COTY (COTY) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Markus Strobel, Interim Chief Executive Officer, was paid $11.1M in fiscal 2026. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 251:1, on median employee pay of $44,027.

Filed
September 24, 2026
Annual meeting
November 5, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$11.1Mfiscal 2026
CEO to median employee
251:1median $44,027
CEO pay in equity
94%$10.4M in awards
CEO stock awards
$6,720,001Markus Strobel
CEO option awards
$3,720,000Performance-based options
Nabi severance
$1,764,864Paid after separation
Secondment payment
$1,300,000Gordon von Bretten
Prior say-on-pay support
76.0%2025 annual meeting

How Strobel was paid

$11.1M in total for fiscal 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary4%Stock awards61%Option awards34%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Markus StrobelInterim Chief Executive Officer$11,088,860
Laurent MercierChief Financial Officer$1,353,085
Kristin BlazewiczChief Legal Officer$1,171,064
Anna von BayernChief Corporate Affairs Officer$1,237,054
Gordon von BrettenPresident, Consumer Beauty$1,300,000
Sue NabiFormer Chief Executive Officer$3,641,184

What changed and why

  • 0 APP payouts were made because the adjusted EBITDA threshold was not achieved.
  • 0 merit salary increases were granted to incumbent named executive officers.
  • Fiscal 2026 RSUs replaced PRSUs because long-term performance targets faced heightened uncertainty.
  • $6.7M$6,720,001 in stock awards and $3,720,000 in option awards were granted to Interim CEO Markus Strobel.
  • $1.8M$1,764,864 in severance was paid to former CEO Sue Nabi after her separation.
  • 251:1 was the fiscal 2026 CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio.

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About this page

The figures were read out of the DEF 14A proxy statement on EDGAR by a language model and every number was then checked against the filing text; a figure that could not be found there is left out rather than shown. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the filing for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.

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