Childrens Place (PLCE) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Muhammad Umair, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.7M in fiscal 2025, down 9% from $1.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 182:1, on median employee pay of $9,429.

Filed
April 10, 2026
Annual meeting
May 6, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$1.7M-9% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
182:1median $9,429
CEO pay in equity
60%$1M in awards
CEO Salary
$650,000Base salary for fiscal 2025
CEO Stock Awards
$1,025,225Grant date fair value
Median Employee Pay
$9,429Part-time hourly retail associate
Pay Ratio
182:1Ratio of CEO to median employee

How Umair was paid

$1.7M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary38%Stock awards60%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Muhammad UmairPresident and Chief Executive Officer$1,715,000
John SzczepanskiChief Financial Officer$1,048,218
Jared ShureChief Administrative Officer and General Counsel$1,252,807
Claudia Lima-GuinehutFormer Brand President$1,340,348
Laura LentiniFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer$172,719

What changed and why

  • $1.7MCEO total compensation decreased to $1,715,000 in fiscal 2025 compared to $1,886,449 in the prior year.
  • The company relies on controlled company exceptions under NASDAQ listing rules due to controlling shareholder Mithaq Capital.
  • Performance-based short-term and long-term incentives link a substantial portion of executive pay directly to company performance.

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.