Bridgeline Digital (BLIN) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Roger Kahn, CEO and Director, was paid $619,691 in 2024, down 27% from $850,993 the year before.

Filed
August 7, 2025
Annual meeting
September 16, 2025
Pay year
2024
Named executives
2
CEO total pay
$619,691-27% vs prior year
Prior say-on-pay support
63%of votes cast
CEO bonus
$118,7742024 Summary Compensation Table
CEO option awards
$67,2802024 grant-date fair value
CFO total compensation
$343,0272024 Summary Compensation Table
CEO compensation actually paid
$769,785Pay versus Performance table
Non-PEO compensation actually paid
$330,562Pay versus Performance table
CEO restricted stock remaining
66,672 sharesAt September 30, 2024

How Kahn was paid

$619,691 in total for 2024, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary66%Bonus19%Option awards11%All other compensation4%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Roger KahnCEO and Director$619,691
Thomas WindhausenChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$343,027

What changed and why

  • $620K$619,691 was the CEO’s 2024 total compensation, down from $850,993 in 2023.
  • $770K$769,785 was compensation actually paid to the CEO in 2024, versus $619,691 reported compensation.
  • 63%63% of votes cast supported the 2024 say-on-pay proposal.
  • Investors opposed significant off-cycle awards and expected equity vesting to last at least one year.
  • The Compensation Committee used an independent consultant and peer-group percentile comparisons when reviewing executive pay.

Other Bridgeline Digital proxy statements

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.