CEO total pay
$15,513,654
J. Kent Masters, Jr. · 2025
Say on pay
Not disclosed
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CEO pay ratio
Item 402(u)216 to 1
Median employee: $71,667
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation & Talent Development Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 2 · 2026 · 2025
Executive pay
What did they pay them?
From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.
| Executive | Role | TotalYoY | Pay mix | Salary | Stock | Cash incentive | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Kent Masters, Jr.2025 compensation | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $15,513,654↑ 8% | 88% at-risk | $1,400,000 | $7,949,640 | $3,247,618 | $416,379 |
Neal R. Sheorey2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $4,125,939↑ 19% | 81% at-risk | $621,923 | $1,963,949 | $771,090 | $143,947 |
Netha N. Johnson, Jr.2025 compensation | Former Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer | $5,312,779↑ 60% | 49% at-risk | $459,330 | $1,963,949 | — | $2,264,470 |
Eric W. Norris2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer | $4,212,206↑ 23% | 81% at-risk | $653,933 | $1,963,949 | $810,076 | $159,218 |
Melissa H. Anderson2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Chief Business Transformation Officer | $3,228,404↑ 32% | 78% at-risk | $571,529 | $1,382,978 | $708,619 | $127,771 |
Mark R. Mummert2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer | $2,477,454 | 75% at-risk | $510,577 | $1,012,871.49 | $635,881 | $118,097 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
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2025 Peer Group
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Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
No hedging, pledging, or short selling of Company stock
“No hedging, pledging, or short selling of Company stock”
pledging
prohibited
“Our insider trading policy prohibits, among other things, Directors, officers, and employees of the Company from engaging in short sales, put options or call options; purchasing on margin or holding in margin accounts; p…”
clawback
present
“clawback policy that covers both time and performance-based awards made under our incentive plansMaintain Strong Governance Practices”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines”
change in control
Masters and the Company (the “Original Change in Control Agreement”)
“Masters and the Company (the “Original Change in Control Agreement”)”
compensation consultant
independent
“Independent Compensation Consultant”
compensation committee
Compensation & Talent Development Committee
“Executive Compensation & Talent Development Committee”
Performance markers
Metric facts
relative tsr
100th percentile
“Masters' contract as a CEO was established at the beginning of 2023 at the end of a period in which absolute TSR for the prior year was above 200%, while relative TSR for the same period was at the top of the peer group …”
revenue
$1 million
“Executive officers must either obtain pre-clearance to trade from our General Counsel or a designee thereof, or trade in accordance with a preexisting Rule 10b5-1 trading plan that meets applicable SEC requirements. Equi…”
time equity mix
25%
“Albemarle's 2025 LTIP for its NEOs was comprised of 50% target PSUs, 25% time-based RSUs and 25% stock options.”
ceo pay ratio
216 to 1
“total compensation was $71,667 for the year ended December 31, 2025 (calculated in accordance with Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K). On the same basis, the total annualized compensation for our CEO for the year ended…”
median employee compensation
$71,667
“paid this median base cash compensation amount. For each of these employees, we determined total compensation paid for the year-ended December 31, 2025 (calculated in accordance with Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K) …”
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