RBC Bearings (RBC) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Dr. Michael J. Hartnett, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $19.6M in fiscal 2025, up 118% from $9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 301:1, on median employee pay of $64,977.

Filed
July 24, 2025
Annual meeting
September 4, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$19.6M+118% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
301:1median $64,977
CEO pay in equity
80%$15.6M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
80%of votes cast
Adjusted EBITDA
$519.8MFiscal 2025 record
Free cash flow conversion
99%Fiscal 2025
CEO stock award
$15,619,573Reported SCT value
CEO equity weighting
60/40Short-term/long-term target

How Hartnett was paid

$19.6M 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.

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Dr. Michael J. HartnettChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$19,558,706
Daniel A. BergeronVice President and Chief Operating Officer—
Richard J. Edwards—
John J. Feeney—
Robert M. Sullivan—

What changed and why

  • $19.6M$19,558,706 was CEO total compensation for fiscal 2025, including fiscal 2025 and future-performance stock awards.
  • $15.6M$15,619,573 was the CEO’s fiscal 2025 stock-award value reported in the Summary Compensation Table.
  • 80%80% of votes cast supported say-on-pay at the September 2024 annual meeting.
  • The CEO and COO equity program shifted from 70/30 to 60/40 short-term and long-term weighting at target.
  • TSR was added as a long-term metric, while ROIC was removed from short-term and adjusted EBITDA from long-term components.
  • Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted return on invested capital and free cash flow linked executive pay to performance.

Other RBC Bearings proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Dr. Michael J. Hartnett paid $20.9M (+7% on the year), pay ratio 295:1.

    Filed Jul 24, 2026

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.