Cabot (CBT) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Sean D. Keohane, President and CEO, was paid $9.3M in 2025, down 3% from $9.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 171:1, on median employee pay of $54,397.

Filed
January 27, 2026
Annual meeting
March 12, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$9.3M-3% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
171:1median $54,397
CEO pay in equity
70%$6.5M in awards
CEO Total Compensation
$9,307,883Fiscal 2025 total
CEO Base Salary
$1,100,000Unchanged from prior year
Pay Ratio
171:1CEO to median employee pay
Median Employee Pay
$54,397Annual total compensation

How Keohane was paid

$9.3M 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 awards45%Option awards24%Non-equity incentive15%Pension and deferred comp0%All other compensation3%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Sean D. KeohanePresident and CEO$9,307,883
Erica McLaughlinExecutive Vice President, CFO, & Head of Corp Strategy$2,776,056
Karen A. KalitaSenior Vice President and General Counsel$1,981,973
Jeff ZhuExecutive Vice President and President, Carbon and Silica Technologies$3,524,533
Matthew F. WoodFormer Senior Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment$1,305,924
Hobart C. KalksteinFormer Executive Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment$2,578,532

What changed and why

  • $9.3MCEO total compensation decreased to $9,307,883 in fiscal 2025 compared to $9,600,154 in fiscal 2024.
  • $1.4MNon-equity incentive plan compensation for the CEO was $1,402,501, down from $1,951,043 in the prior year.
  • $4.2MStock awards granted to the CEO were valued at $4,224,847 for the fiscal year.
  • $2.3MOption awards granted to the CEO totaled $2,274,925.
  • $215KAll other compensation for the CEO included $215,250 in Supplemental 401(k) plan contributions.

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.