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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-04-06

Niocorp Developments (NB)

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.

$451,000
Mark Smith total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
78.04%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against NB
No companies currently name NB 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
Mark Smith$325,000$0$0$126,000$0$0$0$451,000
Chief Executive Officer, President
Scott Honan280,0000084,000000364,000
Chief Operating Officer
Neal Shah250,0000084,000000334,000
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate 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
Mark Smith$451,000
Scott Honan364,000
Neal Shah334,000

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
Mark SmithOption70,0006.95
Mark SmithOption375,0002.99
Mark SmithOption150,0001.4
Scott HonanOption40,0006.95
Scott HonanOption250,0002.99
Scott HonanOption100,0001.4
Neal ShahOption40,0006.95
Neal ShahOption250,0002.99
Neal ShahOption100,0001.4
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Board and Compensation Committee determine compensation based on individual and corporate performance, balancing reasonable current compensation with longer-term compensation tied to company performance, using subjective assessments rather than formal benchmarks.

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

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-04-0622,285,8496,272,537397,39078.04%Passed
20252025-03-2011,736,5481,232,640368,07190.5%Passed
20242024-01-196,979,044865,175108,37388.97%Passed
20222022-12-1551,547,0372,781,885782,46394.88%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
20262026-04-0678.04%a
20252025-03-2090.5%b
20242024-01-1988.97%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. 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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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer
Annual equity retainer
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)
Stock ownership guideline
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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Number of Options Granted
10b

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
1Niocorp Developments2025Mark Smith$325,000$0$126,000$0$451,000

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, Mark SmithDEF 14A2026-02-250001539497-26-000784Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 451,000. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Scott HonanDEF 14A2026-02-250001539497-26-000784Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 364,000. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Neal ShahDEF 14A2026-02-250001539497-26-000784Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 334,000. Filing ↗
4Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-04-060001539497-26-001088Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 78.04% (votes for as printed: 22,285,849). Filing ↗
5Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-03-200001539497-25-000997Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 90.5% (votes for as printed: 11,736,548). Filing ↗
6Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-01-220001539497-24-000066Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 88.97% (votes for as printed: 6,979,044). Filing ↗
7Niocorp Developments (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-02-250001539497-26-000784CEO total compensation as printed in Niocorp Developments's own proxy. As printed: 451,000. Filing ↗