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Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-08-18

SkyAI (SKYA)

CEO Paul Danner was paid $3,458,005 in fiscal year 2025, the 99th percentile of its disclosed peer group (SEC filing 0001493152-26-038805 ↗): 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.

$3,458,005
Paul Danner total, FY2025
99th
CEO pay percentile vs peers
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CEO-to-median pay ratio
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- Robert Hayes (Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $2,330,445 (base salary $1,632,545) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001493152-26-038805, filed 2026-08-18]

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SKYA's next annual pay disclosure, estimated August 31, 2027.est. Filing ↗

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Paul Danner$250,125$1,000,000$0$2,207,880$0$0$0$3,458,005
Principal Executive Officer and Executive Chairman
Yuwen Zhang212,500002,759,8500002,972,350
Chief Investment Officer and Director
Robert Hayes1,632,545150,0000547,010008902,330,445
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Crescenzo259,89683,7500220,788——11,040575,474
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 FY2024→2025
Paul Danner$3,458,005———
Yuwen Zhang2,972,350———
Robert Hayes2,330,445624,680788,973↑ +1,705,765
Andrew Crescenzo575,474251,900—↑ +323,574

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Companies that benchmark against SKYA
No companies currently name SKYA as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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01c

Board of directors

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DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Brenda Baird SimpsonIndependent Director—
Jason MonroeIndependent Director—
Paul K. DannerChair of the Board—
Soren Bo ChristiansenIndependent Director—
Timothy J. RuemlerIndependent Director$489,076
02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Compensation Committee establishes and reviews general compensation policies with the objective to attract and retain superior talent, to reward individual performance and to achieve our financial goals.

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
Timothy J. RuemlerIndependent$47,500$0$441,576——$489,076
Jason L. MonroeIndependent47,5000441,576——489,076
Brenda Simpson66,0000109,402——175,402
Annemarie TierneyPartial-year service18,750099,388——118,138
Dr Soren Bo. ChristiansenIndependent54,000441,576495,706———
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer—
Annual equity retainer—
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)—
Stock ownership guideline—
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$233,750
Equity awards (grant-date value)$441,576
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$675,326

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

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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies SkyAI names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including SkyAI.

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
1SkyAI2025Paul Danner$250,125$0$2,207,880$0$3,458,005
2Parent Company2025Andrew Appel650,00000356,3632,520,013

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.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
SkyAInot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Parent Company43.86%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoFW Cook

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

10d

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at SkyAI in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Paul Danner (Principal Executive Officer and Executive Chairman) was the highest-paid executive at SkyAI in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $3,458,005.
How does SkyAI's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Paul Danner's total compensation ranked at the 99th percentile of SkyAI's disclosed peer group.
How much does SkyAI spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, SkyAI reported total board compensation of $675,326 for fiscal 2025.

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.

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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, Paul DannerDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,458,005. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c27 · span 234389–234398
2Section 01, Yuwen ZhangDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,972,350. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c27 · span 237693–237702
3Section 01, Robert HayesDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,330,445. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 231052–231061
4Section 01, Andrew CrescenzoDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 575,474. Filing ↗
5Section 08, Timothy J. RuemlerDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 489,076. Filing ↗
6Section 08, Jason L. MonroeDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 489,076. Filing ↗
7Section 08, Brenda SimpsonDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 175,402. Filing ↗
8Section 08, Annemarie TierneyDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 118,138. Filing ↗
9Section 08, Dr Soren Bo. ChristiansenDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
10Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
11Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 233,750 + equity 441,576 + all other 0 = 675,326, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 675,326
12SkyAI (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-08-180001493152-26-038805CEO total compensation as printed in SkyAI's own proxy. As printed: 3,458,005. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c27 · span 234389–234398
13Parent Company, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-06-180001193125-25-142713CEO total compensation as printed in Parent Company's own proxy. As printed: 2,520,013. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c17 · span 606192–606201
14Section 10a, Parent Company reciprocityDEF 14A—0001193125-25-142713Parent Company's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include SkyAI. Filing ↗

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