Core & Main (CNM) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Mark R. Witkowski, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $9.3M in fiscal 2025, up 409% from $1.8M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 121:1, on median employee pay of $77,600.

Filed
May 7, 2026
Annual meeting
June 23, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$9.3M+409% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
121:1median $77,600
CEO pay in equity
89%$8.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
90%of votes cast
Transition PSA grant
$5,000,037Witkowski grant-date value
Witkowski target bonus
125%Of base salary
Bradbury target bonus
75%Of base salary
LeClair target bonus
135%Of base salary

How Witkowski was paid

$9.3M 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.

Salary8%Stock awards62%Option awards27%Non-equity incentive2%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Mark R. WitkowskiChief Executive Officer$9,327,106
Robyn L. BradburyChief Financial Officer$3,570,179
Stephen O. LeClairFormer Executive Chair and Former Chief Executive Officer$1,210,433
Bradford A. CowlesPresident$4,559,778
Michael G. HuebertPresident$3,647,170
Mark G. WhittenburgFormer General Counsel and Secretary$2,735,388

What changed and why

  • March 31, 2025: Mark R. Witkowski became CEO, succeeding Stephen O. LeClair, who became Executive Chair.
  • $9.3M2025: Witkowski's total compensation was $9,327,106, including $5,825,167 in stock awards and $2,474,832 in option awards.
  • $5MMarch 31, 2025: Transition awards included Witkowski's $5,000,037 performance stock award grant-date value.
  • 125%125%: Witkowski's target performance bonus opportunity was set at up to 125% of base salary.
  • 90%90%: The previous say-on-pay proposal received approval of votes cast, including abstentions.

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.