Vestis (VSTS) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

James J. Barber, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, was paid $3.3M in fiscal 2025. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 97:1, on median employee pay of $40,768.

Filed
January 8, 2026
Annual meeting
February 18, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
8
CEO total pay
$3.3Mfiscal 2025
CEO to median employee
97:1median $40,768
CEO pay in equity
89%$2.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
99%of votes cast
CEO Pay Ratio
97:1Ratio to median employee compensation
Median Employee Pay
$40,768Annual total compensation

How Jr. was paid

$3.3M 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.

Salary9%Stock awards89%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
James J. Barber, Jr.President & Chief Executive Officer$3,288,352
Phillip HollomanFormer Interim Executive Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer$1,429,565
Kim ScottFormer President & Chief Executive Officer$12,689,561
Kelly C. JanzenFormer EVP & Chief Financial Officer$2,348,237
Rick T. DillonFormer EVP & Chief Financial Officer$3,078,000
William J. SewardEVP & Chief Operating Officer$4,040,469
André C. BouchardEVP & Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary$1,791,449
Grant ShihFormer EVP & Chief Technology Officer$1,204,242

What changed and why

  • James J. Barber, Jr. assumed the role of President and CEO in June 2025.
  • $3.3MJames J. Barber, Jr. received total compensation of $3,288,352 for fiscal 2025.
  • $8.4MKim Scott departed as CEO, receiving separation benefits including $8,417,345 in All Other Compensation.
  • 98.5%Shareholders approved the prior say-on-pay proposal with over 98.5% support at the 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.