Opening its proxy statement…Reading the pay tables…Finding what shareholders vote on…
Opening its proxy statement…Reading the pay tables…Finding what shareholders vote on…
SCCOSouthern Copper Corp/
Before its yearly shareholder meeting, a company sends out a proxy statement, filed with the SEC as a DEF 14A. It says what shareholders will vote on, who sits on the board, and how the top managers are paid, set against how the shares did. Here are the key parts of Southern Copper Corp/'s latest one. Open the full statement.
Shareholders meet on May 29, 2026 to vote. Anyone who owns shares on the record date can vote, usually online, even without attending.
Proxy statement filed Apr 17, 2026.
The chief executive was paid about 49× what the employee in the exact middle of the company's pay scale earned (the CEO pay ratio).
Each square is one typical employee's yearly pay; together they add up to the chief executive's. The red square is one employee for scale. Ratios vary a lot between industries: a company with many part-time or overseas workers has a lower middle wage.
“49 to 1.”
Since 2022, companies must show their bosses' pay next to how shareholders did. Two pay figures are given: the pay the board set for the year (from the summary pay table), and “compensation actually paid”, which re-values share awards at today's share price, so it rises and falls with the stock and can even be negative. Tap a year.
Year to Dec 31, 2025 · chief executive: Oscar Gonzalez Rocha
Pay set for the chief executive: $1.3M
Actually paid, re-valued: $1.3M
Other top managers, on average: $419.3K
$100 in its shares became: $65 (similar companies: $83)
Profit (net income): $4.3B
Read straight from the tagged “pay versus performance” table in the proxy statement. The $100 figures assume $100 was invested at the start of the first year shown, with dividends reinvested.