Nine Energy Service Executive Compensation (FY24)
NINE · Houston, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2024
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 7, 2025
6 filings cited on this page
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What changed from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Ann Fox: $2,022,259 → $2,022,618 (0.0% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 81.3% → 92.3% (11.0 points higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Nine Energy Service's chief executive and what were they paid?
Ann Fox was paid $2,022,618 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2024. Fox's total moved 0.0% higher from the $2,022,259 reported for fiscal 2022.
What was Nine Energy Service's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 92.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 2, 2025 for fiscal 2024.
Which companies are in Nine Energy Service's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., Newpark Resources, Inc., Oil States International, ProPetro Holding Corp. and RPC, Inc.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ann Fox President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
David Crombie Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Guy Sirkes Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Theodore Moore Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ann Fox President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
David Crombie Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Guy Sirkes Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Theodore Moore Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 2024
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Crombie | OTHER | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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 2024 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Crombie | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Guy Sirkes | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Theodore Moore | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/20/2027 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Ann Fox | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/20/2027 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/15/2025 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| 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 Crombie
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2018 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
Guy Sirkes
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2020 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie L. Danner | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Mark E. Baldwin | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Darryl K. Willis | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Scott E. Schwinger Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gary L. Thomas | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Curtis F. Harrell | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew L. Waite | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ann G. Fox, Julie A. Peffer and Richard A. Burnett 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 | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.
Stock ownership guideline: 3x annual cash retainer
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. HLX
- Newpark Resources, Inc. NR
- Oil States International OIS
- ProPetro Holding Corp. PUMP
- RPC, Inc. RES
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | May 2, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 3, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Nine Energy Service disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Nine Energy Service sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written 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.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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137 figures on this page: 135 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.
135 cited to the filing
2 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001193125-25-114963Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-25-048494EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2024 Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001193125-24-132025Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-23-063686Summary Compensation Table
- 0001193125-18-334150EX-10.18
- 0001193125-20-092962EX-10.17
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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}
}