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FutureFuel Executive Compensation (FY25)

FF · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Roeland Polet
Latest say-on-pay support
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September 19, 2023
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 — Roeland Polet: $5,104,000 → $531,000 (89.6% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is FutureFuel's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Roeland Polet, Chief Executive Officer, came to $531,000 in fiscal 2025. Polet's total was 89.6% lower than the $5,104,000 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was FutureFuel's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2022, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 99.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held September 19, 2023.
Which companies are in FutureFuel's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Aemetis Inc., Albemarle Corp., Alto Ingredients Inc., Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and Arkema SA, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Tom McKinlay
Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Operating Officer FutureFuel Chemical Company
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Charles Lyon
Chief Commercial Officer FutureFuel Corp. and FutureFuel Chemical Company
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Rose Sparks
Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer, and treasurer, FutureFuel Corp. and FutureFuel Chemical Company
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Tom McKinlay
Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Operating Officer FutureFuel Chemical Company
◇◇————◇◇
Rose Sparks
Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer, and treasurer, FutureFuel Corp. and FutureFuel Chemical Company
◇◇————◇◇
Charles Lyon
Chief Commercial Officer FutureFuel Corp. and FutureFuel Chemical Company
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Kyle Gaither
Chief Operations Officer FutureFuel Corp. and FutureFuel Chemical Company
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Roeland Polet
Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Rose Sparks
Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer, and treasurer
◇◇————◇◇
Tom McKinlay
Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Operating Officer FutureFuel Chemical Company
Departed during or after this year
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Charles Lyon
Chief Commercial Officer FutureFuel Corp.
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Kyle Gaither
Chief Operations Officer
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Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Roeland Polet
Chief Executive Officer
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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
Roeland PoletRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
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
Kyle GaitherRSU◇=——
Rose SparksRSU◇=——
Roeland PoletRSU◇=——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Roeland Polet
Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2024 filing
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2024
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Paul M. Manheim
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Dale E. Cole
◇◇————◇
Donald C. Bedell
Board chair
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Terrance C.Z. Egger
◇◇————◇
G. Bruce Greer
◇◇◇———◇
Richard P. Rowe
◇◇◇———◇
Paul A. Novelly, II
◇—————◇
Ronald J. Kruszewski and Pamela R. Butcher served on the board in fiscal 2024 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.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Committee meeting fee◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Aemetis Inc. AMTX
  • Albemarle Corp. ALB
  • Alto Ingredients Inc. ALTO
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. ADM
  • Arkema SA symbol not shown
  • Bunge Global SA BG
  • Cabot Corp. CBT
  • Celanese Corp. CE
  • Chemours Co. CC
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. DAR
  • Dow Inc. DOW
  • Eastman Chemical Co. EMN
  • Gevo Inc. GEVO
  • Green Plains Inc. GPRE
  • Hudson Technologies Inc. HDSN
  • Huntsman Corp. HUN
  • Kronos Worldwide Inc. KRO
  • Lyondellbasell Industries NV LYB
  • Olin Corp. OLN
  • Rex American Resources Corp. REX
  • Stepan Co. SCL
  • Westlake Corp. WLK

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2022September 19, 2023=◇◇◇
2019September 3, 2020=◇◇◇
2016September 7, 2017=◇◇◇
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109 figures on this page: 103 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
103 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001437749-26-027325
  2. 0001437749-25-030236
    Director Compensation table
  3. 0001437749-24-025947
    Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0001437749-23-026304
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001437749-23-022653
  6. 0001437749-20-019302
  7. 0001437749-17-015801
  8. 0001437749-24-027303
    EX-10.11
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Peers FutureFuel discloses

The companies named in FF's own disclosed peer group.

Aemetis Inc.Albemarle Corp.Alto Ingredients Inc.Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.Bunge Global SACabot Corp.Celanese Corp.Chemours Co.Darling Ingredients Inc.Dow Inc.Eastman Chemical Co.Gevo Inc.Green Plains Inc.Hudson Technologies Inc.Huntsman Corp.Kronos Worldwide Inc.Lyondellbasell Industries NVOlin Corp.Rex American Resources Corp.Stepan Co.Westlake Corp.

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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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