COTY (COTY) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Sue Nabi, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $19.7M in 2025, up 172% from $7.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 412:1, on median employee pay of $47,840.

Filed
September 26, 2025
Annual meeting
November 6, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$19.7M+172% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
412:1median $47,840
CEO pay in equity
81%$16M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
94%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$16,041,6642025 grant-date fair value
CFO total compensation
$1,867,036Most highly paid other NEO
APP awards
NoneCollective threshold not met
CEO base salary
$3,529,800No increase in 2025

How Nabi was paid

$19.7M 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.

Salary18%Stock awards81%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Sue NabiChief Executive Officer$19,691,333
Laurent MercierChief Financial Officer$1,867,036
Kristin BlazewiczChief Legal Officer$1,569,652
Anna von BayernChief Corporate Affairs Officer$1,441,887
Priya SrinivasanChief People and Purpose Officer$1,076,543

What changed and why

  • $19.7M$19,691,333 CEO total compensation in 2025, versus $7,250,579 in 2024.
  • $16M$16,041,664 CEO stock awards represented the largest component of 2025 compensation.
  • No NEO APP bonus awards were paid because the collective factor threshold was not met.
  • No base salary increases were approved for fiscal 2025.
  • Five-year graded service-based equity awards continued for Executive Committee members, with no new grants to four executives.
  • $47,840412-to-1 CEO pay ratio reflected median employee compensation of $47,840.

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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.