Lead Independent Director · CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP (CRS)

Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee

Stephen M. Ward Jr director compensation at Carpenter (FY2025): $322K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Stephen M. Ward Jr at CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed September 12, 2025 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY Director Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2026$118,125$142,742$35,057$61,468$358,011
FY2025$89,375$135,075$35,075$60,696$321,902
FY2023$77,500$125,058$35,012$56,015$294,820

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP DEF 14A filed September 12, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-202215, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-25-202215. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed September 12, 2025.

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$321,902 Stephen M. Ward Jr, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of September 12, 2025 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY pays directors a $75,000 cash retainer and $75,000 in Stock Units.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Nominating/Governance (Chair) · Science, Technology and Sustainability · Human Capital · Human Capital Management Committee

The rest of the CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
A. John HartIndependent Director$276,690
Charles D. McLane JrIndependent Director$288,985
Colleen S. PritchettIndependent Director$247,609
Howard H. YuIndependent Director$549,323
Julie A. BeckIndependent Director$555,814
Kathleen LigockiIndependent Director$282,408
Ramin YounessiIndependent Director$256,471
Steven E. KarolIndependent Director$292,081
Viola L. AcoffIndependent Director$276,678

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