Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Neil A. Schrimsher, President & Chief Executive Officer, was paid $6.5M in 2025, up 4% from $6.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 74:1, on median employee pay of $88,681.

Filed
September 10, 2025
Annual meeting
October 21, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$6.5M+4% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
74:1median $88,681
CEO pay in equity
67%$4.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
96%of votes cast
NEO incentive payout
106.2%Average of individual target values
CEO performance compensation
84%Targeted primary compensation
CEO performance shares
55%Targeted long-term incentive value
Completed program payout
140%2023-2025 performance shares

How Schrimsher was paid

$6.5M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary12%Stock awards49%Option awards18%Non-equity incentive18%All other compensation3%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Neil A. SchrimsherPresident & Chief Executive Officer$6,517,480
David K. WellsVice President – Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer$1,762,891
Warren E. HoffnerVice President, General Manager – Fluid Power & Flow Control$1,240,156
Kurt W. LoringVice President – Chief Human Resources Officer$1,249,040
Jason W. VasquezVice President – Sales & Marketing, U.S. Service Centers$1,176,643

What changed and why

  • 84%84% of the CEO’s targeted primary compensation was tied to performance in 2025.
  • 106.2%106.2%: NEOs’ average annual incentive payout relative to individual targets.
  • 55%55%: CEO’s targeted long-term incentive value awarded in performance shares.
  • 14.3%14.3%: CEO’s target long-term incentive value increase from the prior year.
  • 140%140%: completed 2023-2025 performance share program payout relative to target.
  • 96%96%: shareholders’ prior-year say-on-pay support.

Other Applied Industrial Technologies proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Neil A. Schrimsher paid $7.7M (+18% on the year), pay ratio 105:1.

    Filed Sep 10, 2026

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.