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Lumen Technologies Executive Compensation (FY25)

LUMN · Monroe, LA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Kate Johnson
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 20, 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 — Kate Johnson: $10,499,991 → $24,936,641 (137.5% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 95.3% → 95.2% (0.1 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 115:1 → 260:1 (126.1% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Lumen Technologies' chief executive and what were they paid?
Kate Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $24,936,641 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Johnson's total was 137.5% higher than the $10,499,991 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Lumen Technologies' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 20, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Lumen Technologies' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, Corning, Inc., DXC Technology Corp, Equinix and Gen Digital, Inc., among others. The 2025 TSR Peer Group names AT&T, Inc., Cable One, Inc., Charter Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., among others.
What is Lumen Technologies' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 260:1, against median employee compensation of $96,065.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kate Johnson
President and CEO
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Chris Stansbury
EVP and CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ashley Haynes-Gaspar
EVP, Chief Revenue Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Stacey Goff
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Scott Trezise
Former EVP, Human Resources
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kate Johnson
President and CEO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Ward
EVP, Chief Technology & Product Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Satish Lakshmanan
Former EVP, Chief Product Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Chris Stansbury
EVP and CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stacey Goff
Former EVP, General Counsel and Secretary
Departed during or after this year
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Ashley Haynes-Gaspar
EVP, Chief Revenue Officer
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Chadwick Ho
Former EVP and Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Departed during or after this year
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Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kate Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chris Stansbury
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Ward
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Product Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Hacker
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Public Sector
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Ashley Haynes-Gaspar
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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
Ashley Haynes-GasparRSU———◇——◇
Ashley Haynes-GasparPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Ashley Haynes-GasparPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Chris StansburyPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Chris StansburyPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Chris StansburyRSU———◇——◇
Chris StansburyRSU———◇——◇
David WardRSU———◇——◇
David WardPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
David WardPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Kate JohnsonRSU———◇——◇
Kate JohnsonPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Kate JohnsonPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Mark HackerPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Mark HackerPSU—◇◇◇◇—◇
Mark HackerRSU———◇——◇
Fiscal 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
Mark HackerRSU◇◇——
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Ashley Haynes-GasparRSU◇◇——
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Chris StansburyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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Kate JohnsonRSU◇◇——
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David WardRSU◇◇——
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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
T. Michael Glenn
Board chair
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Quincy L. Allen
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Hal Stanley Jones
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Martha Helena Béjar
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Kevin P. Chilton
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Diankha Linear
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Christopher Capossela
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James Fowler
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Stephen McMillan
◇◇————◇
Michelle J. Goldberg
◇◇————◇
Laurie A. Siegel
◇————◇◇
Steven T. Clontz
◇————◇◇
Peter C. Brown
◇—————◇
Kate Johnson and Michael Collins 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◇
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock/RSUs.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual cash retainer

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH
  • Corning, Inc. GLW
  • DXC Technology Corp DXC
  • Equinix EQIX
  • Gen Digital, Inc. GEN
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE
  • Keysight Technologies KEYS
  • Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. KD
  • MongoDB, Inc. MDB
  • NetApp NTAP
  • O racle Corp symbol not shown
  • Okta, Inc. OKTA
  • QUALCOMM Inc. QCOM
  • Seagate Technology plc STX
  • T-Mobile US, Inc. TMUS
  • Western Digital Corp WDC
  • Zebra Technologies Corp ZBRA
2025 TSR Peer Group
  • AT&T, Inc. T
  • Cable One, Inc. CABO
  • Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO
  • Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. CCOI
  • Comcast Corp CMCSA
  • Consolidated Communications CNSL
  • EchoStar Corp. SATS
  • Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. FYBR
  • Liberty Global Ltd. LBTYA
  • Motorola Solutions, Inc. MSI
  • Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. TDS
  • Verizon Communications Inc. VZ
  • Viasat, Inc. VSAT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 20, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 13, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 15, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 17, 2023=◇◇◇
2020May 19, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 20, 2020=◇◇◇
2016May 24, 2017=◇◇◇
2015May 18, 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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312 figures on this page: 304 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
304 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-240338
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000018926-26-000024
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grant of Plan Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards · and 1 more section
  3. 0000018926-25-000059
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0000018926-25-000031
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001193125-24-141826
    Item 5.07 below, the Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s 2024 Equity
  6. 0000018926-24-000046
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-23-149305
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-21-167787
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001193125-20-150103
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0000018926-17-000031
  11. 0001193125-16-599294
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Peers Lumen Technologies discloses

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions CorpCorning, Inc.DXC Technology CorpEquinixGen Digital, Inc.Hewlett Packard EnterpriseKeysight TechnologiesKyndryl Holdings, Inc.MongoDB, Inc.NetAppOkta, Inc.QUALCOMM Inc.Seagate Technology plcT-Mobile US, Inc.Western Digital CorpZebra Technologies CorpAT&T, Inc.Cable One, Inc.Charter Communications, Inc.Cisco Systems, Inc.Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.Comcast CorpEchoStar Corp.Liberty Global Ltd.

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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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