DEF 14A (Proxy Statement)
The DEF 14A is the definitive proxy statement a US public company files before its annual meeting — the source of every executive pay figure on this site.
What's inside
The proxy statement covers board nominations, say-on-pay votes, director pay, audit matters — and, since 2022 inline-XBRL-tagged executive compensation disclosure: the Summary Compensation Table, pay-versus-performance table, pay ratio, clawback and parachute tables.
Because the PvP figures are machine-tagged (the ecd: taxonomy), they can be extracted exactly as filed. Every number on this site links back to the filing it came from.
Frequently asked
When are proxies filed?
Proxy season peaks January-April, ahead of most annual meetings — so the bulk of each year's new executive-pay data lands in that window.
What does 'DEF' mean?
'Definitive' — the final version filed with the SEC, as opposed to preliminary (PRE 14A) drafts.
Related terms
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