Velarion · Company Intelligence
Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-08-18

Taylor Devices (TAYD)

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.

$631,696
Timothy Sopko total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
95.86%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against TAYD
No companies currently name TAYD as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Timothy Sopko$320,000$203,000$0$79,980$0$0$28,716$631,696
Chief Executive Officer
Alan Klembczyk242,050153,550079,9800017,005492,585
President
Paul Heary238,000150,981079,9800015,122484,083
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 FY20242025
Timothy Sopko$631,696$755,904−124,208
Alan Klembczyk492,585626,614−134,029
Paul Heary484,083602,364−118,281

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

02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Alan KlembczykOPTION$79,980
Paul HearyOPTION79,980
Timothy SopkoOPTION79,980
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Alan Klembczyk$0$0$79,9800.0%
Paul Heary0079,9800.0%
Timothy Sopko0079,9800.0%

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

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Alan KlembczykPSU5,000$287,350
Alan KlembczykRSU3,000172,410
Alan KlembczykRSU7,000402,290
Paul HearyPSU7,000402,290
Timothy SopkoPSU5,000287,350
Timothy SopkoRSU5,000287,350
Paul HearyRSU7,000402,290
05

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The primary purpose of the Compensation Committee is to annually review and approve the Company's overall compensation philosophy and establish corporate goals and objectives consistent with that philosophy.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantnot disclosed
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20232023-10-201,515,14045,48219,97395.86%Passed
20192019-11-011,882,909120,35510,98493.48%Passed
20162016-10-281,547,04799,41363,38490.48%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
20232023-10-2095.86%a
20192019-11-0193.48%b
20162016-10-2890.48%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the action.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the action.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the action.”.

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.

07

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)
CEO total compensation
Median employee compensation
08

Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
John BurgessIndependent · Board Chair · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating · Executive (Chair)$59,000$0$79,980$0$0$138,980
Robert M. CareyIndependent · Nominating (Chair) · Audit · Compensation · Executive43,000079,98000122,980
F. Eric ArmenatIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Audit · Nominating · Executive43,000079,98000122,980
Timothy J. SopkoEmployee director00000
Alan R. KlembczykEmployee director · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY00000
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$44,000
Annual equity retainer$79,980
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$145,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$145,000

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
1Taylor Devices2025Timothy Sopko$320,000$0$79,980$0$631,696

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.

11

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, Timothy SopkoDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 631,696. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Alan KlembczykDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 492,585. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Paul HearyDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 484,083. Filing ↗machine: t6 · r3 · c7 · span 76823–76830
4Section 03, Alan Klembczyk OPTIONDEF 14A0001376474-25-000791Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
5Section 03, Paul Heary OPTIONDEF 14A0001376474-25-000791Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
6Section 03, Timothy Sopko OPTIONDEF 14A0001376474-25-000791Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
7Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-08-180001376474-26-000567Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
8Section 08, John BurgessDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 138,980. Filing ↗machine: t5 · r1 · c3 · span 64282–64289
9Section 08, Robert M. CareyDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 122,980. Filing ↗machine: t5 · r3 · c3 · span 66580–66587
10Section 08, F. Eric ArmenatDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 122,980. Filing ↗machine: t5 · r2 · c3 · span 65431–65438
11Section 08, Timothy J. SopkoDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
12Section 08, Alan R. KlembczykDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
13Section 06, 2023 voteForm 8-K2023-10-240001376474-23-000460Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.86% (votes for as printed: 1,515,140). Filing ↗
14Section 06, 2019 voteForm 8-K2019-11-070000096536-19-000041Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 93.48%. Filing ↗
15Section 06, 2016 voteForm 8-K2016-11-010000096536-16-000061Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 90.48%. Filing ↗
16Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
17Section 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
18Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 145,000 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 145,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 145,000
19Taylor Devices (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-09-050001376474-25-000791CEO total compensation as printed in Taylor Devices's own proxy. As printed: 631,696. Filing ↗