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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2024 · Filings through 2026-03-09

American Resources (AREC)

CEO Mark Jensen was paid $753,000 in fiscal year 2024, ↓ down 52.8% from fiscal year 2023 (SEC filing 0001654954-26-001995 ↗): 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.

$753,000 ↓
Mark Jensen total, FY2024
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Say-on-pay support, latest vote

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2024

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Mark Jensen$375,000$0$0$378,000$0$0$0$753,000
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Sauve300,00000207,000008,417515,417
President
Kirk Taylor300,0000000026,363326,363
Chief Financial Officer
Tarlis Thompson197,8370000026,699224,536
Chief Operating 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 officerFY2024 totalFY2023 totalFY2022 totalΔ FY2023→2024
Mark Jensen$753,000$1,596,000$375,000↓ −843,000
Thomas Sauve515,4171,223,824308,074↓ −708,407
Kirk Taylor326,363899,798325,298↓ −573,435
Tarlis Thompson224,536197,837197,837↑ +26,699

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Companies that benchmark against AREC
No companies currently name AREC as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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Executives — the named officers

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ExecutiveRoleFY2024 total
Kirk TaylorCFO$326,363
Mark JensenCEO$753,000
Tarlis ThompsonCOO$224,536
Thomas SauvePresident$515,417
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Board of directors

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DirectorRoleFY2024 total
Courtenay O. TaplinIndependent Director—
D. Joshua HawesIndependent Director—
Gerardine G. BotteIndependent Director—
Mark J. LaVerghettaDirector—
Michael LaymanIndependent Director—
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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-04-1512,115————

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 yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-04-15—a

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$0
Annual equity retainer—
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)—
Stock ownership guideline—
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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
1American Resources2024Mark Jensen$375,000$0$378,000$0$753,000

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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Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at American Resources in fiscal 2024?
As disclosed, Mark Jensen (Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at American Resources in fiscal 2024, with total compensation of $753,000.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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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, Mark JensenDEF 14A2026-03-090001654954-26-001995Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 22. As printed: 753,000. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c25 · span 273423–273430
2Section 01, Thomas SauveDEF 14A2026-03-090001654954-26-001995Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 22. As printed: 515,417. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Kirk TaylorDEF 14A2026-03-090001654954-26-001995Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 22. As printed: 326,363. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c25 · span 289564–289571
4Section 01, Tarlis ThompsonDEF 14A2026-03-090001654954-26-001995Section “Executive Compensation Tables” · page 22. As printed: 224,536. Filing ↗machine: r12 · c25 · span 297422–297429
5Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-03-090001654954-26-001995Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗
6Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
7American Resources (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-090001654954-26-001995CEO total compensation as printed in American Resources's own proxy. As printed: 753,000. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c25 · span 273423–273430

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