Fiscal year 2023 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.
This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Beard | $600,000 | $499,603 | $408,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,508,103 |
| Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | ||||||||
| Matthew Smith | 300,000 | 450,000 | 285,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,054,731 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Richard Shaffer | 163,327 | 35,000 | 59,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,876 | 268,579 |
| Senior Vice President, Asset Management | ||||||||
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 | FY2023 total | FY2022 total | FY2021 total | Δ FY2022→2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Beard | $1,508,103 | $493,615 | — | +1,014,488 |
| Matthew Smith | 1,054,731 | 1,644,809 | — | −590,078 |
| Richard Shaffer | 268,579 | 269,529 | — | −950 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Beard | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | $408,500 |
| Richard Shaffer | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | 59,375 |
| Matthew Smith | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | 285,000 |
Grant-level vehicle detail not disclosed.
% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Smith | RSU | 131,946 | — | $963,206 |
| Gregory Beard | RSU | 200,000 | — | 14,600,000 |
| Richard Shaffer | RSU | 28,129 | — | 205,342 |
The purpose of the OIP is to attract, retain and motivate qualified persons as employees, directors and consultants of the Company and its affiliates. The OIP also provides a means through which such persons can acquire and maintain stock ownership or awards, the value of which is tied to the performance of the Company
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | 100% |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | not disclosed |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill SpenceNot independent · Departed during FY | $0 | $2,225,000 | $0 | $0 | $256,667 | $2,481,667 |
| Indira AgarwalIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation | 75,000 | 160,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 235,840 |
| Sarah P. JamesIndependent · Nominating/Governance (Chair) | 68,750 | 160,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229,590 |
| Thomas J. PacchiaIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Compensation (Co-Chair) | 63,750 | 160,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224,590 |
| Thomas R. Trowbridge, IVIndependent · Compensation (Co-Chair) · Nominating/Governance | 63,750 | 160,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224,590 |
| Thomas DohertyIndependent · Audit · Nominating/Governance · Newly elected | 55,000 | 81,667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136,667 |
| Matthew J. SmithEmployee director | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Gregory A. BeardEmployee director · Board Chair | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $55,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $160,840 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 13,750 / 20,000 / 8,750 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2023 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $326,250 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $2,950,027 |
| All other compensation | $256,667 |
| Total cost of the board | $3,532,944 |
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 | Stronghold Digital Mining | 2023 | Gregory Beard | $600,000 | $408,500 | $0 | $0 | $1,508,103 |
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.
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, Gregory Beard | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,508,103. Filing ↗machine: t81 · r1 · c18 · span 277186–277196 |
| 2 | Section 01, Matthew Smith | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,054,731. Filing ↗machine: t81 · r3 · c18 · span 284569–284579 |
| 3 | Section 01, Richard Shaffer | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 268,579. Filing ↗machine: t81 · r5 · c18 · span 291929–291936 |
| 4 | Section 03, Gregory Beard OTHER | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t81 · r1 · c12 · span 275913–275920 |
| 5 | Section 03, Richard Shaffer OTHER | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t81 · r5 · c12 · span 290685–290691 |
| 6 | Section 03, Matthew Smith OTHER | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t81 · r3 · c12 · span 283476–283483 |
| 7 | Section 08, Bill Spence | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 2,481,667. Filing ↗machine: t91 · r6 · c12 · span 374779–374788 |
| 8 | Section 08, Indira Agarwal | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 235,840. Filing ↗machine: t91 · r1 · c12 · span 361720–361727 |
| 9 | Section 08, Sarah P. James | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 229,590. Filing ↗machine: t91 · r3 · c12 · span 367041–367048 |
| 10 | Section 08, Thomas J. Pacchia | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 224,590. Filing ↗machine: t91 · r4 · c12 · span 369530–369537 |
| 11 | Section 08, Thomas R. Trowbridge, IV | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 224,590. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c12 · span 372373–372380 |
| 12 | Section 08, Thomas Doherty | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 136,667. Filing ↗machine: t91 · r2 · c12 · span 364204–364211 |
| 13 | Section 08, Matthew J. Smith | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 14 | Section 08, Gregory A. Beard | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 15 | 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) |
| 16 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 326,250 + equity 2,950,027 + all other 256,667 = 3,532,944, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 3,532,944 |
| 17 | Stronghold Digital Mining (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2024-04-29 | 0001140361-24-022864 | CEO total compensation as printed in Stronghold Digital Mining's own proxy. As printed: 1,508,103. Filing ↗machine: t81 · r1 · c18 · span 277186–277196 |