Independent Director · Valaris Ltd (VAL)

Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee · Chair, Safety and Sustainability Committee

Catherine J. Hughes director compensation at Valaris (FY2025): $384K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Catherine J. Hughes at Valaris Ltd. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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Valaris Director Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Valaris reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$100,000$283,990$0$0$383,990
FY2024$100,000$235,947——$335,947
FY2023$100,000$181,909$0$0$281,909

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Valaris Ltd DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0000314808-26-000085, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Valaris Ltd filed document, accession 0000314808-26-000085. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 16, 2026.

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$383,990 Catherine J. Hughes, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of April 16, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

Valaris pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $175,000 in RSUs.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit · Nominating/Governance (Chair) · Safety and Sustainability (Chair)

The rest of the Valaris board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Anton DibowitzDirector—
Dick FagerstalIndependent Director$372,363
Elizabeth D. LeykumChair of the Board$504,547
Joseph GoldschmidIndependent Director$349,201
Kristian JohansenIndependent Director$326,039

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