ProxyMiner / Company

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INCMSM

Latest proxy: 2025 · view on SEC ↗ · CIK 0001003078

CEO total pay

$5,873,837

Erik Gershwind · 2025

Say on pay

Not disclosed

Use Ask for the underlying narrative

CEO pay ratio

Item 402(u)

88 to 1

Median employee: $66,908

Compensation committee

CD&A

Compensation Committee

Per the latest proxy

Filings indexed: 2 · 2025 · 2024

Executive pay

What did they pay them?

From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.

ExecutiveRoleTotalYoYPay mixSalaryStockCash incentiveOther
Erik Gershwind2025 compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$5,873,837↑ 32%
85% at-risk
$871,411$3,549,966$1,425,750$26,710
Kristen Actis-Grande2025 compensation
Former Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer
$1,475,980↓ 21%
58% at-risk
$600,000$849,969—$26,011
Gregory Clark2025 compensation
Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer
$622,362
46% at-risk
$312,279$149,928$137,332$22,823
Martina McIsaac2025 compensation
President and Chief Operating Officer
$2,241,188↑ 67%
61% at-risk
$625,327$899,892$473,266$242,703
Neal Dongre2025 compensation
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
$1,140,333
59% at-risk
$457,308$449,946$217,702$15,377
Kimberly Shacklett2025 compensation
Senior Vice President, Sales
$1,055,242↑ 26%
57% at-risk
$428,433$399,862$203,653$23,294

Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other

CD&A excerpt

Compensation discussion & analysis

Opening passage of the loaded filing's CD&A. Use Ask below to query the full text with citations.

In this section, we discuss the material elements of our compensation programs and policies, including the objectives of our compensation programs and the reasons why we pay each element of our executives’ compensation. Following this discussion, you will find a series of tables containing more specific details about the compensation earned by or awarded to the following individuals, whom we refer to as the “named executive officers” or “NEOs.” This discussion focuses principally on compensation and compensation practices relating to the NEOs for fiscal year 2025. Our NEOs for fiscal year 2025 were: NamePositionErik GershwindChief Executive OfficerGregory ClarkVice President and Interim Chief Financial OfficerKristen Actis-Grande (1)Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerMartina McIsaacPresident and Chief Operating OfficerNeal DongreSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryKimberly Shacklett (2)Senior Vice President, Customer Experience _________________________ (1)Ms. Actis-Grande departed the Company on August 8, 2025. (2)Until September 29, 2025, Ms. Shacklett served as the Company's Senior Vice President, Sales & Customer Success Executi…

Read the full CD&A on SEC.gov ↗

Governance

Policy guardrails

  • hedging

    Hedging Policy

    “Hedging Policy”

  • pledging

    prohibited

    “Our insider trading policy also prohibits pledging Company shares in margin accounts”

  • clawback

    present

    “Recoupment Policy”

  • stock ownership guidelines

    present

    “Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines”

  • change in control

    Change in Control Arrangements

    “Change in Control Arrangements”

  • compensation consultant

    independent

    “independent compensation consultant”

  • compensation committee

    Compensation Committee

    “In its review, the Compensation Committee noted the following features”

Performance markers

Metric facts

  • revenue

    $3.77 billion

    “margin opportunity. This positions MSC strongly on the path towards our long-term targets of adjusted operating margin in the mid-teens and delivering 400 basis points of growth above the Industrial Production index over…”

  • operating income

    $301.6 million

    “Our net sales decreased 1.3% to $3.77 billion; •Our gross profit decreased 2.3% to $1.54 billion; •Our operating expenses increased 4.8% to $1.22 billion, as compared to $1.17 billion in the prior fiscal year; MSC Indust…”

  • annual incentive payout

    37.5%

    “Our performance bonus plan for fiscal year 2025 fixed payout levels based on achievement of financial metrics measured against our fiscal year 2025 operating plan.”

  • ceo pay ratio

    88 to 1

    “Executive Officer. For fiscal year 2025: •the annual total compensation of our median associate was $66,908; and •the annual total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, as reported in the Summary Compensation Tabl…”

  • median employee compensation

    $66,908

    “of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of our median associa…”

Ask

Anything about MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC’s 2025 proxy

Answers are grounded in the loaded filing and cite specific artifacts. Bring your own free Google AI Studio key.

Loading the Ask interface…