SunCoke Energy Executive Compensation (FY25)
SXC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
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Data as of September 21, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 19, 2026
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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 — Katherine Gates: $4,587,812 → $4,401,365 (4.1% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is SunCoke Energy's chief executive and what were they paid?
Katherine Gates, President & Chief Executive Officer, received $4,401,365 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Gates' total moved 4.1% lower from the $4,587,812 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was SunCoke Energy's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 96.4% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 14, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in SunCoke Energy's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names ATI Inc., Cabot Corporation, Carpenter Technology Corporation, Eagle Materials Inc. and Enviri Corporation, among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katherine Gates President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — not reconciled |
P. Michael Hardesty SVP, Com Ops, BD Int’l Coke & Terminals | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Marinko Former SVP & CFO | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John Quanci VP, Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katherine Gates President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
P. Michael Hardesty SVP, Com Ops, BD Int’l Coke & Terminals | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Marinko Former SVP & CFO | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John Quanci VP, Chief Technology Officer | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katherine Gates President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
P. Michael Hardesty SVP, Com Ops, BD Int’l Coke & Terminals | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Marinko Former SVP & CFO Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sarah Albert SVP, Chief Legal and Administrative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Albert | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Gates | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Gates | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Hardesty | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Hardesty | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Marinko | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Marinko | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Quanci | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Quanci | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| P. Michael Hardesty | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Katherine Gates | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Mark Marinko | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Sarah Albert | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| 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
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur F. Anton Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ralph M. Della Ratta Jr | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Martha Z. Carnes | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susan R. Landahl | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael W. Lewis | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrei A. Mikhalevsky | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Katherine T. Gates 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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Restricted Share Units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- ATI Inc. ATI
- Cabot Corporation CBT
- Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS
- Eagle Materials Inc. EXP
- Enviri Corporation NVRI
- Ingevity Corporation symbol not shown
- Kaiser Aluminum Corporation KALU
- Koppers Holdings Inc. KOP
- Materion Corporation MTRN
- Metallus Inc. MTUS
- Minerals Technologies Inc. MTX
- Quaker Chemical Corporation KWR
- Radius Recycling, Inc. RDUS
- Summit Materials, Inc. SUM
- Warrior Met Coal, Inc. HCC
- Worthington Steel, Inc. WS
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 14, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 16, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 11, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 12, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 13, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 8, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 3, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 4, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2015 | May 5, 2016 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact SunCoke Energy disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where SunCoke Energy 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.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written 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.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable 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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195 figures on this page: 186 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.
186 cited to the filing
9 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001514705-26-000027Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-26-1360322025 Grant of Plan-Based Awards Table · 2025 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001628280-24-023762
- 0001628280-23-017812Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-22-149728Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-21-160559Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-20-164381Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-18-150906Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-17-160250Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-16-581292Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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10 filings cited on this page
Method: intel.velarion.ai/methodology
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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}
}