Hallador Energy Executive Compensation (FY25)
HNRG · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
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Data as of September 20, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 29, 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 — Brent Bilsland: $2,823,771 → $1,442,407 (48.9% lower)
Frequently asked questions
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Who is Hallador Energy's chief executive and what were they paid?
Brent Bilsland was paid $1,442,407 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Bilsland's total moved 48.9% lower from the $2,823,771 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Hallador Energy's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 99.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 27, 2026.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brent Bilsland President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Heath Lovell Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marjorie Hargrave Former Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brent Bilsland President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marjorie Hargrave Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Heath Lovell Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Todd Telesz Chief Financial 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.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Lovell | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Brent Bilsland | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Todd Telesz | 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
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David J. Lubar | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Zarrell Gray | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Charles R. Wesley IV | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David C. Hardie | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Barbara A. Sugg, Bryan H. Lawrence, Daniel Hudson and Brent K. Bilsland 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.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Fully vested shares of Common Stock.
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.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 27, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 29, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 30, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 1, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 9, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | June 3, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | October 9, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 23, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 23, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 25, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Hallador Energy disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
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102 figures on this page: 92 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
92 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001104659-26-068374ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104659-26-0438672026 Non-Employee Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2025 · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001558370-25-008332ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001437749-24-018969ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001437749-23-016394ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001437749-22-015032ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001437749-21-014102ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001437749-20-021108ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0000788965-19-000030ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000788965-18-000020ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0000788965-17-000018ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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11 filings cited on this page
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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
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@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}
}