Eastman Chemical CEO Mark Costa's 2019 pay slips 9% to $15M
Eastman Chemical reports 2019 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: March 25, 2020
Eastman Chemical reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on March 25, 2020.
In 2019, five executives at Eastman Chemical received on average a compensation package of $6M, a 1% decrease compared to previous year.
Mark J. Costa, Chief Executive Officer, received $15M in total, which decreased by 9% compared to 2018. 64% of Costa's compensation, or $9.2M, was in stock awards. Costa also received $560K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $377K in non-equity incentive plan, $2.7M in option awards, $1.3M in salary, as well as $368K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $81,638 at Eastman Chemical. Therefore, the ratio of Mark J. Costa's pay to the median employee pay was 178 to one.
Curtis E. Espeland, Chief Financial Officer, received a compensation package of $4.5M, which decreased by 19% compared to previous year. 52% of the compensation package, or $2.4M, was in stock awards.
Brad A. Lich, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, earned $4.3M in 2019, a 3% decrease compared to previous year.
Lucian Boldea, Executive Vice President, Additives & Functional Products and Chemical Intermediates, received $4M in 2019, which decreases by 20% compared to 2018.
Stephen G. Crawford, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology &Sustainability Officer, earned $2.8M in 2019, a 4% increase compared to previous year.
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