Vice President - General Counsel · BADGER METER INC (BMI)

William Bergum

A named executive officer of BADGER METER 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

$867,776

FY2022: $659,085

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 13, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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William Bergum compensation by year

BADGER METER Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BADGER METER reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2025
Salary$247,000$255,500$300,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$119,942$123,294$228,187
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$227,280$228,169$269,700
Pension and deferred compensation$4,574$8,034$17,811
All other$44,210$44,088$52,078
Total$643,006$659,085$867,776

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BADGER METER INC DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-106185, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the BADGER METER INC filed document, accession 0001193125-26-106185. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 13, 2026.

$643K
$659K
$868K
FY21
FY22
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2021 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option397—$36.45
Option1,716—$63.04
Option649—$48.20
Option989—$59.85

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in BADGER METER INC's FY2021 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 13, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-04-21I—1,413.76$123.7813,365.24

The 1 most recent of 1 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 →

BADGER METER’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kenneth BockhorstChairman, President & CEO$5,932,862
Robert WrocklageSenior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer$1,952,394
Sheryl HopkinsVice President - Human Resources$984,668
Kimberly StollVice President - Sales and Marketing$890,043
William Bergum · this pageVice President - General Counsel$867,776

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