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BancFirst Executive Compensation (FY25)

BANF · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 5, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 28, 2026
140 figures on this page: 135 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
David R. Harlow
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 28, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — David R. Harlow: $970,435$1,007,628 (3.8% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 27:121:1 (22.2% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is BancFirst's chief executive and what were they paid?
David R. Harlow, President and Chief Executive Officer, BancFirst Corporation, received $1,007,628 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Harlow's total moved 3.8% higher from the $970,435 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was BancFirst's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 98.2% support at the meeting held May 28, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
What is BancFirst's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 21:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $47,840.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Harlow
CEO
Darryl Schmidt
President and CEO of BancFirst
Scott Copeland
Executive Vice President and COO
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Harlow
CEO
Darryl Schmidt
President and CEO of BancFirst
Scott Copeland
Executive Vice President and COO
Hannah Andrus
Executive Vice President and CFO
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John K. Slay, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, BancFirst
David R. Harlow
President and Chief Executive Officer, BancFirst Corporation
Darryl W. Schmidt
President and Chief Executive Officer, BancFirst
Scott Copeland
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, BancFirst
Hannah Andrus
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
John K. Slay JrRSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
John SlayRSU
Option
Option
Darryl SchmidtOption
Scott CopelandOption
David HarlowOption
Hannah AndrusRSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David E. Rainbolt
Board chair
G. Rainey Williams, Jr
Lead independent director
Gregory G. Wedel
Tom H. McCasland, III
Joseph Ford
F. Ford Drummond
William Scott Martin
Natalie Shirley
Bill G. Lance
Kimberly Ingram
Robin Roberson
Dave R. Lopez
Dr. Leslie J. Rainbolt
Michael K. Wallace
Mautra Staley Jones
Darryl W. Schmidt and David R. Harlow served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 28, 2026=
2024May 22, 2025=
2023May 23, 2024=
2022May 25, 2023=
2016May 25, 2017=

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
Median employee compensation
Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
140 figures on this page: 135 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints.
135 cited to the filing
5 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-245174
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-141692
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · and 1 more section
  3. 0000950170-25-076262
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0000950170-25-050087
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0000950170-24-063897
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0000950170-24-041155
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000950170-23-024194
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001144204-17-030170
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Cite this data
APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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