President and CEO of Premier and Premier Bank · Premier Financial Corp. (PFC)

Gary Small

A named executive officer of Premier Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$1,107,726

FY2022: $1,164,109

1st of 5 named executive officers at Premier Financial by FY2023 total.

5 named officers on file for Premier Financial, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 18, 2024 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Gary Small compensation by year

Premier Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Premier Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$549,173$590,038$617,077
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$950,427$308,829$309,590
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$290,975$210,000$119,340
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0—
All other$55,252$55,242$61,719
Total$1,845,827$1,164,109$1,107,726

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Premier Financial Corp. DEF 14A filed March 18, 2024, accession 0001140361-24-013910, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Premier Financial Corp. filed document, accession 0001140361-24-013910. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 18, 2024.

$1.8M
$1.2M
$1.1M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU41,985$1,009,670—
RSU17,669$425,823—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Premier Financial Corp.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

5 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed March 18, 2024)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-02-24Tax withholding—17,921$27.9990,608
2025-02-24Grant or award—19,149$0.00108,529
2025-02-15Grant or award—7,069$0.0091,674
2025-02-15Tax withholding—2,294$29.1689,380
2025-01-02Grant or award—3,194$0.0085,985

The 5 most recent of 5 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Premier Financial discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Resignation for good reason, no change in control—$826,033—$3,037,693
Disability—$1,070,072—$1,409,732
Change in control and involuntary termination—$914,478—$4,052,778
Retirement$0$400,210—$712,210
Change in control and resignation for good reason—$914,478—$4,052,778
Death—$1,070,072—$1,538,072
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Involuntary termination without cause—$826,033—$3,037,693

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Premier Financial Corp.'s FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Premier Financial’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Gary Small · this pagePresident and CEO of Premier and Premier Bank$1,107,726
Paul NungesterExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Premier and Premier Bank$633,620
Shannon KuhlExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$541,296
Varun ChandhokExecutive Vice President and Chief Information and Operations Officer$536,048
Rick HullExecutive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking$529,309

Board service

Premier Financial board · FY2022–FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: Premier Financial pays directors a $70,000 cash retainer and $35,000 in Stock. As stated in Premier Financial's FY2023 proxy.

Committees

Executive · Risk

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