Citi Trends (CTRN) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Kenneth D. Seipel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.9M in 2025, down 68% from $6.1M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 78:1, on median employee pay of $24,523.

Filed
May 1, 2026
Annual meeting
June 10, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$1.9M-68% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
78:1median $24,523
CEO pay in equity
59%$1.1M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
90%of votes cast
Median employee pay
$24,523Fiscal 2025 annual compensation
Total Plutino pay
$1.481MFiscal 2025
Total Powell pay
$1.487MFiscal 2025
Total George pay
$853,281Fiscal 2025

How Seipel was paid

$1.9M 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.

Salary41%Stock awards59%Non-equity incentive0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Kenneth D. SeipelChairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,912,312
Heather PlutinoExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,481,143
Lisa A. PowellExecutive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer$1,487,082
Katrina GeorgeVice President, Human Resources$853,281
Kyle KoenigVice President, Stores & Real Estate$837,609

What changed and why

  • $1.912M$1.912M was CEO Seipel’s total compensation in fiscal 2025, versus $6.056M in fiscal 2024.
  • $1.120M$1.120M of CEO pay represented stock awards, although he received no new equity awards during fiscal 2025.
  • $3,576$3,576 was CEO non-equity incentive compensation earned for fiscal 2025.
  • $350K$350,000 was the annual cash incentive payout for each of Plutino and Powell.
  • Adjusted EBITDA ex.
  • B&E determined performance-based RSU vesting for fiscal 2025 grants.
  • 90%90% of votes cast supported say-on-pay at the 2025 annual meeting.

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.