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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2023 · Filings through 2024-12-20

Z Squared (ZSQR)

Fiscal year 2023 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.

$360,000
Daniel Yerace total, FY2023
Vice President of Operationshighest-paid officer; CEO David Mehalick: $360,000
CEO (David Mehalick) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
94.38%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against ZSQR
No companies currently name ZSQR 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 2023

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Daniel Yerace$360,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$360,000
Vice President of Operations
Colleen Delaney360,000000000360,000
Chief Financial Officer
David Mehalick360,000000000360,000
Chairman, CEO and President
Brian Cogley200,0008,00000000208,000
Chief Financial Officer
Christine Sheehy150,999000000150,999
Former 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 officerFY2023 totalFY2022 totalFY2021 totalΔ FY20222023
Daniel Yerace$360,000$360,346−346
Colleen Delaney360,000
David Mehalick360,000361,615−1,615
Brian Cogley208,000
Christine Sheehy150,999225,999−75,000

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.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2023

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Colleen DelaneyRSU162,500$14,558,489
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Company provides compensation through base salary, guaranteed bonuses, and eligibility for merit bonuses, milestone bonuses, and equity awards (stock options and restricted stock units) pursuant to employment agreements and the Company's stock incentive plan.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20242024-12-1820,758,7181,235,121254,93394.38%Passed
20232023-12-2018,544,258413,03750,83797.82%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
20242024-12-1894.38%a
20232023-12-2097.82%b

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. 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 2023

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Christopher CaliseNot independent$18,333$18,333
Gene SalkindIndependent · Audit · Compensation18,33318,333
Tara Maria DeSilvaIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Governance18,33318,333
Christopher CochranIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Governance (Chair)18,33318,333
Philippe DeschampsIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Governance18,33318,333
David MehalickEmployee director · Board Chair0
Daniel YeraceEmployee director0
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$18,333
Annual equity retainer
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2023
Cash retainers and fees$91,665
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$91,665

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
1Z Squared2023David Mehalick$360,000$0$0$0$360,000

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, Daniel YeraceDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 360,000. Filing ↗machine: span 285981–285988
2Section 01, Colleen DelaneyDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 360,000. Filing ↗machine: r10 · c20 · span 296653–296661
3Section 01, David MehalickDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 360,000. Filing ↗machine: span 281641–281648
4Section 01, Brian CogleyDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 208,000. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c20 · span 292691–292699
5Section 01, Christine SheehyDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 150,999. Filing ↗machine: span 301774–301781
6Section 08, Christopher CaliseDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 18,333. Filing ↗
7Section 08, Gene SalkindDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 18,333. Filing ↗
8Section 08, Tara Maria DeSilvaDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 18,333. Filing ↗
9Section 08, Christopher CochranDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 18,333. Filing ↗
10Section 08, Philippe DeschampsDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 18,333. Filing ↗
11Section 08, David MehalickDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
12Section 08, Daniel YeraceDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
13Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-12-200001683168-24-008891Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.38% (votes for as printed: 20,758,718). Filing ↗
14Section 06, 2023 voteForm 8-K2023-12-220001683168-23-009058Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.82% (votes for as printed: 18,544,258). Filing ↗
15Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
16Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 91,665 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 91,665, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 91,665
17Z Squared (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2024-11-140001683168-24-008126CEO total compensation as printed in Z Squared's own proxy. As printed: 360,000. Filing ↗machine: span 281641–281648