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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-24

LanzaTech Global (LNZA)

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.

$642,559
Jennifer Holmgren total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
96.79%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against LNZA
No companies currently name LNZA 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
Jennifer Holmgren$630,000$0$0$0$0$0$12,559$642,559
Chief Executive Officer
Aura Cuellar244,64600000359,135603,781
Former President
Geoff Trukenbrod36,38500000443,165479,550
Former Chief Financial Officer
Sushmita Koyanagi335,03837,500000011,717384,255
Chief Financial Officer
Zara Summers334,4230000010,041344,464
Chief Strategy 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.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Jennifer Holmgren$642,559
Aura Cuellar603,781
Geoff Trukenbrod479,550
Sushmita Koyanagi384,255
Zara Summers344,464

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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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Jennifer HolmgrenRSU26,000$357,760
Jennifer HolmgrenRSU9,842135,419
Jennifer HolmgrenRSU10,559145,284
Jennifer HolmgrenRSU7,634105,038
Jennifer HolmgrenRSU4,06555,931
Jennifer HolmgrenRSU3,24644,665
Geoff TrukenbrodRSU2,48834,235
Jennifer HolmgrenRSU1,00013,760
Zara SummersRSU76410,512
Zara SummersRSU5427,458
Zara SummersRSU4325,944
Zara SummersRSU3665,036
Zara SummersRSU3284,513
Zara SummersRSU3064,211
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

We are committed to providing a fair and competitive executive compensation and benefits package that will attract, retain and reward all members of our high-performing executive team. We are also committed to providing a total compensation package that ties personal earnings to the attainment of company milestones, and the long-term achievement of our financial and operational goals.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantWillis Towers Watson
Clawback policy
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-237,337,387242,9553,45896.79%Passed
20252025-07-28167,537,06564,809,703783,24772.11%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
20262026-06-2396.79%a
20252025-07-2872.11%b

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. 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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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Jill FrizzleyIndependent · Departed during FY$400,000$0$0$0$400,000
Jim MessinaIndependent · Nominating/Governance (Chair) · Compensation107,500000107,500
Nigel GormlyIndependent · Nominating/Governance · Audit88,62400088,624
Dorri McWhorterIndependent · Nominating/Governance · Audit (Chair)85,00000085,000
Barbara Moakler ByrneIndependent · Compensation · Audit78,85200078,852
Thierry PilenkoIndependent · Compensation71,85100071,851
Reyad FezzaniIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Audit71,25000071,250
Gary RieschelIndependent · Not standing for re-election43,75000043,750
Jennifer Holmgren, Ph.DEmployee director0
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$60,000
Annual equity retainer$100,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)10,000 / 7,500 / 5,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$946,827
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$946,827

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
1LanzaTech Global2025Jennifer Holmgren$630,000$0$0$0$642,559

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, Jennifer HolmgrenDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 642,559. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Aura CuellarDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 603,781. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Geoff TrukenbrodDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 479,550. Filing ↗
4Section 01, Sushmita KoyanagiDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 384,255. Filing ↗
5Section 01, Zara SummersDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 344,464. Filing ↗
6Section 08, Jill FrizzleyDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 400,000. Filing ↗
7Section 08, Jim MessinaDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 107,500. Filing ↗machine: span 380930–380937
8Section 08, Nigel GormlyDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 88,624. Filing ↗machine: span 381219–381225
9Section 08, Dorri McWhorterDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 85,000. Filing ↗machine: span 381776–381782
10Section 08, Barbara Moakler ByrneDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 78,852. Filing ↗machine: span 382350–382356
11Section 08, Thierry PilenkoDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 71,851. Filing ↗machine: span 382907–382913
12Section 08, Reyad FezzaniDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 71,250. Filing ↗machine: span 383473–383479
13Section 08, Gary RieschelDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 43,750. Filing ↗machine: span 384028–384034
14Section 08, Jennifer Holmgren, Ph.DDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
15Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-240001628280-26-045168Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.79% (votes for as printed: 7,337,387). Filing ↗
16Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-07-290001628280-25-036478Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 72.11% (votes for as printed: 167,537,065). Filing ↗
17Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 946,827 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 946,827, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 946,827
18LanzaTech Global (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001539497-26-001238CEO total compensation as printed in LanzaTech Global's own proxy. As printed: 642,559. Filing ↗