Stagwell Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Stagwell (STGW) executive compensation
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STGW · New York, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 12, 2026

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Mark Penn

Median of the other named officers

$1,324,307

5 officers, excluding the chief executive

Latest say-on-pay support

June 11, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Stagwell's chief executive and what were they paid?

Mark Penn was paid $7,221,971 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for fiscal 2025. Penn's total moved 0.5% lower from the $7,261,550 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Stagwell's say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.1% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 11, 2026.

Which companies are in Stagwell's peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Audacy, Inc., Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Criteo S.A., Gray Television, Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp, among others.

What is Stagwell's chief executive pay ratio?

The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 56:1, against median employee compensation of $129,770.

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
Mark Penn Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jay Leveton President	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Frank Lanuto Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Ryan Greene Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Vincenzo DiMaggio Chief Accounting Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Mark Penn Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Jay Leveton President	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Frank Lanuto Executive Vice President, Finance	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Ryan Greene Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Peter McElligott General Counsel	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Vincenzo DiMaggio Former Chief Accounting Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Mark Penn Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jay Leveton President	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Frank Lanuto Executive Vice President, Finance	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Ryan Greene Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Vincenzo DiMaggio Former Chief Accounting Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Peter McElligott General Counsel	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Mark Penn Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Jay Leveton President	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Frank Lanuto Executive Vice President, Finance	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Ryan Greene Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Vincenzo DiMaggio Former Chief Accounting Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Peter McElligott General Counsel	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

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
Frank Lanuto	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Frank Lanuto	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Jay Leveton	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Jay Leveton	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Mark Penn	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Mark Penn	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Peter McElligott	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Peter McElligott	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Ryan Greene	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Ryan Greene	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Vincenzo DiMaggio	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Vincenzo DiMaggio	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 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
Peter McElligott	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Mark Penn	SAR	◇	—	◇	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	SAR	◇	—	◇	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Frank Lanuto	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Jay Leveton	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Ryan Greene	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Vincenzo DiMaggio	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.

Jay Leveton

President · Employment agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control trigger	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Ryan Greene

Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Change-in-control trigger	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Vincenzo DiMaggio

Former Chief Accounting Officer · Employment agreement

Severance base	◇
Change-in-control base	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇
Non-solicit period	◇
Clawback	◇

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
Irwin D. Simon Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Wade Oosterman	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Desirée Rogers	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Rodney Slater	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Charlene Barshefsky	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Eli Samaha	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Brandt Vaughan	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Bradley J. Gross and Mark J. Penn 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 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 2024

Audacy, Inc. AUD
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. CCO
Criteo S.A. CRTO
Gray Television, Inc. GTN
IAC/InterActiveCorp IAC
John Wiley & Sons WLY
Meredith Corporation symbol not shown
Nexstar Media Group Inc. NXST
Scholastic Corporation SCHL
Sinclair Broadcast Group SBGI
TEGNA Inc. TGNA
The E.W. Scripps Company SSP
The New York Times Company NYT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	June 11, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 12, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 12, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	June 14, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 14, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	June 7, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	June 1, 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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What this page does not include

Everything above is a fact Stagwell disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.

Peer benchmarking

Where Stagwell 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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Written compensation analysis

A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.

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Board and governance analysis

Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.

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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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Adviser switching and vote outcomes

Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.

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Citations

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259 figures on this page: 252 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.

252 cited to the filing

7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 12, 2026
0001104659-26-073512
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 28, 2026
0001104659-26-050360
CEO Pay Ratio · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 · GRANT OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS DURING 2025 · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025 · and 2 more sections
8-K, filed June 17, 2025
0001104659-25-060304
DEF 14A, filed April 25, 2025
0001104659-25-039437
Compensation of Directors · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
8-K, filed June 14, 2024
0001104659-24-071817
DEF 14A, filed April 29, 2024
0001104659-24-054041
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
8-K, filed June 16, 2023
0001104659-23-072290
DEF 14A, filed May 1, 2023
0001104659-23-054448
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
8-K, filed June 16, 2022
0001104659-22-071961
EX-10, filed September 16, 2021
0001104659-21-116393
Exhibit
EX-10, filed March 18, 2019
0000876883-19-000004
Exhibit
8-K, filed June 7, 2017
0001144204-17-031440
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 1, 2016
0001144204-16-106276
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Peers Stagwell discloses

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

Audacy, Inc.Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.Criteo S.A.Gray Television, Inc.Nexstar Media Group Inc.Scholastic Corporation Sinclair Broadcast Group TEGNA Inc.The E.W. Scripps Company The New York Times Company

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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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Frequently asked questions

Executive compensation

Equity awards granted

Outstanding awards

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

Citations

Documents cited

The paid brief for Stagwell

Peers Stagwell discloses

Terms on this page