Company: WCC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-065641
Chunk: 29

Company: WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 29
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 focuses on improving profitability and the efficient use of operating assets (working capital, property, buildings and equipment) to create value for our stockholders.   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

2024 Highlights Highlights for 2024 include:

| • |     | Record free cash flow generation of more than $1 billion, representing more than 150% of adjusted net income |

| • |     | Portfolio strengthened through Wesco Integrated Supply divestiture and three services-based acquisitions |

| • |     | Executed a total of $425 million of stock repurchases, reduced net debt by $431 million and increased common stock dividend by 10% |

| • |     | Made substantial progress on our business transformation digital initiatives |

| Wesco 2025 Proxy Statement |     | Compensation Discussion and Analysis |     | 35 |

Say-on-Pay In addition to considering the needs of the business, the corporate governance landscape, the competitive marketplace and other trends, the Compensation Committee considers the results of the Say-on-Pay advisory vote in making compensation decisions for the following year. In 2024, the Company’s advisory vote on executive compensation received the approval of approximately 97% of the shares voted. We believe that this substantial majority of votes cast affirms shareholders’ recognition of our strong alignment of pay with performance. Compensation Philosophy, Approach and Pay Elements We have a straightforward and transparent compensation program that is linked to our strategy and the drivers of long-term stockholder value. It is based on our pay-for-performancemethodology, and we use operating performance metrics that are important to our business. To be successful, we need to attract and retain executives and employees who are talented and motivated to grow long-term stockholder value. There are three central elements to our executive total compensation:

| (1) | base salary – cash-based; |

| (2) | short-term incentives – cash-based, and based on the annual operating plan approved by the Board; and |

| (3) | long-term incentives – stock-based, whose value depends on the increase in the Company’s stock price over the long term, thus further aligning the executive’s interests with stockholders’ interests. Vesting occurs over three years, which fosters retention, and in the case of performance shares, is linked to the achievement of growth and return metrics. |

Structuring a balanced, fair and properly-crafted compensation program for our executive leaders is essential to promote our high-performance culture and contribute to our success. Our compensation philosophy begins with