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.
Each company listed discloses CABO 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 CABO in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Laulis | $945,000 | $0 | $8,566,881 | $0 | $526,932 | $7,463 | $112,780 | $10,159,056 |
| Chair of the Board, President and CEO | ||||||||
| Kenneth Johnson | 475,000 | 0 | 2,569,911 | 0 | 190,699 | 0 | 49,346 | 3,284,956 |
| Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
| Todd Koetje | 445,000 | 0 | 2,141,335 | 0 | 178,655 | 0 | 39,438 | 2,804,428 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Megan Detz | 357,000 | 0 | 1,391,714 | 0 | 143,325 | 0 | 24,600 | 1,916,639 |
| Chief People Officer | ||||||||
| Anthony Mokry | 350,000 | 0 | 1,370,444 | 0 | 101,483 | 0 | 34,844 | 1,856,771 |
| Senior Vice President, Residential Services | ||||||||
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.
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Laulis | $10,159,056 | $8,044,971 | $7,734,480 | +2,114,085 |
| Kenneth Johnson | 3,284,956 | 2,964,364 | 1,644,915 | +320,592 |
| Todd Koetje | 2,804,428 | 3,065,216 | 2,361,479 | −260,788 |
| Megan Detz | 1,916,639 | 2,296,987 | — | −380,348 |
| Anthony Mokry | 1,856,771 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Detz | PSU | 2025-01-03 | 794 | 2,089 | — | 5,222 | $872,053 |
| Megan Detz | RSU | 2025-01-03 | — | — | 1,392 | — | 519,661 |
| Kenneth Johnson | PSU | 2025-01-03 | 1,466 | 3,857 | — | 9,642 | 1,610,105 |
| Kenneth Johnson | RSU | 2025-01-03 | — | — | 2,571 | — | 959,806 |
| Todd Koetje | RSU | 2025-01-03 | — | — | 2,142 | — | 799,651 |
| Todd Koetje | PSU | 2025-01-03 | 1,221 | 3,214 | — | 8,035 | 1,341,684 |
| Julia Laulis | RSU | 2025-01-03 | — | — | 8,571 | — | 3,199,726 |
| Julia Laulis | PSU | 2025-01-03 | 4,886 | 12,857 | — | 32,145 | 5,367,155 |
| Anthony Mokry | RSU | 2025-01-03 | — | — | 1,874 | — | 699,602 |
| Anthony Mokry | PSU | 2025-01-03 | 611 | 1,607 | — | 4,017 | 670,842 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Detz | $519,661 | $872,053 | $0 | 62.7% |
| Kenneth Johnson | 959,806 | 1,610,105 | 0 | 62.7% |
| Todd Koetje | 799,651 | 1,341,684 | 0 | 62.7% |
| Julia Laulis | 3,199,726 | 5,367,155 | 0 | 62.7% |
| Anthony Mokry | 699,602 | 670,842 | 0 | 49.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Detz | PSU | 5,222 | — | $589,303 |
| Todd Koetje | RSU | 2,142 | — | 241,725 |
| Julia Laulis | PSU | 32,145 | — | 3,627,563 |
| Julia Laulis | PSU | 16,070 | — | 1,813,500 |
| Kenneth Johnson | PSU | 9,642 | — | 1,088,100 |
| Julia Laulis | RSU | 8,571 | — | 967,237 |
| Todd Koetje | PSU | 8,035 | — | 906,750 |
| Julia Laulis | PSU | 7,499 | — | 846,206 |
| Todd Koetje | PSU | 6,095 | — | 687,821 |
| Kenneth Johnson | PSU | 4,987 | — | 562,783 |
| Megan Detz | PSU | 4,432 | — | 500,151 |
| Anthony Mokry | PSU | 4,017 | — | 453,318 |
| Julia Laulis | RSU | 2,857 | — | 322,412 |
| Kenneth Johnson | RSU | 2,571 | — | 290,137 |
| Todd Koetje | PSU | 2,198 | — | 247,988 |
| Anthony Mokry | RSU | 1,874 | — | 211,481 |
| Megan Detz | PSU | 1,422 | — | 160,473 |
| Megan Detz | RSU | 1,392 | — | 157,087 |
| Kenneth Johnson | PSU | 1,357 | — | 153,081 |
| Julia Laulis | RSU | 1,111 | — | 125,376 |
| Todd Koetje | RSU | 1,084 | — | 122,329 |
| Kenneth Johnson | PSU | 982 | — | 110,819 |
| Kenneth Johnson | RSU | 886 | — | 99,985 |
| Megan Detz | RSU | 788 | — | 88,926 |
| Todd Koetje | RSU | 325 | — | 36,676 |
| Megan Detz | RSU | 210 | — | 23,699 |
| Kenneth Johnson | RSU | 201 | — | 22,683 |
| Kenneth Johnson | RSU | 174 | — | 19,636 |
| Julia Laulis | RSU | 161 | — | 18,169 |
Our compensation approach is designed to attract, hire and retain talented employees and to incentivize and reward employees based on, and link executive officer (including NEO) compensation with, our short- and long-term performance and align executive compensation with the interests of our stockholders. Under our “One Team, One Goal” philosophy, we utilize the same performance metrics to determine annual cash incentive opportunities for substantially all full-time associates, from NEOs to front-line associates.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-14 | 4,189,700 | 439,644 | 1,125 | 90.5% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-05-15 | 4,334,330 | 729,135 | 62,744 | 85.6% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-05-16 | 4,712,859 | 161,813 | 62,787 | 96.68% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-05-19 | 4,982,540 | 156,357 | 50,733 | 96.96% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-05-21 | 5,231,826 | 118,234 | 47,519 | 97.79% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-05-15 | 4,649,475 | 54,810 | 5,779 | 98.83% | Passed |
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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-14 | 90.5%a |
| 2025 | 2025-05-15 | 85.6%b |
| 2024 | 2024-05-16 | 96.68%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. 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.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 118 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | $86,334 |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary E. MeduskiIndependent · Board Chair · Executive Committee · Nominating and Governance Committee (Chair) | $0 | $274,884 | — | — | — | $274,884 |
| Deborah J. KissireIndependent · Audit Committee (Chair) | 110,302 | 157,204 | — | — | — | 267,506 |
| Katharine B. WeymouthIndependent | 105,288 | 154,983 | — | — | — | 260,271 |
| Wallace R. WeitzIndependent | 0 | 257,177 | — | — | — | 257,177 |
| Brad D. BrianIndependent | 0 | 246,020 | — | — | — | 246,020 |
| P. Robert BartoloIndependent · Audit Committee · Nominating and Governance Committee | 90,247 | 154,983 | — | — | — | 245,230 |
| Sherrese M. SmithIndependent · Audit Committee · Nominating and Governance Committee | 0 | 244,909 | — | — | — | 244,909 |
| Thomas O. MightIndependent | 33,132 | 0 | — | — | — | 33,132 |
| James A. HolandaIndependent · Executive Committee · Newly elected | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annual cash retainer | $90,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $155,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $450,000 |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $338,969 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $1,490,160 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,829,129 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies Cable One names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Cable One.
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AT&T Inc. | 2025 | John Stankey | $2,400,000 | $19,500,012 | $0 | $6,272,000 | $29,906,872 |
| 2 | Viasat, Inc. | 2026 | Mark Dankberg | 1,406,538 | 10,305,390 | 0 | 2,450,000 | 14,208,178 |
| 3 | Cable One | 2025 | Julia Laulis | 945,000 | 8,566,881 | 0 | 526,932 | 10,159,056 |
| — | Altice USA, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
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.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable One | not disclosed | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | not disclosed | Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC |
| Altice USA, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| AT&T Inc. | 112% | PSU 75 · RSU 25 | Yes — Relative Total Stockholder Return (TSR) Payout Modifier | Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (FW Cook) |
| Viasat, Inc. | 121% | RSU 50 · PSU 25 · Cash LTI 25 | Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR) vs. Russell 3000 Index | Compensia |
Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.
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.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Julia Laulis | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 10,159,056. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c48 · span 888077–888087 |
| 2 | Section 01, Kenneth Johnson | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 3,284,956. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c48 · span 896207–896216 |
| 3 | Section 01, Todd Koetje | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 2,804,428. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c48 · span 904119–904128 |
| 4 | Section 01, Megan Detz | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 1,916,639. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c48 · span 911908–911917 |
| 5 | Section 01, Anthony Mokry | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 1,856,771. Filing ↗machine: r13 · c48 · span 916870–916879 |
| 6 | Section 03, Megan Detz PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1009019–1009026 |
| 7 | Section 03, Megan Detz RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1012340–1012347 |
| 8 | Section 03, Kenneth Johnson PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 986596–986605 |
| 9 | Section 03, Kenneth Johnson RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 990253–990260 |
| 10 | Section 03, Todd Koetje RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1002021–1002028 |
| 11 | Section 03, Todd Koetje PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 998185–998194 |
| 12 | Section 03, Julia Laulis RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 979058–979067 |
| 13 | Section 03, Julia Laulis PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 975222–975231 |
| 14 | Section 03, Anthony Mokry RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1024312–1024319 |
| 15 | Section 03, Anthony Mokry PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1020478–1020485 |
| 16 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 118 : 1. Filing ↗machine: span 1280688–1280691 |
| 17 | Section 08, Mary E. Meduski | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 274,884. Filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 08, Deborah J. Kissire | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 267,506. Filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 08, Katharine B. Weymouth | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 260,271. Filing ↗ |
| 20 | Section 08, Wallace R. Weitz | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 257,177. Filing ↗ |
| 21 | Section 08, Brad D. Brian | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 246,020. Filing ↗ |
| 22 | Section 08, P. Robert Bartolo | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 245,230. Filing ↗ |
| 23 | Section 08, Sherrese M. Smith | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 244,909. Filing ↗ |
| 24 | Section 08, Thomas O. Might | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 33,132. Filing ↗ |
| 25 | Section 08, James A. Holanda | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗ |
| 26 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-05-14 | 0001632127-26-000028 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 90.5% (votes for as printed: 4,189,700). Filing ↗ |
| 27 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-05-15 | 0001632127-25-000066 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 85.6% (votes for as printed: 4,334,330). Filing ↗ |
| 28 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-05-17 | 0001632127-24-000071 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.68% (votes for as printed: 4,712,859). Filing ↗ |
| 29 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 30 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 31 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 338,969 + equity 1,490,160 + all other 0 = 1,829,129, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,829,129 |
| 32 | AT&T Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-23 | 0001193125-26-119888 | CEO total compensation as printed in AT&T Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 29,906,872. Filing ↗machine: t295 · r3 · c35 · span 1189292–1189302 |
| 33 | Viasat, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-07-27 | 0001193125-26-318060 | CEO total compensation as printed in Viasat, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,208,178. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c39 · span 764367–764377 |
| 34 | Cable One (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001632127-26-000015 | CEO total compensation as printed in Cable One's own proxy. As printed: 10,159,056. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c48 · span 888077–888087 |
| 35 | Section 10a, AT&T Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-119888 | AT&T Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Cable One. Filing ↗ |