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Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-05-11

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB)

CEO R. Scott Tidey was paid $3,501,213 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 18.6% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001193125-26-122754 ↗): 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.

$3,501,213 ↑
R. Scott Tidey total, FY2025
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CEO pay percentile vs peers
48:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.5%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
R. Scott Tidey$809,992$0$1,069,993$0$1,356,275$21,106$243,847$3,501,213
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sally Cunningham446,7060192,5780310,8805,95889,2921,045,414
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Andrew Carington300,6550113,1070192,2501,73241,855649,599
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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 FY2024→2025
R. Scott Tidey$3,501,213$2,953,212$1,568,473↑ +548,001
Sally Cunningham1,045,4141,144,557—↓ −99,143
Andrew Carington649,599———

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

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Companies that benchmark against HBB
2 companies name HBB as a compensation peer

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

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Executives — the named officers

One page per officer: the same table above, read for one person at a time — his own figure and every fiscal year the register holds.

ExecutiveRoleFY2025 total
R. Scott TideyCEO$3,501,213
Andrew CaringtonGeneral Counsel$649,599
Sally CunninghamCFO$1,045,414
02

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
Sally CunninghamPSU2025-12-31—199,672—299,508$192,578
R. Scott TideyPSU2025-12-31—1,097,569—1,646,3541,069,993
Andrew CaringtonPSU2025-12-31—150,173—225,259113,107
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Sally Cunningham$0$192,578$0100.0%
R. Scott Tidey01,069,9930100.0%
Andrew Carington0113,1070100.0%

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

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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The guiding principle of the compensation program is the maintenance of a strong link among an employee’s compensation, individual performance and the performance of the Company or the subsidiary or business unit for which the employee performs services. The primary objectives are to attract, retain, and motivate talented management; reward management with competitive total compensation for achievement of specific corporate and individual goals; make management long-term stakeholders in the Company; help ensure management’s interests are closely aligned with those of stockholders; and maintain consistency in compensation.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantKorn Ferry
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-0741,419,189206,237390,66699.5%Passed
20252025-05-0841,413,6531,195,752406,38897.19%Passed
20242024-05-0941,566,200232,398420,13999.44%Passed
20232023-05-1040,781,1011,325,639441,91696.85%Passed
20222022-05-1741,699,314176,407441,72999.58%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
20262026-05-0799.5%a
20252025-05-0897.19%b
20242024-05-0999.44%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.

07

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)48 : 1
CEO total compensation$3,501,213
Median employee compensation$73,096
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$179,000
Annual equity retainer$112,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—
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
1Hamilton Beach Brands Holding2025R. Scott Tidey$809,992$1,069,993$0$1,356,275$3,501,213

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.

10d

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Hamilton Beach Brands Holding in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, R. Scott Tidey (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Hamilton Beach Brands Holding in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $3,501,213.
What is Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 48:1.
How did shareholders vote on Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 99.5% of shareholders supported Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.

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.

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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, R. Scott TideyDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 3,501,213. Filing ↗machine: span 442820–442829
2Section 01, Sally CunninghamDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,045,414. Filing ↗machine: span 448094–448103
3Section 01, Andrew CaringtonDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 649,599. Filing ↗machine: span 453333–453340
4Section 03, Sally Cunningham PSUDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 383378–383385
5Section 03, R. Scott Tidey PSUDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 380883–380892
6Section 03, Andrew Carington PSUDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 385893–385900
7Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 48 : 1. Filing ↗machine: span 534324–534326
8Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-110001709164-26-000071Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.5% (votes for as printed: 41,419,189). Filing ↗
9Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-120001709164-25-000026Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.19% (votes for as printed: 41,413,653). Filing ↗
10Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-05-130001709164-24-000025Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.44% (votes for as printed: 41,566,200). Filing ↗
11Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
12Section 03b vehicle mix (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
13Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-250001193125-26-122754CEO total compensation as printed in Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's own proxy. As printed: 3,501,213. Filing ↗machine: span 442820–442829