Howmet Aerospace Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Howmet Aerospace (HWM) executive compensation
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HWM · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025

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Data as of September 9, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 26, 2026

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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John Plant

Median of the other named officers

$2,828,490

5 officers, excluding the chief executive

Latest say-on-pay support

May 19, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025

The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.

Chief executive total compensation — John Plant: $22,377,036 → $70,547,718 (215.3% higher)

Say-on-pay support: 94.7% → 71.1% (23.6 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

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

Total compensation for John Plant, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, came to $70,547,718 in fiscal 2025. Plant's total was 215.3% higher than the $22,377,036 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Howmet Aerospace's say-on-pay result?

Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 71.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 19, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Howmet Aerospace's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names AMETEK Inc., Axon Enterprise, Inc., Dover Corporation, Emerson Electric and General Dynamics Corporation, among others. The PRSU Peer Group--Aerospace and Defense Peer Group for Measuring Relative TSR Performance for 2023, 2024 and 2025 Long-Term Incentives names AAR Corp., ATI, Inc., BWX Technologies, Inc., Curtiss-Wright Corporation and GE Aerospace, among others. The Proxy Peer Group for Market Information includes AMETEK Inc., Dover Corporation, Hubbell Incorporated, Illinois Tool Works Inc. and Keysight Technologies, among others.

What is Howmet Aerospace's chief executive pay ratio?

The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 1,110:1, against median employee compensation of $63,551.

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
John Plant Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Neil Marchuk Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Kenneth Giacobbe Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Lola Lin Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Chanatry Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
John Plant Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Kenneth Giacobbe Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Michael Chanatry Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Lola Lin Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
John Plant Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Neil Marchuk Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Kenneth Giacobbe Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Michael Chanatry Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Lola Lin Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Patrick Winterlich Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇

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
John C. Plant	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
John C. Plant	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Kenneth J. Giacobbe	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Lola F. Lin	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Michael N. Chanatry	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Neil E. Marchuk	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇

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
John Plant	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Neil Marchuk	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Kenneth Giacobbe	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Michael Chanatry	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	—

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

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
James F. Albaugh Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Ulrich R. Schmidt	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Sharon R. Barner	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jody G. Miller	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Joseph S. Cantie	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Gunner S. Smith	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Amy E. Alving	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Robert F. Leduc	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
David J. Miller	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇

John C. Plant 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.

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	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Board meeting fee	◇
Committee meeting fee	◇

Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

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

Fiscal 2025

AMETEK Inc. AME
Axon Enterprise, Inc. AXON
Dover Corporation DOV
Emerson Electric EMR
General Dynamics Corporation GD
General Electric Company (operating as GE Aerospace) GE
Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM
Hubbell Incorporated HUBB
Huntington Ingalls Industries, L3Harris Technologies, Inc. symbol not shown
Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW
Ingersoll Rand IR
Keysight Technologies KEYS
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX
Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT
Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC
Otis Worldwide OTIS
Parker-Hannifin Corporation PH
Rockwell Automation, Inc. ROK
RTX Corporation RTX
Snap-On Incorporated SNA
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. SWK
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated TDY
Textron Inc. TXT
The Boeing Company BA
TransDigm Group Incorporated TDG
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies WAB
Xylem Inc. XYL

PRSU Peer Group--Aerospace and Defense Peer Group for Measuring Relative TSR Performance for 2023, 2024 and 2025 Long-Term Incentives

AAR Corp. AIR
ATI, Inc. ATI
BWX Technologies, Inc. BWXT
Curtiss-Wright Corporation CW
GE Aerospace symbol not shown
General Dynamics Corporation GD
HEICO Corporation HEI
Hexcel Corporation HXL
Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT
Moog Inc. MOG-A
Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC
Parsons Corporation PSN
RTX Corporation RTX
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. SPR
StandardAero, Inc. SARO
The Boeing Company BA
Triumph Group, Inc. TGI
Woodward Inc. WWD

Proxy Peer Group for Market Information

AMETEK Inc. AME
Dover Corporation DOV
Hubbell Incorporated HUBB
Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW
Keysight Technologies KEYS
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX
Parker-Hannifin Corporation PH
Rockwell Automation, Inc. ROK
Snap-On Incorporated SNA
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. SWK
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated TDY
Textron Inc. TXT
TransDigm Group Incorporated TDG
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies WAB
Xylem Inc. XYL

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 19, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 28, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 22, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 17, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	May 25, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	May 25, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	June 15, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	May 14, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	May 16, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	May 25, 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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Peer benchmarking

Where Howmet Aerospace 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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200 figures on this page: 190 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.

190 cited to the filing

10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed May 26, 2026
0001104659-26-066305
DEF 14A, filed April 6, 2026
0001104659-26-039940
2025 CEO Pay Ratio · 2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · 2025 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · 2025 Summary Compensation Table · and 1 more section
8-K, filed June 3, 2025
0001104659-25-056027
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 16, 2025
0001104659-25-035530
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 29, 2024
0001104659-24-066103
DEF 14A, filed April 8, 2024
0001104659-24-044630
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 22, 2023
0001104659-23-063214
8-K, filed May 31, 2022
0001104659-22-066268
8-K, filed June 1, 2021
0001104659-21-075114
8-K, filed June 19, 2020
0001104659-20-075300
8-K, filed May 17, 2019
0001144204-19-027099
8-K, filed May 22, 2018
0001144204-18-030295
8-K, filed June 1, 2017
0001193125-17-191309

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Peers Howmet Aerospace discloses

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

AMETEK Inc.Axon Enterprise, Inc.Dover Corporation Emerson Electric General Dynamics Corporation General Electric Company (operating as GE Aerospace)Hubbell Incorporated Illinois Tool Works Inc.Ingersoll Rand Keysight Technologies L3Harris Technologies, Inc.Lockheed Martin Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation Otis Worldwide Parker-Hannifin Corporation Rockwell Automation, Inc.RTX Corporation Snap-On Incorporated Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Textron Inc.The Boeing Company TransDigm Group Incorporated Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies

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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}
}