Adient (ADNT) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Jerome J. Dorlack, President & CEO, was paid $13.1M in fiscal 2025, up 38% from $9.5M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 694:1, on median employee pay of $18,897.

Filed
January 21, 2026
Annual meeting
March 10, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$13.1M+38% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
694:1median $18,897
CEO pay in equity
82%$10.8M in awards
CEO Stock Awards
$10,754,426Granted under 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
CEO Salary
$665,000Reflects salary reduction program
Median Employee Pay
$18,897Production team leader in Poland
CEO to Median Employee Ratio
694:1Based on fiscal 2025 total compensation

How Dorlack was paid

$13.1M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary5%Bonus1%Stock awards82%Non-equity incentive11%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Jerome J. DorlackPresident & CEO$13,114,394
Mark A. OswaldExec VP & CFO$3,622,614
Jian James HuangExec VP, APAC$5,215,958
Heather M. TiltmannExec VP, Legal and HR$3,197,221
James D. ConklinExec VP, Americas$3,136,451

What changed and why

  • $13.1MCEO total compensation increased to $13,114,394 in fiscal 2025 from $9,493,471 in fiscal 2024.
  • 30%Mr. Dorlack participated in a Salary Reduction / RSU Replacement Program reducing base salary by 30%.
  • $10.8MStock awards for the CEO totaled $10,754,426 in fiscal 2025.
  • $1.4MNon-equity incentive plan compensation for the CEO was $1,443,050 for the fiscal year.
  • Adient does not offer a defined benefit pension plan to its named executive officers.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.