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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-07-28

DHI Group (DHX)

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.

$2,462,608
Art Zeile total, FY2025
25th
CEO pay percentile vs peers
17:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
88.82%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against DHX
2 companies name DHX as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses DHX 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 DHX in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Art Zeile$577,500$0$1,345,000$0$517,042$0$23,066$2,462,608
President & Chief Executive Officer
Paul Farnsworth430,0000430,4000187,901012,4841,060,785
President Dice
Alex Schildt325,0000215,2000134,361015,041689,602
President ClearanceJobs
Pamela Bilash365,0000134,5000163,394012,484675,378
Chief Human Resources Officer
Greg Schippers320,0000188,3000143,250015,382666,932
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
Art Zeile$2,462,608$2,913,640$3,826,014−451,032
Paul Farnsworth1,060,7851,120,311−59,526
Alex Schildt689,602
Pamela Bilash675,378902,0571,118,079−226,679
Greg Schippers666,932

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

02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Joseph Massaquoi JrDirector2026-05-08D26,611$3$82,228CommonForm 4 ↗
Kathleen SwannDirector2026-05-11D20,000476,600CommonForm 4 ↗
Alex SchildtPresident, ClearanceJobs2026-05-12D30,0004105,900CommonForm 4 ↗
Joseph Massaquoi JrDirector2026-05-14A33,60200CommonForm 4 ↗
Scipio Max CarnecchiaDirector2026-05-14A33,60200CommonForm 4 ↗
Kathleen SwannDirector2026-05-14A33,60200CommonForm 4 ↗
Brian (Skip) SchipperDirector2026-05-14A33,60200CommonForm 4 ↗
David WindleyDirector2026-05-14A33,60200CommonForm 4 ↗
Elizabeth SalomonDirector2026-05-14A33,60200CommonForm 4 ↗
Jim FriedlichDirector2026-05-14A33,60200CommonForm 4 ↗
Edward Jack ConnollyChief Legal Officer2026-07-25D1,37245,282CommonForm 4 ↗
Sarah Elizabeth KnappChief Information Officer2026-07-25D95943,692CommonForm 4 ↗
Alex SchildtPresident, ClearanceJobs2026-07-25D1,45945,617CommonForm 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Greg SchippersRSU2025-01-2735,000$94,150
Greg SchippersPSU2025-01-2735,00035,00070,00094,150
Art ZeileRSU2025-01-27250,000672,500
Art ZeilePSU2025-01-27250,000250,000500,000672,500
Paul FarnsworthRestricted Stock2025-01-2780,000215,200
Alex SchildtRestricted Stock2025-01-2740,000107,600
Art ZeilePSU2025-01-2735,00070,00094,150
Alex SchildtPSU2025-01-2740,00080,000107,600
Art ZeilePSU2025-01-2725,00050,00067,250
Art ZeilePSU2025-01-2780,000160,000215,200
Pamela BilashRestricted Stock2025-01-2725,00067,250
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Greg Schippers$94,150$94,150$050.0%
Art Zeile672,5001,049,100060.9%
Alex Schildt0107,6000100.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Pamela BilashRSU11,084$17,180
Pamela BilashRSU46,66772,334
Art ZeileRSU233,334361,668
Art ZeileRSU250,000387,500
Alex SchildtRSU1,1091,719
Paul FarnsworthRSU80,000124,000
Art ZeileRSU75,000116,250
Paul FarnsworthRSU62,70997,199
Alex SchildtRSU40,00062,000
Pamela BilashRSU37,01657,375
Art ZeileRSU195,967303,749
Greg SchippersRSU4,1676,459
Greg SchippersRSU35,00054,250
Paul FarnsworthRSU66,667103,334
Alex SchildtRSU31,35548,600
Art ZeileRSU185,081286,876
Alex SchildtRSU5,2888,196
Alex SchildtRSU3,3345,168
Greg SchippersRSU27,43542,524
Pamela BilashRSU25,00038,750
Pamela BilashRSU19,59730,375
Paul FarnsworthRSU16,66725,834
Greg SchippersRSU13,33420,668
Alex SchildtRSU10,00015,500
Greg SchippersRSU7,93212,295
Greg SchippersRSU1,6632,578
Pamela BilashRSU16,66725,834
Paul FarnsworthRSU11,08417,180
Paul FarnsworthRSU52,88081,964
Art ZeileRSU49,87577,306
05

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

We operate with a pay-for-performance philosophy. A significant portion of their target compensation is variable at-risk pay tied to financial performance, corporate objectives and stock price performance in the form of annual cash and long-term equity incentive awards.

CEO STI target (% of salary)100%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantCompensia
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-1526,222,1503,301,9302,481,26488.82%Passed
20252025-05-1629,883,9674,972,7212,920,59985.73%Passed
20242024-04-2530,410,7106,031,2831,247,39383.45%Passed
20232023-04-2637,650,391334,44291,99099.12%Passed
20212021-04-2936,813,9811,224,7141,841,54396.78%Passed
20202020-04-2145,233,796992,25974,06797.85%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.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-05-1588.82%a
20252025-05-1685.73%b
20242024-04-2583.45%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Broker non-votes and abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Broker non-votes and abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Broker non-votes and abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.”.

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.

07

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)17 : 1
CEO total compensation$2,462,608
Median employee compensation$148,412
08

Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Brian (Skip) SchipperIndependent · Board Chair · Board Chairperson$86,250$115,000$0$0$201,250
Elizabeth SalomonIndependent · Audit Committee60,000115,00000175,000
David WindleyIndependent · Human Capital and Compensation Committee (Chair)50,000115,00000165,000
Joseph Massaquoi JrIndependent · Audit Committee · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee47,500115,00000162,500
Kathleen SwannIndependent · Human Capital and Compensation Committee47,500115,00000162,500
Jim FriedlichIndependent · Human Capital and Compensation Committee47,500115,00000162,500
Scipio Max CarnecchiaIndependent · Audit Committee47,500115,00000162,500
Art ZeileEmployee director00000
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$115,000
Annual equity retainer$115,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)35,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$386,250
Equity awards (grant-date value)$805,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,191,250

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

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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies DHI Group 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 DHI Group.

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
1Mastech Digital2025Nirav Patel$1,000,000$0$5,197,450$616,932$8,814,382
2Information Services Group2025Michael Connors900,0001,345,912003,924,363
3Brightcove2023Marc DeBevoise550,0001,382,2131,330,798192,5003,533,050
4DHI Group2025Art Zeile577,5001,345,0000517,0422,462,608
Marchexnot in coverage universe
CoreCardnot 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.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
DHI Group89.5%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoCompensia
Brightcove28.0%RSU 50 · Options 50not disclosednot disclosed
CoreCardnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Information Services Groupnot disclosednot disclosedNoPay Governance
Marchexnot disclosedOptions 100not disclosednot disclosed
Mastech DigitalCEO: 123% of target; CFO: 100% of target%Time-based stock options 50 · Performance-based stock options 50NoWillis Towers Watson US LLC

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.

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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, Art ZeileDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,462,608. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c48 · span 700777–700786
2Section 01, Paul FarnsworthDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,060,785. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c48 · span 717379–717388
3Section 01, Alex SchildtDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 689,602. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c48 · span 726793–726800
4Section 01, Pamela BilashDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 675,378. Filing ↗machine: r14 · c48 · span 732088–732095
5Section 01, Greg SchippersDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 666,932. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c48 · span 710388–710395
6Section 03, Greg Schippers RSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r6 · c23 · span 764634–764640
7Section 03, Greg Schippers PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r6 · c23 · span 764634–764640
8Section 03, Art Zeile RSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r3 · c23 · span 755346–755353
9Section 03, Art Zeile PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r3 · c23 · span 755346–755353
10Section 03, Paul Farnsworth Restricted StockDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r9 · c23 · span 773615–773622
11Section 03, Alex Schildt Restricted StockDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r13 · c23 · span 784857–784864
12Section 03, Art Zeile PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
13Section 03, Alex Schildt PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r13 · c23 · span 784857–784864
14Section 03, Art Zeile PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
15Section 03, Art Zeile PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
16Section 03, Pamela Bilash Restricted StockDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t92 · r17 · c23 · span 796099–796105
17Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 17 : 1. Filing ↗machine: span 1023678–1023682
18Section 08, Brian (Skip) SchipperDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 201,250. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r2 · c8 · span 418776–418783
19Section 08, Elizabeth SalomonDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 175,000. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r6 · c8 · span 425594–425601
20Section 08, David WindleyDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 165,000. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r5 · c8 · span 423892–423899
21Section 08, Joseph Massaquoi JrDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 162,500. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r8 · c8 · span 429285–429292
22Section 08, Kathleen SwannDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 162,500. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r7 · c8 · span 427293–427300
23Section 08, Jim FriedlichDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 162,500. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r3 · c8 · span 420474–420481
24Section 08, Scipio Max CarnecchiaDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 162,500. Filing ↗machine: t53 · r4 · c8 · span 422194–422201
25Section 08, Art ZeileDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
26Section 02, Joseph Massaquoi Jr 2026-05-08Form 42026-05-110001393883-26-000072Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
27Section 02, Kathleen Swann 2026-05-11Form 42026-05-120001393883-26-000074Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
28Section 02, Alex Schildt 2026-05-12Form 42026-05-130001393883-26-000076Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
29Section 02, Joseph Massaquoi Jr 2026-05-14Form 42026-05-180001393883-26-000082Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
30Section 02, Scipio Max Carnecchia 2026-05-14Form 42026-05-180001393883-26-000080Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
31Section 02, Kathleen Swann 2026-05-14Form 42026-05-180001393883-26-000088Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
32Section 02, Brian (Skip) Schipper 2026-05-14Form 42026-05-180001393883-26-000086Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
33Section 02, David Windley 2026-05-14Form 42026-05-180001393883-26-000090Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
34Section 02, Elizabeth Salomon 2026-05-14Form 42026-05-180001393883-26-000084Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
35Section 02, Jim Friedlich 2026-05-14Form 42026-05-180001393883-26-000078Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
36Section 02, Edward Jack Connolly 2026-07-25Form 42026-07-280001393883-26-000096Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
37Section 02, Sarah Elizabeth Knapp 2026-07-25Form 42026-07-280001393883-26-000098Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
38Section 02, Alex Schildt 2026-07-25Form 42026-07-280001393883-26-000100Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
39Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-190001393883-26-000094Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 88.82% (votes for as printed: 26,222,150). Filing ↗
40Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-200001393883-25-000085Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 85.73% (votes for as printed: 29,883,967). Filing ↗
41Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-04-290001393883-24-000064Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 83.45% (votes for as printed: 30,410,710). Filing ↗
42Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
43Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
44Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 386,250 + equity 805,000 + all other 0 = 1,191,250, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,191,250
45Mastech Digital, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-090001193125-26-149074CEO total compensation as printed in Mastech Digital's own proxy. As printed: 8,814,382. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r2 · c22 · span 656887–656896
46Information Services Group, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-110001140361-26-008997CEO total compensation as printed in Information Services Group's own proxy. As printed: 3,924,363. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 304241–304250
47Brightcove, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2024-03-290001193125-24-081573CEO total compensation as printed in Brightcove's own proxy. As printed: 3,533,050. Filing ↗machine: span 449807–449816
48DHI Group (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-020001393883-26-000058CEO total compensation as printed in DHI Group's own proxy. As printed: 2,462,608. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c48 · span 700777–700786
49Section 10a, Information Services Group reciprocityDEF 14A0001140361-24-013240Information Services Group's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include DHI Group. Filing ↗
50Section 10a, Brightcove reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-24-081573Brightcove's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include DHI Group. Filing ↗