Knowles

Knowles

KN· Manufacturing· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025

Jeffrey S. Niew is the CEO of Knowles and was paid $8.7M in FY2025 (Dec), up 26%.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each Knowles proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives5

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  1. 1Jeffrey S. NiewFY2025
  2. 2John AndersonFY2025
  3. 3Daniel GieseckeFY2025
  4. 4Robert PernaFY2025
  5. 5Raymond CabreraFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

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Knowles paid its 5 named executives $16.2M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Jeffrey S. Niew was paid $8.7M of that.

Name
Jeffrey S. NiewPresident & Chief Executive Officer
John AndersonSenior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Daniel GieseckeSenior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Robert PernaSenior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Raymond CabreraSenior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers19

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Knowles names 19 peer companies for pay. Among Knowles and these peers, CEO pay was 3rd highest of 13 and total shareholder return was 6th highest of 13.

3rd highest of 13in Knowles and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$2.4M$10.6M

6th highest of 13in Knowles and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$23$233

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board4

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  • Keith BarnesChair · 11 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Governance and Nominating—Paid as an executive
  • Ye Jane LiDirector · 7 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive
  • Cheryl ShaversDirector · 5 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Governance and Nominating (Chair)—Paid as an executive
  • Jason CardewDirector · 1 yr on the boardIndependentAudit (Chair), Governance and Nominating—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Shared directors

Activity

  1. Pay
    Knowles CEO pay rose 26% to $8.7M in FY2025 (Dec).
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  2. Board
    Jason Cardew joined the board of Knowles. Jason Cardew sits on no other public board.
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  3. Pay
    Knowles General counsel pay rose 14% to $1.6M in FY2023 (Dec).
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  4. Pay
    Knowles General counsel pay fell 38% to $1.4M in FY2022 (Dec).
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  5. Pay
    Knowles CHRO pay rose 11% to $1.3M in FY2023 (Dec).
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  6. Pay
    Knowles CHRO pay fell 38% to $1.1M in FY2022 (Dec).
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  7. Pay
    Knowles CFO pay rose 18% to $2.3M in FY2023 (Dec).
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  8. Pay
    Knowles CFO pay fell 31% to $2.0M in FY2022 (Dec).
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  9. Pay
    Knowles CEO pay rose 17% to $6.4M in FY2023 (Dec).
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  10. Pay
    Knowles CEO pay fell 39% to $5.5M in FY2022 (Dec).
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  11. Pay
    Knowles COO pay rose 13% to $1.7M in FY2023 (Dec).
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  12. Pay
    Knowles COO pay fell 38% to $1.5M in FY2022 (Dec).
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  13. Board
    Erania Brackett joined the board of Knowles. Erania Brackett sits on no other public board.
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Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 11, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 9, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 14, 2025FY2024
Annual report10-KFeb 13, 2025FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 15, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 21, 2024FY2023
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