FedEx Board Approves Director Compensation; Stock Rises 1.16%

By Bobby Samwell • Friday, October 03 10:30 • Permanent Link

In September 2025, FedEx's Board of Directors and its Compensation and Human Resources Committee reviewed the compensation arrangements for non-management (outside) directors. The board approved no change to the annual retainer, which remains at $140,000. Outside directors have the option to receive this retainer in all cash, all shares, or 50% in cash and 50% in shares.

Additionally, the committee chairperson fees for the chairpersons of the Cyber and Technology Oversight and Governance, Safety, and Public Policy Committees were increased by $5,000, with the Audit and Finance Committee chairperson receiving an annual fee of $30,000 and the chairpersons of the Compensation and Human Resources, Cyber and Technology Oversight, and Governance, Safety, and Public Policy Committees receiving an annual fee of $25,000. Furthermore, the Lead Independent Director's fees were increased by $20,000, resulting in an additional annual fee of $50,000.

New outside directors elected at FedEx’s 2025 annual meeting will receive restricted stock units (RSUs) with a target fair market value of $195,000, settling in shares of FedEx common stock. These RSUs will vest in one year and will accrue dividend equivalent rights, which will be reinvested in additional RSUs.

The Compensation and Human Resources Committee reviews director compensation annually and compares FedEx’s director compensation practices with those of other companies. In 2025, the comparison involved two datasets: a group of twenty companies closely ranked to FedEx on the Fortune 100 list across various industries and all publicly traded companies in the Fortune 100 (excluding FedEx).

The companies used for comparison include Albertsons Companies, Inc., Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Caterpillar Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Merck & Co, Inc., MetLife, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc., Pfizer Inc., RTX Corporation, Sysco Corporation, Target Corporation, The Boeing Company, The Procter & Gamble Company, The Walt Disney Company, and United Parcel Service, Inc. Today the company's shares have moved 1.16% to a price of $242.32. Check out the company's full 8-K submission here.

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