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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-08-11

Smartbird (BIRD)

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.

$968,993
Joe Vernachio total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against BIRD
No companies currently name BIRD 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 officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Joe Vernachio$500,000$0$454,993$0$0$0$14,000$968,993
Former President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, and Former Chief Operating Officer
Ann Mitchell385,0000206,95500012,245604,200
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
Joe Vernachio$968,993$1,180,452−211,459
Ann Mitchell604,200739,812−135,612

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.

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Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Joe VernachioRSU2024-03-156$600,000
Joe VernachioPSU2025-04-1827,409
Joe VernachioRSU2025-04-1863,955
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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
Joe Vernachio$600,000$0$00.0%

% 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
Joe VernachioRSU42,637$174,812
Joe VernachioRSU4,16717,085
Joe VernachioRSU13,64355,936
Ann MitchellOption25,00025
Ann MitchellRSU10,00041,000
Ann MitchellRSU14,334127,788
Ann MitchellRSU25,856180,216
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our equity-based incentive awards granted to our named executive officers are designed to align the interests of our named executive officers with those of our stockholders. Vesting of equity awards is generally tied to each officer's continuous service with us and serves as an additional retention measure.

CEO STI target (% of salary)80%
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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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$150,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
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
1Smartbird2025Joe Vernachio$500,000$454,993$0$0$968,993

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, Joe VernachioDEF 14A2026-08-110001193125-26-342889Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 968,993. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c26 · span 421262–421269
2Section 01, Ann MitchellDEF 14A2026-08-110001193125-26-342889Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 604,200. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c26 · span 425827–425834
3Section 03, Joe Vernachio RSUDEF 14A0001193125-26-342889Section “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t136 · r3 · c3 · span 449070–449071
4Section 03, Joe Vernachio PSUDEF 14A2026-08-110001193125-26-342889Section “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 441306–441312
5Section 03, Joe Vernachio RSUDEF 14A2026-08-110001193125-26-342889Section “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 441223–441229
6Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-03-310001628280-26-022192Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
7Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
8Section 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
9Smartbird (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-08-110001193125-26-342889CEO total compensation as printed in Smartbird's own proxy. As printed: 968,993. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c26 · span 421262–421269