International Paper Executive Compensation (FY25)

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IP · Memphis, TN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Andrew Silvernail

Median of the other named officers

$6,016,552

5 officers, excluding the chief executive

Latest say-on-pay support

May 11, 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 International Paper's chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Andrew Silvernail, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, came to $14,838,324 in fiscal 2025. Silvernail's total moved 28.4% lower from the $20,732,570 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was International Paper's say-on-pay result?

Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 11, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in International Paper's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names Ball Corporation, Berry Global Group, Inc., Bunge Limited, Carrier Global Corporation and Crown Holdings, Inc., among others.

What is International Paper's chief executive pay ratio?

The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 164:1, against median employee compensation of $90,506.

Executive compensation

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

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Mark Sutton Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Timothy Nicholls Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Gregory Wanta Former Senior Vice President	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Thomas Plath Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Mark Sutton Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Timothy Nicholls Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
W. Thomas Hamic Senior Vice President, North American Container and Chief Commercial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Joseph Saab Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Gregory Wanta Former Senior Vice President Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Thomas Plath Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Andrew Silvernail Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Mark Sutton Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
W. Thomas Hamic Executive Vice President and President, North American Packaging Solutions	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Timothy Nicholls Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Clayton Ellis Senior Vice President, Global Cellulose Fibers	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Royalty, Jr. Senior Vice President, Containerboard and Recycling	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Andrew Silvernail Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Lance Loeffler Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Timothy Nicholls Executive Vice President and President, Packaging Solutions Europe, Middle East and Africa	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Joy Roman Former Senior Vice President, Chief People and Strategy Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
W. Thomas Hamic Executive Vice President and President, PS NA	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Joseph Saab Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇

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
Andrew Silvernail	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Joseph Saab	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Joy Roman	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Joy Roman	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Lance Loeffler	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Lance Loeffler	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Lance Loeffler	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Timothy Nicholls	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
W. Thomas Hamic	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇

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
Lance Loeffler	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
W. Thomas Hamic	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Joseph Saab	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Andrew Silvernail	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Timothy Nicholls	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Joy Roman	PSU	◇	◇	—	—

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.

Andrew Silvernail

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Non-solicit period

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Joseph Saab

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Non-solicit period

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Joy Roman

Former Senior Vice President, Chief People and Strategy Officer

Change-in-control trigger	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Lance Loeffler

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Change-in-control trigger	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Timothy Nicholls

Executive Vice President and President, Packaging Solutions Europe, Middle East and Africa · Amended agreement

Non-solicit period

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W. Thomas Hamic

Executive Vice President and President, PS NA

Non-solicit period

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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
Christopher M. Connor Lead independent director	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Kathryn D. Sullivan	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Anders Gustafsson	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Clinton A. Lewis Jr	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jacqueline C. Hinman	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jamie A. Beggs	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Scott A. Tozier	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Anton V. Vincent	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Ahmet C. Dorduncu	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
David A. Robbie	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Andrew K. Silvernail 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	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock/RSUs.

Stock ownership guideline: 2x annual retainer

Disclosed peer group

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

Fiscal 2025

Ball Corporation BALL
Berry Global Group, Inc. BERY
Bunge Limited BG
Carrier Global Corporation CARR
Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK
Cummins, Inc. CMI
Eaton Corporation plc ETN
Emerson Electric Company EMR
General Dynamics Corporation GD
Johnson Controls International plc JCI
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB
Northrup Grumman Corporation NOC
Nucor Corporation NUE
Packaging Corporation of America PKG
Parker-Hannifin Corporation PH
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG
Schlumberger Limited SLB
Smurfit Westrock plc SW

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 11, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 12, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 13, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 8, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	May 9, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	May 10, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	May 11, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	May 13, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	May 7, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	May 8, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	May 9, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

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 International Paper disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.

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286 figures on this page: 275 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

275 cited to the filing

11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed May 11, 2026
0000051434-26-000075
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Filing, filed March 27, 2026
000162828026021729
CEO Pay Ratio
8-K, filed May 14, 2025
0001193125-25-119332
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 1, 2025
0001628280-26-021729
Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards During · Non-Employee Director Compensation Table · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31 · and 1 more section
8-K, filed May 16, 2024
0001193125-24-140534
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 2, 2024
0001193125-24-084358
Summary Compensation Table
EX-10, filed December 31, 2023
0000051434-24-000024
Employment Agreement
8-K, filed May 9, 2023
0001193125-23-139471
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed March 28, 2023
0001193125-23-081359
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 9, 2022
0001193125-22-144974
8-K, filed May 11, 2021
0001193125-21-156506
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 12, 2020
0001193125-20-140548
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 13, 2019
0001193125-19-145499
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 7, 2018
0001193125-18-154712
8-K, filed May 9, 2017
0001193125-17-163319
8-K, filed May 9, 2016
0001193125-16-583992
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Peers International Paper discloses

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

Ball Corporation Berry Global Group, Inc.Bunge Limited Carrier Global Corporation Crown Holdings, Inc.Cummins, Inc.Eaton Corporation plc Emerson Electric Company General Dynamics Corporation Johnson Controls International plc LyondellBasell Industries N.V.Northrup Grumman Corporation Nucor Corporation Packaging Corporation of America Parker-Hannifin Corporation PPG Industries, Inc.Schlumberger Limited Smurfit Westrock plc

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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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Frequently asked questions

Executive compensation

Equity awards granted

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

Documents cited

The paid brief for International Paper

Peers International Paper discloses

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