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Taylor Devices Executive Compensation (FY26)

TAYD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Timothy Sopko
Latest say-on-pay support
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October 20, 2023
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Data as of October 27, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): September 4, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Timothy Sopko: $631,696 → $519,026 (17.8% lower)

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Who is Taylor Devices' chief executive and what were they paid?
Timothy Sopko was paid $519,026 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026. Sopko's total moved 17.8% lower from the $631,696 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Taylor Devices' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.9% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held October 20, 2023 for fiscal 2023.

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
Timothy Sopko
Chief Executive Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Alan Klembczyk
President
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Mark McDonough
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Timothy Sopko
Chief Executive Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Alan Klembczyk
President
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Paul Heary
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Mark McDonough
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Timothy Sopko
Chief Executive Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Alan Klembczyk
President
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Paul Heary
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Timothy Sopko
Chief Executive Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Alan Klembczyk
President
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Paul Heary
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Timothy Sopko
Chief Executive Officer
◇——◇——◇◇
Paul Heary
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
Alan KlembczykOPTION——————◇
Paul HearyOPTION——————◇
Timothy SopkoOPTION——————◇
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
Paul HearyOption◇—◇04/18/36
Option◇—◇04/18/34
Option◇—◇04/18/35
Option◇—◇04/18/33
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 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John Burgess
Board chair
◇—◇———◇
F. Eric Armenat
◇—◇———◇
Robert M. Carey
◇—◇———◇
Timothy J. Sopko 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 cash retainer◇
Audit committee member◇
Equity is delivered as 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
2023October 20, 2023=◇◇◇
2019November 1, 2019=◇◇◇
2016October 28, 2016=◇◇◇

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- Timothy Sopko (Chief Executive Officer), FY2026 total compensation $519,026 (base salary $329,600) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001376474-26-000601, filed 2026-09-04]

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Citations

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107 figures on this page: 104 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
104 cited to the filing
3 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001376474-26-000601
  2. 0001376474-25-000791
    Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0001376474-23-000460
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001376474-23-000430
  5. 0000096536-19-000041
  6. 0000096536-16-000061
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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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