Former President, Chief Executive Officer and Director · SM Energy Co (SM)

Herbert Vogel

A named executive officer of SM Energy in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$7,878,612

FY2024: $12,240,662

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 8, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Herbert Vogel compensation by year

SM Energy Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SM Energy reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$412,000$443,693$468,888$498,111$484,484$715,385$773,077$814,200$853,989$889,262
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,500,010$2,299,993$2,000,012$1,783,537$1,179,998$1,600,013$4,500,021$4,999,989$5,499,984$5,500,001
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$304,184$711,794$502,000$630,000$422,082$1,716,923$1,103,954$4,815,816$5,398,471$992,416
Pension and deferred compensation$80,580$106,697$61,492$164,195$170,465$245,600$188,143$295,736$319,552$342,029
All other$72,755$73,714$99,545$89,141$68,126$17,400$167,841$134,889$168,666$154,904
Total$2,369,529$3,635,891$3,131,937$3,164,985$2,325,154$4,295,321$6,733,036$11,060,630$12,240,662$7,878,612

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SM Energy Co DEF 14A filed April 8, 2026, accession 0000893538-26-000048, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the SM Energy Co filed document, accession 0000893538-26-000048. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 8, 2026.

$2.4M
$3.6M
$3.1M
$3.2M
$2.3M
$4.3M
$6.7M
$11.1M
$12.2M
$7.9M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU120,219$2,248,095—
PSU100,240$1,874,488—
PSU84,485$1,579,870—
PSU77,177$1,443,210—
PSU33,593$628,189—
PSU21,076$394,121—

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

SM Energy’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Herbert Vogel · this pageFormer President, Chief Executive Officer and Director$7,878,612
Elizabeth McDonaldPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$4,475,172
A. Wade PursellExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,860,019
James LebeckExecutive Vice President - Chief Corporate Development Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$2,554,852
Kenneth KnottAdvisor, Former Senior Vice President - Business Development and Land$1,742,002

Board service

SM Energy board · FY2021–FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: SM Energy pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in RSUs. As stated in SM Energy's FY2023 proxy.

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