SM Energy Company CEO Javan Ottoson's 2019 pay slips 14% to $6M

SM Energy Company reports 2019 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: April 14, 2022

SM Energy Company reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on April 14, 2022.
In 2019, six executives at SM Energy Company received on average a compensation package of $2.7M, a 7% decrease compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at SM Energy Company
Javan D. Ottoson, Chief Executive Officer, received $6M in total, which decreased by 14% compared to 2018. 58% of Ottoson's compensation, or $3.5M, was in stock awards. Ottoson also received $368K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $1.2M in non-equity incentive plan, $873K in salary, as well as $143K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $192,524 at SM Energy Company. Therefore, the ratio of Javan D. Ottoson's pay to the median employee pay was 31 to one.
Herbert S. Vogel, Chief Operating Officer, received a compensation package of $3.2M, which increased by 1% compared to previous year. 56% of the compensation package, or $1.8M, was in stock awards.
A. Wade Pursell, Chief Financial Officer, earned $2.7M in 2019, a 12% decrease compared to previous year.
David W. Copeland, General Counsel, received $1.6M in 2019, which decreases by 4% compared to 2018.
Lehman E. Newton III, Senior Vice President, Operations, earned $1.3M in 2019, a 6% increase compared to previous year.
Mary Ellen Lutey, Senior Vice President, Exploration, Development and EHS, received $1.3M in 2019, which increases by 6% compared to 2018.

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Source: SEC filing on April 14, 2022.