President and Chief Executive Officer · HighPeak Energy, Inc. (HPK)

Michael Hollis

A named executive officer of HighPeak Energy in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 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

$2,823,992

FY2024: $2,298,992

1st of 5 named executive officers at HighPeak Energy by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Michael Hollis compensation by year

HighPeak Energy Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HighPeak Energy reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$173,485$615,818$929,026$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,200,000
Bonus$0$562,500$670,000$650,000$785,000$1,250,000
Stock awards$0$1,651,400$0$2,100,000$0$0
Option awards$2,575,001$205,450$2,518,413$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$5,000$111,392$196,809$181,987$313,992$373,992
Total$2,753,486$3,146,560$4,314,248$4,131,987$2,298,992$2,823,992

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HighPeak Energy, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-014193, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the HighPeak Energy, Inc. filed document, accession 0001437749-26-014193. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$2.8M
$3.1M
$4.3M
$4.1M
$2.3M
$2.8M
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FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option400,000—$10.50

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

HighPeak Energy’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael Hollis · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,823,992
W. Ryan HightowerExecutive Vice President$1,129,624
Daniel SilverExecutive Vice President$1,128,424
Rodney WoodardChief Operating Officer$906,960
Steven TholenChief Financial Officer$883,400

Board service

HighPeak Energy board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: HighPeak Energy pays directors a $0 cash retainer and $150,000 in RSUs. As stated in HighPeak Energy's FY2025 proxy.

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