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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-08-19

BKV Corp (BKV)

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.

$5,903,801
Christopher Kalnin total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against BKV
No companies currently name BKV 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
Christopher Kalnin$795,386$0$3,411,014$0$1,676,401$0$21,000$5,903,801
Chief Executive Officer
Eric Jacobsen520,3851,000,0001,949,1440816,354021,0004,306,883
President — Upstream
Dilanka Seimon364,0001,000,0001,563,2190497,537021,0003,445,756
Chief Commercial 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
Christopher Kalnin$5,903,801
Eric Jacobsen4,306,883
Dilanka Seimon3,445,756

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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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Christopher KalninPSU333,162$9,045,348
Eric JacobsenPSU177,0454,806,772
Christopher KalninRSU124,0163,367,034
Dilanka SeimonPSU79,5402,159,511
Eric JacobsenRSU64,9401,763,121
Dilanka SeimonRSU26,513719,828
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The company aims to align executive compensation with long-term value creation by vesting long-term incentive awards over several years to reward sustained performance. The program is benchmarked against industry practices with the help of independent compensation consultants to ensure appropriate linkage between pay and performance.

CEO STI target (% of salary)NaN%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantWillis Towers Watson plc (WTW)
Clawback policyThe company maintains a compensation clawback policy requiring recovery of incentive-based compensation received during the three fiscal years preceding an accounting restatement determination, subject to certain exceptions. Specific retention and sign-on bonuses are also subject to clawback if employment terminates under certain conditions.
Anti-hedgingPolicies prohibit the hedging of company stock by executives, directors, and employees.
Anti-pledgingPolicies prohibit the pledging of company stock by executives, directors, and employees.
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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$75,000
Annual equity retainer$140,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline
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
1BKV Corp2025Christopher Kalnin$795,386$3,411,014$0$1,676,401$5,903,801

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, Christopher KalninDEF 14A2026-04-280001104659-26-050381Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 5,903,801. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c50 · span 772545–772554
2Section 01, Eric JacobsenDEF 14A2026-04-280001104659-26-050381Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 4,306,883. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c50 · span 786383–786392
3Section 01, Dilanka SeimonDEF 14A2026-04-280001104659-26-050381Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 3,445,756. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c50 · span 800067–800076
4Section 07, pay ratio10-K/A2026-08-190001104659-26-098821Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
5BKV Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-280001104659-26-050381CEO total compensation as printed in BKV Corp's own proxy. As printed: 5,903,801. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c50 · span 772545–772554