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Fiscal year 2025

Edward Dowling Jr. — FY2025 total compensation $6,343,575

Edward Dowling Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP). The company reported total compensation of $6,343,575 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,000,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$3,500,019
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$1,645,280
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$198,276
Total$6,343,575

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Compass Minerals International Inc filed January 23, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000019.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025President and Chief Executive Officer$1,000,000$0$3,500,019$0$1,645,280$0$198,276$6,343,575
FY2024President and Chief Executive Officer$705,128$350,000$3,535,579$0$888,158$0$366,779$5,845,644

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Compass Minerals International Inc.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$7,405,693
Difference from that median$-1,062,118
Percentile within the disclosed peer group29th
Peers with a disclosed figure7

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Compass Minerals International Inc discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Compass Minerals International Inc

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Edward Dowling Jr. this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$6,343,575
Patrick MerrinChief Operations Officer$1,740,271
Mary FrontczakFormer Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary$1,706,082
Benjamin NicholsChief Sales Officer$1,498,342
Peter FjellmanChief Financial Officer$1,390,138
Jennifer HoodFormer Chief Supply Chain Officer$1,148,794
Jeffrey CatheyFormer Chief Financial Officer$790,198
Amy TillsChief Human Resources Officer$434,578

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Compass Minerals International Inc compensation brief.

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The company page

Edward Dowling Jr.'s compensation sits inside Compass Minerals International Inc's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) compensation brief