Kinetik Holdings (KNTK) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Jamie Welch, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $6.2M in 2025, down 15% from $7.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 39:1, on median employee pay of $156,492.

Filed
April 8, 2026
Annual meeting
May 19, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$6.2M-15% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
39:1median $156,492
CEO pay in equity
84%$5.1M in awards
CEO Total Compensation
$6,156,2432025 fiscal year total
CEO Pay Ratio
39:1Compared to median employee
Median Employee Pay
$156,492Annual total compensation
Adjusted EBITDA
$988MM2025 performance
Dividends Declared
$3.12Per share in 2025

How Welch was paid

$6.2M 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.

Salary4%Bonus3%Stock awards84%Non-equity incentive8%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Jamie WelchPresident and Chief Executive Officer$6,156,243
Matthew WallExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$2,305,408
Steven StellatoExecutive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Accounting Officer$2,114,243
Trevor HowardSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,840,500
Lindsay EllisGeneral Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary$1,234,132
R. Todd CarpenterGeneral Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer$3,429,780
Anne PsencikChief Strategy Officer$2,879,933

What changed and why

  • $6.2MCEO total compensation decreased to $6,156,243 in 2025 from $7,243,604 in 2024.
  • Executive officers were permitted to elect RSUs in lieu of cash for a portion of base salary.
  • Certain named executive officers elected to receive annual incentive awards in shares of Class A Common Stock rather than cash.
  • $988MAdjusted EBITDA reached $988 million alongside commercial in-service of the Kings Landing Plant.
  • $176MClass A Common Stock repurchases totaled $176 million during 2025.

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.