Former CEO Emmanuel Lakios was paid $436,655 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 0.2% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001493152-26-044302 ↗): 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.
$436,655 ↑ Emmanuel Lakios total, FY2025 | — CEO pay percentile vs peers | — CEO-to-median pay ratio | 99.19% Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Lakios | $415,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $21,655 | $436,655 |
| Former President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Richard Catalano | 297,991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,750 | 327,741 |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||||||||
| Kevin Collins | 241,020 | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,885 | 298,905 |
| Vice President & General Manager – SDC (5) | ||||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Lakios | $436,655 | $435,744 | — | ↑ +911 |
| Richard Catalano | 327,741 | 310,572 | — | ↑ +17,169 |
| Kevin Collins | 298,905 | 262,558 | — | ↑ +36,347 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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Each company listed discloses CVV 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 CVV in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Collins | Option | 7,500 | 14.11 | — |
| Richard Catalano | Option | 12,500 | 14.11 | — |
| Emmanuel Lakios | Option | 37,500 | 14.11 | — |
| Emmanuel Lakios | Option | 18,750 | 5.02 | — |
| Richard Catalano | Option | 5,000 | 5.42 | — |
| Kevin Collins | Option | 3,750 | 5.02 | — |
Our executive compensation program is designed to attract, reward and retain key employees, including our Named Executive Officers, who are critical to the Company’s long-term success.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-08-08 | 2,717,857 | 22,289 | 17,985 | 99.19% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-08-09 | 3,168,590 | 244,613 | 7,894 | 92.83% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-07-13 | 2,508,282 | 125,509 | 58,909 | 95.23% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-07-14 | 2,670,485 | 167,660 | 82,230 | 94.09% | Passed |
| 2019 | 2019-10-29 | 2,157,926 | 315,370 | 11,500 | 87.25% | Passed |
| 2016 | 2016-12-09 | 1,990,896 | 235,771 | 48,524 | 89.41% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-08-08 | 99.19%a |
| 2024 | 2024-08-09 | 92.83%b |
| 2023 | 2023-07-13 | 95.23%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.
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence J. WaldmanIndependent · Board Chair · Audit (Chair) | $113,000 | $40,000 | $40,000 | — | — | $153,000 |
| Robert M. BrillIndependent · Audit · Nominating/Governance (Chair) | — | 40,000 | 40,000 | — | — | 90,000 |
| Ashraf LotfiIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance | — | 40,000 | 40,000 | — | — | 90,000 |
| Andrew AfrickIndependent | — | 40,000 | 40,000 | — | — | 80,000 |
| Debra WasserIndependent · Audit · Nominating/Governance | — | 40,000 | 40,000 | — | — | 80,000 |
| Annual cash retainer | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $40,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 25,000 / 10,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $113,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $200,000 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $313,000 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
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 | CVD Equipment | 2025 | Emmanuel Lakios | $415,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $436,655 |
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.
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.
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, Emmanuel Lakios | DEF 14A | 2026-09-25 | 0001493152-26-044302 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 436,655. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c26 · span 220289–220296 |
| 2 | Section 01, Richard Catalano | DEF 14A | 2026-09-25 | 0001493152-26-044302 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 327,741. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c26 · span 223562–223569 |
| 3 | Section 01, Kevin Collins | DEF 14A | 2026-09-25 | 0001493152-26-044302 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 298,905. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c26 · span 226814–226821 |
| 4 | Section 08, Lawrence J. Waldman | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 153,000. |
| 5 | Section 08, Robert M. Brill | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 90,000. |
| 6 | Section 08, Ashraf Lotfi | DEF 14A | 2026-09-25 | 0001493152-26-044302 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 90,000. Filing ↗machine: span 312915–312921 |
| 7 | Section 08, Andrew Africk | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 80,000. |
| 8 | Section 08, Debra Wasser | DEF 14A | 2026-09-25 | 0001493152-26-044302 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 80,000. Filing ↗machine: span 314283–314289 |
| 9 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-08-12 | 0001641172-25-023178 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.19% (votes for as printed: 2,717,857). Filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-08-12 | 0001493152-24-031267 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92.83% (votes for as printed: 3,168,590). Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-07-14 | 0001437749-23-019961 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.23% (votes for as printed: 2,508,282). Filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | — | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 13 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 113,000 + equity 200,000 + all other 0 = 313,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 313,000 |
| 14 | CVD Equipment (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-09-25 | 0001493152-26-044302 | CEO total compensation as printed in CVD Equipment's own proxy. As printed: 436,655. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c26 · span 220289–220296 |
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