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Nuscale Power (SMR): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$4,084,073CEO John Hopkins · source
Say-on-pay support96.34%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers42nd pct.Of 12 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $2,280,220FY2023
  • $3,428,071FY2024
  • $4,084,073FY2025

CEO total pay was $4,084,073 in fiscal 2025, up from $3,428,071 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $632,615 · bonus $0 · stock awards $2,899,987 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Nuscale Power Corp in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, John Hopkins (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Nuscale Power Corp in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $4,084,073.
How does Nuscale Power Corp's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, John Hopkins's total compensation ranked at the 42nd percentile of Nuscale Power Corp's disclosed peer group.
How did shareholders vote on Nuscale Power Corp's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 96.34% of shareholders supported Nuscale Power Corp's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Nuscale Power Corp spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Nuscale Power Corp reported total board compensation of $1,411,705 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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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
John Hopkins$632,615$0$2,899,987$0$512,785$0$38,686$4,084,073
President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Hamady408,17501,299,9940133,630029,3241,871,123
Chief Financial Officer
Clayton Scott426,17201,200,0000138,138061,4271,825,737
Chief Commercial Officer
Shahram Ghasemian123,0770849,986000820,2971,793,360
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Carl Fisher445,4180999,9940144,256030,8701,620,538
Chief Operating Officer
Jose Reyes415,1230799,9880134,596037,7431,387,450
Chief Technology 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
John Hopkins$4,084,073$3,428,071$2,280,220↑ +656,002
Robert Hamady1,871,1231,551,2161,635,879↑ +319,907
Clayton Scott1,825,7371,206,6381,185,915↑ +619,099
Shahram Ghasemian1,793,360———
Carl Fisher1,620,5381,801,4471,287,610↓ −180,909
Jose Reyes1,387,4501,298,1681,403,751↑ +89,282

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

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

We offer a balanced compensation package that includes competitive base pay and incentive compensation that rewards both short and long-term value creation.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantFW Cook
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledging—
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Robert HamadyRSU2025-02-28——75,625—$1,299,994
Jose ReyesRSU2025-02-28——46,538—799,988
Clayton ScottRSU2025-02-28——69,808—1,200,000
Carl FisherRSU2025-02-28——58,173—999,994
John HopkinsRSU2025-02-28——168,702—2,899,987
Shahram GhasemianRSU2025-06-30——21,486—849,986

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Robert Hamady$1,299,994$0$00.0%
Jose Reyes799,988000.0%
Clayton Scott1,200,000000.0%
Carl Fisher999,994000.0%
John Hopkins2,899,987000.0%
Shahram Ghasemian849,986000.0%

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

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Clayton ScottRSU19,054—$269,995
Jose ReyesRSU26,640—377,484
John HopkinsRSU39,284—556,654
Carl FisherRSU42,625—603,966
Jose ReyesRSU46,538—659,443
Clayton ScottRSU52,084—738,030
Carl FisherRSU58,173—824,311
Jose ReyesRSU62,500—885,625
Clayton ScottRSU69,808—989,179
Robert HamadyRSU75,625—1,071,606
Robert HamadyRSU76,923—1,089,999
Robert HamadyRSU88,542—1,254,640
Carl FisherRSU104,167—1,476,046
Clayton ScottOption104,1673.2—
Jose ReyesOption125,0003.2—
John HopkinsRSU168,702—2,390,507
Robert HamadyOption177,0843.2—
John HopkinsRSU208,334—2,952,093
Carl FisherOption208,3343.2—
John HopkinsOption416,6673.2—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Kent KresaIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Executive · Special Committee (Chair)$152,935$109,965$0—$0$262,900
Alan L. BoeckmannIndependent · Board Chair · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Governance · Executive143,842109,9650—1253,808
Shinji FujinoIndependent · Special Committee · Audit132,935109,9650—0242,900
Bum-Jin ChungIndependent · Nominating and Governance · Special Committee127,935109,9650—0237,900
Kimberly O. WarnicaIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Governance (Chair) · Executive98,219109,9650—1208,185
Diana WaltersIndependent · Audit90,000109,9650—0199,965
James T. HackettIndependent · Departed during FY6,04700—06,047
John L. HopkinsEmployee director · Executive—————0
Stuart HarshawIndependent · Newly elected——————
Dale KleinIndependent · Newly elected——————

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$80,000
Annual equity retainer$110,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)12,500 / 8,000 / 6,500
Stock ownership guideline$5

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$751,913
Equity awards (grant-date value)$659,790
All other compensation$2
Total cost of the board$1,411,705

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

Peer group, and who names Nuscale Power as a peer

Companies that benchmark against SMR

3 companies name SMR as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses SMR 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 SMR in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

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.

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
1Enphase Energy2025Badrinarayanan Kothandaraman$450,000$8,844,624$0$306,752$9,601,958
2QuantumScape2025Siva Sivaram821,5387,547,987008,377,033
3Enovix2025Raj Talluri617,5056,999,9980375,4227,996,489
4Oklo2025Jacob DeWitte625,0005,991,910007,037,160
5Uranium Energy2025Amir Adnani660,0003,998,05501,452,0006,356,248
6Eos Energy2025Joe Mastrangelo708,2694,007,193004,854,452
7EVgo2025Badar Khan733,3333,296,2980677,0134,714,724
8Nuscale Power Corp2025John Hopkins632,6152,899,9870512,7854,084,073
9Ormat Technologies2025Doron Blachar641,0622,000,0000816,0003,618,005
10Bloom Energy2025KR Sridhar935,385002,470,0003,502,747
11Clearway Energy2025Craig Cornelius02,899,181002,899,181
12Energy Fuels2025Andrew Littlefair787,062947,8680867,9732,698,546
13Centrus Energy2025Amir Vexler810,000269,9960980,1002,174,357

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.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Nuscale Power Corpnot disclosedRSU 100not disclosedFW Cook
Bloom Energy200%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoMeridian
Centrus Energynot disclosedPRSU 100NoWTW
Clearway Energy123%PSU 67 · RSU 33Yes — Relative TSRPay Governance
Energy Fuels111%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoSemler Brossy
Enovixnot disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedCompensia, Inc.
Enphase Energy68.2%PSU 67 · RSU 33Yes — Relative TSR vs. S&P 500Compensia
Eos Energynot disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedPay Governance
EVgonot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedPay Governance
Oklonot disclosedRSU 100not disclosedCBIZ, Inc.
Ormat Technologies97%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSRF.W. Cook & Co.
QuantumScape100%PSU 70 · RSU 30NoCompensia
Uranium Energynot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed

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.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-29110,778,2974,203,069849,06296.34%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
20262026-05-2996.34%a

a. 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.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (39 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, John Hopkins. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Summary Executive Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 4,084,073. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robert Hamady. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Summary Executive Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 1,871,123. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Clayton Scott. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Summary Executive Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 1,825,737. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Shahram Ghasemian. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Summary Executive Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 1,793,360. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Carl Fisher. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Summary Executive Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 1,620,538. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jose Reyes. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Summary Executive Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 1,387,450. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Hamady RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jose Reyes RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Clayton Scott RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Carl Fisher RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, John Hopkins RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Shahram Ghasemian RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kent Kresa. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 262,900. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Alan L. Boeckmann. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 253,808. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Shinji Fujino. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 242,900. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Bum-Jin Chung. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 237,900. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kimberly O. Warnica. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 208,185. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Diana Walters. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 199,965. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, James T. Hackett. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 6,047. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, John L. Hopkins. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Stuart Harshaw. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dale Klein. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-02. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.34% (votes for as printed: 110,778,297). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 751,913 + equity 659,790 + all other 2 = 1,411,705, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Enphase Energy, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Enphase Energy's own proxy. As printed: 9,601,958. View filing ↗
  • QuantumScape, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in QuantumScape's own proxy. As printed: 8,377,033. View filing ↗
  • Enovix, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Enovix's own proxy. As printed: 7,996,489. View filing ↗
  • Oklo, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Oklo's own proxy. As printed: 7,037,160. View filing ↗
  • Uranium Energy, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Uranium Energy's own proxy. As printed: 6,356,248. View filing ↗
  • Eos Energy, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. CEO total compensation as printed in Eos Energy's own proxy. As printed: 4,854,452. View filing ↗
  • EVgo, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-03. CEO total compensation as printed in EVgo's own proxy. As printed: 4,714,724. View filing ↗
  • Nuscale Power Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Nuscale Power Corp's own proxy. As printed: 4,084,073. View filing ↗
  • Ormat Technologies, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Ormat Technologies's own proxy. As printed: 3,618,005. View filing ↗
  • Bloom Energy, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-08. CEO total compensation as printed in Bloom Energy's own proxy. As printed: 3,502,747. View filing ↗
  • Clearway Energy, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Clearway Energy's own proxy. As printed: 2,899,181. View filing ↗
  • Energy Fuels, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Energy Fuels's own proxy. As printed: 2,698,546. View filing ↗
  • Centrus Energy, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Centrus Energy's own proxy. As printed: 2,174,357. View filing ↗
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