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Wilson Bank Holding Executive Compensation (FY25)

WBHC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): April 27, 2026
179 figures on this page: 175 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
John C. McDearman III, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $1,810,845 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and McDearman III's total was 25.5% higher than the $1,442,976 reported for fiscal 2024. For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 32:1, against median employee compensation of $57,245. Shareholders recorded 98.8% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held April 23, 2026 for fiscal 2025. For fiscal 2025, the company reported 5 named executive officers.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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John C. McDearman III
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 23, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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 — John C. McDearman III: $1,442,976 → $1,810,845 (25.5% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 25:1 → 32:1 (28.0% higher)

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Who is Wilson Bank Holding's chief executive and what were they paid?
John C. McDearman III, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $1,810,845 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. McDearman III's total was 25.5% higher than the $1,442,976 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Wilson Bank Holding's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 98.8% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held April 23, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
What is Wilson Bank Holding's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 32:1, against median employee compensation of $57,245.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John McDearman III
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
John Foster
Executive Vice President of the Company and President of the Bank
◇——◇◇◇◇◇
Taylor Walker
Executive Vice President of the Bank
◇——◇◇◇◇◇
Clark Oakley
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John McDearman III
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇——◇◇◇◇
John Foster
Executive Vice President of the Company and President of the Bank
◇◇——◇◇◇◇
Lisa Pominski
Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank
◇————◇◇◇
Taylor Walker
Senior Vice President of the Company and Chief Lending Officer
◇◇——◇◇◇◇
Kayla Hawkins
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Clark Oakley
Senior Vice President of the Bank and Chief Credit Officer
◇◇——◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John C. McDearman III
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇———◇◇◇◇
John Foster
Executive Vice President of the Company and President of the Bank
◇——◇◇◇◇◇
Clark Oakley
Senior Vice President of the Bank and Chief Credit Officer
◇———◇◇◇◇
Taylor Walker
Senior Vice President of the Company and Chief Lending Officer
◇———◇◇◇◇
Kayla N. Hawkins
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
John FosterOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Kayla HawkinsOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Kayla HawkinsRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
John McDearmanOption◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
John FosterOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Taylor WalkerOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
Clark OakleyRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
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.
John C. McDearman III
Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Non-compete period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lisa Pominski
◇◇◇—◇◇◇
Michael G. Maynard
Board chair
◇—◇——◇◇
Clinton M. Swain
◇◇◇——◇◇
Randall Clemons
◇———◇◇◇
H. Elmer Richerson
◇———◇◇◇
Jack W. Bell
◇————◇◇
James Anthony Patton
◇————◇◇
William P. Jordan
◇————◇◇
James F. Comer
◇————◇◇
John C. McDearman III 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.

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
2025April 23, 2026=◇◇◇
2022April 25, 2023=◇◇◇
2019April 28, 2020=◇◇◇
2016April 11, 2017=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
179 figures on this page: 175 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
175 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-181821
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-117756
    2025 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION & · and 4 more sections
  3. 0000950170-25-043133
    2024 Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0000950170-24-035137
    2023 Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001437749-23-011520
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001437749-20-009152
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001628280-17-003664
    Item 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
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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