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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)

1 Months Ended

11 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

36 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Nov. 30, 2021

Dec. 31, 2025

Dec. 31, 2024

Dec. 31, 2023

Dec. 31, 2022

Dec. 31, 2021

Nov. 18, 2024

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table

Part I:


Year	SCT Total for Mr. Berquist (1)		Compensation Actually Paid to Mr. Berquist (1) (2) (5)		SCT Total for Mr. Tometich (1)		Compensation Actually Paid to Mr. Tometich (1) (2) (5)		SCT Total for Mr. Barry (1)		Compensation Actually Paid to Mr. Barry (1) (2) (5)		Average SCT Total for Non-PEO NEOs (3)		Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs (2) (3) (4) (5)
2025	$	3,709,451	$	3,836,035	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,312,119	$	1,230,674
2024	$	1,897,116	$	881,283	$	7,915,320	$	2,539,713	$	—	$	—	$	1,862,881	$	844,689
2023	$	—	$	—	$	4,809,759	$	5,130,084	$	—	$	—	$	1,830,213	$	1,927,256
2022	$	—	$	—	$	3,555,003	$	2,624,688	$	—	$	—	$	1,427,714	$	1,059,280
2021	$	—	$	—	$	2,456,970	$	2,361,197	$	4,400,422	$	2,648,915	$	935,317	$	613,817

Part II:


Year	Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based on		Net Income ($M)		Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands)(7)
	KWR Total Shareholder Return(6)	Peer Group Total Shareholder Return(6)
2025	$57.15	$119.03	$	(2.40)	$	299,238
2024	$57.65	$122.34	$	116.73	$	310,918
2023	$86.53	$123.66	$	112.87	$	320,379
2022	$67.01	$111.31	$	(15.84)	$	257,150
2021	$91.67	$125.94	$	121.43	$	274,109

Company Selected Measure Name

Adjusted EBITDA

Named Executive Officers, Footnote

The table above reflects our current and two former PEOs. Mr. Berquist became our current PEO on November 18, 2024. Our former PEOs include Mr. Tometich, who served as CEO from December 1, 2021 to November 18, 2024 and Mr. Barry who served as CEO through November 30, 2021.

Peer Group Issuers, Footnote

Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2020, including reinvestment of dividends. Our Peer Group is the S&P Composite 1500 Chemicals Index. Our prior Peer Group in our proxy statement for the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders was the S&P 400 MidCap Materials Index. The Company shifted from the S&P 400 MidCap Materials Index to the S&P Composite 1500 Chemicals Index, in order to align with the peer group industry index reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. The 2025 TSR for the S&P 400 MidCap Materials Index was $152.53.

Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote

The dollar amounts represent the amount of CAP as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned or paid to the PEOs or Non-PEO NEOs during the applicable year. None of our NEOs participated in a pension plan for 2025; therefore, no adjustment from the Summary Compensation Table (“SCT”) total related to pension value was made. To calculate CAP for the current PEO, the following amounts were deducted from and added to SCT total compensation:

Current PEO


Year	Summary Compensation Table Total for Mr. Berquist	Equity Adjustment	Compensation Actually Paid to Mr. Berquist Total
2025	$3,709,451	$126,584	$3,836,035


Equity Adjustment for Mr. Berquist		2025
SCT Total		$	3,709,451
-	Total SCT Option Awards and Stock Awards	$	(2,420,319)
+	Fair Value at Current Fiscal Year-End of Outstanding and Unvested Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Current Fiscal Year	$	2,677,582
+	Change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year-End to Current Fiscal Year-End of Outstanding and Unvested Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years	$	(91,760)
+	Change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year-End to Vesting Date of Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years for Which Applicable Vesting Conditions Were Satisfied During Current Fiscal Year	$	(38,919)
Compensation Actually Paid		$	3,836,035

Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount

$ 1,312,119

$ 1,862,881

$ 1,830,213

$ 1,427,714

$ 935,317

Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount

$ 1,230,674

844,689

1,927,256

1,059,280

613,817

Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote

The non-PEO NEOs reflected in Part I of the above table consist of Messrs, Coler, Bijlani, Fleck, Traub and Slinkman for 2025, Messrs. Coler, Hostetter, Bijlani, Fleck and Traub and Ms. Leneis for 2024, Messrs. Hostetter, Berquist, Bijlani and Ms. Leneis for 2023 and 2022; and Ms. Hall and Messrs. Hostetter, Berquist, Bijlani and Platzer for 2021.

4. To calculate average CAP for the non-PEO NEOs, the following amounts were deducted from and added to average SCT total compensation:

Non-PEO NEOs


Year	Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs	Equity Adjustment	Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs Total

2025	$1,312,119	$(81,445)	$1,230,674


Equity Adjustment for Non-PEO NEOs		2025
Average SCT Total		$	1,312,119
-	Total SCT Option Awards and Stock Awards	$	(581,811)
+	Fair Value at Current Fiscal Year-End of Outstanding and Unvested Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Current Fiscal Year	$	574,972
+	Change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year-End of Outstanding and Unvested Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years	$	(49,238)
+	Fair Value at Vesting Date of Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Fiscal Year That Vested During Fiscal Year	$	8,866
+	Change in Fair Value from Prior Fiscal Year-End to Vesting Date of Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years for Which Applicable Vesting Conditions Were Satisfied During Current Fiscal Year	$	(22,914)
-	Fair Value as of Prior Fiscal Year-End of Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years That Failed to Meet Applicable Vesting Conditions During Current Fiscal Year	$	(11,320)
Compensation Actually Paid		$	1,230,674

5. In calculating fair value of equity awards, the Company computed fair values in a manner consistent with the fair valuation methodology used to account for share-based payments for financial reporting purposes consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. For restricted stock, fair values are based on closing share price at the applicable measurement date. For performance stock units, the fair values are determined either using a Monte Carlo simulation incorporating assumptions regarding risk-free interest rate, dividend yield and expected term as of the applicable measurement date, or estimates as to the probable outcome of performance conditions as of the measurement date, depending on the performance measure. For options, the valuations of outstanding awards as of the applicable measurement dates are based on a Black-Scholes option pricing model that incorporate assumptions regarding dividend yield, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected term to determine the fair value. For more information about the Company’s share-based accounting, see Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 provided with this proxy statement. For more information about the probability of achievement of outstanding performance units, see the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return

CAP versus TSR

The chart below illustrates the relationship between our PEOs’ and our non-PEO NEOs’ average CAP to TSR (assuming reinvestment of dividends) from December 31, 2020 to the last day of each applicable fiscal year for Quaker Houghton's common stock and the S&P Composite 1500 Chemicals Index (the “Chemicals Index”), assuming the investment of $100 on December 31, 2020, in Quaker Houghton’s common stock, and in the stocks comprising the Chemicals Index.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income

CAP versus Net Income

The chart below illustrates the relationship between our PEO and our non-PEO NEOs’ average CAP to the Company’s net income.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure

CAP versus Adjusted EBITDA

The chart below illustrates the relationship between our PEO and our non-PEO NEOs’ average CAP to the Company’s Adjusted EBITDA.

Total Shareholder Return Amount

$ 57.15

57.65

86.53

67.01

91.67

Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount

119.03

122.34

123.66

111.31

125.94

Net Income (Loss)

$ (2,400,000)

$ 116,730,000

$ 112,870,000

$ (15,840,000)

$ 121,430,000

Company Selected Measure Amount

299,238,000

310,918,000

320,379,000

257,150,000

274,109,000

PEO Name

Mr. Berquist

Mr. Barry

Mr. Berquist

Mr. Tometich

Measure:: 1

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Name

Adjusted EBITDA

Non-GAAP Measure Description

The Company Selected Measure is Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. A full discussion of our use of non-GAAP financial measures to enhance a reader’s understanding of the financial performance of the Company, and a reconciliation of these measures to the GAAP measures can be found on pages 32 to 36 in “Non-GAAP Measures” of Item 7 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

Measure:: 2