CEO Al Kapoor was paid $48,103 in fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001493152-25-026656 ↗): 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.
$81,098 Dean Rudy total, FY2024 Chief Financial Officer — highest-paid officer; CEO Al Kapoor: $48,103 | — CEO (Al Kapoor) pay percentile vs peers | — CEO-to-median pay ratio | — Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Rudy | $81,098 | — | — | — | — | — | — | $81,098 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Al Kapoor | 48,103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48,103 |
| Chief Executive 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 | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | FY2022 total | Δ FY2023→2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Rudy | $81,098 | — | — | — |
| Al Kapoor | 48,103 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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| Director | Role | FY2024 total |
|---|---|---|
| Albert A. Manzone | Independent Director | $150,000 |
| Brent Rosenthal | Independent Director | $150,000 |
| Wally Bishop | Independent Director | $150,000 |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Kapoor | PSU | 318,334 | — | $318,334 |
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | — |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-01-20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2024-12-20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023-10-31 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2026-01-20 | —a |
| 2024 | 2024-12-20 | —b |
| 2023 | 2023-10-31 | —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.
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert A. ManzoneIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) | $0 | $150,000 | $0 | — | $0 | $150,000 |
| Wally BishopIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 0 | 150,000 | 0 | — | 0 | 150,000 |
| Brent RosenthalIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) | 0 | 150,000 | 0 | — | 0 | 150,000 |
| Al KapoorEmployee director · Board Chair | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dean RudyEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $100,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | — |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2024 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $0 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $450,000 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $450,000 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
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 | Syntec Optics Holdings | 2024 | Al Kapoor | $48,103 | — | — | — | $48,103 |
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.
Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.
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, Dean Rudy | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 81,098. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c34 · span 315118–315124 |
| 2 | Section 01, Al Kapoor | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 48,103. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c34 · span 310448–310454 |
| 3 | Section 08, Albert A. Manzone | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 150,000. Filing ↗machine: span 347238–347309 |
| 4 | Section 08, Wally Bishop | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 150,000. Filing ↗machine: span 353730–353801 |
| 5 | Section 08, Brent Rosenthal | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 150,000. Filing ↗machine: span 360225–360296 |
| 6 | Section 08, Al Kapoor | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 7 | Section 08, Dean Rudy | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 8 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-01-23 | 0001493152-26-003285 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗ |
| 9 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-12-20 | 0001493152-24-050922 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-11-02 | 0001493152-23-039042 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 0 + equity 450,000 + all other 0 = 450,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 450,000 |
| 12 | Syntec Optics Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-12-08 | 0001493152-25-026656 | CEO total compensation as printed in Syntec Optics Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 48,103. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c34 · span 310448–310454 |
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