Chief Financial Officer · NORDSTROM INC (JWN)

Cathy Smith

FY2023 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Cathy Smith as a named executive officer of NORDSTROM; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2023

$8,516,426

1st of 6 named executive officers at Nordstrom by FY2023 total.

6 named officers on file for NORDSTROM, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 11, 2024 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Cathy Smith compensation by year

NORDSTROM Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as NORDSTROM reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023
Salary$605,769
Bonus$550,000
Stock awards$6,499,973
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$787,500
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$73,184
Total$8,516,426

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NORDSTROM INC DEF 14A filed April 11, 2024, accession 0000072333-24-000046, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NORDSTROM INC filed document, accession 0000072333-24-000046. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 11, 2024.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU253,024$4,584,795—
PSU169,367$3,068,930—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NORDSTROM INC's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2023 proxy (filed April 11, 2024)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-03-10Tax withholding—5,308$24.42433,655

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

NORDSTROM’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Cathy Smith · this pageChief Financial Officer$8,516,426
Jason MorrisChief Technology and Information Officer$6,477,288
Peter NordstromPresident & Chief Brand Officer$4,561,707
Erik NordstromChief Executive Officer$4,540,362
Kenneth WorzelChief Customer Officer$4,234,963
Michael MaherFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer$605,285

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