EVP of Energy Marketing · Diversified Energy Co (DEC)

Ronald Ridgway

A named executive officer of Diversified Energy in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 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

$1,294,735

FY2024: $1,190,874

5th of 5 named executive officers at Diversified Energy by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 24, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Ronald Ridgway compensation by year

Diversified Energy Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Diversified Energy reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$304,479$340,700$362,019
Bonus$0$0$144,500
Stock awards$307,741$440,642$368,842
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$237,900$371,875$381,078
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$35,668$37,657$38,296
Total$885,788$1,190,874$1,294,735

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Diversified Energy Co DEF 14A filed March 24, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-010918, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Diversified Energy Co filed document, accession 0001140361-26-010918. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 24, 2026.

$886K
$1.2M
$1.3M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU33,914$491,075—
PSU25,874$374,656—
PSU14,535$210,467—
PSU11,089$160,569—
PSU9,670$140,022—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Diversified Energy discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$786,124—$846,124
Disability—$786,124—$846,124
Involuntary termination without cause$1,751,563$1,199,586$12,619$3,023,768
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,618,586$1,376,787$12,619$4,468,773
Change in control, no termination—$786,124—$786,124

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

Diversified Energy’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Richard GideonChief Operating Officer$6,583,084
Robert HutsonChief Executive Officer$4,996,277
Bradley GrayPresident & Chief Financial Officer$2,724,894
Benjamin SullivanSenior EVP, Chief Legal and Risk Officer & Corporate Secretary$2,341,110
Ronald Ridgway · this pageEVP of Energy Marketing$1,294,735

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