Bank COO · SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC. (SPFI)

Paul Ehlers

A named executive officer of SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL 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

$628,795

FY2024: $607,640

4th of 5 named executive officers at South Plains Financial by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 6, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Paul Ehlers compensation by year

SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$304,500$313,635
Bonus$27,405$28,227
Stock awards$91,333$96,891
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$109,620$112,909
Pension and deferred compensation$18,824$20,170
All other$55,958$56,963
Total$607,640$628,795

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC. DEF 14A filed April 6, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-013355, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-013355. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 6, 2026.

$608K
$629K
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU2,675$103,790—
PSU2,615$101,462—
PSU1,595$61,886—
PSU745$28,906—

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

SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Cory NewsomPresident$2,273,599
Curtis GriffithChairman of the Board and CEO$1,232,779
Steven CrockettCFO$945,903
Paul Ehlers · this pageBank COO$628,795
Brent BatesBank CCO$604,247

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