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Hudson Technologies Inc /NY (HDSN): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$748,462CEO Kenneth Gaglione · source
Say-on-pay support84.65%Latest vote · source
CEO pay ratio25:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $488,004FY2023
  • $748,462FY2025

CEO total pay was $748,462 in fiscal 2025, up from $488,004 in fiscal 2023.

FY2025: salary $53,462 · bonus $0 · stock awards $0 · option awards $695,000

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Hudson Technologies Inc /NY in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Brian Coleman (Former President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Hudson Technologies Inc /NY in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $1,549,440.
What is Hudson Technologies Inc /NY's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Hudson Technologies Inc /NY's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 25:1.
How did shareholders vote on Hudson Technologies Inc /NY's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 84.65% of shareholders supported Hudson Technologies Inc /NY's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Hudson Technologies Inc /NY spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Hudson Technologies Inc /NY reported total board compensation of $550,000 for fiscal 2025.

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.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Brian Coleman$603,846$0$0$373,999$0$0$571,595$1,549,440
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Kenneth Gaglione53,46200695,000000748,462
President, Chief Executive Officer
Kathleen Houghton396,53900192,499140,00006,523735,561
Senior Vice President – Sales and Marketing
Brian Bertaux367,07500146,370129,500021,850664,795
Chief Financial Officer 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
Brian Coleman$1,549,440$1,046,816$1,095,224↑ +502,624
Kenneth Gaglione748,462—488,004—
Kathleen Houghton735,561531,623519,158↑ +203,938
Brian Bertaux664,795220,731—↑ +444,064

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

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The compensation program is intended to attract, motivate, retain, and reward employees of outstanding ability, link changes in employee compensation to individual and corporate performance, and align employees' interests with those of the Company's shareholders. The ultimate objective is to increase shareholder value through a total compensation approach that includes competitive base salary, bonus pay based on annual performance, and longer-term equity incentive awards.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantDolores J. Ennico
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingfalse
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Brian ColemanOPTION2025-03-13——140,813—$373,999
Kathleen HoughtonOPTION2025-03-13——72,477—192,499
Brian BertauxOPTION2025-03-13——55,109—146,370
Kenneth GaglioneOPTION2025-11-24——216,309—695,000

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Brian Coleman$0$0$373,9990.0%
Kathleen Houghton00192,4990.0%
Brian Bertaux00146,3700.0%
Kenneth Gaglione00695,0000.0%

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

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Brian BertauxOption55,1095.95—
Kathleen HoughtonOption72,4775.95—
Kenneth GaglioneOption216,3096.7—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Vincent P. AbbatecolaIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating/Governance$95,000$25,000$50,000—$0$170,000
Eric A. ProutyIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance85,00025,00050,000—0160,000
Loan N. MansyIndependent · Audit · Compensation · ESG/Sustainability (Chair) · Nominating and Governance60,00050,00050,000—0160,000
Richard ParrilloIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Governance · ESG/Sustainability · Environmental, Health, Safety, Sustainability and Public Policy (Chair)85,00025,00050,000—0160,000
Nicole BulgarinoIndependent · Compensation · ESG/Sustainability75,00025,00050,000—0150,000
Kenneth GaglioneEmployee director · Board Chair000000
Alan SheriffIndependent · Nominating/Governance————0—

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$50,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 10,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guidelineThe Board shall have the authority to establish the level of stock options or stock awards granted under the Plan, as well as stock grant levels and stock ownership guidelines, for the non-employee directors.

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$400,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$150,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$550,000

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

Peer group, and who names Hudson Technologies Inc /NY as a peer

Companies that benchmark against HDSN

3 companies name HDSN as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name HDSN as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

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
1Hudson Technologies Inc /NY2025Kenneth Gaglione$53,462$0$695,000$0$748,462

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.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-1020,945,3493,797,718159,32084.65%Passed
20252025-06-1122,779,546864,429721,15596.34%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
20262026-06-1084.65%a
20252025-06-1196.34%b

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Failures to vote, broker non-votes, abstentions and votes withheld will not be considered "votes cast" and will therefore have no effect on the outcome of these Proposals.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Failures to vote, broker non-votes, abstentions and votes withheld will not be considered "votes cast" and will therefore have no effect on the outcome of these Proposals.”.

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.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)25 : 1
CEO total compensation$1,390,000
Median employee compensation$54,594
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (22 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Brian Coleman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,549,440. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Kenneth Gaglione. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 15. As printed: 748,462. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Kathleen Houghton. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 735,561. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Brian Bertaux. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 664,795. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Brian Coleman OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Kathleen Houghton OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Brian Bertaux OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Kenneth Gaglione OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 25 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Vincent P. Abbatecola. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Eric A. Prouty. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 160,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Loan N. Mansy. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 160,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Richard Parrillo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 160,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Nicole Bulgarino. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 150,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kenneth Gaglione. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Alan Sheriff. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 84.65% (votes for as printed: 20,945,349). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-12. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.34% (votes for as printed: 22,779,546). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 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).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 400,000 + equity 150,000 + all other 0 = 550,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Hudson Technologies Inc /NY (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Hudson Technologies Inc /NY's own proxy. As printed: 748,462. View filing ↗
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