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Jefferson Capital Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Jefferson Capital (JCAP) executive compensation
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JCAP · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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David Burton

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Data as of October 23, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 21, 2026

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Who is Jefferson Capital's chief executive and what were they paid?

David Burton was paid $3,795,973 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
David Burton President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Mark Zellmann President of U.S. Business Lines	◇	◇	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Penelope Person Chief Commercial 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
David Burton	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Mark Zellmann	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Penelope Person	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

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.

David Burton

President and Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇

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
Beth Leonard	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇
Ronald Vaske	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇
John Oros	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Thomas Harding, James Pierce, David Burton, Susan Atkins and Thomas Lydon Jr 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.

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Total board retainer	◇
Audit committee member	◇

Disclosed peer group

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

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- David Burton (President and Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $3,795,973 (base salary $765,769) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001140361-26-015937, filed 2026-04-21]

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Realizable 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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Citations

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32 cited to the filing

Documents cited

DEF 14A, filed April 21, 2026
0001140361-26-015937
2025 Director Compensation · 2025 Summary Compensation Table · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year End · Proxy severance section

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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}
}