Companies DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
DUOS TECHNOLOGIES (DUOT): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $458,990FY2023
- $276,263FY2024
- $4,095,416FY2025
CEO total pay was $4,095,416 in fiscal 2025, up from $276,263 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $400,000 · bonus $568,540 · stock awards $3,126,876 · option awards $0
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Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Ferry | $400,000 | $568,540 | $3,126,876 | $0 | — | — | — | $4,095,416 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Adrian Goldfarb | 325,000 | 86,559 | 2,638,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,050,383 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Christopher King | 325,000 | 343,155 | 672,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,340,905 |
| Former Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
| Leah Brown | 188,289 | 223,531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 411,820 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Ferry | $4,095,416 | $276,263 | $458,990 | ↑ +3,819,153 |
| Adrian Goldfarb | 3,050,383 | 236,231 | 310,699 | ↑ +2,814,152 |
| Christopher King | 1,340,905 | — | — | — |
| Leah Brown | 411,820 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
The Company provides base salary as a fixed source of compensation and equity awards to allow executives a degree of certainty while having a meaningful portion of their compensation 'at risk'.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher King | RSA | 2025-01-01 | — | — | 225,000 | — | — |
| Leah Brown | RSA | 2025-11-16 | — | — | 150,000 | — | — |
| Charles Ferry | RSA | 2025-01-01 | — | — | 522,889 | — | 3,126,876 |
| Adrian Goldfarb | RSA | 2025-01-01 | — | — | 441,275 | — | 2,638,825 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
Grant-level vehicle detail not disclosed.
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Brown | PSU | 3,333 | — | $23,431 |
| Leah Brown | Option | 3,333 | 4.22 | — |
| Christopher King | PSU | 112,500 | — | 1,265,625 |
| Adrian Goldfarb | PSU | 441,275 | — | 4,964,344 |
| Charles Ferry | PSU | 552,889 | — | 5,882,501 |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned MavrommatisIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating/Governance (Chair) | $20,000 | $164,438 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $184,438 |
| James Craig NixonIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance · Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating | 0 | 184,438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184,438 |
| Frank A. LonegroIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance | 0 | 184,438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184,438 |
| Kenneth EhrmanIndependent | 5,000 | 165,000 | 0 | — | 0 | 170,000 |
| Brian J. JamesIndependent · Newly elected | 0 | 23,083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23,083 |
| Charles P. FerryEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | — |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $25,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $721,397 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $746,397 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names DUOS TECHNOLOGIES as a peer
Companies that benchmark against DUOT
No companies currently name DUOT as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.
This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.
Chief executive pay against the peer group
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. | 2025 | Charles Ferry | $400,000 | $3,126,876 | $0 | — | $4,095,416 |
Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-09-30 | 4,372,211 | 42,663 | 116,572 | 99.03% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-07-15 | 2,120,426 | 136,663 | 53,557 | 93.95% | Passed |
| 2019 | 2019-07-31 | 13,769,578 | 515,637 | 1,202,805 | 88.9% | Passed |
| 2016 | 2016-04-21 | 41,561,976 | 1,021,520 | 746,251 | 97.6% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.
Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-09-30 | 99.03%a |
| 2021 | 2021-07-15 | 93.95%b |
| 2019 | 2019-07-31 | 88.9%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions are counted as shares present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but are not counted in the calculation of the vote.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Therefore, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes against this proposal.”.
Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
CEO pay ratio
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | — |
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (21 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 01, Charles Ferry. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,095,416. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Adrian Goldfarb. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,050,383. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Christopher King. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,340,905. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Leah Brown. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 411,820. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Christopher King RSA. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Leah Brown RSA. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Charles Ferry RSA. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Adrian Goldfarb RSA. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 07, pay ratio. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Ned Mavrommatis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,438. View filing ↗
- Section 08, James Craig Nixon. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,438. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Frank A. Lonegro. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,438. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Kenneth Ehrman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Brian J. James. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 23,083. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Charles P. Ferry. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-10-03. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.03% (votes for as printed: 4,372,211). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2021 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2021-07-20. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 93.95% (votes for as printed: 2,120,426). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2019 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2019-08-01. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 88.9% (votes for as printed: 13,769,578). View filing ↗
- Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
- Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 25,000 + equity 721,397 + all other 0 = 746,397, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,095,416. View filing ↗