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Sensient Technologies (SXT): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$8,665,993CEO Paul Manning · source
Say-on-pay support97%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers87th pct.Of 15 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $6,174,152FY2023
  • $7,846,047FY2024
  • $8,665,993FY2025

CEO total pay was $8,665,993 in fiscal 2025, up from $7,846,047 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,080,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $4,750,076 · option awards $0

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Paul Manning$1,080,000$0$4,750,076$0$1,842,064$769,000$224,853$8,665,993
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Geraghty545,0000825,0090660,736088,7032,119,448
President, Color Group
John Manning510,0000675,0510514,010101,00091,8251,891,886
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Tobin Tornehl425,0000700,0600428,342067,9301,621,332
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Amy Jones439,0000550,0060374,383076,1041,439,493
Vice President, HR and Senior Counsel

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
Paul Manning$8,665,993$7,846,047$6,174,152↑ +819,946
Michael Geraghty2,119,4482,012,7411,464,146↑ +106,707
John Manning1,891,8861,830,3281,261,422↑ +61,558
Tobin Tornehl1,621,3321,466,699620,705↑ +154,633
Amy Jones1,439,4931,462,7771,009,781↓ −23,284

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

Sensient's executive compensation program is designed to support strategic business objectives by linking a significant portion of pay to key performance outcomes measured against pre-established short- and long-term performance metrics, align executive and shareholder interests through equity-based compensation, and attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified executives.

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

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Paul ManningPSU2025-12-17029,51619,677147,580$4,750,076
Michael GeraghtyPSU2025-12-1705,1263,41825,630825,009
Amy JonesPSU2025-12-1703,4182,27817,090550,006
John J. ManningPSU2025-12-1704,1952,79620,975675,051
Tobin TornehlPSU2025-12-1704,3502,90021,750700,060

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Paul Manning$0$4,750,076$0100.0%
Michael Geraghty0825,0090100.0%
Amy Jones0550,0060100.0%
John J. Manning0675,0510100.0%
Tobin Tornehl0700,0600100.0%

% 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
Tobin TornehlRSU747—$70,181
Tobin TornehlPSU1,120—105,224
Tobin TornehlRSU1,481—139,140
Tobin TornehlPSU1,758—165,164
Tobin TornehlPSU2,221—208,663
Amy JonesRSU2,278—214,018
Tobin TornehlRSU2,555—240,042
Amy JonesRSU2,632—247,276
ManningRSU2,796—262,684
Tobin TornehlRSU2,900—272,455
ManningRSU3,194—300,076
Amy JonesRSU3,257—305,995
Michael GeraghtyRSU3,418—321,121
Amy JonesPSU3,418—321,121
Tobin TornehlPSU3,833—360,110
ManningRSU3,882—364,714
Amy JonesPSU3,947—370,821
Amy JonesPSU3,966—372,606
Michael GeraghtyRSU4,037—379,276
ManningPSU4,195—394,120
Tobin TornehlPSU4,350—408,683
ManningPSU4,702—441,753
ManningPSU4,791—450,114
Michael GeraghtyRSU4,804—451,336
Amy JonesPSU4,886—459,040
Michael GeraghtyPSU5,126—481,588
Michael GeraghtyPSU5,765—541,622
ManningPSU5,824—547,165
Michael GeraghtyPSU6,055—568,867
Michael GeraghtyPSU7,205—676,910
ManningRSU19,677—1,848,654
ManningRSU22,994—2,160,286
ManningRSU28,294—2,658,221
ManningPSU29,516—2,773,028
ManningPSU34,492—3,240,523
ManningPSU35,160—3,303,282
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Dr. Joseph CarleoneIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Executive · Audit · Compensation and Development (Chair)$146,100$111,074——$70,000$327,174
Sharad P. JainIndependent · Audit · Finance109,600111,074——60,000280,674
Scott C. MorrisonIndependent · Executive · Audit (Chair) · Compensation and Development125,100111,074——0236,174
D. McKeithan-GebhardtIndependent109,100111,074——7,500227,674
Dr. Donald W. LandryIndependent · Compensation and Development · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)108,600111,074——0219,674
Dr. Mario FerruzziIndependent · Compensation and Development · Nominating and Corporate Governance108,600111,074——0219,674
Carol R. JacksonIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance108,100111,074——0219,174
Brett W. BruggemanIndependent · Finance · Nominating and Corporate Governance99,100111,074——0210,174
E. WhitelawIndependent98,100111,074——0209,174

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$91,600
Annual equity retainer$111,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)—
Stock ownership guideline$5

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$1,012,400
Equity awards (grant-date value)$999,666
All other compensation$137,500
Total cost of the board$2,149,566

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

Peer group, and who names Sensient Technologies as a peer

Companies that benchmark against SXT

22 companies name SXT 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.

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Sensient Technologies 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 Sensient Technologies.

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
1Ingevity Corporation2025David Li$810,685$8,500,086$2,000,007$1,293,600$12,839,719
2Edgewell Personal Care Company2025Rod Little1,100,0007,576,100—907,5009,754,366
3Sensient Technologies2025Paul Manning1,080,0004,750,07601,842,0648,665,993
4Innospec Inc.2025Patrick Williams1,380,5485,285,62301,365,3368,252,747
5Ashland Inc.2025Guillermo Novo1,152,3325,233,86301,313,8307,907,423
6Balchem Corporation2025Ted Harris1,198,2693,150,8861,050,3852,439,1547,894,874
7Minerals Technologies Inc.2025Douglas Dietrich1,050,0002,310,022768,8032,891,1607,405,693
8Koppers Holdings Inc.2025Leroy Ball975,0005,145,824006,358,244
9Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.2025Ryan Napierski1,008,0824,616,8230219,2505,965,206
10Medifast, Inc.2025Daniel Chard1,000,0004,567,664005,584,551
11LSB Industries, Inc.2025Mark Behrman785,7313,448,20901,073,6005,327,795
12Ecovyst Inc.2025Kurt Bitting750,0003,347,7520804,0004,992,440
13USANA Health Sciences, Inc.2025Jim Brown821,2313,147,0200339,1684,339,625
14Stepan Company2025Luis Rojo940,0002,279,746800,003230,3004,327,042
15Quaker Chemical Corporation2025Joseph Berquist800,0002,420,3190461,8403,709,451
16Hawkins, Inc.2026Patrick Hawkins743,2692,062,3930736,9843,607,894

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
Sensient Technologiesnot disclosedPSU 60 · Restricted Stock 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Ashland Inc.90.4%not disclosedYes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)Meridian Compensation Partners
Balchem Corporationnot disclosedPSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25not disclosedPearl Meyer
Ecovyst Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Edgewell Personal Care Company66%not disclosedNoMeridian
Hawkins, Inc.not disclosedPRSU 100not disclosedMcLagan
Ingevity Corporationnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Innospec Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Koppers Holdings Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
LSB Industries, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedCompensation Strategies
Medifast, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Minerals Technologies Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedSemler Brossy
Quaker Chemical Corporationnot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners
Stepan Companynot disclosedRSU 50 · SAR 25 · PSU 25not disclosedExequity LLP
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.14.6% of base salary for most NEOs; 41.3% for Jim Brown (CEO); 15% for Brent Neidig (whose bonus excluded the Hiya segment)%not disclosedYes — Positive absolute Total Shareholder Return (TSR)CODA

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
20262026-04-2337,494,0681,158,89588,48697%Passed
20252025-04-2435,705,7641,914,009114,20294.91%Passed
20242024-04-2535,240,0222,825,574223,51292.58%Passed
20232023-04-2734,529,3833,325,77670,10591.21%Passed
20222022-04-2830,989,0612,704,51290,91291.97%Passed
20212021-04-2229,397,3005,856,283346,41083.39%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
20262026-04-2397%a
20252025-04-2494.91%b
20242024-04-2592.58%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Broker non-votes and abstentions will not affect the outcome of this proposal.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Broker non-votes and abstentions will not affect the outcome of this proposal.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Broker non-votes and abstentions will not affect the outcome of this proposal.”.

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.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (55 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, Paul Manning. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 8,665,993. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Michael Geraghty. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,119,448. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, John Manning. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,891,886. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Tobin Tornehl. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,621,332. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Amy Jones. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,439,493. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Paul Manning PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Michael Geraghty PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Amy Jones PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, John J. Manning PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Tobin Tornehl PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dr. Joseph Carleone. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 327,174. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Sharad P. Jain. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 280,674. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Scott C. Morrison. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 236,174. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, D. McKeithan-Gebhardt. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 227,674. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dr. Donald W. Landry. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 219,674. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dr. Mario Ferruzzi. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 219,674. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Carol R. Jackson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 219,174. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Brett W. Bruggeman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 210,174. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, E. Whitelaw. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 209,174. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-04-28. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97% (votes for as printed: 37,494,068). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-04-30. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.91% (votes for as printed: 35,705,764). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-04-30. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92.58% (votes for as printed: 35,240,022). 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 1,012,400 + equity 999,666 + all other 137,500 = 2,149,566, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Ingevity Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Ingevity Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 12,839,719. View filing ↗
  • Edgewell Personal Care Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Edgewell Personal Care Company's own proxy. As printed: 9,754,366. View filing ↗
  • Sensient Technologies (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Sensient Technologies's own proxy. As printed: 8,665,993. View filing ↗
  • Innospec Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Innospec Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,252,747. View filing ↗
  • Ashland Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Ashland Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,907,423. View filing ↗
  • Balchem Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Balchem Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,894,874. View filing ↗
  • Minerals Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Minerals Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,405,693. View filing ↗
  • Koppers Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Koppers Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,358,244. View filing ↗
  • Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-03. CEO total compensation as printed in Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,965,206. View filing ↗
  • Medifast, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Medifast, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,584,551. View filing ↗
  • LSB Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in LSB Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,327,795. View filing ↗
  • Ecovyst Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Ecovyst Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,992,440. View filing ↗
  • USANA Health Sciences, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in USANA Health Sciences, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,339,625. View filing ↗
  • Stepan Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Stepan Company's own proxy. As printed: 4,327,042. View filing ↗
  • Quaker Chemical Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Quaker Chemical Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 3,709,451. View filing ↗
  • Hawkins, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-18. CEO total compensation as printed in Hawkins, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,607,894. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Balchem Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Balchem Corporation names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Koppers Holdings Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Koppers Holdings Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Sensient Technologies. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Innospec Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Innospec Inc. names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ashland Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ashland Inc. names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ingevity Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ingevity Corporation names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Minerals Technologies Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Minerals Technologies Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Sensient Technologies. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ecovyst Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ecovyst Inc. names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Quaker Chemical Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Quaker Chemical Corporation names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Edgewell Personal Care Company reciprocity. DEF 14A. Edgewell Personal Care Company's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Sensient Technologies. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, USANA Health Sciences, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. USANA Health Sciences, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Sensient Technologies. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, LSB Industries, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. LSB Industries, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Sensient Technologies. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Stepan Company reciprocity. DEF 14A. Stepan Company names Sensient Technologies in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Medifast, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Medifast, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Sensient Technologies. View filing ↗

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