Song KimPSU2025-12-1018,47346,183—92,366952,293

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Eric Foss$5,214,971$9,378,973$064.3%
David Hass543,9911,385,149071.8%
Hih Song Kim373,995952,293071.8%
Marni Morgan Poe01,111,5180100.0%
Robert Austin288,996735,866071.8%
Jason Ausher96,898246,718071.8%

% 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
Robert AustinRSU750—$12,262
Jason AusherRSU1,541—25,195
Jason AusherRSU2,668—43,622
Jason AusherPSU3,884—63,503
Jason AusherPSU4,786—78,251
Jason AusherRSU6,164—100,781
David HassRSU6,289—102,825
Robert AustinRSU7,958—130,113
Jason AusherRSU8,400—137,340
Jason AusherRSU8,401—137,356
Robert AustinPSU9,268—151,532
David HassRSU9,342—152,742
Hih Song KimRSU10,299—168,389
Marni Morgan PoeRSU10,299—168,389
Hih Song KimPSU11,994—196,102
David HassRSU13,434—219,646
Jason AusherRSU13,434—219,646
Robert AustinPSU14,274—233,380
David HassRSU14,980—244,923
David HassPSU17,447—285,258
Robert AustinRSU18,384—300,578
Hih Song KimPSU18,473—302,034
Hih Song KimRSU23,791—388,983
David HassPSU26,870—439,325
Marni Morgan PoePSU29,987—490,287
David HassRSU34,605—565,792
David HassRSU48,224—788,462
David HassRSU50,932—832,738
David HassRSU50,933—832,755
Eric FossPSU82,987—1,356,837
Eric FossPSU100,763—1,647,475
Eric FossRSU129,770—2,121,740
Eric FossRSU207,468—3,392,102
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
C. Dean MetropoulosNot independent · Board Chair$110,000$350,000———$460,000
Michael CramerNot independent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Governance246,603175,000———421,603
Steven P. StanbrookIndependent · Compensation · Sustainability**170,870175,000———345,870
Jerry FowdenIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Nominating and Governance (Chair)162,500175,000———337,500
Susan E. CatesIndependent · Audit (Chair)140,000175,000———315,000
Billy D. PrimIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Governance115,761175,000———290,761
Britta BomhardIndependent · Audit · Sustainability** (Chair)115,761175,000———290,761
Kurtis BarkerNot independent · Departed during FY44,068175,000———219,068
Eric J. FossEmployee director—————0
Tony W. LeeNot independent · Compensation · Newly elected——————
Minsok PakNot independent · Audit · Sustainability** · Newly elected——————

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer—
Annual equity retainer$175,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)—
Stock ownership guidelineMaintain stock ownership guidelines, pursuant to which our directors, NEOs, and other key employees (a) are directed to hold a certain amount of shares (based on a multiple of base salary or retainer

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$1,105,563
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,575,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$2,680,563

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

Peer group, and who names Primo Brands as a peer

Companies that benchmark against PRMB

3 companies name PRMB as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses PRMB 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 PRMB in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two 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
1Monster Beverage Corporation2025Hilton Schlosberg$1,250,000$10,687,460$3,493,351$3,750,000$19,282,630
2The Hershey Company2025Kirk Tanner456,73114,674,11301,358,05216,806,399
3Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.2025J. Frank Harrison, III1,406,3680012,905,30516,712,541
4Post Holdings, Inc.2025Robert Vitale1,281,25014,811,2950016,621,445
5Primo Brands2025Eric Foss161,53814,418,9440014,908,091
6General Mills, Inc.2026Jeffrey Harmening1,350,0007,326,4052,279,9731,404,54014,018,052
7Clean Harbors, Inc.2025Eric Gerstenberg1,000,0003,197,11001,719,0005,929,422
8The Boston Beer Company, Inc.2025C. James Koch00005,695

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
Primo Brandsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Clean Harbors, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedNoMeridian Compensation Partners
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.170%not disclosedNoKorn Ferry
General Mills, Inc.58%PSU 50 · RSU 25 · Option 25Yes — Relative TSR ModifierFW Cook
Monster Beverage Corporationnot disclosedPSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25not disclosedFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Post Holdings, Inc.124.4%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Negative three-year TSRAon
The Boston Beer Company, Inc.90%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
The Hershey Companynot disclosedPSU 65 · RSU 35NoF.W. Cook

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
20262026-04-28334,569,7913,646,73848,80998.92%Passed
20252025-05-01356,453,9472,767,164581,71499.23%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
20262026-04-2898.92%a
20252025-05-0199.23%b

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. 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)207 : 1
CEO total compensation—
Median employee compensation—
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (46 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 Foss. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 40. As printed: 14,908,091. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robbert Rietbroek. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 40. As printed: 6,590,162. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Marni Morgan Poe. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 40. As printed: 2,942,568. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, David Hass. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 40. As printed: 2,576,702. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Hih Song Kim. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 40. As printed: 2,364,871. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robert Austin. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 40. As printed: 2,346,080. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jason Ausher. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE” · page 40. As printed: 885,590. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Foss RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Hass PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Hih Song Kim RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Foss RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Foss PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Marni Morgan Poe PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Foss PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Eric Foss RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Austin PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jason Ausher RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jason Ausher PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Austin RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Hass RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Hih Song Kim PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 207 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, C. Dean Metropoulos. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 460,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Michael Cramer. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 421,603. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Steven P. Stanbrook. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 345,870. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jerry Fowden. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 337,500. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Susan E. Cates. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 315,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Billy D. Prim. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 290,761. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Britta Bomhard. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 290,761. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kurtis Barker. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 219,068. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Eric J. Foss. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Tony W. Lee. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Minsok Pak. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-04-30. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.92% (votes for as printed: 334,569,791). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-02. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.23% (votes for as printed: 356,453,947). 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 1,105,563 + equity 1,575,000 + all other 0 = 2,680,563, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Monster Beverage Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Monster Beverage Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 19,282,630. View filing ↗
  • The Hershey Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in The Hershey Company's own proxy. As printed: 16,806,399. View filing ↗
  • Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,712,541. View filing ↗
  • Post Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Post Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,621,445. View filing ↗
  • Primo Brands (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. CEO total compensation as printed in Primo Brands's own proxy. As printed: 14,908,091. View filing ↗
  • General Mills, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-13. CEO total compensation as printed in General Mills, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,018,052. View filing ↗
  • Clean Harbors, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Clean Harbors, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,929,422. View filing ↗
  • The Boston Beer Company, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in The Boston Beer Company, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,695. View filing ↗
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