Adient Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Adient (ADNT) executive compensation
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ADNT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025

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Data as of September 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): March 13, 2026

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Jerome Dorlack

Latest say-on-pay support

March 10, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Adient's chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Jerome Dorlack, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $13,114,394 in fiscal 2025. Dorlack's total moved 38.1% higher from the $9,493,471 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Adient's say-on-pay result?

Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 94.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held March 10, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Adient's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., Aptiv plc, BorgWarner Inc., Cummins Inc. and Dana Incorporated, among others.

What is Adient's chief executive pay ratio?

The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 694:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $18,897.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Douglas G. Del Grosso President & CEO	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jerome J. Dorlack Exec VP & CFO	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Heather M. Tiltmann Exec VP, Legal and HR	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jian James Huang Exec VP, APAC	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michel Berthelin Exec VP, EMEA	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeffrey M. Stafeil Former Exec VP & CFO Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Douglas Del Grosso Former President and Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jerome Dorlack President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jian James Huang Executive Vice President, APAC	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Heather Tiltmann Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer, and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Conklin Executive Vice President, Americas	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Mark Oswald Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Jerome Dorlack President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jian James Huang Executive Vice President, APAC	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Mark Oswald Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Heather Tiltmann Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer, and Corporate Secretary	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Conklin Executive Vice President, Americas	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Jerome J. Dorlack	—	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Jerome J. Dorlack	—	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Jerome J. Dorlack	—	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
James Conklin	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Heather Tiltmann	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Mark Oswald	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Jian James Huang	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Jerome Dorlack	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

Heather Tiltmann

General Counsel · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Severance cash amount

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Jerome Dorlack

Chief Executive Officer · Change-in-control agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇
Clawback	◇

Jian James Huang

Executive Vice President, APAC · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Severance base	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control base	◇

Mark Oswald

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Severance cash amount

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Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Frederick A. Henderson Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Richard Goodman	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Barb J. Samardzich	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jos M. Gutierrez	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Peter H. Carlin	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jodi E. Eddy	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Julie L. Bushman	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Jerome J. Dorlack served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

Equity is delivered as Ordinary Shares.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. symbol not shown
Aptiv plc APTV
BorgWarner Inc. BWA
Cummins Inc. CMI
Dana Incorporated DAN
Eaton Corporation plc ETN
Emerson Electric Co. EMR
Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM
L-3 Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX
Lear Corporation LEA
PACCAR Inc. PCAR
Parker-Hannifin Corporation PH
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. SWK
Textron Inc. TXT
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GT
Trane Technologies plc TT
Visteon Corporation VC

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	March 10, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	March 11, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	March 12, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	March 7, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	March 8, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	March 9, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	March 12, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	March 11, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	March 12, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	March 13, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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What this page does not include

Everything above is a fact Adient disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.

Peer benchmarking

Where Adient sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.

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Written compensation analysis

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Board and governance analysis

Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.

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Realizable pay

What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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Citations

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198 figures on this page: 188 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.

188 cited to the filing

10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed March 13, 2026
0001670541-26-000050
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed January 21, 2026
0001670541-26-000011
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal Year 2025 · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · and 1 more section
8-K, filed March 14, 2025
0001670541-25-000049
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed January 22, 2025
0001670541-25-000005
Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2024
8-K, filed March 15, 2024
0001670541-24-000058
DEF 14A, filed January 23, 2024
0001670541-24-000018
Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2023
8-K, filed March 10, 2023
0001670541-23-000080
8-K, filed March 10, 2022
0001670541-22-000027
8-K, filed March 10, 2021
0001670541-21-000014
8-K, filed March 13, 2020
0001193125-20-072977
8-K, filed March 12, 2019
0001670541-19-000008
8-K, filed March 14, 2018
0001670541-18-000009
8-K, filed March 16, 2017
0001670541-17-000019
EX-10, filed January 20, 2017
0001670541-17-000008
Employment Agreement

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Peers Adient discloses

The companies named in ADNT's own disclosed peer group.

Aptiv plc BorgWarner Inc.Cummins Inc.Dana Incorporated Eaton Corporation plc Emerson Electric Co.Howmet Aerospace Inc.L-3 Harris Technologies, Inc.Lear Corporation PACCAR Inc.Parker-Hannifin Corporation Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Textron Inc.The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Trane Technologies plc Visteon Corporation

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}

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Executive compensation

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Outstanding awards

Severance and change in control

Director compensation

Director fee schedule

Disclosed peer group

Say-on-pay history

Chief executive pay ratio

What this page does not include

Citations

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Peers Adient discloses

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