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Fluent, Inc. Executive Compensation (FY25)

FLNT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Donald Patrick
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 17, 2026
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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 — Donald Patrick: $889,788 → $1,509,212 (69.6% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Fluent, Inc.'s chief executive and what were they paid?
Donald Patrick, (Chief Executive Officer), received $1,509,212 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Patrick's total moved 69.6% higher from the $889,788 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Fluent, Inc.'s say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 98.3% support at the meeting held June 17, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

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
Donald Patrick
(Chief Executive Officer)
◇◇◇———◇◇
Sugandha Khandelwal
(Former Chief Financial Officer)
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇———◇◇
Matthew Conlin
(Chief Customer Officer)
◇◇◇———◇◇
Ryan Schulke
(Chief Strategy Officer)
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Donald Patrick
(Chief Executive Officer)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ryan Perfit
(Chief Financial Officer)
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Matthew Conlin
(Chief Customer Officer)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ryan Schulke
(Chief Strategy Officer)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Donald Patrick
(Chief Executive Officer)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ryan Perfit
(Chief Financial Officer)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Matthew Conlin
(Chief Customer Officer)
◇———◇—◇◇
Ryan Schulke
(Chief Strategy Officer)
◇———◇—◇◇
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
Donald PatrickRSU◇——◇———
Donald PatrickPSU◇—◇———◇
Ryan PerfitPSU◇—◇———◇
Ryan PerfitRSU◇——◇———
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
Donald PatrickPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Matthew ConlinOption◇—◇9/9/2034
RSU◇◇——
Ryan PerfitPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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
Donald Mathis
Board chair · Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Barbara Shattuck Kohn
◇◇————◇
Richard C. Pfenniger Jr
◇◇————◇
David A. Graff
◇◇————◇
James P. Geygan
◇◇————◇
Earlier years 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.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
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.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 17, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 18, 2025=◇◇◇
2022May 5, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 8, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 2, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 3, 2020=◇◇◇
2018June 5, 2019=◇◇◇
2017June 6, 2018=◇◇◇

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- Donald Patrick ((Chief Executive Officer)), FY2025 total compensation $1,509,212 (base salary $301,378) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001437749-26-014994, filed 2026-05-06]

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Citations

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138 figures on this page: 130 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
130 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001437749-26-021019
  2. 0001437749-26-014994
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
  3. 0001437749-25-020948
  4. 0001437749-23-017019
  5. 0001437749-23-011920
  6. 0001437749-22-014784
    Proposal 3: Fluent Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan” in the proxy statement for the Company’s Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2022 (the “2022 Proxy”)
  7. 0001437749-21-014100
    December 31, 2021: For Against Abstain 54,351,034 575,305 45,125 A non-binding advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
  8. 0001437749-20-012484
    December 31, 2020: For Against Abstain 65,564,420 320,453 47,473 A non-binding advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
  9. 0001460329-19-000024
    December 31, 2019: For Against Abstain 62,224,910 146,447 332,739 A non-binding advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes
  10. 0001654954-18-006441
    Proposal 3: 2018 Fluent Inc. Stock Incentive Plan” in the proxy statement for the Company’s Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018 (the “2018 Proxy”), which
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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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