Ajay Kataria compensation by year
Utz Brands Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Component | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $395,777 | $473,558 | $522,116 | $543,046 | $246,633 |
| Bonus | $195 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $0 | $1,186,946 | $530,874 | $878,661 | $827,090 |
| Option awards | $0 | $266,745 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $132,975 | $712,500 | $294,131 | $374,946 | $98,124 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $6,939 | $11,608 | $12,009 | $11,502 | $595,191 |
| Total | $535,886 | $2,651,357 | $1,359,129 | $1,808,155 | $1,767,038 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Utz Brands, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 12, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-103020, and prior-year filings.
How this page was built: the Utz Brands, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-103020. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 12, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 558,250 | $4,332,020 | — |
| PSU | 62 | $481 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Utz Brands, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Utz Brands’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Howard Friedman | Chief Executive Officer | $4,391,269 |
| Ajay Kataria · this page | Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Accounting Officer | $1,767,038 |
| William Kelley Jr. | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | $1,586,004 |
| Theresa Shea | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | $1,269,322 |
| Mitchell Arends | Executive Vice President, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer | $1,171,024 |
| Jennifer Bentz | Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer | $1,098,325 |
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