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Innovative Solutions & Support Executive Compensation (FY25)

ISSC · Exton, PA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): April 17, 2026
121 figures on this page: 117 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
The compensation disclosed runs fiscal 2023 through fiscal 2025. Separately, the fiscal 2025 disclosure covers 2 named executive officers, and Shahram Askarpour was paid $2,506,043 in total compensation as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Askarpour's total was 15.7% lower than the $2,972,189 reported for fiscal 2024. The say-on-pay proposal drew 99.3% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 16, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Shahram Askarpour
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 16, 2026
This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
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 — Shahram Askarpour: $2,972,189 → $2,506,043 (15.7% lower)

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Who is Innovative Solutions & Support's chief executive and what were they paid?
Shahram Askarpour was paid $2,506,043 in total compensation as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Askarpour's total was 15.7% lower than the $2,972,189 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Innovative Solutions & Support's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 99.3% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 16, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

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
Shahram Askarpour
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Michael Linacre
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Shahram Askarpour
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Jeffrey DiGiovanni
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Relland Winand
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Served on an interim basis
◇◇————◇◇
Michael Linacre
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Shahram Askarpour
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Jeffrey DiGiovanni
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.

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
Jeffrey DiGiovanniOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Jeffrey DiGiovanniRSU◇——◇——◇
Shahram AskarpourOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Shahram AskarpourRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 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
Jeffrey DiGiovanniOption◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Shahram AskarpourRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
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
Glen R. Bressner
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Roger A. Carolin
◇◇————◇
Stephen L. Belland
◇◇————◇
Shahram Askarpour, Garry Dean, Denise L. Devine and Richard A. Silfen 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.
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◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Board meeting fee◇
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.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 16, 2026=◇◇◇
2022April 13, 2023=◇◇◇
2019April 16, 2020=◇◇◇
2016April 13, 2017=◇◇◇
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Citations

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121 figures on this page: 117 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
117 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001104659-26-044887
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001104659-26-027765
    Director Compensation · Director Compensation Table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END · and 1 more section
  3. 0001104659-25-020940
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  4. 0001104659-24-030998
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001104659-23-046322
  6. 0001104659-20-048204
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001104659-17-023385
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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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