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Spectrum Brands Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Spectrum Brands Holdings (SPB) executive compensation
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SPB · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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David Maura

Latest say-on-pay support

August 5, 2025

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 1, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): June 26, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Spectrum Brands Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for David Maura, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, came to $8,757,036 in fiscal 2025. Maura's total moved 17.2% lower from the $10,577,798 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Spectrum Brands Holdings' say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2024, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held August 5, 2025.

Which companies are in Spectrum Brands Holdings' peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Central Garden and Pet Company, Church Dwight Co., Inc., Edgewell Personal Care Company, Energizer Holdings, Inc. and Hanesbrands, Inc., among others.

What is Spectrum Brands Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?

The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 107:1, against median employee compensation of $82,121.

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
David Maura Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Randal Lewis Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Ehsan Zargar Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jeremy Smeltser Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Rebeckah Long Former Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
David Maura Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Ehsan Zargar Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeremy Smeltser Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Randal Lewis Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Rebeckah Long Former Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
David Maura Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeremy Smeltser Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Ehsan Zargar Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
David Maura Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jeremy Smeltser Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Ehsan Zargar Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Faisal Qadir Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 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
David M. Maura	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇
Ehsan Zargar	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇
Faisal Qadir	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇
Jeremy Smeltser	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

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
David Maura	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Ehsan Zargar	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Jeremy Smeltser	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Faisal Qadir	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.

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
Terry L. Polistina Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Gautam Patel	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Sherianne James	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Leslie L. Campbell	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Hugh R. Rovit	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Joan Chow	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

David M. Maura 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	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

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

Central Garden and Pet Company CENT
Church Dwight Co., Inc. CHD
Edgewell Personal Care Company EPC
Energizer Holdings, Inc. ENR
Hanesbrands, Inc. HBI
Hasbro, Inc. HAS
Helen of Troy Limited HELE
Mattel, Inc. MAT
Medifast, Inc. MED
Newell Brands, Inc. NWL
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. NUS
The Clorox Company CLX
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company SMG
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. USNA
YETI Holdings, Inc. YETI

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2024	August 5, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	August 6, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	August 8, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	August 9, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	August 3, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	July 28, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	September 25, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇

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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- David Maura (Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $8,757,036 (base salary $900,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0000109177-26-000030, filed 2026-06-26]

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Where Spectrum Brands Holdings sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.

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Realizable pay

What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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204 figures on this page: 197 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.

197 cited to the filing

7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

DEF 14A, filed June 26, 2026
0000109177-26-000030
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
8-K, filed August 5, 2025
0001628280-25-037879
DEF 14A, filed June 24, 2025
0000109177-25-000032
8-K, filed August 7, 2024
0000109177-24-000032
DEF 14A, filed July 5, 2024
0000109177-24-000029
8-K, filed August 9, 2023
0000109177-23-000034
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed August 10, 2022
0000950142-22-002465
8-K, filed August 3, 2021
0000109177-21-000034
8-K, filed July 28, 2020
0000109177-20-000028
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed September 25, 2017
0000109177-17-000064

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Peers Spectrum Brands Holdings discloses

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

Central Garden and Pet Company Church Dwight Co., Inc.Edgewell Personal Care Company Energizer Holdings, Inc.Hanesbrands, Inc.Hasbro, Inc.Helen of Troy Limited Mattel, Inc.Medifast, Inc.Newell Brands, Inc.Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.The Clorox Company The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company USANA Health Sciences, Inc.YETI Holdings, Inc.

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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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Disclosed peer group

Say-on-pay history

Chief executive pay ratio

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