Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

D. Scott Barbour, President & Chief Executive Officer, was paid $9.8M in fiscal 2026, up 32% from $7.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 102:1, on median employee pay of $95,707.

Filed
June 3, 2026
Annual meeting
July 16, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$9.8M+32% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
102:1median $95,707
CEO pay in equity
66%$6.5M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
88%of votes cast
CEO maximum PSU value
$8,363,181Highest performance achievement value
Cash incentive payout
169%Four NEOs
Taylor incentive payout
116%Annual cash incentive plan
Performance equity payout
200%April 2024–March 2026 period

How Barbour was paid

$9.8M in total for fiscal 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary11%Stock awards54%Option awards12%Non-equity incentive23%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
D. Scott BarbourPresident & Chief Executive Officer$9,780,935
Scott A. CottrillChief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Secretary$3,485,495
Kevin C. TalleyExecutive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer$2,141,861
Craig J. TaylorExecutive Vice President, Infiltrator Water Technologies$2,017,932
Thomas J. Waun Sr.Former Executive Vice President, Engineering and International$1,816,225

What changed and why

  • $9.8M$9,780,935 was CEO total compensation in Fiscal 2026, up from $7,398,322 in Fiscal 2025.
  • 7.5%7.5% was Craig Taylor’s Fiscal 2026 base-salary increase; other NEO salary levels remained unchanged.
  • 169%169% of target was paid under the annual cash incentive plan to Barbour, Cottrill, Talley and Waun.
  • 116%116% of target was paid under the annual cash incentive plan to Taylor.
  • 200%200% of target was paid on performance-based equity awards for the April 2024–March 2026 period.
  • 88%88% of votes supported say-on-pay at the previous stockholder vote.

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.