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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-25

Canton Strategic Holdings (CNTN)

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.

$2,881,544
Sireesh Appajosyula total, FY2025
Former Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officerhighest-paid officer; CEO Mark Wendland: $358,333
CEO (Mark Wendland) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against CNTN
No companies currently name CNTN 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
Sireesh Appajosyula$376,255$2,285,000$214,315$5,974$2,881,544
Former Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer
Randy Milby357,5030121,112139,847618,462
Former Chief Executive Officer
Mark Wendland83,333275,00000358,333
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Toomey83,333125,00000208,333
President
Jacob Asbury22,5007,6710030,171
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
Sireesh Appajosyula$2,881,544
Randy Milby618,462
Mark Wendland358,333
Mark Toomey208,333
Jacob Asbury30,171

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
Gary StetzRSU67,624$124,849
Clay KahlerRSU54,00289,974
Nancy DavisRSU16,87560,911
James Gordon LiddyRSU38,11160,911
Sanam ParikhRSU53,21449,286
Vincent LoPrioreRSU14,94224,895
Sireesh AppajosyulaOption134498.75
Sireesh AppajosyulaOption6759.14
Sireesh AppajosyulaOption38,0872.93
Sireesh AppajosyulaOption52,8751.93
Sireesh AppajosyulaOption90,0001.33
Sireesh AppajosyulaOption20,0003.08
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policy
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Vincent LoPrioreIndependent · Departed during FY$14,942$0$307,824$0$322,766
Gary StetzIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating and Governance · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY67,6240124,8490192,473
Clay KahlerIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Governance (Chair)54,002089,9740143,976
Sanam ParikhIndependent · Departed during FY53,214049,2860102,500
James Gordon LiddyIndependent · Departed during FY38,111060,911099,022
Nancy DavisIndependent · Departed during FY16,875060,911077,786
Kelly AndersonIndependent · Departed during FY58,40000058,400
Mark WendlandEmployee director · Board Chair0
Pamela L. CarterIndependent · Newly elected
William WileyIndependent · Newly elected
Rishi NangaliaIndependent · Newly elected
Sean GalvinIndependent · Newly elected
Jill E. SommersIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Governance · Newly elected
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$100,000
Annual equity retainer$100,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)15,000 / 8,000 / 6,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$303,168
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$303,168

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

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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
1Canton Strategic Holdings2025Mark Wendland$83,333$0$358,333

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, Sireesh AppajosyulaDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,881,544. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Randy MilbyDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 618,462. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Mark WendlandDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 358,333. Filing ↗
4Section 01, Mark ToomeyDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 208,333. Filing ↗
5Section 01, Jacob AsburyDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 30,171. Filing ↗
6Section 08, Vincent LoPrioreDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 322,766. Filing ↗
7Section 08, Gary StetzDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 192,473. Filing ↗
8Section 08, Clay KahlerDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 143,976. Filing ↗
9Section 08, Sanam ParikhDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 102,500. Filing ↗
10Section 08, James Gordon LiddyDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 99,022. Filing ↗
11Section 08, Nancy DavisDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 77,786. Filing ↗
12Section 08, Kelly AndersonDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 58,400. Filing ↗
13Section 08, Mark WendlandDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
14Section 08, Pamela L. CarterDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
15Section 08, William WileyDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
16Section 08, Rishi NangaliaDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
17Section 08, Sean GalvinDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
18Section 08, Jill E. SommersDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
19Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 303,168 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 303,168, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 303,168
20Canton Strategic Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-06-250001493152-26-030032CEO total compensation as printed in Canton Strategic Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 358,333. Filing ↗