Company: AOS
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-037641
Chunk: 68

Company: SMITH A O CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 68
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,000 for Mr. Stern; and $558,500 for Mr. Petrarca. Mr. Shafer and Mr. O’Brien are not eligible for post-retirement executive life insurance.

2025 Proxy Statement51

REPORT OF THE PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

The Personnel and Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the foregoing “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” with management. Based on the Committee’s review and discussion with management, the Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

<div align='center'>Ronald D. Brown, Chairperson

Victoria M. Holt, Committee Member

Dr. Ilham Kadri, Committee Member

Mark D. Smith, Committee Member</div>

52A. O. Smith Corporation

PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE DISCLOSURE

In accordance with SEC rules, we prepared the analysis set forth below of the relationship between the compensation actually paid to our CEO and other named executive officers, and certain financial performance measures over the last five fiscal years.

Pay versus Performance Disclosure Table

|      | Year |   | SummaryCompensationTable Totalfor CEO ($)1 |     |   | CompensationActually Paid toCEO ($)2 |     |   | AverageSummaryCompensationTable Total forNon-CEO 
                                            NEOs3 |     |   | AverageCompensationActually Paid toNon-CEO 
                                  NEOs ($)4 |     | Value of Initial Fixed $100Investment Based on: | TotalShareholderReturn ($) |     |   | Peer GroupTotalShareholderReturn ($)5 |     |   | Net Income(millions) ($) |     |   | Earningsbefore Interestand Taxes(millions)($)6 |
|:-----|:-----|:--|-------------------------------------------:|:----|:--|-------------------------------------:|:----|:--|-------------------------------------------------:|:----|:--|-------------------------------------------:|:----|:------------------------------------------------|---------------------------:|:----|:--|--------------------------------------:|:----|:--|-------------------------:|:----|:--|-----------------------------------------------:|
| 2024 |      | $ |                                  7,666,172 |     | $ |                            6,403,781 |     | $ |                                        2,721,631 |     | $ |                                  2,337,627 |