Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary · Summit Midstream Corp (SMC)

James Johnston

A named executive officer of Summit Midstream in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 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

$2,173,568

FY2024: $2,530,891

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 10, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Johnston compensation by year

Summit Midstream Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Summit Midstream reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$350,000$364,000$386,000$401,000$438,455
Bonus$400,000$525,417$264,042$593,346$0
Stock awards$512,195$246,682$858,364$949,584$1,202,761
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$437,000$600,600$308,800$551,375$495,499
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$31,675$38,232$34,181$35,586$36,853
Total$1,730,870$1,774,931$1,851,387$2,530,891$2,173,568

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Summit Midstream Corp DEF 14A filed April 10, 2026, accession 0001213900-26-042530, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Summit Midstream Corp filed document, accession 0001213900-26-042530. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 10, 2026.

$1.7M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$2.5M
$2.2M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU43,178$1,151,989—
PSU21,588$575,968—
PSU16,541$441,312—
PSU13,958$372,399—
PSU9,793$261,277—
PSU6,979$186,200—

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

Summit Midstream’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
J. Heath DenekeChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer$5,970,824
James Johnston · this pageExecutive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary$2,173,568
William MaultExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,114,599

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