President and Chief Executive Officer · COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC (CMP)

Edward Dowling Jr.

A named executive officer of COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. 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, FY2025

$6,343,575

FY2024: $5,845,645

1st of 8 named executive officers at Compass Minerals International by FY2025 total.

8 named officers on file for COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 23, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Edward Dowling Jr. compensation by year

COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$705,128$1,000,000
Bonus$350,000$0
Stock awards$3,535,579$3,500,019
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$888,158$1,645,280
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$366,779$198,276
Total$5,845,645$6,343,575

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC DEF 14A filed January 23, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000019, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000019. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 23, 2026.

$5.8M
$6.3M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU136,400$2,618,880—
PSU124,026$2,381,299—
PSU100,575$1,931,040—
PSU44,700$858,240—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
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

Board service

COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL board · FY2022–FY2024
Director compensation in US dollars, as COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2024$0$35,569——$35,569
FY2023$13,125$219,493——$232,618
FY2022$51,774$110,137—$0$161,911

Each year as the company reported it in COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL pays directors a $85,000 cash retainer and $120,000 in RSUs/DSUs. As stated in COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL's FY2024 proxy.

Committees

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How this record is built

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