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Red Cat Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)
RCAT · South Salt Lake, UT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 25, 2026
103 figures on this page: 100 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Disclosures span fiscal 2022 through fiscal 2025. Separately, for fiscal 2025, the company reported 4 named executive officers, and total compensation for Jeffrey Thompson, Chief Executive Officer and President, came to $6,816,406 in fiscal 2025, and Thompson's total was up from the $307,793 reported for fiscal 2024. Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 41.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 18, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
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 — Jeffrey Thompson: $307,793 → $6,816,406
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Red Cat Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Jeffrey Thompson, Chief Executive Officer and President, came to $6,816,406 in fiscal 2025. Thompson's total was up from the $307,793 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Red Cat Holdings' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 41.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 18, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey Thompson Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey Thompson Chief Executive Officer and President | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Leah Lunger Former Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geoffrey Hitchcock Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
George Matus Former Chief Technology Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Leah Lunger Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeffrey Thompson Chief Executive Officer and President | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey Thompson Chief Executive Officer and President | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Chris Ericson Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Geoffrey Hitchcock Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Leah Lunger Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ericson | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Chris Ericson | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | — |
| Geoffrey Hitchcock | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Geoffrey Hitchcock | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Jeffrey Thompson | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | — |
| Jeffrey Thompson | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ericson | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Geoffrey Hitchcock | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 2/8/2033 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 8/8/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/10/2034 | |
| Jeffrey Thompson | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/15/2033 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/22/2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher R. Moe | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
General (R) Paul E. Funk II | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Joseph Freedman, Jeffrey M. Thompson and Nicholas Liuzza 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.
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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
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.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 18, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | September 23, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | November 29, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Red Cat Holdings disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
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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 IntelligenceSay-on-pay responsiveness
Red Cat Holdings recorded a low support level. The responsiveness analysis covers what the company said it would do, what it did, and how that compares with the companies that recovered their vote.
Responsiveness analysisAdviser switching and vote outcomes
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103 figures on this page: 100 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
100 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001628280-26-045393Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001628280-26-028755Director Compensation Table · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDSVOTE & · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End · and 1 more section
- 0001641172-25-006475Summary Compensation Table
- 0001493152-24-034213Summary Compensation Table
- 0001554795-22-000348Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001554795-22-000248
- 0001554795-18-000365Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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
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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}
}