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California First Leasing (CFNB): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$191,263CEO Patrick Paddon · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $188,191FY2023
  • $187,520FY2024
  • $191,263FY2025

CEO total pay was $191,263 in fiscal 2025, up from $187,520 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $180,000

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at California First Leasing Corp in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, S. Leslie Jewett (Chief Financial Officer) was the highest-paid executive at California First Leasing Corp in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $282,000.
How much does California First Leasing Corp spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, California First Leasing Corp reported total board compensation of $486,267 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.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
S. Leslie Jewett$275,000—————$7,000$282,000
Chief Financial Officer
Patrick Paddon180,000—————11,263191,263
President, Chief Executive Officer
Glen Tsuma180,000—————7,004187,004
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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
S. Leslie Jewett$282,000$279,000$221,039↑ +3,000
Patrick Paddon191,263187,520188,191↑ +3,743
Glen Tsuma187,004184,004185,975↑ +3,000

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

Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

No outstanding equity awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Patrick E. PaddonEmployee director · Board Chair$180,000———$11,263$191,263
Glen T. TsumaEmployee director180,000———7,004187,004
Danilo CacciamattaIndependent · Audit36,000————36,000
Michael H. LowryIndependent · Audit36,000————36,000
Robert W. KelleyIndependent · Audit36,000————36,000
Sarah J. PaddonNot independent0————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$36,000
Annual equity retainer—
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)—
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$468,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$18,267
Total cost of the board$486,267

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names California First Leasing as a peer

Companies that benchmark against CFNB

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

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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
1California First Leasing Corp2025Patrick Paddon$180,000———$191,263

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.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
2026——————
2025——————
2024——————
2023——————
2018——————
2017——————

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
2017——a
2018——b
2023——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.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (15 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, S. Leslie Jewett. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 282,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Patrick Paddon. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 9. As printed: 191,263. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Glen Tsuma. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 187,004. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Patrick E. Paddon. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 191,263. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Glen T. Tsuma. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 187,004. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Danilo Cacciamatta. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 36,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Michael H. Lowry. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 36,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Robert W. Kelley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 36,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Sarah J. Paddon. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2017 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-08-26. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2018 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-08-26. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-08-26. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 468,000 + equity 0 + all other 18,267 = 486,267, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • California First Leasing Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-06. CEO total compensation as printed in California First Leasing Corp's own proxy. As printed: 191,263. View filing ↗
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