Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Kellanova (K)

Steve Cahillane

A named executive officer of Kellanova in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$17,038,641

FY2022: $13,263,040

1st of 6 named executive officers at Kellanova by FY2023 total.

6 named officers on file for Kellanova, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 4, 2024 (DEF 14A).

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Steve Cahillane compensation by year

Kellanova Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Kellanova reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$1,300,000$1,300,000$1,338,462
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$5,100,134$8,500,566$10,995,985
Option awards$1,931,954$0$1,524,318
Non-equity incentive$2,100,800$3,265,600$2,829,600
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$245,449$196,874$350,276
Total$10,678,337$13,263,040$17,038,641

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Kellanova DEF 14A filed March 4, 2024, accession 0000055067-24-000010, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Kellanova filed document, accession 0000055067-24-000010. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 4, 2024.

$10.7M
$13.3M
$17.0M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU234,484$13,110,000—
RSU183,232$10,244,501—
RSU164,232$9,182,211—
RSU78,191$4,371,659—
Option110,652—$51.23

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Kellanova's FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Kellanova discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,700,000$30,558,349$31,000$40,499,061
Involuntary termination without cause$2,700,000$12,886,178$31,000$17,685,624
Disability—$20,774,992$0$23,604,592
Death—$20,774,992—$24,954,592

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Kellanova's FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Kellanova’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Steve Cahillane · this pageChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$17,038,641
Amit BanatiVice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer$5,791,051
Chris HoodSenior Vice President & President, Kellanova North America$5,740,019
Gary PilnickFormer Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer$4,882,692
David LawlorSenior Vice President & President, Kellanova Europe$4,117,062
Shumit KapoorSenior Vice President & President, Kellanova AMEA$3,542,639

Board service

Kellanova board · FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: Kellanova pays directors a $105,000 cash retainer and $155,000 in DSUs. As stated in Kellanova's FY2023 proxy.

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