President and Chief Executive Officer · Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW)

Michael Smith

A named executive officer of Lamb Weston in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2026. 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, FY2026

$16,004,614

FY2025: $2,688,616

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Lamb Weston by FY2026 total.

6 named officers on file for Lamb Weston, FY2026

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed July 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Michael Smith compensation by year

Lamb Weston Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Lamb Weston reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$464,308$593,750$600,000$664,327$675,000$750,000$847,116$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$964,913$944,951$903,692$1,349,909$2,699,865$1,985,092$1,764,006$5,704,557
Option awards$0$0$0$0$1,349,986$0$0$7,379,936
Non-equity incentive$520,025$447,949$480,000$535,940$1,350,000$0$0$1,830,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$76,705$89,685$86,907$93,282$147,886$487,839$77,494$90,121
Total$2,025,951$2,076,335$2,070,599$2,643,458$6,222,737$3,222,931$2,688,616$16,004,614

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed July 30, 2026, accession 0001679273-26-000036, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001679273-26-000036. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed July 30, 2026.

$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.1M
$2.6M
$6.2M
$3.2M
$2.7M
$16.0M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU35,220$1,520,800—
RSU29,314$1,265,779—
RSU26,414$1,140,557—
RSU20,742$895,640—
RSU9,293$401,272—
RSU11,662$168,694—
RSU2,665$115,075—
Option213,574—$75.00
Option72,447—$60.86
Option213,574—$60.00
Option183,063—$85.00

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.'s FY2026 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 FY2026 proxy (filed July 30, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-04Tax withholding—9,441$53.18178,422.8
2026-07-28Grant or award—45,770$0.00187,863.3

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 →

Lamb Weston’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Jan CrapsExecutive Chair$30,358,635
Michael Smith · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$16,004,614
Marc SchroederPresident, International$6,216,827
Sylvia WilksChief Supply Chain Officer$5,735,501
James GrayChief Financial Officer$5,259,110
Bernadette MadarietaFormer Chief Financial Officer$4,437,082

Board service

Lamb Weston board · FY2025–FY2026

How this board is paid

Company policy: Lamb Weston pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $170,000 in RSUs. As stated in Lamb Weston's FY2026 proxy.

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