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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-04-15

Duos Technologies Group (DUOT)

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.

$4,095,416
Charles Ferry total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.03%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against DUOT
No companies currently name DUOT 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
Charles Ferry$400,000$568,540$3,126,876$0$0$0$0$4,095,416
Chief Executive Officer
Adrian Goldfarb325,00086,5592,638,82500003,050,383
Chief Financial Officer
Christopher King325,000343,155672,75000001,340,905
Former Chief Operating Officer
Leah Brown188,289223,53100000411,820
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
Charles Ferry$4,095,416
Adrian Goldfarb3,050,383
Christopher King1,340,905
Leah Brown411,820

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.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Leah BrownRSA2025-11-16150,000
Charles FerryRSA2025-01-01522,8893,126,876
Adrian GoldfarbRSA2025-01-01441,2752,638,825
Christopher KingRSA2025-01-01225,000
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Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Grant-level vehicle detail not disclosed.

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

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Charles FerryPSU552,889$5,882,501
Adrian GoldfarbPSU441,2754,964,344
Christopher KingPSU112,5001,265,625
Leah BrownPSU3,33323,431
Leah BrownOption3,3334.22
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20242024-09-304,372,21142,663116,57299.03%Passed
20212021-07-152,120,426136,66353,55793.95%Passed
20192019-07-3113,769,578515,6371,202,80596.39%Passed
20162016-04-2141,561,9761,021,520746,25197.6%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
20242024-09-3099.03%a
20212021-07-1593.95%b
20192019-07-3196.39%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.

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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)
CEO total compensation
Median employee compensation
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Frank A. LonegroIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Corporate Governance and Nominating$0$184,438$0$0$184,438
James Craig NixonIndependent · Board Chair · Audit · Compensation · Corporate Governance and Nominating0184,43800184,438
Ned MavrommatisIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Corporate Governance and Nominating20,000164,43800184,438
Kenneth EhrmanIndependent · Compensation · Corporate Governance and Nominating · Audit · Departed during FY5,000165,00000170,000
Brian J. JamesIndependent · Newly elected023,0830023,083
Charles P. FerryEmployee director · Departed during FY0
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$16,000
Annual equity retainer$24,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)10,000 / 10,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$25,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$721,397
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$746,397

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

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
1Duos Technologies Group2025Charles Ferry$400,000$3,126,876$0$0$4,095,416

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, Charles FerryDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,095,416. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Adrian GoldfarbDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,050,383. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Christopher KingDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,340,905. Filing ↗
4Section 01, Leah BrownDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 411,820. Filing ↗
5Section 03, Leah Brown RSADEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
6Section 03, Charles Ferry RSADEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
7Section 03, Adrian Goldfarb RSADEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
8Section 03, Christopher King RSADEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 107208–107215
9Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-03-310001079973-26-000405Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
10Section 08, Frank A. LonegroDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,438. Filing ↗machine: span 186197–186204
11Section 08, James Craig NixonDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,438. Filing ↗machine: span 189565–189572
12Section 08, Ned MavrommatisDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 184,438. Filing ↗
13Section 08, Kenneth EhrmanDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. Filing ↗machine: span 185781–185788
14Section 08, Brian J. JamesDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 23,083. Filing ↗machine: span 188440–188446
15Section 08, Charles P. FerryDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
16Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-10-030001553350-24-000163Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.03% (votes for as printed: 4,372,211). Filing ↗
17Section 06, 2021 voteForm 8-K2021-07-200001553350-21-000596Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 93.95% (votes for as printed: 2,120,426). Filing ↗
18Section 06, 2019 voteForm 8-K2019-08-010001553350-19-000754Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.39% (votes for as printed: 13,769,578). Filing ↗
19Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 25,000 + equity 721,397 + all other 0 = 746,397, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 746,397
20Duos Technologies Group (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-150001079973-26-000488CEO total compensation as printed in Duos Technologies Group's own proxy. As printed: 4,095,416. Filing ↗