POOL (POOL) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Peter D. Arvan, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $6.5M in fiscal 2025, up 23% from $5.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 111:1, on median employee pay of $58,767.

Filed
March 26, 2026
Annual meeting
April 29, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$6.5M+23% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
111:1median $58,767
CEO pay in equity
71%$4.6M in awards
CEO Target Bonus %
125%Percentage of 2025 base salary
CEO Total Compensation
$6,514,002Fiscal 2025 total pay
Say-on-Pay Support
96.0%Prior annual meeting support
Median Employee Pay
$58,767Annual total compensation

How Arvan was paid

$6.5M 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.

Salary14%Stock awards71%Non-equity incentive14%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Peter D. ArvanPresident and Chief Executive Officer$6,514,002
Melanie M. HartSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,159,558
Jennifer M. NeilSenior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer$1,593,408
Kenneth G. St. RomainSenior Vice President$2,330,244

What changed and why

  • $6.5MCEO total compensation increased to $6,514,002 in fiscal 2025 from $5,279,413 in fiscal 2024.
  • $4.6MStock awards for the CEO totaled $4,624,942 for fiscal 2025.
  • $912KNon-equity incentive plan compensation for the CEO was $912,423 in 2025.
  • 96.0%Stockholders expressed strong support with 96.0% approval for the say-on-pay vote 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.