Chief Financial Officer · VALVOLINE INC (VVV)

J. Kevin Willis

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for J. Kevin Willis as a named executive officer of VALVOLINE; 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, FY2025

$2,028,679

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Valvoline by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for VALVOLINE, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 19, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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J. Kevin Willis compensation by year

VALVOLINE Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as VALVOLINE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$240,411
Bonus$0
Stock awards$1,199,644
Option awards$400,070
Non-equity incentive$154,795
Pension and deferred compensation$16,760
All other$17,000
Total$2,028,679

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: VALVOLINE INC DEF 14A filed December 19, 2025, accession 0001104659-25-122788, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the VALVOLINE INC filed document, accession 0001104659-25-122788. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 19, 2025.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments VALVOLINE discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,297,859$1,283,695$44,160$3,814,199
Involuntary termination without cause$997,859—$33,120$1,207,863
Disability—$325,402—$490,685
Change in control, no termination—$0—$154,795

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in VALVOLINE INC's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

VALVOLINE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Lori FleesPresident and Chief Executive Officer$4,844,663
J. Kevin Willis · this pageChief Financial Officer$2,028,679
Mary MeixelspergerSenior Vice President Former Chief Financial Officer$1,757,435
Linne FulcherSenior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$1,339,497
Julie O’DanielSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$1,209,122
Jonathan CaldwellSenior Vice President and Chief People Officer$961,541

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