Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI)

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

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.

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

Our executive compensation philosophy is to pay base salaries to our executive officers at levels that, in the context of unfavorable industry factors beyond the control of management, enable us to attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified executives. Our executive compensation program is designed to link annual performance-based cash incentive compensation to the achievement of pre-established performance objectives, based on our financial results. Similarly, our executive compensation program is designed so that stock-based compensation focuses our executive officers' efforts on increasing stockholder value by aligning their economic interests with those of our stockholders.

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

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “sation matters PROPOSAL TWO - ADVISO RY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION What Am I Voting On? The Board is asking our stockholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement Voting Recommendation: FOR the advisory vote on the compensation of our NEOs for fiscal 2025 Vote Required: The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast is required to approve the proposal Broker Discretionary Voting Allowed? No - broker non-votes have no effect Abstentions: No effect Pursuant to SEC rules, our stockholders are being asked to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “See "Compensation Matters -- Compensation Discussion and Analysis -- Additional Compensation Matters -- Stock Ownership and Retention Requirements." 15 I 2024 Proxy Statement c ompensation matters PROPOSAL TWO - ADVISO RY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION What Am I Voting On? The Board is asking our stockholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement Voting Recommendation: FOR the proposal Vote Required: The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast is required to approve the proposal Broker Discretionary Voting Allowed? No - broker non-votes have no effect Abstentions: No effect Pursuant to SEC rules, our stockholders are being asked to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “See "Compensation Matters -- Administration -- Stock Ownership and Retention Requirements." 2022 Proxy Statement I 15 COMPENSATION MATTERS PROPOSAL TWO - ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION What am I voting on? The Board is asking our stockholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers ("NEOs") as disclosed in this Proxy Statement Voting Recommendation: FOR the proposal Vote Required: The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast is required to approve the proposal Broker Discretionary Voting Allowed? No - broker non-votes have no effect Abstentions: No effect Pursuant to SEC rules, our stockholders are being asked to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.”.

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.

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

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

Of the companies Smith & Wesson Brands 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 Smith & Wesson Brands.

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

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.

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.

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.