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Mettler Toledo International Executive Compensation (FY25)

MTD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Patrick Kaltenbach
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 7, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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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 — Patrick Kaltenbach: $6,817,569 → $6,741,212 (1.1% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 86.5% → 87.9% (1.4 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 150:1 → 118:1 (21.3% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Mettler Toledo International's chief executive and what were they paid?
Patrick Kaltenbach was paid $6,741,212 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $6,817,569 reported for fiscal 2024, Kaltenbach's total was 1.1% lower.
What was Mettler Toledo International's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 87.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 7, 2026.
Which companies are in Mettler Toledo International's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Agilent Technologies, AMETEK, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Bruker Corp. and Fortive Corp., among others.
What is Mettler Toledo International's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 118:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $56,972.

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
Patrick Kaltenbach
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Shawn Vadala
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Marc de La Guéronnière
Head of EU and NA
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Richard Wong
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Gerhard Keller
Head of Process Analytics
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Patrick Kaltenbach
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Shawn Vadala
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Gerhard Keller
Vice President and Head of Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Richard Wong
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Patrick Kaltenbach
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Shawn Vadala
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Marc de La Guéronnière
Head of European and North American Market Organizations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Gerhard Keller
Vice President and Head of Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Richard Wong
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Patrick Kaltenbach
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Shawn Vadala
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Susan Graham-Bryce
Chief Human Resources Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Marc de La Guéronnière
Head of EU and NA
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Richard Wong
Head of Asia and Pacific
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
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
Marc de La GuéronnièreOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Marc de La GuéronnièreOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Patrick KaltenbachOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Patrick KaltenbachOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Richard WongOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Richard WongOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Shawn P. VadalaOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Shawn P. VadalaOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Susan Graham-BryceOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Susan Graham-BryceOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Susan Graham-BryceOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
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
Richard WongRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Shawn VadalaPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Patrick KaltenbachPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Susan Graham-BryceRSU◇◇——
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.
Richard Wong
Head of Asia and Pacific · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Shawn Vadala
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Susan Graham-Bryce
Chief Human Resources Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2026 filing
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Roland Diggelmann
Board chair
◇◇◇———◇
Thomas P. Salice
Lead independent director
◇◇◇———◇
Elisha W. Finney
◇◇◇———◇
Michael A. Kelly
◇◇◇———◇
Domitille Doat-Le Bigot
◇◇◇———◇
Wolfgang Wienand
◇◇◇———◇
Ingrid Zhang
◇◇◇———◇
Brian Shepherd
◇◇◇———◇
Pablo Perversi
◇◇◇———◇
Richard Francis
◇—————◇
Michael J. Tokich 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◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as Stock Options and Stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Agilent Technologies A
  • AMETEK AME
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories BIO
  • Bruker Corp. BRKR
  • Fortive Corp. FTV
  • Hologic HOLX
  • IDEX Corp. IEX
  • Intuitive Surgical ISRG
  • Nordson Corporation NDSN
  • ResMed RMD
  • Revvity RVTY
  • Rockwell Automation ROK
  • Teledyne Technologies TDY
  • Teleflex TFX
  • Waters Corp. WAT
  • Xylem XYL

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 7, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 1, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 9, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 4, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 5, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 6, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 7, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 9, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 3, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 4, 2017=◇◇◇
2015May 5, 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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Citations

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282 figures on this page: 271 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
271 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001037646-26-000024
  2. 0001174947-26-000389
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis
  3. 0001037646-25-000023
  4. 0001999371-25-002677
    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES
  5. 0001037646-24-000014
  6. 0001999371-24-003672
    Summary Compensation Table (1)
  7. 0001037646-23-000014
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001552781-23-000117
  9. 0001037646-22-000017
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001037646-21-000021
  11. 0001037646-20-000015
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001037646-19-000022
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001037646-18-000013
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0001037646-17-000011
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  15. 0001037646-16-000053
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  16. 0001037646-26-000011
    Employment Agreement
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Peers Mettler Toledo International discloses

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

Agilent TechnologiesAMETEKBio-Rad LaboratoriesBruker Corp.Fortive Corp.HologicIDEX Corp.Intuitive SurgicalNordson CorporationResMedRevvityRockwell AutomationTeledyne TechnologiesTeleflexWaters Corp.Xylem

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APA
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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