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Wd 40 Co. Executive Compensation (FY26)

WDFC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Steven Brass
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 12, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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New filing — October 30, 2026, data updatedData as of November 5, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): October 30, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Steven Brass: $4,266,899 → $4,375,797 (2.6% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 98.8% → 98.0% (0.8 points lower)

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Who is Wd 40 Co.'s chief executive and what were they paid?
Steven Brass was paid $4,375,797 in total compensation as CEO for fiscal 2026. Brass' total moved 2.6% higher from the $4,266,899 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Wd 40 Co.'s say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 98.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 12, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Wd 40 Co.'s peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include American Vanguard Corporation, Balchem Corporation, Beyond Meat, Inc., e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. and Hawkins, Inc., among others.
What is Wd 40 Co.'s chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2026 is 38:1, against median employee compensation of $113,903.

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
Garry Ridge
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Steven Brass
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jay Rembolt
Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patricia Olsem
Division President, Americas
◇—◇———◇◇
Phenix Kiamilev
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Steven Brass
CEO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patricia Olsem
Division President, Americas
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sara Hyzer
CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Lindeman
Chief People Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Steven Brass
CEO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sara Hyzer
CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patricia Olsem
Division President, Americas
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Noble
Group Managing Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Lindeman
Chief People Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Steven Brass
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sara Hyzer
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patricia Olsem
Division President, Americas
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Lindeman
Vice President, Chief People, Culture and Capability Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Noble
Group Managing Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Steven Brass
CEO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sara Hyzer
CFO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patricia Olsem
Division President, Americas
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Phenix Kiamilev
VP, General Counsel
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Lindeman
VP, Chief People, Culture and Capability 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 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Jeffrey G. LindemanPSU◇◇——◇——
Jeffrey G. LindemanRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeffrey G. LindemanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Patricia Q. OlsemPSU◇◇——◇——
Patricia Q. OlsemRSU◇——◇——◇
Patricia Q. OlsemPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Phenix Q. KiamilevRSU◇——◇——◇
Phenix Q. KiamilevPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Phenix Q. KiamilevPSU◇◇——◇——
Sara K. HyzerRSU◇——◇——◇
Sara K. HyzerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Sara K. HyzerPSU◇◇——◇——
Steven A. BrassPSU◇◇——◇——
Steven A. BrassRSU◇——◇——◇
Steven A. BrassPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 2025 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 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Steven BrassPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Sara HyzerPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Patricia OlsemPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Phenix KiamilevPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Jeffrey LindemanPSU◇◇——
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 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Eric P. Etchart
Board chair
◇◇———◇◇
Daniel T. Carter
◇◇———◇◇
Cynthia B. Burks
◇◇———◇◇
David B. Pendarvis
◇◇———◇◇
Lara L. Lee
◇◇———◇◇
Edward O. Magee Jr
◇◇———◇◇
Anne G. Saunders
◇◇———◇◇
Graciela I. Monteagudo
◇◇———◇◇
Ken A. Plunk
◇◇————◇
Trevor I. Mihalik
◇◇———◇◇
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◇
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 2026
  • American Vanguard Corporation AVD
  • Balchem Corporation BCPC
  • Beyond Meat, Inc. BYND
  • e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ELF
  • Hawkins, Inc. HWKN
  • Ingevity Corporation NGVT
  • Olaplex Holdings, Inc. OLPX
  • Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. PBH
  • Sensient Technologies Corporation SXT
  • The Vita Coco Company, Inc. COCO
  • XPEL, Inc. XPEL
  • YETI Holdings, Inc. YETI

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 12, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 12, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 12, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 13, 2022=◇◇◇
2021December 14, 2021=◇◇◇
2020December 8, 2020=◇◇◇
2019December 10, 2019=◇◇◇
2018December 11, 2018=◇◇◇
2017December 12, 2017=◇◇◇
2016December 13, 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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286 figures on this page: 276 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
276 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000105132-26-000116
    CEO Pay Ratio · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 2026 · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2026 Fiscal Year End · and 1 more section
  2. 0000105132-25-000130
    2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
  3. 0000105132-25-000107
    Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0000105132-24-000113
    2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
  5. 0000105132-23-000112
    2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
  6. 0000105132-22-000047
    2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation : The Company s stockholders approved, by advisory vote, the compensation paid to the Company s named executive officers. The voting results were as follows
  7. 0000105132-22-000042
    Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0000105132-21-000037
    2. Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation
  9. 0000105132-20-000056
    2. Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation
  10. 0000105132-19-000058
    2. Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation
  11. 0000105132-18-000043
    2. Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation
  12. 0000105132-17-000044
    2. Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation
  13. 0000105132-16-000106
    2. Advisory Vote to approve Executive Compensation
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Peers Wd 40 Co. discloses

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

American Vanguard CorporationBalchem CorporationBeyond Meat, Inc.e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.Hawkins, Inc.Ingevity CorporationOlaplex Holdings, Inc.Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.Sensient Technologies CorporationThe Vita Coco Company, Inc.XPEL, 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
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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