Fiscal year 2026 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.
Each company listed discloses PKE 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 PKE in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Petropoulos | $350,575 | $18,000 | $0 | $34,800 | $0 | $0 | $10,517 | $413,892 |
| Senior Vice President -- Chief Legal and Capital Markets Officer | ||||||||
| Mark Esquivel | 260,575 | 40,000 | 0 | 95,700 | 0 | 0 | 8,867 | 405,142 |
| President and Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
| Brian Shore | 220,575 | 0 | 0 | 104,400 | 0 | 0 | 6,617 | 331,592 |
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Christopher Goldner | 216,889 | 18,000 | 0 | 17,400 | 0 | 0 | 6,957 | 259,246 |
| Vice President -- Finance | ||||||||
| Cory Nickel | 183,850 | 12,500 | 0 | 52,200 | 0 | 0 | 6,197 | 254,747 |
| Senior Vice President and General Manager | ||||||||
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 | FY2026 total | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | Δ FY2025→2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Petropoulos | $413,892 | $20,192 | — | +393,700 |
| Mark Esquivel | 405,142 | 372,863 | 343,022 | +32,279 |
| Brian Shore | 331,592 | 303,255 | — | +28,337 |
| Christopher Goldner | 259,246 | 248,340 | — | +10,906 |
| Cory Nickel | 254,747 | 254,298 | — | +449 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2026 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.
| Insider | Role | Transaction date | Code | Shares | Price | Value | Security | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Petropoulos | See Remarks | 2026-07-27 | A | 2,500 | $14 | $35,000 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Constantine Petropoulos | See Remarks | 2026-07-27 | D | 2,500 | 36 | 90,000 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Constantine Petropoulos | See Remarks | 2026-07-27 | D | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Mark Esquivel | President & COO | 2026-07-29 | D | 60,000 | 33 | 1,986,600 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Mark Esquivel | President & COO | 2026-07-29 | D | 25,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Mark Esquivel | President & COO | 2026-07-29 | D | 15,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Mark Esquivel | President & COO | 2026-07-29 | D | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Mark Esquivel | President & COO | 2026-07-29 | A | 20,000 | 13 | 256,000 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Mark Esquivel | President & COO | 2026-07-29 | A | 15,000 | 14 | 216,600 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Mark Esquivel | President & COO | 2026-07-29 | A | 25,000 | 12 | 289,500 | Common | Form 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.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Petropoulos | All Option Awards | 2025-06-13 | — | — | 10,000 | — | $34,800 |
| Brian Shore | All Option Awards | 2025-06-13 | — | — | 30,000 | — | 104,400 |
| Christopher Goldner | All Option Awards | 2025-06-13 | — | — | 5,000 | — | 17,400 |
| Mark Esquivel | All Option Awards | 2025-06-13 | — | — | 27,500 | — | 95,700 |
| Cory Nickel | All Option Awards | 2025-06-13 | — | — | 15,000 | — | 52,200 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Petropoulos | $0 | $0 | $34,800 | 0.0% |
| Brian Shore | 0 | 0 | 104,400 | 0.0% |
| Christopher Goldner | 0 | 0 | 17,400 | 0.0% |
| Mark Esquivel | 0 | 0 | 95,700 | 0.0% |
| Cory Nickel | 0 | 0 | 52,200 | 0.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Nickel | Option | 15,000 | 14 | — |
| Mark Esquivel | Option | 27,500 | 14 | — |
| Mark Esquivel | Option | 10,000 | 13.08 | — |
| Mark Esquivel | Option | 18,750 | 13.26 | — |
| Brian Shore | Option | 7,500 | 11.06 | — |
| Christopher Goldner | Option | 5,000 | 14 | — |
| Brian Shore | Option | 12,500 | 13.08 | — |
| Constantine Petropoulos | Option | 10,000 | 14 | — |
| Brian Shore | Option | 30,000 | 14 | — |
| Mark Esquivel | Option | 5,000 | 11.06 | — |
| Cory Nickel | Option | 11,250 | 13.26 | — |
| Brian Shore | Option | 22,500 | 13.26 | — |
| Cory Nickel | Option | 8,750 | 13.08 | — |
| Cory Nickel | Option | 3,250 | 11.06 | — |
| Christopher Goldner | Option | 3,000 | 13.26 | — |
The Company's compensation of its senior management is also intended to align management's incentives with the long-term interests of the Company's shareholders and to be fair and equitable to the individual and to the Company's employees and shareholders.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | False |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-07-21 | 15,963,274 | 832,433 | 36,801 | 95.04% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-07-22 | 15,280,545 | 707,552 | 865,449 | 95.57% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-07-18 | 17,252,938 | 585,945 | 8,638 | 96.72% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-07-18 | 15,852,738 | 237,029 | 191,067 | 98.53% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-07-19 | 15,987,155 | 969,857 | 11,792 | 94.28% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-07-20 | 15,847,957 | 1,200,848 | 9,919 | 92.96% | 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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-07-21 | 95.04%a |
| 2025 | 2025-07-22 | 95.57%b |
| 2024 | 2024-07-18 | 96.72%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non -votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non -votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non -votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.”.
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.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 5.5 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | $331,592 |
| Median employee compensation | $60,648 |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven T. WarshawIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating · Corporate Governance | $35,063 | $0 | $12,180 | — | $0 | $47,243 |
| Carl W. SmithIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating · Corporate Governance (Chair) | 34,500 | 0 | 12,180 | — | 0 | 46,680 |
| D. Bradley ThressIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Compensation · Nominating · Corporate Governance | 33,346 | 0 | 12,180 | — | 0 | 45,526 |
| Emily J. GroehlIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating · Corporate Governance | 32,000 | 0 | 12,180 | — | 0 | 44,180 |
| Yvonne JulianIndependent · Audit · Nominating (Chair) · Corporate Governance | 29,225 | 0 | 12,180 | — | 0 | 41,405 |
| Dale BlanchfieldIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating · Corporate Governance · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 21,000 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 21,000 |
| Shane ConnorIndependent · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 14,000 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 14,000 |
| Brian E. ShoreEmployee director · Board Chair | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $28,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 7,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | 1,000 shares minimum |
| Component | FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $199,134 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $0 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $199,134 |
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 | Park Aerospace | 2026 | Brian Shore | $220,575 | $0 | $104,400 | $0 | $331,592 |
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.
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, Constantine Petropoulos | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for 2026, 2025 and 2024 Fiscal Years” · page 14. As printed: 413,892. Filing ↗machine: span 564499–564506 |
| 2 | Section 01, Mark Esquivel | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for 2026, 2025 and 2024 Fiscal Years” · page 14. As printed: 405,142. Filing ↗machine: span 533003–533010 |
| 3 | Section 01, Brian Shore | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for 2026, 2025 and 2024 Fiscal Years” · page 14. As printed: 331,592. Filing ↗machine: span 501047–501054 |
| 4 | Section 01, Christopher Goldner | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for 2026, 2025 and 2024 Fiscal Years” · page 14. As printed: 259,246. Filing ↗machine: span 625975–625982 |
| 5 | Section 01, Cory Nickel | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for 2026, 2025 and 2024 Fiscal Years” · page 14. As printed: 254,747. Filing ↗machine: span 594475–594482 |
| 6 | Section 03, Constantine Petropoulos All Option Awards | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r7 · c11 · span 560897–560903 |
| 7 | Section 03, Brian Shore All Option Awards | DEF 14A | — | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r1 · c11 · span 497403–497410 |
| 8 | Section 03, Christopher Goldner All Option Awards | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t13 · r5 · c4 · span 691863–691868 |
| 9 | Section 03, Mark Esquivel All Option Awards | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r4 · c11 · span 529552–529558 |
| 10 | Section 03, Cory Nickel All Option Awards | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r10 · c11 · span 591024–591030 |
| 11 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 5.5 : 1. Filing ↗machine: span 888723–888730 |
| 12 | Section 08, Steven T. Warshaw | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 47,243. Filing ↗machine: t10 · r5 · c9 · span 421390–421396 |
| 13 | Section 08, Carl W. Smith | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 46,680. Filing ↗machine: t10 · r3 · c9 · span 410084–410090 |
| 14 | Section 08, D. Bradley Thress | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 45,526. Filing ↗machine: t10 · r4 · c9 · span 415602–415608 |
| 15 | Section 08, Emily J. Groehl | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 44,180. Filing ↗machine: t10 · r1 · c9 · span 398791–398797 |
| 16 | Section 08, Yvonne Julian | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 41,405. Filing ↗machine: t10 · r2 · c9 · span 404300–404306 |
| 17 | Section 08, Dale Blanchfield | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 21,000. Filing ↗machine: t10 · r6 · c3 · span 423720–423726 |
| 18 | Section 08, Shane Connor | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 14,000. Filing ↗machine: t10 · r7 · c3 · span 429425–429431 |
| 19 | Section 08, Brian E. Shore | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 20 | Section 02, Constantine Petropoulos 2026-07-27 | Form 4 | 2026-07-28 | 0001437749-26-024702 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 21 | Section 02, Constantine Petropoulos 2026-07-27 | Form 4 | 2026-07-28 | 0001437749-26-024702 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 22 | Section 02, Constantine Petropoulos 2026-07-27 | Form 4 | 2026-07-28 | 0001437749-26-024702 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 23 | Section 02, Mark Esquivel 2026-07-29 | Form 4 | 2026-07-30 | 0001437749-26-025103 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 24 | Section 02, Mark Esquivel 2026-07-29 | Form 4 | 2026-07-30 | 0001437749-26-025103 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 25 | Section 02, Mark Esquivel 2026-07-29 | Form 4 | 2026-07-30 | 0001437749-26-025103 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 26 | Section 02, Mark Esquivel 2026-07-29 | Form 4 | 2026-07-30 | 0001437749-26-025103 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 27 | Section 02, Mark Esquivel 2026-07-29 | Form 4 | 2026-07-30 | 0001437749-26-025103 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 28 | Section 02, Mark Esquivel 2026-07-29 | Form 4 | 2026-07-30 | 0001437749-26-025103 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 29 | Section 02, Mark Esquivel 2026-07-29 | Form 4 | 2026-07-30 | 0001437749-26-025103 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 30 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-07-28 | 0001437749-26-024687 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.04% (votes for as printed: 15,963,274). Filing ↗ |
| 31 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-07-25 | 0001437749-25-023446 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.57% (votes for as printed: 15,280,545). Filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-07-22 | 0001437749-24-023187 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.72% (votes for as printed: 17,252,938). Filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 34 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 35 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 199,134 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 199,134, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 199,134 |
| 36 | Park Aerospace (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-06-22 | 0002077096-26-000207 | CEO total compensation as printed in Park Aerospace's own proxy. As printed: 331,592. Filing ↗machine: span 501047–501054 |