CEO Daniel O'Brien was paid $618,000 in fiscal year 2025, ↓ down 32.5% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001493152-26-046034 ↗): 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.
$618,000 ↓ Daniel O'Brien total, FY2025 | — CEO pay percentile vs peers | — CEO-to-median pay ratio | 100% Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
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FSI's next annual pay disclosure, estimated October 14, 2027.est. Filing ↗
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel O'Brien | $618,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $618,000 |
| President, Chief Executive Financial and Accounting 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.
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel O'Brien | $618,000 | $916,000 | $125,368 | ↓ −298,000 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Seaman | Independent Director | $10,000 |
| Daniel B. O'Brien | Director | — |
| David Fynn | Independent Director | $10,000 |
| John H. Bientjes | Independent Director | $15,000 |
| Robert Helina | Director | $10,000 |
| Thomas M. Fyles | Independent Director | — |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
The Company's policy is to target compensation (i.e., base salary, stock option grants and other benefits) at approximately the median of comparable companies in the industries in which the Company competes. The long-term incentive program consists exclusively of periodic grants of stock options with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-20 | 4,485,154 | — | — | 100% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-12-30 | 4,480,150 | 0 | 0 | 100% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-12-06 | 4,501,812 | 231 | 456 | 99.99% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-11-18 | 5,803,056 | 0 | 0 | 100% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-11-30 | 5,895,561 | 0 | 0 | 100% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-10-15 | 4,589,900 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 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 | 2025-11-20 | 100%a |
| 2024 | 2024-12-30 | 100%b |
| 2023 | 2023-12-06 | 99.99%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as having voted against the proposals to be considered at the meeting.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as having voted against the proposals to be considered at the meeting.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as having voted against the proposals to be considered at the meeting.”.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John H. BientjesIndependent · Compensation · Audit · Departed during FY | $15,000 | $0 | $0 | — | — | $15,000 |
| Tom FylesIndependent | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10,000 |
| Ben SeamanIndependent · Compensation · Audit | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10,000 |
| Robert Helina | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10,000 |
| David FynnIndependent · Compensation · Audit | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10,000 |
| Daniel B. O'BrienNot independent | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dr. Kim ReidIndependent · Audit · Partial-year service · Newly elected | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annual cash retainer | $10,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 5,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $55,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $0 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $55,000 |
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 | Flexible Solutions International | 2025 | Daniel O'Brien | $618,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $618,000 |
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, Daniel O'Brien | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 618,000. Filing ↗ |
| 2 | Section 08, John H. Bientjes | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 15,000. Filing ↗machine: span 140242–140248 |
| 3 | Section 08, Tom Fyles | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 10,000. Filing ↗machine: span 141578–141584 |
| 4 | Section 08, Ben Seaman | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 10,000. Filing ↗machine: span 142115–142121 |
| 5 | Section 08, Robert Helina | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 10,000. Filing ↗machine: span 140897–140903 |
| 6 | Section 08, David Fynn | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 10,000. Filing ↗machine: span 142663–142669 |
| 7 | Section 08, Daniel B. O'Brien | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 8 | Section 08, Dr. Kim Reid | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗ |
| 9 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-11-21 | 0001493152-25-024649 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 100%. Filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-12-31 | 0001493152-24-052644 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 100%. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-12-08 | 0001493152-23-044211 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.99% (votes for as printed: 4,501,812). 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 55,000 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 55,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 55,000 |
| 14 | Flexible Solutions International (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-10-07 | 0001493152-26-046034 | CEO total compensation as printed in Flexible Solutions International's own proxy. As printed: 618,000. Filing ↗ |
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