CEO total pay
$7,691,732
Craig W. Kliethermes · 2025
Say on pay
Not disclosed
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CEO pay ratio
Not in CD&A
Median employee: $142,581
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Craig W. Kliethermes2025 compensation | President & Chief Executive Officer | $7,691,732↑ 16% | 90% at-risk | $677,596 | $0 | $6,075,319 | $107,012 |
Todd W. Bryant2025 compensation | Chief Financial Officer | $3,801,633↑ 18% | 86% at-risk | $416,596 | $0 | $2,928,536 | $110,586 |
Jennifer L. Klobnak2025 compensation | Chief Operating Officer | $5,161,917↑ 22% | 88% at-risk | $527,019 | $0 | $4,104,771 | $81,242 |
Aaron P. Diefenthaler2025 compensation | Chief Investment Officer & Treasurer | $1,244,823→ 0% | 63% at-risk | $377,066 | $0 | $576,247 | $79,550 |
Jeffrey D. Fick2025 compensation | Chief Legal Officer | $1,110,003↑ 2% | 56% at-risk | $411,173 | $0 | $413,340 | $79,550 |
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Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
prohibited
“The Company prohibits NEOs from using financial instruments to reduce the risk of holding Company stock (hedging), or from using Company shares for margin trading or collateral purpose”
clawback
present
“Clawback Policy”) which provides for the recovery, in the event of a required accounting restatement, of incentive-based compensation received by current or former executive officers where that compensation is based on t…”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“executive stock ownership: Our compensation programs encourage our employees to build and maintain an ownership interest in the Company. We have established specific executive stock ownership guidelines and our NEOs, as …”
change in control
Change in Control
“Change in Control”
compensation consultant
COMPENSATION CONSULTANT
“COMPENSATION CONSULTANT”
compensation committee
Compensation Committee
“The Human Capital & Compensation Committee (“HCCC”) of the Company’s Board of Directors, with the review and approval of the Board of Directors, administers specific compensation programs for senior executive officers an…”
Performance markers
Metric facts
revenue
$2.03 billion
“of unconsolidated investees and the related taxes were removed from operating earnings, resulting in consistent exclusion of unrealized changes in equity investments from operating results. Prior period amounts, in 2024,…”
median employee compensation
$142,581
“total compensation in the form of long-term incentive awards and limited perquisites did not apply to the median employee. Ratio of CEO to Median Employee Total Compensation Median Employee 2025 Total Comp…”
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