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Knowles Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Knowles (KN) executive compensation
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KN · Itasca, IL · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Jeffrey Niew

Latest say-on-pay support

April 28, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 1, 2026Latest filing (8-K): April 29, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Knowles' chief executive and what were they paid?

Jeffrey Niew was paid $8,674,916 in total compensation as President & Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $6,865,871 reported for fiscal 2024, Niew's total was 26.3% higher.

What was Knowles' say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 96.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held April 28, 2026.

Which companies are in Knowles' peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include ADTRAN, Arlo Technologies, Bel Fuse, Cohu and CTS, among others.

What is Knowles' chief executive pay ratio?

The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 730:1, against median employee compensation of $11,877.

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
Jeffrey Niew President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
John Anderson Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Daniel Giesecke Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Robert Perna Senior Vice President, Human Resources	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Raymond Cabrera Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Jeffrey Niew President & Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
John Anderson Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Daniel Giesecke Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Robert Perna Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Raymond Cabrera Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Chief Administrative Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Jeffrey Niew President & Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
John Anderson Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Daniel Giesecke Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Robert Perna Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Raymond Cabrera Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Jeffrey Niew President & Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
John Anderson Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Daniel Giesecke Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Robert Perna Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Raymond Cabrera Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources 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
Daniel Giesecke	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Daniel Giesecke	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Jeffrey Niew	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Jeffrey Niew	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Jeffrey Niew	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
John Anderson	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
John Anderson	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Raymond Cabrera	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Raymond Cabrera	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Robert Perna	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Robert Perna	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
Jeffrey Niew	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
John Anderson	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Daniel Giesecke	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Robert Perna	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Raymond Cabrera	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	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.

Daniel Giesecke

Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Jeffrey Niew

President & Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

John Anderson

Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Raymond Cabrera

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

Robert Perna

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇

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
Keith Barnes Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Cheryl Shavers	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Didier Hirsch	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jason Cardew	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Daniel Crowley	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Michael Wishart	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Ye Jane Li	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Laura Angelini	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Jeffrey Niew and Donald Macleod 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	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Nominating and governance member	◇

Disclosed peer group

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

Fiscal 2025

ADTRAN ADTN
Arlo Technologies ARLO
Bel Fuse BELFB
Cohu COHU
CTS CTS
Digi International DGII
FormFactor FORM
Harmonic HLIT
MaxLinear MXL
Mercury Systems MRCY
Methode Electronics MEI
NetScout Systems NTCT
Power Integrations POWI
Ribbon Communications RBBN
Rogers Corporation ROG
Semtech SMTC
Veeco Instruments VECO
Viavi Solutions VIAV
Vishay Precision Group VPG

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	April 28, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	April 29, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	April 30, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 2, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	April 26, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	April 27, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	April 28, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	May 31, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	May 1, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	May 2, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	May 3, 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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319 figures on this page: 308 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

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Documents cited

8-K, filed April 29, 2026
0001587523-26-000021
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed March 11, 2026
0001587523-26-000010
2025 Director Compensation Table · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 202 · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 202 · and 1 more section
8-K, filed May 1, 2025
0001587523-25-000046
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed March 14, 2025
0001587523-25-000031
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 7, 2024
0001587523-24-000051
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 4, 2023
0001587523-23-000052
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed April 29, 2022
0001587523-22-000053
8-K, filed April 29, 2021
0001587523-21-000065
8-K, filed May 1, 2020
0001587523-20-000016
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 6, 2019
0001193125-19-166911
8-K, filed May 2, 2018
0001193125-18-148337
8-K, filed May 5, 2017
0001193125-17-160755
8-K, filed May 4, 2016
0001193125-16-577841

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Peers Knowles discloses

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

ADTRAN Arlo Technologies Bel Fuse Cohu CTS Digi International FormFactor Harmonic MaxLinear Mercury Systems Methode Electronics NetScout Systems Power Integrations Ribbon Communications Rogers Corporation Semtech Veeco Instruments Viavi Solutions Vishay Precision Group

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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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  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
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Executive compensation

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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

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