Chief Executive Officer · BKV Corp (BKV)

Christopher Kalnin

A named executive officer of BKV in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,903,801

FY2024: $4,518,960

1st of 3 named executive officers at BKV by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for BKV, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 28, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Christopher Kalnin compensation by year

BKV Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BKV reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$700,000$795,386
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$2,800,700$3,411,014
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$991,200$1,676,401
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$27,060$21,000
Total$4,518,960$5,903,801

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BKV Corp DEF 14A filed April 28, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-050381, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the BKV Corp filed document, accession 0001104659-26-050381. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 28, 2026.

$4.5M
$5.9M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU333,162$9,045,348—
RSU124,016$3,367,034—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in BKV Corp's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

BKV’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Christopher Kalnin · this pageChief Executive Officer$5,903,801
Eric JacobsenPresident — Upstream$4,306,883
Dilanka SeimonChief Commercial Officer$3,445,756

Board service

BKV board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: BKV pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $140,000 in TRSUs. As stated in BKV's FY2025 proxy.

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