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Koppers Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

KOP · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Leroy Ball
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 7, 2026
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Data as of November 5, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 8, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Leroy Ball: $5,879,522 → $6,358,244 (8.1% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 98.4% → 98.6% (0.2 points higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Koppers Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Leroy Ball, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors, came to $6,358,244 in fiscal 2025. Ball's total was 8.1% higher than the $5,879,522 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Koppers Holdings' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 7, 2026.
Which companies are in Koppers Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes American Woodmark Corporation, Apogee Enterprises, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Cabot Corporation and EnPro Industries, Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Leroy Ball
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
James Sullivan
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Jimmi Smith
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Stephanie Apostolou
General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Leslie Hyde
Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Leroy Ball
Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Sullivan
President and Chief Transformation Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jimmi Sue Smith
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Now Retired)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stephanie Apostolou
Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Leroy Ball
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Sullivan
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jimmi Sue Smith
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stephanie Apostolou
Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stephen Lucas
Senior Vice President, Culture and Engagement
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Leroy Ball
Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors
◇—◇——◇◇◇
James Sullivan
President and Chief Transformation Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Stephanie Apostolou
Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Jimmi Sue Smith
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Now Retired)
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Stephen Lucas
Senior Vice President, Culture and Engagement
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
James A. SullivanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
James A. SullivanRSU◇——◇——◇
Jimmy Sue SmithPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jimmy Sue SmithRSU◇——◇——◇
Leroy M. BallPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Leroy M. BallRSU◇——◇——◇
Stephanie L ApostolouPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Stephanie L ApostolouRSU◇——◇——◇
Stephen G. LucasPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Stephen G. LucasRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Leroy BallRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/3/2030
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/6/2029
Option◇—◇3/1/2026
Option◇—◇1/4/2031
Option◇—◇3/2/2028
Option◇—◇3/3/2027
Option◇—◇1/4/2032
James SullivanRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇1/4/2031
Option◇—◇1/4/2032
Stephanie ApostolouRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇1/4/2032
Jimmi Sue SmithRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇1/4/2032
Stephen LucasRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Albert J. Neupaver
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Sonja M. Wilkerson
◇◇————◇
David L. Motley
◇◇————◇
Xudong Feng, Ph.D
◇◇————◇
Andrew D. Sandifer
◇◇————◇
Traci L. Jensen
◇◇————◇
Nishan J. Vartanian
◇◇————◇
Laura J. Posadas
◇◇————◇
Leroy M. Ball 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◇
Board chair premium◇
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
  • American Woodmark Corporation AMWD
  • Apogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG
  • Armstrong World Industries, Inc. AWI
  • Cabot Corporation CBT
  • EnPro Industries, Inc. NPO
  • Gibraltar Industries, Inc. ROCK
  • Granite Construction Incorporated GVA
  • H.B. Fuller Company FUL
  • Hillenbrand, Inc. HI
  • Innospec, Inc. IOSP
  • Minerals Technologies, Inc. MTX
  • Quaker Chemical Corporation KWR
  • Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. SSD
  • Standex International Corporation SXI
  • Stella-Jones, Inc. SJ.TO
  • Stepan Company SCL
  • Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL
  • The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. GBX
  • Tronox Holdings plc TROX

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 7, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 8, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 2, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 4, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 5, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 6, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 6, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 2, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 1, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 4, 2017=◇◇◇
2015May 5, 2016=◇◇◇

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268 figures on this page: 257 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
257 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001315257-26-000036
  2. 0001315257-26-000026
    2025 Grants of Plan Based Awards · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year · Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0000950170-25-067521
  4. 0000950170-24-052494
  5. 0000950170-23-018095
  6. 0001193125-23-089616
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001564590-22-018460
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001564590-21-025361
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001564590-20-022406
  10. 0001564590-19-015518
  11. 0001564590-18-010516
  12. 0001564590-17-008958
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001564590-16-018168
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Peers Koppers Holdings discloses

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

American Woodmark CorporationApogee Enterprises, Inc.Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Cabot CorporationEnPro Industries, Inc.Gibraltar Industries, Inc.Granite Construction IncorporatedH.B. Fuller CompanyHillenbrand, Inc.Innospec, Inc.Minerals Technologies, Inc.Quaker Chemical CorporationSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.Standex International CorporationStepan CompanySterling Infrastructure, Inc.The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.Tronox Holdings 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
BibTeX
@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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