Fiscal year 2024 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.
Each company listed discloses FTCI 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 FTCI in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yann Brandt | $225,000 | $1,100,000 | $1,033,025 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $7,792 | $2,365,817 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer, Director | ||||||||
| Cathy Behnen | 381,250 | 0 | 141,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 522,370 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Patrick Cook | 358,943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66,986 | 425,929 |
| Senior Vice President, Capital Markets and Business Development | ||||||||
| Sasan Aminpour | 364,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,200 | 379,200 |
| Chief Operating 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 | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | FY2022 total | Δ FY2023→2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yann Brandt | $2,365,817 | — | — | — |
| Cathy Behnen | 522,370 | — | — | — |
| Patrick Cook | 425,929 | 1,102,403 | 1,330,610 | −676,474 |
| Sasan Aminpour | 379,200 | 1,527,507 | — | −1,148,307 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2024 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.
| Insider | Role | Transaction date | Code | Shares | Price | Value | Security | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yann Brandt | Director | 2025-04-30 | A | 125,000 | $0 | $0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Cathy Behnen | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 2025-04-30 | A | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Sasan Aminpour | Chief Operating Officer | 2025-04-30 | A | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| David Springer | Director | 2025-06-12 | A | 9,045 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Darrell Jackson | Director | 2025-06-12 | A | 9,045 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Shaker Sadasivam | Director | 2025-06-12 | A | 9,045 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Lisan Hung | Director | 2025-06-12 | A | 9,045 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| William Aldeen Priddy, Jr | Director | 2025-06-12 | A | 9,045 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Ahmad Chatila | Director | 2025-06-12 | A | 9,045 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Antonio R. Alvarez | Director | 2025-08-05 | A | 13,576 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Antonio R. Alvarez | Director | 2025-08-05 | A | 7,707 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Cathy Behnen | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 2025-10-20 | A | 150,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Yann Brandt | Director | 2025-10-20 | A | 400,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Sasan Aminpour | Chief Operating Officer | 2025-10-20 | A | 125,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| David Springer | Director | 2025-11-18 | D | 100,000 | 9 | 898,000 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Yann Brandt | Director | 2025-12-02 | D | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Anthony Carroll | Director | 2025-12-15 | A | 13,567 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Anthony Carroll | Director | 2025-12-16 | A | 10,638 | 10 | 101,380 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Yann Brandt | Director | 2025-12-30 | D | 37,450 | 11 | 405,584 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Cathy Behnen | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 2025-12-30 | D | 1,646 | 11 | 17,991 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Yann Brandt | Director | 2025-12-30 | D | 325 | 12 | 3,793 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Sasan Aminpour | Chief Operating Officer | 2025-12-30 | D | 3,239 | 11 | 35,402 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Sasan Aminpour | Chief Operating Officer | 2026-01-15 | A | 25,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Anthony Carroll | Director | 2026-05-04 | A | 200,000 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Anthony Carroll | Director | 2026-05-04 | A | 400,000 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Shaker Sadasivam | Director | 2026-05-06 | A | 27,025 | 4 | 99,993 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Anthony Carroll | Director | 2026-05-06 | A | 7,250 | 3 | 24,868 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Antonio R. Alvarez | Director | 2026-05-06 | A | 2,500 | 4 | 9,950 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Antonio R. Alvarez | Director | 2026-05-07 | A | 2,500 | 4 | 10,575 | Common | Form 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.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yann Brandt | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | $1,033,025 |
| Cathy Behnen | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | 141,120 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yann Brandt | $0 | $1,033,025 | $0 | 100.0% |
| Cathy Behnen | 0 | 141,120 | 0 | 100.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yann Brandt | PSU | 250,000 | — | $1,377,500 |
| Cathy Behnen | RSU | 25,908 | — | 142,753 |
| Sasan Aminpour | PSU | 117,400 | — | 646,874 |
| Sasan Aminpour | RSU | 27,362 | — | 150,765 |
| Yann Brandt | RSU | 266,669 | — | 1,469,346 |
| Patrick Cook | PSU | 60,000 | — | 330,600 |
| Cathy Behnen | PSU | 40,000 | — | 220,400 |
| Patrick Cook | RSU | 20,014 | — | 110,277 |
We are currently considered an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act for purposes of the SEC's executive compensation disclosure rules.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | 100% |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Aon Human Capital Solutions |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | false |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaker SadasivamIndependent · Board Chair · Lead Independent Director · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance · Audit | $95,000 | $44,076 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $139,076 |
| William Aldeen Priddy, JrIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating/Governance | 70,000 | 44,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114,076 |
| Lisan HungIndependent · Nominating/Governance (Chair) · Compensation | 60,000 | 44,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104,076 |
| Tamara MullingsIndependent · Departed during FY | 100,000 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100,000 |
| Isidoro Quiroga CortésIndependent · Departed during FY | 50,000 | 44,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94,076 |
| David SpringerIndependent | 50,000 | 44,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94,076 |
| Pablo BarahonaIndependent · Audit · Newly elected | 50,000 | 35,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85,752 |
| Ahmad ChatilaNot independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell JacksonIndependent · Newly elected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yann BrandtEmployee director · Newly elected | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Maximillian SultanIndependent · Newly elected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $155,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2024 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $475,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $256,132 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $731,132 |
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 | FTC Solar | 2024 | Yann Brandt | $225,000 | $1,033,025 | $0 | $0 | $2,365,817 |
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.
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, Yann Brandt | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 2,365,817. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c29 · span 884949–884958 |
| 2 | Section 01, Cathy Behnen | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 522,370. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c29 · span 918768–918775 |
| 3 | Section 01, Patrick Cook | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 425,929. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c29 · span 941435–941442 |
| 4 | Section 01, Sasan Aminpour | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 379,200. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c29 · span 896498–896505 |
| 5 | Section 03, Yann Brandt PSU | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDSVOTE FOR THE” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t16 · r4 · c13 · span 879317–879326 |
| 6 | Section 03, Cathy Behnen PSU | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDSVOTE FOR THE” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t16 · r7 · c13 · span 913467–913474 |
| 7 | Section 08, Shaker Sadasivam | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 139,076. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r2 · c15 · span 615462–615469 |
| 8 | Section 08, William Aldeen Priddy, Jr | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 114,076. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c15 · span 653000–653007 |
| 9 | Section 08, Lisan Hung | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 104,076. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r6 · c15 · span 640490–640497 |
| 10 | Section 08, Tamara Mullings | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 100,000. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r7 · c3 · span 642536–642543 |
| 11 | Section 08, Isidoro Quiroga Cortés | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 94,076. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r5 · c15 · span 634240–634246 |
| 12 | Section 08, David Springer | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 94,076. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r9 · c15 · span 659077–659083 |
| 13 | Section 08, Pablo Barahona | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 85,752. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r3 · c15 · span 621717–621723 |
| 14 | Section 08, Ahmad Chatila | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r4 · c11 · span 626395–626396 |
| 15 | Section 08, Darrell Jackson | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 16 | Section 08, Yann Brandt | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 17 | Section 08, Maximillian Sultan | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 02, Yann Brandt 2025-04-30 | Form 4 | 2025-05-02 | 0000950170-25-062562 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 02, Cathy Behnen 2025-04-30 | Form 4 | 2025-05-02 | 0000950170-25-062905 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 20 | Section 02, Sasan Aminpour 2025-04-30 | Form 4 | 2025-05-02 | 0000950170-25-062575 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 21 | Section 02, David Springer 2025-06-12 | Form 4 | 2025-06-16 | 0000950170-25-086824 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 22 | Section 02, Darrell Jackson 2025-06-12 | Form 4 | 2025-06-16 | 0000950170-25-086823 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 23 | Section 02, Shaker Sadasivam 2025-06-12 | Form 4 | 2025-06-16 | 0000950170-25-086822 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 24 | Section 02, Lisan Hung 2025-06-12 | Form 4 | 2025-06-16 | 0000950170-25-086821 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 25 | Section 02, William Aldeen Priddy, Jr 2025-06-12 | Form 4 | 2025-06-16 | 0000950170-25-086826 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 26 | Section 02, Ahmad Chatila 2025-06-12 | Form 4 | 2025-06-16 | 0000950170-25-086825 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 27 | Section 02, Antonio R. Alvarez 2025-08-05 | Form 4 | 2025-08-07 | 0000950170-25-105283 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 28 | Section 02, Antonio R. Alvarez 2025-08-05 | Form 4 | 2025-08-07 | 0000950170-25-105283 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 29 | Section 02, Cathy Behnen 2025-10-20 | Form 4 | 2025-10-22 | 0001193125-25-247003 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 30 | Section 02, Yann Brandt 2025-10-20 | Form 4 | 2025-10-22 | 0001193125-25-247000 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 31 | Section 02, Sasan Aminpour 2025-10-20 | Form 4 | 2025-10-22 | 0001193125-25-247010 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 02, David Springer 2025-11-18 | Form 4 | 2025-11-20 | 0001193125-25-290106 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 02, Yann Brandt 2025-12-02 | Form 4 | 2025-12-03 | 0001193125-25-306898 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 34 | Section 02, Anthony Carroll 2025-12-15 | Form 4 | 2025-12-17 | 0001193125-25-322844 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 35 | Section 02, Anthony Carroll 2025-12-16 | Form 4 | 2025-12-18 | 0001193125-25-323744 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 36 | Section 02, Yann Brandt 2025-12-30 | Form 4 | 2025-12-31 | 0001193125-25-338386 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 37 | Section 02, Cathy Behnen 2025-12-30 | Form 4 | 2025-12-31 | 0001193125-25-338422 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 38 | Section 02, Yann Brandt 2025-12-30 | Form 4 | 2025-12-31 | 0001193125-25-338386 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 39 | Section 02, Sasan Aminpour 2025-12-30 | Form 4 | 2025-12-31 | 0001193125-25-338420 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 40 | Section 02, Sasan Aminpour 2026-01-15 | Form 4 | 2026-01-20 | 0001193125-26-016657 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 41 | Section 02, Anthony Carroll 2026-05-04 | Form 4 | 2026-05-06 | 0001193125-26-209548 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 42 | Section 02, Anthony Carroll 2026-05-04 | Form 4 | 2026-05-06 | 0001193125-26-209548 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 43 | Section 02, Shaker Sadasivam 2026-05-06 | Form 4 | 2026-05-07 | 0001193125-26-210608 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 44 | Section 02, Anthony Carroll 2026-05-06 | Form 4 | 2026-05-07 | 0001193125-26-210624 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 45 | Section 02, Antonio R. Alvarez 2026-05-06 | Form 4 | 2026-05-07 | 0001193125-26-212344 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 46 | Section 02, Antonio R. Alvarez 2026-05-07 | Form 4 | 2026-05-12 | 0001193125-26-219764 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 47 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 48 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 49 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 475,000 + equity 256,132 + all other 0 = 731,132, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 731,132 |
| 50 | FTC Solar (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-04-30 | 0000950170-25-061051 | CEO total compensation as printed in FTC Solar's own proxy. As printed: 2,365,817. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c29 · span 884949–884958 |