Independent Director · SMITH MIDLAND CORP (SMID)

Chair, Audit Committee

James Russell Bruner director compensation at Smith Midland: $70K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for James Russell Bruner at SMITH MIDLAND CORP. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed June 2, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

SMITH MIDLAND Director Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SMITH MIDLAND reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$55,000$15,003$0$0$70,003
FY2023$12,000$0$0$0$12,000
FY2021$12,000$55,780$0$0$67,780

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SMITH MIDLAND CORP DEF 14A filed June 2, 2026, accession 0001654954-26-005625, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the SMITH MIDLAND CORP filed document, accession 0001654954-26-005625. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed June 2, 2026.

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$70,003 James Russell Bruner, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of June 2, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

SMITH MIDLAND pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $15,000 in Stock Awards.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit (Chair) · Compensation

The rest of the SMITH MIDLAND board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Ashley B. SmithChair of the Board$0
Matthew I. SmithDirector$0
Read Van de WaterIndependent Director$70,003
Richard GerhardtIndependent Director$70,003

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