President, Machine Clothing · Albany International Corp (AIN)

Merle Stein

A named executive officer of Albany 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

$1,586,314

FY2024: $1,387,911

3rd of 7 named executive officers at Albany International by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for Albany International, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Merle Stein compensation by year

Albany International Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Albany International reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$342,668$501,955
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$595,550$539,964
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$329,413$271,915
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$120,280$272,481
Total$1,387,911$1,586,314

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Albany International Corp DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-022940, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Albany International Corp filed document, accession 0001628280-26-022940. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.

$1.4M
$1.6M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU3,379$171,315—
PSU3,379$171,315—
PSU2,336$118,435—
RSU1,557$78,940—
RSU1,045$52,982—
RSU652$33,056—
RSU604$30,623—
RSU360$18,252—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Albany International discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,665,000$289,734$69,779$2,365,864
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Involuntary termination without cause$1,215,000$424,647$46,519—
Death$0$289,734$0$424,647
Voluntary resignation$0$78,949$0$78,949
Retirement$0$78,949$0$78,949
Disability$0$289,734$0$424,647

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

Albany International’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Gunnar KlevelandPresident and CEO$4,259,285
Willard StationExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,333,812
Merle Stein · this pagePresident, Machine Clothing$1,586,314
Christopher StonePresident, Albany Engineered Composites$1,416,500
Robert StarrFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,402,017
Joseph GaugSenior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary$1,228,780
Jairaj ChetnaniFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer$411,388

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How this record is built

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