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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-04-10

Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL)

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.

$650,225
Richard O'Dell total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against PAL
No companies currently name PAL 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
Richard O'Dell$650,000$0$0$0$0$0$225$650,225
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Amy Rice500,000000009,250509,250
President and Chief Operating Officer
Brad Wright450,0000000031,174481,174
Chief Financial 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
Richard O'Dell$650,225
Amy Rice509,250
Brad Wright481,174

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
Richard O'DellPSU646,685$6,234,043
Brad WrightPSU58,889567,690
Amy RicePSU43,111415,590
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
James GattoniIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair)$80,000$75,000$0$0$155,000
John SchraudenbachIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance65,00075,00000140,000
Charles AluttoIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)60,00075,00000135,000
Douglas ColIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance50,00075,00000125,000
Brenda FrankIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance50,00075,00000125,000
Steven LuxIndependent37,50075,00000112,500
John SkiadasNot independent · Not standing for re-election · Newly elected00000
Richard D. O'DellEmployee director · Board Chair0
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$75,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)15,000 / 10,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline$2
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$342,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$450,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$792,500

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
1Proficient Auto Logistics2025Richard O'Dell$650,000$0$0$0$650,225

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, Richard O'DellDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 650,225. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Amy RiceDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 509,250. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c6 · span 503218–503225
3Section 01, Brad WrightDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 481,174. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c6 · span 513600–513607
4Section 08, James GattoniDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 155,000. Filing ↗machine: span 444785–444792
5Section 08, John SchraudenbachDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 140,000. Filing ↗machine: span 447568–447575
6Section 08, Charles AluttoDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 135,000. Filing ↗machine: span 436453–436461
7Section 08, Douglas ColDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 125,000. Filing ↗machine: span 439230–439237
8Section 08, Brenda FrankDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 125,000. Filing ↗machine: span 442007–442014
9Section 08, Steven LuxDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 112,500. Filing ↗machine: span 450755–450762
10Section 08, John SkiadasDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
11Section 08, Richard D. O'DellDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
12Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 342,500 + equity 450,000 + all other 0 = 792,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 792,500
13Proficient Auto Logistics (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-100001213900-26-042183CEO total compensation as printed in Proficient Auto Logistics's own proxy. As printed: 650,225. Filing ↗