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Valmont Industries Executive Compensation (FY25)

VMI · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
◇
Avner Applbaum
Median of the other named officers
$1,906,750
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 27, 2026
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Data as of November 5, 2026Latest filing (EX-10): June 1, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Avner Applbaum: $7,639,710 → $7,762,266 (1.6% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 96.6% → 95.3% (1.3 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Valmont Industries' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Avner Applbaum, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $7,762,266 in fiscal 2025. Applbaum's total was 1.6% higher than the $7,639,710 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Valmont Industries' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 95.3% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 27, 2026.
Which companies are in Valmont Industries' peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Acuity Brands, Arcosa, Barnes Group, Belden and Carlisle Companies, among others.

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
Stephen Kaniewski
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Aaron Schapper
Group President, Infrastructure
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Avner Applbaum
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Diane Larkin
Executive Vice President Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇— not reconciled
T. Mitchell Parnell
Executive Vice President Human Resources
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Stephen Kaniewski
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Avner Applbaum
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Aaron Schapper
Group President Agriculture
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
J. Timothy Donahue
Former Group President Infrastructure
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Diane Larkin
Executive Vice President Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Timothy Francis
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Served on an interim basis
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Avner Applbaum
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
J. Timothy Donahue
Former Group President Infrastructure
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Aaron Schapper
Former Group President Agriculture
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
T. Mitchell Parnell
Former Executive Vice President Human Resources
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thomas Liguori
Executive Vice-President And Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Diane Larkin
Executive Vice President Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Timothy Francis
Chief Accounting Officer and former Interim Chief Financial Officer
Served on an interim basis
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
R. Andrew Massey
Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Avner Applbaum
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Thomas Liguori
Executive Vice-President And Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
J. Timothy Donahue
Former Group President Infrastructure
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Christopher Colwell
President Infrastructure – Utility, L&T, Coatings
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Darryl Matthews
Group President Agriculture
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Gregory Turi
President Infrastructure – Telecommunications and International
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
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
Avner M. ApplbaumOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Christopher ColwellOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Darryl MatthewsOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Gregory TuriOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Thomas LiguoriOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Avner ApplbaumPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇07/31/2033
Option◇—◇12/11/2033
Option◇—◇12/16/2034
Option◇—◇12/15/2035
PSU◇◇——
Christopher ColwellPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/15/2035
Thomas LiguoriPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/16/2034
Option◇—◇12/15/2035
PSU◇◇——
Darryl MatthewsRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/16/2034
Option◇—◇12/15/2035
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Gregory TuriRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇12/15/2035
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.
Avner Applbaum
President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Excise tax treatment◇
Clawback◇
Christopher Colwell
President Infrastructure – Utility, L&T, Coatings · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance base◇
Darryl Matthews
Group President Agriculture · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance base◇
J. Timothy Donahue
Former Group President Infrastructure · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance base◇
Thomas Liguori
Executive Vice-President And Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Clawback◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mogens C. Bay
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Catherine James Paglia
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Daniel P. Neary
◇◇————◇
James B. Milliken
◇◇————◇
Ritu Favre
◇◇————◇
Joan Robinson-Berry
◇◇————◇
Richard A. Lanoha
◇◇————◇
Deborah H. Caplan
◇◇————◇
Theo W. Freye
◇◇————◇
Kaj den Daas
◇—————◇
Avner M. Applbaum and Paul T. Maass 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◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Acuity Brands AYI
  • Arcosa ACA
  • Barnes Group B
  • Belden BDC
  • Carlisle Companies CSL
  • Comfort Systems FIX
  • Crane Co. CR
  • First Solar FSLR
  • FlowServe Corporation FLS
  • Hubbell HUBB
  • Pentair PNR
  • Qorvo QRVO
  • Regal Rexnord RRX
  • Snap-on SNA
  • Toro Company TTC
  • Watts Water Technologies WTS
  • Xylem XYL

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 27, 2026=◇◇◇
2024April 28, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 6, 2024=◇◇◇

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287 figures on this page: 284 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
284 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001104659-26-068929
    Exhibit
  2. 0000102729-26-000020
  3. 0001104659-26-026141
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Director Compensation table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards
  4. 0000102729-25-000017
  5. 0001104659-25-022798
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  6. 0000102729-24-000025
  7. 0001104659-24-038520
    Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0001104659-23-032029
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Peers Valmont Industries discloses

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

Acuity BrandsArcosaBarnes GroupBeldenCarlisle CompaniesComfort SystemsCrane Co.First SolarFlowServe CorporationHubbellPentairQorvoRegal RexnordSnap-onToro CompanyWatts Water TechnologiesXylem

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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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