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Fiscal year 2025

Robert Smith — FY2025 total compensation $2,708,803

Robert Smith is Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Development Officer, PNW and APS and currently, Special Advisor to the CEO of Pinnacle West Capital Corp (PNW). The company reported total compensation of $2,708,803 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$514,658
Bonus$0
Stock awards$1,360,231
Option awards
Non-equity incentive plan$421,609
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$377,576
All other compensation$34,729
Total$2,708,803

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Pinnacle West Capital Corp filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-023516.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Development Officer, PNW and APS and currently, Special Advisor to the CEO$514,658$0$1,360,231$421,609$377,576$34,729$2,708,803
FY2024Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Development Officer, PNW and APS and currently, Special Advisor to the CEO$650,000$0$1,337,015$827,775$349,023$29,275$3,193,088
FY2023Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Development Officer of PNW and APS$630,000$0$1,055,255$0$800,321$270,751$34,390$2,790,717

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$12,110,250
Difference from that median$-9,401,446
Percentile within the disclosed peer group1st
Peers with a disclosed figure15

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Pinnacle West Capital Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Pinnacle West Capital Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Theodore GeislerChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNW and APS$8,414,652
Jacob TetlowExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of APS$3,795,987
Adam HeflinExecutive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of APS$3,628,459
Andrew CooperSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PNW and APS$3,392,860
Jeffrey GuldnerFormer Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNW and Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive of APS and currently, Special Advisor to the CEO$2,828,115
Robert Smith this pageFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Development Officer, PNW and APS and currently, Special Advisor to the CEO$2,708,803
Shirley BaumSenior Vice President and General Counsel of PNW and APS$1,886,647

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Pinnacle West Capital Corp compensation brief.

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The company page

Robert Smith's compensation sits inside Pinnacle West Capital Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Pinnacle West Capital Corp (PNW) compensation brief