Diversified Energy (DEC) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Robert Russell Hutson, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, was paid $5M in 2025, up 8% from $4.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 64:1, on median employee pay of $75,766.

Filed
March 24, 2026
Annual meeting
May 6, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$5M+8% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
64:1median $75,766
CEO pay in equity
56%$2.8M in awards
CEO Target Bonus
$1,212,000Target under 2025 STIP
CEO Stock Awards
$2,795,234Aggregate grant date fair value
Median Employee Pay
$75,766Calculated annual total compensation
CEO Pay Ratio
64:1CEO to median employee
Total NEO Count
5Named executive officers reported

How Jr. was paid

$5M 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.

Salary16%Stock awards56%Non-equity incentive27%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Robert Russell Hutson, Jr.Chief Executive Officer$4,996,277
Bradley GrayPresident & Chief Financial Officer$2,724,894
Benjamin SullivanSenior EVP, Chief Legal and Risk Officer & Corporate Secretary$2,341,110
Richard GideonChief Operating Officer$6,583,084
Ronald RidgwayEVP of Energy Marketing$1,294,735

What changed and why

  • $5MChief executive officer total compensation increased to $4,996,277 in 2025 from $4,609,862 in 2024.
  • The company completed a redomiciliation of the parent company from the United Kingdom to Delaware during 2025.
  • The compensation committee adopted an executive severance plan providing specific tier-based change-in-control protections.
  • Short-term incentive plan awards were earned based on performance metrics set for the fiscal year.
  • Performance-based stock units use three-year average return on equity, absolute TSR, relative TSR, and emissions goals.

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.