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Sono Tek Executive Compensation (FY26)

SOTK · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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R. Stephen Harshbarger
Latest say-on-pay support
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August 21, 2025
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What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — R. Stephen Harshbarger: $385,500 → $408,100 (5.9% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 96.8% → 97.1% (0.3 points higher)

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Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Sono Tek's chief executive and what were they paid?
R. Stephen Harshbarger, Chief Executive Officer and President, received $408,100 in total compensation for fiscal 2026. Harshbarger's total was 5.9% higher than the $385,500 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Sono Tek's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 97.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held August 21, 2025 for fiscal 2025.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
R. Stephen Harshbarger
President and Director
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Christopher Coccio
CEO, Chairman and Director
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Stephen Bagley
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
R. Stephen Harshbarger
President and Director
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Christopher Coccio
CEO, Chairman and Director
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Stephen Bagley
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
R. Stephen Harshbarger
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Christopher Coccio
CEO, Executive Chairman and Director
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Christopher Cichetti
Chief Operating Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Stephen Bagley
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
R. Stephen Harshbarger
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Christopher Cichetti
Chief Operating Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Stephen Bagley
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
R. Stephen Harshbarger
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Christopher Cichetti
Chief Operating Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Stephen Bagley
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
Christopher C. CichettiOption——————◇
R. Stephen HarshbargerOption——————◇
Stephen J. BagleyOption——————◇
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 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
R. Stephen HarshbargerOption◇—◇08/21/2035
Option◇—◇08/22/2034
Option◇—◇11/16/2033
Christopher CichettiOption◇—◇08/21/2035
Option◇—◇08/22/2034
Option◇—◇11/16/2033
Option◇—◇11/16/2033
Stephen BagleyOption◇—◇08/21/2035
Option◇—◇08/22/2034
Option◇—◇11/16/2033
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.
R. Stephen Harshbarger
Chief Executive Officer and President · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Christopher L. Coccio
Board chair
——◇——◇◇
Adeniyi Lawal
◇—◇———◇
Kirk Warshaw
◇—◇———◇
Joseph Riemer
◇—◇———◇
Carol O'Donnell
◇—◇———◇
Eric Haskell
◇—◇———◇
Philip Strasburg
◇—————◇
R. Stephen Harshbarger served on the board in fiscal 2026 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 meeting fee◇
Committee meeting fee◇
Equity is delivered as Stock Options.

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
2025August 21, 2025=◇◇◇
2024August 22, 2024=◇◇◇
2023August 24, 2023=◇◇◇
2022August 18, 2022=◇◇◇
2021August 19, 2021=◇◇◇
2020August 20, 2020=◇◇◇
2019August 22, 2019=◇◇◇
2016August 25, 2016=◇◇◇

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Citations

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159 figures on this page: 151 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
151 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001171520-26-000185
    2026 Director Compensation · CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS & · Director Compensation · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · and 1 more section
  3. 0001171520-25-000277
    Item 5.07: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  4. 0001171520-25-000253
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001171520-24-000306
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001171520-23-000281
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001171520-23-000232
  8. 0001171520-22-000458
  9. 0001171520-21-000363
  10. 0001171520-20-000391
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001171520-19-000285
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001171520-16-001034
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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}
}
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