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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-10

Orthopediatrics (KIDS)

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.

$3,331,481
David Bailey total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
32:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against KIDS
4 companies name KIDS as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses KIDS 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 KIDS 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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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
David Bailey$550,000$0$2,445,200$0$322,281$0$14,000$3,331,481
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fred Hite501,00001,588,6170293,569014,0002,397,186
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Joseph Hauser413,00001,308,3990239,463014,0001,974,862
President of Trauma, Deformity and OPSB
Gregory Odle368,0000972,4270143,757014,0001,498,184
President of Scoliosis
Daniel Gerritzen368,0000972,4270143,757012,8801,497,064
Executive Vice President (Legal), 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 FY20242025
David Bailey$3,331,481
Fred Hite2,397,186
Joseph Hauser1,974,862
Gregory Odle1,498,184
Daniel Gerritzen1,497,064

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

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Daniel GerritzenGeneral Counsel and Secretary2026-05-13D2,479$0$0CommonForm 4 ↗
Kelly FischerDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
Jimmy D. McDonaldDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
Marie C. InfanteDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
George S. M. DyerDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
Bryan W. HughesDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
Samuel D. RiccitelliDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
Harald RufDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
David R. BaileyDirector2026-06-09A119,14000CommonForm 4 ↗
Mark C. ThrodahlDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 4 ↗
David R. PelizzonDirector2026-06-09A11,43600CommonForm 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.

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Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
David BaileyPSU2025-03-15412,50097,496$2,445,200
Gregory OdlePSU2025-03-15184,00038,773972,427
Fred HitePSU2025-03-15375,75063,3421,588,617
Joseph HauserPSU2025-03-15306,49852,1691,308,399
Daniel GerritzenPSU2025-03-15184,00038,773972,427
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Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
David Bailey$0$2,445,200$0100.0%
Gregory Odle0972,4270100.0%
Fred Hite01,588,6170100.0%
Joseph Hauser01,308,3990100.0%
Daniel Gerritzen0972,4270100.0%

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

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
David BaileyRSU550,000$9,806,500
Joseph HauserRSU306,4985,464,859
Gregory OdleRSU184,0003,280,720
Joseph HauserRSU400,0007,132,000
David BaileyRSU412,5007,354,875
Fred HiteRSU501,0008,932,830
Daniel GerritzenRSU368,0006,561,440
Daniel GerritzenRSU184,0003,280,720
Gregory OdleRSU368,0006,561,440
Joseph HauserRSU413,0007,363,790
Fred HiteRSU375,7506,699,622
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

We design our executive compensation program to align the attraction, motivation and retention of our NEOs with the goal of promoting the interests of our stockholders. In an effort to achieve this balance and to motivate and reward individual initiative and effort, we seek to ensure that a meaningful portion of our NEOs annual target total direct compensation opportunity is both at-risk and variable in nature.

CEO STI target (% of salary)75%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantNFP Compensation Consulting
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20261,629,000

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
2026a

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.

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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)32 : 1
CEO total compensation$3,331,481
Median employee compensation
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Bryan W. HughesIndependent · Audit (Chair)$32,500$175,500$0$0$0$208,000
Mark C. ThrodahlNot independent · Board Chair27,500175,500000203,000
Marie C. InfanteIndependent · Corporate Governance (Chair)27,500175,500000203,000
Terry SchlotterbackIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY26,250175,500000201,750
Jimmy D. McDonaldIndependent · Compensation (Chair)23,750175,500000199,250
George S. M. DyerIndependent · Compensation · Corporate Governance22,500175,500000198,000
David R. PelizzonIndependent22,500175,500000198,000
Harald RufIndependent22,500175,500000198,000
Samuel D. RiccitelliIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Corporate Governance22,500175,500000198,000
Kelly FischerIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Newly elected73,12500073,125
David R. BaileyEmployee director00000
Fred L. HiteEmployee director00000
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$22,500
Annual equity retainer$175,500
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)5,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline
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Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$227,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,652,625
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,880,125

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
1Orthopediatrics2025David Bailey$550,000$2,445,200$0$322,281$3,331,481

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, David BaileyDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 3,331,481. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c36 · span 363407–363416
2Section 01, Fred HiteDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,397,186. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c36 · span 370892–370901
3Section 01, Joseph HauserDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,974,862. Filing ↗machine: r14 · c36 · span 393236–393245
4Section 01, Gregory OdleDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,498,184. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c36 · span 378321–378330
5Section 01, Daniel GerritzenDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,497,064. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c36 · span 385794–385803
6Section 03, David Bailey PSUDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t14 · r3 · c4 · span 404700–404709
7Section 03, Gregory Odle PSUDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t14 · r5 · c5 · span 407558–407565
8Section 03, Fred Hite PSUDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t14 · r4 · c5 · span 406142–406151
9Section 03, Joseph Hauser PSUDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t14 · r7 · c5 · span 410391–410400
10Section 03, Daniel Gerritzen PSUDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t14 · r6 · c5 · span 408976–408983
11Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 32 : 1. Filing ↗machine: span 411648–411650
12Section 08, Bryan W. HughesDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 208,000. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r4 · c12 · span 563303–563310
13Section 08, Mark C. ThrodahlDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 203,000. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r11 · c12 · span 581286–581293
14Section 08, Marie C. InfanteDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 203,000. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r5 · c12 · span 565872–565879
15Section 08, Terry SchlotterbackDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 201,750. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r10 · c12 · span 578720–578727
16Section 08, Jimmy D. McDonaldDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 199,250. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r6 · c12 · span 568442–568449
17Section 08, George S. M. DyerDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 198,000. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r2 · c12 · span 558029–558036
18Section 08, David R. PelizzonDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 198,000. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r7 · c12 · span 571012–571019
19Section 08, Harald RufDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 198,000. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r9 · c12 · span 576148–576155
20Section 08, Samuel D. RiccitelliDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 198,000. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r8 · c12 · span 573585–573592
21Section 08, Kelly FischerDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 73,125. Filing ↗machine: t19 · r3 · c3 · span 559008–559014
22Section 08, David R. BaileyDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
23Section 08, Fred L. HiteDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
24Section 02, Daniel Gerritzen 2026-05-13Form 42026-05-140001425450-26-000038Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
25Section 02, Kelly Fischer 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000059Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
26Section 02, Jimmy D. McDonald 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000055Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
27Section 02, Marie C. Infante 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000054Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
28Section 02, George S. M. Dyer 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000052Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
29Section 02, Bryan W. Hughes 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000060Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
30Section 02, Samuel D. Riccitelli 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000058Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
31Section 02, Harald Ruf 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000057Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
32Section 02, David R. Bailey 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000056Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
33Section 02, Mark C. Throdahl 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000053Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
34Section 02, David R. Pelizzon 2026-06-09Form 42026-06-100001425450-26-000061Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
35Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-04-200001425450-26-000027Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗
36Section 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
37Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 227,500 + equity 1,652,625 + all other 0 = 1,880,125, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,880,125
38Orthopediatrics (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-200001425450-26-000027CEO total compensation as printed in Orthopediatrics's own proxy. As printed: 3,331,481. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c36 · span 363407–363416