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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-04-10

Solana (HSDT)

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.

$6,938,212
Joseph Chee total, FY2025
Executive Chairmanhighest-paid officer; CEO Dane Andreeff: $2,125,594
CEO (Dane Andreeff) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
74.53%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against HSDT
No companies currently name HSDT 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
Joseph Chee$91,304$213,804$6,632,526$0$0$0$578$6,938,212
Executive Chairman
Dane Andreeff419,000890,0000636,456146,650033,4882,125,594
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Mathiesen401,000610,0000317,990112,280038,0831,479,353
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer 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 FY20242025
Joseph Chee$6,938,212
Dane Andreeff2,125,5941,269,419+856,175
Jeffrey Mathiesen1,479,353874,024+605,329

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.

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Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Dane AndreeffOption$636,456
Joseph CheeRSU6,632,526
Jeffrey MathiesenOption317,990
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Dane Andreeff$0$0$636,4560.0%
Joseph Chee6,632,526000.0%
Jeffrey Mathiesen00317,9900.0%

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

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Dane AndreeffRSU138$11,587
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Base salaries for such named executive officers have generally been set at levels deemed necessary to attract and retain individuals with superior talent.

CEO STI target (% of salary)100%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantGrant Thornton LLP
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20242024-06-27683,463225,8887,67974.53%Passed
20212021-05-25908,82773,8152,61692.24%Passed
20162016-09-1535,306,20797,549099.72%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
20242024-06-2774.53%a
20212021-05-2592.24%b
20162016-09-1599.72%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the matter.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the matter.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote "Against" Proposal 3.”.

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
Blane WalterIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit$93,854$0$29,204$0$123,058
Paul BuckmanIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating/Governance78,854029,2040108,058
Edward M. StrawIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance75,854029,2040105,058
Sherrie PerkinsIndependent · Compensation · Nominating/Governance (Chair)65,354029,204094,558
Dane C. AndreeffEmployee director00000
Joseph CheeEmployee director · Board Chair · Newly elected00000
Cosmo JiangNot independent · Newly elected00000
Jeffrey S. MathiesenEmployee director · Departed during FY00000
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$35,000
Annual equity retainer$29,204
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)50,000 / 50,000 / 50,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$313,916
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$313,916

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

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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
1Solana2025Dane Andreeff$419,000$0$636,456$146,650$2,125,594

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, Joseph CheeDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 6,938,212. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r5 · c16 · span 269462–269471
2Section 01, Dane AndreeffDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 2,125,594. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r7 · c16 · span 278264–278273
3Section 01, Jeffrey MathiesenDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 1,479,353. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r10 · c16 · span 290771–290780
4Section 03, Dane Andreeff OptionDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r7 · c8 · span 276229–276236
5Section 03, Joseph Chee RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r5 · c10 · span 267823–267832
6Section 03, Jeffrey Mathiesen OptionDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r10 · c8 · span 288584–288591
7Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-03-310001104659-26-037194Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
8Section 08, Blane WalterDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 123,058. Filing ↗machine: t75 · r7 · c8 · span 504728–504735
9Section 08, Paul BuckmanDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 108,058. Filing ↗machine: t75 · r4 · c8 · span 498066–498073
10Section 08, Edward M. StrawDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 105,058. Filing ↗machine: t75 · r6 · c8 · span 502566–502573
11Section 08, Sherrie PerkinsDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 94,558. Filing ↗machine: t75 · r5 · c8 · span 500231–500237
12Section 08, Dane C. AndreeffDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
13Section 08, Joseph CheeDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
14Section 08, Cosmo JiangDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
15Section 08, Jeffrey S. MathiesenDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
16Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-06-280001558370-24-009613Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 74.53% (votes for as printed: 683,463). Filing ↗
17Section 06, 2021 voteForm 8-K2021-05-270001564590-21-030425Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92.24%. Filing ↗
18Section 06, 2016 voteForm 8-K2016-09-200001176256-16-000658Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.72%. Filing ↗
19Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
20Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
21Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 313,916 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 313,916, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 313,916
22Solana (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-100001104659-26-041970CEO total compensation as printed in Solana's own proxy. As printed: 2,125,594. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r7 · c16 · span 278264–278273