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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-07-07

AIRO Group Holdings (AIRO)

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.

$1,242,779
John Uczekaj total, FY2025
President, Chief Operating Officer and Directorhighest-paid officer; CEO Joseph Burns: $1,065,562
CEO (Joseph Burns) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against AIRO
1 company names AIRO as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses AIRO in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named AIRO in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
John Uczekaj$366,602$100,000$736,676$0$32,996$0$6,505$1,242,779
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Joseph Burns363,462350,000352,10000001,065,562
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mariya Pylypiv155,76990,000800,00000001,045,769
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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
John Uczekaj$1,242,779$300,000+942,779
Joseph Burns1,065,562
Mariya Pylypiv1,045,769

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

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Elizabeth NgDirector2026-06-04A11,026$0$0RSUForm 4 ↗
John M. BelcherDirector2026-06-04A11,02600RSUForm 4 ↗
Sherrie McCandlessDirector2026-06-04A11,02600RSUForm 4 ↗
Gregory WinfreeDirector2026-06-04A11,02600RSUForm 4 ↗
Brian NelsonDirector2026-06-04A11,02600RSUForm 4 ↗
Mariya PylypivChief Financial Officer2026-06-16A60,32900CommonForm 4 ↗
Mariya PylypivChief Financial Officer2026-06-16D30,0288229,921CommonForm 4 ↗
John UczekajDirector2026-07-06D15481,195CommonForm 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

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Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Joseph BurnsRSU$352,100
John UczekajRSU736,676
Mariya PylypivRSU800,000
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Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Joseph Burns$352,100$0$00.0%
John Uczekaj736,676000.0%
Mariya Pylypiv800,000000.0%

% 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

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
John UczekajRSU1,730$14,151
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our equity-based incentive awards are designed to align our interests and those of our stockholders with those of our employees, including our executive officers.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)
CEO total compensation
Median employee compensation
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
John M. BelcherIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair)$61,000$0$0$0$61,000
Elizabeth NgIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance60,50000060,500
Brian NelsonIndependent · Audit (Chair)57,50000057,500
Gregory WinfreeIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)57,50000057,500
Sherrie McCandlessIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance57,00000057,000
Dr. Chirinjeev KathuriaEmployee director · Board Chair00000
Captain Joseph D. BurnsEmployee director00000
John UczekajEmployee director00000
Edvard Per Erik SvehagNot independent00000
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$100,000
Annual equity retainer
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)3,500
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$293,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$293,500

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

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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.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1AIRO Group Holdings2025Joseph Burns$363,462$352,100$0$0$1,065,562

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.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, John UczekajDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,242,779. Filing ↗machine: span 327470–327479
2Section 01, Joseph BurnsDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,065,562. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c27 · span 325065–325074
3Section 01, Mariya PylypivDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,045,769. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c27 · span 329884–329893
4Section 03, Joseph Burns RSUDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t59 · r1 · c15 · span 324486–324493
5Section 03, John Uczekaj RSUDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t59 · r3 · c15 · span 327023–327030
6Section 03, Mariya Pylypiv RSUDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t59 · r5 · c15 · span 329458–329465
7Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-03-310001493152-26-014116Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
8Section 08, John M. BelcherDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 61,000. Filing ↗machine: t73 · r1 · c3 · span 398951–398957
9Section 08, Elizabeth NgDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 60,500. Filing ↗machine: t73 · r4 · c3 · span 401187–401193
10Section 08, Brian NelsonDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 57,500. Filing ↗machine: t73 · r3 · c3 · span 400502–400508
11Section 08, Gregory WinfreeDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 57,500. Filing ↗machine: t73 · r2 · c3 · span 399806–399812
12Section 08, Sherrie McCandlessDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 57,000. Filing ↗machine: t73 · r5 · c3 · span 401889–401895
13Section 08, Dr. Chirinjeev KathuriaDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
14Section 08, Captain Joseph D. BurnsDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
15Section 08, John UczekajDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
16Section 08, Edvard Per Erik SvehagDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
17Section 02, Elizabeth Ng 2026-06-04Form 42026-06-050001873974-26-000004Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
18Section 02, John M. Belcher 2026-06-04Form 42026-06-050002059677-26-000004Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
19Section 02, Sherrie McCandless 2026-06-04Form 42026-06-050002060132-26-000004Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
20Section 02, Gregory Winfree 2026-06-04Form 42026-06-050002060130-26-000004Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
21Section 02, Brian Nelson 2026-06-04Form 42026-06-050001949753-26-000004Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
22Section 02, Mariya Pylypiv 2026-06-16Form 42026-06-180001865982-26-000006Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
23Section 02, Mariya Pylypiv 2026-06-16Form 42026-06-180001865982-26-000006Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
24Section 02, John Uczekaj 2026-07-06Form 42026-07-070002060030-26-000010Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
25Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
26Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
27Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 293,500 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 293,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 293,500
28AIRO Group Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-210001493152-26-018193CEO total compensation as printed in AIRO Group Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 1,065,562. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c27 · span 325065–325074