Valaris (VAL) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Anton Dibowitz, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $6.1M in 2025, down 22% from $7.8M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 55:1, on median employee pay of $110,026.

Filed
April 16, 2026
Annual meeting
June 10, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$6.1M-22% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
55:1median $110,026
CEO pay in equity
64%$3.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
95%of votes cast
CEO Target Bonus
$1,092,500VCIP target opportunity
CEO Base Salary
$950,000Unchanged from prior year
Share Repurchases
$100.0M2.0 million shares repurchased
Contract Backlog Booked
$2.6BSecured during 2025

How Dibowitz was paid

$6.1M 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 awards64%Non-equity incentive20%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Anton DibowitzPresident and Chief Executive Officer$6,054,415
Christopher WeberSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$2,499,951
Gilles LucaSenior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$2,565,083
Matthew LyneSenior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$2,571,231
Davor VukadinSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,771,752

What changed and why

  • $6.1MCEO total compensation decreased to $6,054,415 in 2025 from $7,754,921 in 2024.
  • $979.1MGenerated net income of $979.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $642.2 million in 2025.
  • 96%Achieved fleetwide revenue efficiency of 96% for the fifth consecutive year.
  • $2.6BSecured over $2.6 billion of contract backlog during the year 2025.
  • 95%95% of votes cast at the 2025 Annual General Meeting were in favor of say-on-pay.

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.