Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · PEPSICO INC (PEP)

James Caulfield

A named executive officer of PEPSICO in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 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

$4,650,510

FY2024: $4,413,460

6th of 6 named executive officers at Pepsico by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for PEPSICO, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Caulfield compensation by year

PEPSICO Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PEPSICO reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$498,615$700,000$742,308
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,261,467$2,144,941$2,144,966
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$822,640$850,500$790,990
Pension and deferred compensation$638,757$669,477$946,896
All other$125,770$48,542$25,350
Total$3,347,249$4,413,460$4,650,510

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PEPSICO INC DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000169, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the PEPSICO INC filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000169. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 27, 2026.

$3.3M
$4.4M
$4.7M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU13,951$2,005,875—
PSU13,059$1,877,623—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments PEPSICO discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability—$0—$6,300,000
Retirement—$6,300,000—$6,300,000
Death—$0—$6,300,000
Involuntary termination without cause—$6,300,000——
Change in control, no termination—$0—$0
Change in control and involuntary termination—$0—$0

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

PEPSICO’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ramon LaguartaChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$23,903,545
Stephen SchmittExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$10,196,589
Steven WilliamsCEO, North America$7,768,918
Silviu PopoviciCEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa$6,429,099
Becky SchmittExecutive Vice President and Chief People Officer$5,676,617
Jamie Caulfield · this pageFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$4,650,510

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