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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-05-26

Republic Airways Holdings (RJET)

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.

$7,560,471
Matthew Koscal total, FY2025
President and Chief Commercial Officerhighest-paid officer; CEO David Grizzle: $4,262,081
CEO (David Grizzle) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.65%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against RJET
No companies currently name RJET 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
Matthew Koscal$540,000$0$4,665,000$0$2,329,522$0$25,949$7,560,471
President and Chief Commercial Officer
Jonathan Ornstein553,846558,915191,0850450,00003,744,6155,498,461
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mesa
Paul Kinstedt500,00002,265,00001,839,256028,9164,633,172
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Joseph Allman500,00002,265,00001,839,256022,9734,627,229
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Chad Pulley435,00002,346,00001,478,963024,2414,284,204
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
David Grizzle270,00003,326,4000540,0000125,6814,262,081
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Lotz533,333437,960149,7330352,000034,2871,507,313
Former Chief Financial Officer and President of Mesa

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
Matthew Koscal$7,560,471
Jonathan Ornstein5,498,461
Paul Kinstedt4,633,172
Joseph Allman4,627,229
Chad Pulley4,284,204
David Grizzle4,262,081
Michael Lotz1,507,313

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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Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Joseph AllmanPSU2025-06-0136,942$1,894,800
Joseph AllmanRSU2025-04-0124,059370,200
David GrizzlePSU2025-07-0257,3562,941,800
David GrizzleRSU2025-07-0216,846259,200
Paul KinstedtRSU2025-04-0124,059370,200
Paul KinstedtPSU2025-06-0136,9421,894,800
Matthew KoscalPSU2025-06-0180,8454,146,600
Matthew KoscalRSU2025-04-0133,691518,400
Michael LotzRSU2025-06-029,786149,732
Jonathan OrnsteinRSU2025-06-0212,489191,084
Chad PulleyPSU2025-06-0140,3112,067,600
Chad PulleyRSU2025-04-0118,093278,400
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Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Joseph Allman$370,200$1,894,800$083.7%
David Grizzle259,2002,941,800091.9%
Paul Kinstedt370,2001,894,800083.7%
Matthew Koscal518,4004,146,600088.9%
Michael Lotz149,732000.0%
Jonathan Ornstein191,084000.0%
Chad Pulley278,4002,067,600088.1%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Matthew KoscalRSU188,638$3,465,282
David GrizzleRSU133,8292,458,439
Chad PulleyRSU94,0601,727,877
Joseph AllmanRSU86,1991,583,470
Paul KinstedtRSU86,1991,583,470
Matthew KoscalPSU80,8451,485,121
David GrizzlePSU57,3561,053,621
Chad PulleyPSU40,311740,519
Joseph AllmanPSU36,942678,630
Paul KinstedtPSU36,942678,630
Matthew KoscalRSU22,460412,594
Jonathan OrnsteinRSU17,627306,718
Joseph AllmanRSU16,040294,652
Paul KinstedtRSU16,040294,652
Michael LotzRSU13,813240,342
Chad PulleyRSU12,062221,577
David GrizzleRSU11,230206,297
Jonathan OrnsteinRSU4,49878,264
Michael LotzRSU3,56261,985
Jonathan OrnsteinRSU3,21956,006
Michael LotzRSU2,51543,755
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our compensation program is designed to attract, retain, and reward capable employees who can contribute to its future success, principally by linking performance-based compensation with the attainment of key business objectives.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policy
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-2138,417,100135,3536,97899.65%Passed
20242024-08-146,190,017901,584211,30087.29%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
20262026-05-2199.65%a
20242024-08-1487.29%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
Barry W. RidingsIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Compensation Committee (Chair)$127,500$125,400$252,900
Glenn S. JohnsonIndependent · Audit Committee (Chair)124,000125,400249,400
Ruth OkedijiIndependent · Compensation Committee · Corporate Governance Committee (Chair)117,750125,400243,150
James E. SweetnamIndependent · Audit Committee · Corporate Governance Committee113,750125,400239,150
Michael C. LenzIndependent · Audit Committee · Corporate Governance Committee106,750125,400232,150
Ellen N. ArtistIndependent · Compensation Committee24,500024,500
David GrizzleEmployee director · Board Chair000
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$85,000
Annual equity retainer$125,000
Per board meeting fee$1,000
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 20,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guidelineFor discussion of other policies that relate to our compensation philosophy and policies, see “The Board of Directors and Certain Governance Matters— Stock Ownership Guidelines,”
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Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$614,250
Equity awards (grant-date value)$627,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,241,250

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

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
1Republic Airways Holdings2025David Grizzle$270,000$3,326,400$0$540,000$4,262,081

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, Matthew KoscalDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 28. As printed: 7,560,471. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c21 · span 523863–523873
2Section 01, Jonathan OrnsteinDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 28. As printed: 5,498,461. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c21 · span 556494–556504
3Section 01, Paul KinstedtDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 28. As printed: 4,633,172. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c21 · span 540267–540277
4Section 01, Joseph AllmanDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 28. As printed: 4,627,229. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c21 · span 532092–532102
5Section 01, Chad PulleyDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 28. As printed: 4,284,204. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c21 · span 548540–548550
6Section 01, David GrizzleDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 28. As printed: 4,262,081. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c21 · span 519534–519544
7Section 01, Michael LotzDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 28. As printed: 1,507,313. Filing ↗machine: r15 · c21 · span 571419–571429
8Section 03, Joseph Allman PSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 667755–667765
9Section 03, Joseph Allman RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 662336–662343
10Section 03, David Grizzle PSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 626587–626597
11Section 03, David Grizzle RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
12Section 03, Paul Kinstedt RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 682345–682352
13Section 03, Paul Kinstedt PSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 686840–686850
14Section 03, Matthew Koscal PSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 645632–645642
15Section 03, Matthew Koscal RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
16Section 03, Michael Lotz RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 719632–719639
17Section 03, Jonathan Ornstein RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 714031–714038
18Section 03, Chad Pulley PSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 709000–709010
19Section 03, Chad Pulley RSUDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025 and Transition Year” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
20Section 08, Barry W. RidingsDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 252,900. Filing ↗machine: span 1063346–1063353
21Section 08, Glenn S. JohnsonDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 249,400. Filing ↗machine: span 1057555–1057562
22Section 08, Ruth OkedijiDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 243,150. Filing ↗machine: span 1061343–1061350
23Section 08, James E. SweetnamDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 239,150. Filing ↗machine: span 1065123–1065130
24Section 08, Michael C. LenzDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 232,150. Filing ↗machine: span 1059571–1059578
25Section 08, Ellen N. ArtistDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 24,500. Filing ↗machine: span 1066018–1066024
26Section 08, David GrizzleDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
27Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-260001193125-26-239613Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.65% (votes for as printed: 38,417,100). Filing ↗
28Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-08-160000950170-24-097702Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 87.29% (votes for as printed: 6,190,017). Filing ↗
29Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
30Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 614,250 + equity 627,000 + all other 0 = 1,241,250, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,241,250
31Republic Airways Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-100001140361-26-014079CEO total compensation as printed in Republic Airways Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 4,262,081. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c21 · span 519534–519544