Company: AOS
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-037641
Chunk: 52

Company: SMITH A O CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 52
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 compensation with our interests in ensuring full compliance with financial reporting requirements to which we are subject as a public company and our commitment to conduct business in compliance with all legal requirements and our Guiding Principles. We believe this policy will further align our executive compensation programs with our core compensation philosophy and objectives by tying payments on performance awards and annual incentive compensation to actual achieved financial results of our company and our culture of compliance, which will further serve our long-term objective of aligning compensation of our executive officers with the interests of our stockholders.

40A. O. Smith Corporation

Executive Compensation Summary Compensation Table The Summary Compensation Table reflects information concerning compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our chairman and chief executive officer, chief financial officer and other named executive officers during fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022.

| Name and Principal Position                                                                           |     | Year |      |     | Salary ($)1 |           |     | Bonus ($) |          |     | Stock Awards ($)2 |           |     | Option Awards ($) |           |     | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)3 |           |     | Change in Pension Value and Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)4 |          |     | All Other Compensation ($)5 |         |     | Total ($) |           |
|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:----|:-----|:-----|:----|:------------|----------:|:----|:----------|---------:|:----|:------------------|----------:|:----|:------------------|----------:|:----|:--------------------------------------------|----------:|:----|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------:|:----|:----------------------------|--------:|:----|:----------|:----------|
| Kevin J. Wheeler Chairman and Chief Executive Officer                                                 |     |      | 2024 
 2023 
 2022 |     | $           | 1,120,000 
 1,076,500 
 1,035,000 |     | $         |        0 
        0 
  146,000 |     | $                 | 3,477,378 
 3,146,180 
 1,517,977 |     | $                 |         0 
         0 
 1,518,003 |     | $                                           | 2,779,000 
 3,889,000 
 2,122,000 |     | $                                                                             |        0 
 0 42,393 |