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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-11

Innovate (VATE)

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.

$1,840,192
Paul Voigt total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
97.22%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against VATE
No companies currently name VATE as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Paul Voigt$500,000$0$1,000,000$334,192$0$0$6,000$1,840,192
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Michael Sena600,000099,1760233,33306,000938,509
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
Paul Voigt$1,840,192
Michael Sena938,509

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

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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Paul VoigtRSU176,056$795,773
Michael SenaRSU23,868107,883
Michael SenaRSU12,94658,516
Michael SenaRSU2,92013,198
Paul VoigtOption100,0005.67
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The compensation program is designed to recognize the level of responsibility of each executive within the Company, taking into account the executive's role and expected leadership within the Company, as well as to encourage decisions and actions that have a positive impact on our overall performance.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policy
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-118,989,176256,597118,52397.22%Passed
20252025-06-128,651,492113,777196,67698.7%Passed
20242024-06-1855,982,8511,817,6943,083,78296.86%Passed
20232023-06-1534,740,4882,624,200104,76992.98%Passed
20222022-06-1659,649,2811,747,57196,82097.15%Passed
20212021-06-1744,274,3233,374,197131,51292.92%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
20262026-06-1197.22%a
20252025-06-1298.7%b
20242024-06-1896.86%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. 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.

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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Brian S. GoldsteinIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating/Governance$81,750$90,000$80,000$251,750
Warren H. GfellerIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance78,37590,00027,400195,775
Avram A. GlazerIndependent · Board Chair · Nominating/Governance (Chair)85,12590,0000175,125
Amy M. WilkinsonIndependent · Audit · Compensation67,87590,0000157,875
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$52,500
Annual equity retainer$90,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)9,375 / 12,000 / 9,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$313,125
Equity awards (grant-date value)$360,000
All other compensation$107,400
Total cost of the board$780,525

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

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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
1Innovate2025Paul Voigt$500,000$1,000,000$334,192$0$1,840,192

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.

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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 VoigtDEF 14A2026-04-280001006837-26-000027Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 1,840,192. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c45 · span 326561–326570
2Section 01, Michael SenaDEF 14A2026-04-280001006837-26-000027Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 17. As printed: 938,509. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c45 · span 333868–333875
3Section 08, Brian S. GoldsteinDEF 14A2026-04-280001006837-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 251,750. Filing ↗machine: span 300666–300673
4Section 08, Warren H. GfellerDEF 14A2026-04-280001006837-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 195,775. Filing ↗machine: span 298510–298517
5Section 08, Avram A. GlazerDEF 14A2026-04-280001006837-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 175,125. Filing ↗machine: span 296326–296333
6Section 08, Amy M. WilkinsonDEF 14A2026-04-280001006837-26-000027Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 157,875. Filing ↗machine: span 302551–302558
7Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-110001006837-26-000048Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.22% (votes for as printed: 8,989,176). Filing ↗
8Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-06-120001006837-25-000060Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.7% (votes for as printed: 8,651,492). Filing ↗
9Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-06-200001006837-24-000103Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.86% (votes for as printed: 55,982,851). Filing ↗
10Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 313,125 + equity 360,000 + all other 107,400 = 780,525, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 780,525
11Innovate (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-280001006837-26-000027CEO total compensation as printed in Innovate's own proxy. As printed: 1,840,192. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c45 · span 326561–326570