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.
Each company listed discloses KGS 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 KGS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert McKee | $750,000 | $0 | $4,489,726 | $0 | $1,070,424 | $0 | $257,993 | $6,568,143 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Chad Lenamon | 480,000 | 0 | 1,496,599 | 0 | 600,880 | 0 | 114,605 | 2,692,084 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer | ||||||||
| John Griggs | 445,000 | 0 | 1,496,599 | 0 | 529,230 | 0 | 121,387 | 2,592,216 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Pedro Buhigas | 435,000 | 0 | 1,197,785 | 0 | 547,009 | 0 | 89,757 | 2,269,551 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer | ||||||||
| Kelly Battle | 337,500 | 0 | 630,759 | 0 | 337,500 | 0 | 914,439 | 2,220,198 |
| Former Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Cory Roclawski | 435,000 | 0 | 997,755 | 0 | 547,009 | 0 | 129,614 | 2,109,378 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert McKee | $6,568,143 | — | — | — |
| Chad Lenamon | 2,692,084 | — | — | — |
| John Griggs | 2,592,216 | — | — | — |
| Pedro Buhigas | 2,269,551 | — | — | — |
| Kelly Battle | 2,220,198 | — | — | — |
| Cory Roclawski | 2,109,378 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Lenamon | PSU | 2025-03-08 | 14,525 | 26,409 | — | 50,177 | $896,586 |
| Kelly Battle | PSU | 2025-03-08 | 10,652 | 19,367 | — | 36,797 | 657,510 |
| Kelly Battle | RSU | 2025-03-08 | — | — | 12,911 | — | 440,007 |
| Pedro Buhigas | PSU | 2025-03-08 | 9,683 | 17,606 | — | 33,451 | 597,724 |
| Pedro Buhigas | RSU | 2025-12-08 | — | — | 5,443 | — | 200,030 |
| Pedro Buhigas | RSU | 2025-03-08 | — | — | 11,738 | — | 400,031 |
| John Griggs | RSU | 2025-03-08 | — | — | 17,606 | — | 600,013 |
| John Griggs | PSU | 2025-03-08 | 14,525 | 26,409 | — | 50,177 | 896,586 |
| Chad Lenamon | RSU | 2025-03-08 | — | — | 17,606 | — | 600,013 |
| Robert McKee | RSU | 2025-03-08 | — | — | 52,817 | — | 1,800,003 |
| Robert McKee | PSU | 2025-03-08 | 43,574 | 79,226 | — | 150,529 | 2,689,723 |
| Cory Roclawski | RSU | 2025-03-08 | — | — | 11,738 | — | 400,031 |
| Cory Roclawski | PSU | 2025-03-08 | 9,683 | 17,606 | — | 33,451 | 597,724 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Lenamon | $600,013 | $896,586 | $0 | 59.9% |
| Kelly Battle | 440,007 | 657,510 | 0 | 59.9% |
| Pedro Buhigas | 600,061 | 597,724 | 0 | 49.9% |
| John Griggs | 600,013 | 896,586 | 0 | 59.9% |
| Robert McKee | 1,800,003 | 2,689,723 | 0 | 59.9% |
| Cory Roclawski | 400,031 | 597,724 | 0 | 59.9% |
% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Lenamon | PSU | 396,889 | — | $27,457 |
| Cory Roclawski | PSU | 297,629 | — | 20,593 |
| Pedro Buhigas | PSU | 277,807 | — | 19,221 |
| Pedro Buhigas | PSU | 439,001 | — | 51,946 |
| Robert McKee | PSU | 1,975,356 | — | 1,094,744 |
| Robert McKee | PSU | 1,587,480 | — | 879,783 |
| Robert McKee | PSU | 935,000 | — | 518,178 |
| John Griggs | PSU | 658,464 | — | 99,220 |
| Chad Lenamon | PSU | 658,464 | — | 97,303 |
| Chad Lenamon | RSU | 45,110 | — | 6,666 |
| John Griggs | PSU | 358,367 | — | 54,000 |
| Robert McKee | RSU | 45,724 | — | 52,817 |
| Pedro Buhigas | RSU | 45,724 | — | 11,738 |
| Chad Lenamon | PSU | 249,308 | — | 48,000 |
| Cory Roclawski | PSU | 439,001 | — | 46,098 |
| Robert McKee | RSU | 45,359 | — | 42,446 |
| Cory Roclawski | RSU | 45,359 | — | 7,958 |
| John Griggs | PSU | 496,074 | — | 34,322 |
| Cory Roclawski | PSU | 257,125 | — | 27,000 |
| Robert McKee | RSU | 45,110 | — | 25,000 |
| Pedro Buhigas | PSU | 225,933 | — | 21,000 |
| John Griggs | RSU | 45,359 | — | 13,264 |
| Cory Roclawski | RSU | 45,724 | — | 11,738 |
| Chad Lenamon | RSU | 45,359 | — | 10,612 |
| John Griggs | RSU | 45,110 | — | 9,582 |
| Pedro Buhigas | RSU | 45,359 | — | 7,428 |
| John Griggs | RSU | 45,724 | — | 6,890 |
| Cory Roclawski | RSU | 45,110 | — | 6,875 |
| John Griggs | RSU | 45,271 | — | 6,822 |
| Chad Lenamon | RSU | 45,724 | — | 6,757 |
| Chad Lenamon | RSU | 45,271 | — | 6,690 |
| Pedro Buhigas | RSU | 45,110 | — | 6,041 |
| Pedro Buhigas | RSU | 45,999 | — | 5,443 |
| Cory Roclawski | RSU | 45,271 | — | 2,180 |
| Pedro Buhigas | RSU | 45,271 | — | 2,180 |
Kodiak's compensation philosophy is designed to support strategic priorities by attracting, motivating, and retaining top talent through a balanced mix of fixed and variable pay that rewards short-term achievements and long-term value creation, aligning executive incentives with shareholder returns.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | 71,230,433 | 3,384,253 | 389,373 | 95.46% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | 95.46%a |
a. 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.
| Annual cash retainer | $100,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $150,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | Officer and Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Guidelines |
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies Kodiak Gas Services names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Kodiak Gas Services.
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 | Flowserve Corporation | 2025 | R. Scott Rowe | $1,236,538 | $7,245,114 | $0 | $1,901,250 | $10,914,232 |
| 2 | DT Midstream, Inc. | 2025 | David Slater | 852,203 | 6,282,371 | 0 | 1,839,938 | 9,328,071 |
| 3 | Helmerich Payne, Inc. | 2025 | John Lindsay | 1,179,909 | 5,749,957 | 0 | 1,559,016 | 9,010,799 |
| 4 | Kodiak Gas Services | 2025 | Robert McKee | 750,000 | 4,489,726 | 0 | 1,070,424 | 6,568,143 |
| 5 | Kinetik Holdings Inc. | 2025 | Jamie Welch | 276,923 | 5,140,841 | 0 | 487,500 | 6,156,243 |
| 6 | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | 2025 | Owen Kratz | 800,000 | 3,838,519 | 0 | 420,000 | 5,067,269 |
| 7 | Liberty Energy Inc. | 2025 | Ron Gusek | 591,282 | 2,943,855 | 0 | 1,057,718 | 4,793,487 |
| — | Archrock, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Aris Water Solutions, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Cactus, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | ProPetro Holding Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Oil States International, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Antero Midstream Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Kosmos Energy Ltd. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
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.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kodiak Gas Services | not disclosed | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Antero Midstream Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Archrock, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Aris Water Solutions, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Cactus, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| DT Midstream, Inc. | 152.62% | PSU 70 · RSU 30 | No | Meridian Compensation Partners LLC |
| Flowserve Corporation | 117% | not disclosed | No | F.W. Cook |
| Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | 35% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — TSR relative to performance peer group | WTW (Willis Towers Watson) |
| Helmerich Payne, Inc. | 109.09% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR) | Willis Towers Watson |
| Kinetik Holdings Inc. | 65% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — Annualized TSR | Meridian Compensation Partners |
| Kosmos Energy Ltd. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Liberty Energy Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Oil States International, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| ProPetro Holding Corp. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.
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, Robert McKee | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 6,568,143. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 473886–473895 |
| 2 | Section 01, Chad Lenamon | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,692,084. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c42 · span 490408–490417 |
| 3 | Section 01, John Griggs | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,592,216. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c42 · span 482370–482379 |
| 4 | Section 01, Pedro Buhigas | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,269,551. Filing ↗machine: r14 · c42 · span 504075–504084 |
| 5 | Section 01, Kelly Battle | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,220,198. Filing ↗machine: r17 · c42 · span 509212–509221 |
| 6 | Section 01, Cory Roclawski | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,109,378. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c42 · span 499203–499212 |
| 7 | Section 03, Chad Lenamon PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 565110–565117 |
| 8 | Section 03, Kelly Battle PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 601033–601040 |
| 9 | Section 03, Kelly Battle RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 605081–605088 |
| 10 | Section 03, Pedro Buhigas PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 586507–586514 |
| 11 | Section 03, Pedro Buhigas RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 594274–594281 |
| 12 | Section 03, Pedro Buhigas RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 590391–590398 |
| 13 | Section 03, John Griggs RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 557260–557267 |
| 14 | Section 03, John Griggs PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 554076–554083 |
| 15 | Section 03, Chad Lenamon RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 568994–569001 |
| 16 | Section 03, Robert McKee RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 547600–547609 |
| 17 | Section 03, Robert McKee PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 543714–543723 |
| 18 | Section 03, Cory Roclawski RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 578654–578661 |
| 19 | Section 03, Cory Roclawski PSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 575470–575477 |
| 20 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-05-07 | 0001767042-26-000037 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.46% (votes for as printed: 71,230,433). Filing ↗ |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | Flowserve Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-02 | 0001628280-26-022933 | CEO total compensation as printed in Flowserve Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 10,914,232. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c8 · span 2203312–2203322 |
| 23 | DT Midstream, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-26 | 0001140361-26-011280 | CEO total compensation as printed in DT Midstream, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,328,071. Filing ↗machine: t213 · r2 · c19 · span 834643–834652 |
| 24 | Helmerich Payne, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-01-22 | 0001104659-26-005786 | CEO total compensation as printed in Helmerich Payne, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,010,799. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c42 · span 1420313–1420322 |
| 25 | Kodiak Gas Services (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001767042-26-000028 | CEO total compensation as printed in Kodiak Gas Services's own proxy. As printed: 6,568,143. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 473886–473895 |
| 26 | Kinetik Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-08 | 0001692787-26-000086 | CEO total compensation as printed in Kinetik Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,156,243. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c21 · span 711505–711514 |
| 27 | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-01 | 0001140361-26-012501 | CEO total compensation as printed in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,067,269. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 1194229–1194239 |
| 28 | Liberty Energy Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-05 | 0001999371-26-005123 | CEO total compensation as printed in Liberty Energy Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,793,487. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c14 · span 606395–606404 |
| 29 | Section 10a, Helmerich Payne, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-26-005786 | Helmerich Payne, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kodiak Gas Services. Filing ↗ |
| 30 | Section 10a, Flowserve Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001628280-26-022933 | Flowserve Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kodiak Gas Services. Filing ↗ |
| 31 | Section 10a, Liberty Energy Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001999371-26-005123 | Liberty Energy Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kodiak Gas Services. Filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 10a, Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-26-012501 | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kodiak Gas Services. Filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 10a, Kinetik Holdings Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001692787-26-000086 | Kinetik Holdings Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kodiak Gas Services. Filing ↗ |
| 34 | Section 10a, DT Midstream, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-26-011280 | DT Midstream, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Kodiak Gas Services. Filing ↗ |