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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2025-09-19
American Battery Technology (ABAT)
Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
$1,598,997
Ryan Melsert total, FY2025
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CEO pay percentile vs peers
71.3%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against ABAT
No companies currently name ABAT as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.
This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.
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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|
| Ryan Melsert | $425,000 | $0 | $573,997 | $600,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,598,997 |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Steven Wu | 300,000 | 12,375 | 555,110 | 75,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 942,485 |
| Chief Operating Officer |
| Scott Jolcover | 240,000 | 81,900 | 89,108 | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 511,008 |
| Chief Resource Officer |
| Jesse Deutsch | 280,000 | 36,550 | 54,776 | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 421,326 |
| Interim 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 |
|---|
| Ryan Melsert | $1,598,997 | — | — | — |
| Steven Wu | 942,485 | — | — | — |
| Scott Jolcover | 511,008 | — | — | — |
| Jesse Deutsch | 421,326 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
03
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|
| Steven Wu | RSU | — | — | — | 482,842 | — | $500,000 |
03b
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|
| Steven Wu | $500,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|
| Steven Wu | PSU | 470,725 | — | $762,575 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 225,000 | — | 364,500 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 87,500 | — | 141,750 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 52,083 | — | 84,374 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 50,000 | — | 81,000 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 41,848 | — | 67,794 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 41,667 | — | 67,501 |
| Steven Wu | PSU | 38,629 | — | 62,579 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 21,950 | — | 35,559 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 13,224 | — | 21,423 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 5,879 | — | 9,524 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 12,554 | — | 20,337 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 9,649 | — | 15,631 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 5,226 | — | 8,466 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 3,963 | — | 6,420 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 3,908 | — | 6,331 |
| Ryan Melsert | PSU | 3,015 | — | 4,884 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 2,643 | — | 4,282 |
| Scott Jolcover | PSU | 1,563 | — | 2,532 |
| Ryan Melsert | Option | 79,958 | 4.33 | — |
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | NaN% |
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| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
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| Independent consultant | — |
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| Clawback policy | The Board has adopted a Compensation Recovery Policy in compliance with Nasdaq listing standards, requiring recovery of incentive-based compensation erroneously awarded due to accounting restatements. |
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| Anti-hedging | The Company has an Insider Trading Policy that prohibits directors, officers, and employees from engaging in transactions in publicly traded options that hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of the Company's equity securities. |
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| Anti-pledging | — |
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|
| 2024 | 2024-11-13 | 13,056,508 | 5,256,022 | 267,853 | 71.3% | 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 | 2024-11-13 | 71.3%a |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
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.
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CEO pay ratio
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | — |
|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
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| Median employee compensation | — |
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|
| Rick FezellIndependent · Board Chair · Lead Independent Director · Audit (Chair) · Compensation | $0 | $393,199 | $0 | — | $0 | $393,199 |
| Elizabeth LoweryIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominations and Corporate Governance (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) · Nominating (Chair) | 35,000 | 199,050 | 0 | — | 0 | 234,050 |
| Sherif MarakbyIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Departed during FY | 25,000 | 199,050 | 0 | — | 0 | 224,050 |
| Susan Yun LeeIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominations and Corporate Governance · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Nominating | 35,000 | 149,899 | 0 | — | 0 | 184,899 |
| Ryan MelsertEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Lavanya BalakrishnanIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominations and Corporate Governance · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Nominating · Newly elected | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $25,000 |
|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $150,000 |
|---|
| Per board meeting fee | — |
|---|
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 15,000 / 10,000 / 10,000 |
|---|
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
|---|
09b
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $95,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $941,198 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,036,198 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
10b
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 | American Battery Technology | 2025 | Ryan Melsert | $425,000 | $573,997 | $600,000 | $0 | $1,598,997 |
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.
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Source register
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Ryan Melsert | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 19. As printed: 1,598,997. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c35 · span 257461–257470 |
| 2 | Section 01, Steven Wu | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 19. As printed: 942,485. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c35 · span 260295–260302 |
| 3 | Section 01, Scott Jolcover | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 19. As printed: 511,008. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c35 · span 267373–267380 |
| 4 | Section 01, Jesse Deutsch | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 19. As printed: 421,326. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c35 · span 264549–264556 |
| 5 | Section 03, Steven Wu RSU | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗ |
| 6 | Section 07, pay ratio | 10-K | 2025-09-18 | 0001493152-25-014092 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗ |
| 7 | Section 08, Rick Fezell | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 393,199. Filing ↗machine: span 416451–416458 |
| 8 | Section 08, Elizabeth Lowery | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 234,050. Filing ↗machine: span 415908–415915 |
| 9 | Section 08, Sherif Marakby | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 224,050. Filing ↗machine: span 418381–418388 |
| 10 | Section 08, Susan Yun Lee | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,899. Filing ↗machine: span 419606–419613 |
| 11 | Section 08, Ryan Melsert | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 08, Lavanya Balakrishnan | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗ |
| 13 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-11-14 | 0001493152-24-045758 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 71.3% (votes for as printed: 13,056,508). Filing ↗ |
| 14 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 15 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 95,000 + equity 941,198 + all other 0 = 1,036,198, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,036,198 |
| 16 | American Battery Technology (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-09-19 | 0001493152-25-014267 | CEO total compensation as printed in American Battery Technology's own proxy. As printed: 1,598,997. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c35 · span 257461–257470 |