Chairman and CEO · Sotera Health Co (SHC)

Michael Petras

A named executive officer of Sotera Health in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 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

$10,656,063

FY2024: $10,392,468

1st of 4 named executive officers at Sotera Health by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for Sotera Health, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 8, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Michael Petras compensation by year

Sotera Health Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Sotera Health reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$700,000$727,692$1,000,000$1,038,462$1,050,000$1,088,365$1,130,699
Bonus$1,000,000$700,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$6,000,000$0$3,749,997$3,749,995$3,999,994$8,022,400
Option awards$0$9,000,000$0$10,712,705$3,745,697$4,007,275$0
Non-equity incentive$759,500$738,957$1,137,500$1,142,308$1,137,938$1,278,830$1,484,890
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$12,600$37,609$60,074$16,386$17,375$18,004$18,074
Total$2,472,100$17,204,248$2,197,574$16,659,858$9,701,005$10,392,468$10,656,063

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Sotera Health Co DEF 14A filed April 8, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-040937, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Sotera Health Co filed document, accession 0001104659-26-040937. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 8, 2026.

$2.5M
$17.2M
$2.2M
$16.7M
$9.7M
$10.4M
$10.7M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU298,953$5,273,531—
RSU182,774$3,224,133—
PSU149,476$2,636,757—
RSU71,063$1,253,551—
PSU59,791$1,054,713—
Option363,006—$14.59
Option134,698—$17.59

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 8, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-17Sale—294,515$18.50397,912
2026-08-17Sale—850,000$18.503,969,393

The 2 most recent of 2 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 →

Sotera Health’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael Petras · this pageChairman and CEO$10,656,063
Jonathan LyonsSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$3,086,383
Alexander DimitriefFormer SVP and General Counsel$2,459,612
Michael RutzPresident of Sterigenics$2,180,029

Board service

Sotera Health board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Sotera Health pays directors a $75,000 cash retainer and $225,000 in RSUs. As stated in Sotera Health's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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