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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-15

BETA Technologies (BETA)

CEO Kyle Clark was paid $15,859,072 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 1396.1% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001140361-26-017861 ↗): 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.

$15,859,072 ↑
Kyle Clark total, FY2025
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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Kyle Clark$653,476$5,132,000$7,822,572$2,251,024———$15,859,072
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Herman Cueto371,204875,000204,2563,433,084———4,883,544
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Dunkiel427,298350,000651,7881,422,718———2,851,804
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, and Secretary

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 FY2024→2025
Kyle Clark$15,859,072$1,060,000—↑ +14,799,072
Herman Cueto4,883,544———
Brian Dunkiel2,851,804410,000—↑ +2,441,804

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 BETA
No companies currently name BETA as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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Executives — the named officers

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ExecutiveRoleFY2025 total
Brian DunkielGeneral Counsel$2,851,804
Kyle ClarkCEO$15,859,072
Herman CuetoCFO$4,883,544
01c

Board of directors

One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.

DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Amy GowderDirector—
Chuck DavisChair of the Board—
Dean KamenIndependent Director—
Dr. David ChurchillDirector—
Francesco CaprettiIndependent Director—
General (RET) James McConvilleIndependent Director$348,372
John E. AbeleIndependent Director—
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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Herman CuetoRSU74,441—$372,241
Kyle ClarkRSU28,894—43,341
Kyle ClarkRSU797,646—1,861,178
Herman CuetoRSU6,381—14,889
Brian DunkielRSU176,387—400,844
Brian DunkielRSU20,362—46,273
Brian DunkielRSU77,997—177,250
Kyle ClarkRSU244,379—570,219
Kyle ClarkRSU217,623—507,788
Brian DunkielRSU106,351—241,685
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our compensation philosophy is designed to attract, retain, and motivate executive talent by aligning their interests with those of our shareholders through a mix of fixed base salary, discretionary cash bonuses, and long-term equity incentives that vest over time and are subject to performance milestones.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultant—
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingfalse
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-11—————

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
20262026-06-11—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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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
John SlatteryIndependent · Newly elected—$6,518,772——$1,083,332$7,602,104
General (RET) James McConvilleIndependent · Audit Committee · Compensation Committee——348,372——348,372
Dr. David ChurchillEmployee director · Governance—————0
Amy GowderNot independent · Newly elected000—00
Francesco CaprettiIndependent000—00
Kyle ClarkEmployee director · Nominating Corporate Governance Committee (Chair)—————0
Dean KamenIndependent000—00
John E. AbeleIndependent · Nominating Corporate Governance Committee000—00
Chuck DavisIndependent · Board Chair · Audit Committee · Compensation Committee · Nominating Corporate Governance Committee000—00
Michael StoneIndependent · Audit Committee (Chair)——————
Dr. Martine A. RothblattIndependent · Compensation Committee (Chair)——————
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$200,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)40,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline—
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$0
Equity awards (grant-date value)$6,518,772
All other compensation$1,083,332
Total cost of the board$7,602,104

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.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1BETA Technologies2025Kyle Clark$653,476$7,822,572$2,251,024—$15,859,072

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.

10d

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at BETA Technologies in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Kyle Clark (Director, Chief Executive Officer and President) was the highest-paid executive at BETA Technologies in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $15,859,072.
How much does BETA Technologies spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, BETA Technologies reported total board compensation of $7,602,104 for fiscal 2025.

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, Kyle ClarkDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 15,859,072. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Herman CuetoDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,883,544. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Brian DunkielDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,851,804. Filing ↗
4Section 08, John SlatteryDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 7,602,104. Filing ↗machine: span 486768–486957
5Section 08, General (RET) James McConvilleDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 348,372. Filing ↗machine: span 472882–473065
6Section 08, Dr. David ChurchillDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
7Section 08, Amy GowderDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
8Section 08, Francesco CaprettiDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
9Section 08, Kyle ClarkDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
10Section 08, Dean KamenDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
11Section 08, John E. AbeleDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
12Section 08, Chuck DavisDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
13Section 08, Michael StoneDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
14Section 08, Dr. Martine A. RothblattDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
15Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-150001628280-26-043215Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗
16Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
17Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 0 + equity 6,518,772 + all other 1,083,332 = 7,602,104, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 7,602,104
18BETA Technologies (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001140361-26-017861CEO total compensation as printed in BETA Technologies's own proxy. As printed: 15,859,072. Filing ↗