Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · Ryerson Tec Inc. (RYZ)

James Claussen

A named executive officer of Ryerson Tec in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 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

$1,535,609

FY2024: $1,681,963

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

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 18, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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James Claussen compensation by year

Ryerson Tec Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ryerson Tec reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$420,682$437,500$461,250$472,500$472,500
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$596,400$1,225,700$1,273,300$1,172,500$918,400
Option awards$81,450$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$631,126$675,000$295,426$0$106,667
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$38,894$52,922$50,897$36,963$38,042
Total$1,768,552$2,391,122$2,080,873$1,681,963$1,535,609

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ryerson Tec Inc. DEF 14A filed March 18, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-114120, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Ryerson Tec Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-114120. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 18, 2026.

$1.8M
$2.4M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$1.5M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU26,800$674,288—
RSU13,200$332,112—
PSU23,450$295,001—
RSU23,450$295,001—
RSU7,700$193,732—
RSU3,850$96,866—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

18 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 18, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-17Grant or award derivative—69.61$0.009,232.32
2026-09-17Grant or award derivative—31.56$0.004,185.37
2026-09-17Grant or award derivative—100.96$0.0013,390.31
2026-06-18Grant or award derivative—61.61$0.009,162.7
2026-06-18Grant or award derivative—89.35$0.0013,289.35
2026-06-18Grant or award derivative—27.93$0.004,153.81
2026-03-31Exercise or conversion—4,125$0.0082,628.34
2026-03-31Exercise or conversion—4,219$0.0078,503.34

The 8 most recent of 18 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Ryerson Tec’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Edward LehnerPresident & Chief Executive Officer$17,857,908
James Claussen · this pageExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$1,535,609
Mark SilverExecutive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Human Resources Officer$1,276,290
John OrthFormer Executive Vice President, Operations$1,099,767
Molly KannanChief Accounting Officer & Controller$923,870
Srini SundarrajanChief Information Officer$901,526

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