Daktronics (DAKT) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Bradley T. Wiemann, Interim President and CEO, was paid $437,806 in fiscal 2025, down 16% from $520,703 the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 17:1, on median employee pay of $58,005.

Filed
August 14, 2025
Annual meeting
September 3, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$437,806-16% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
17:1median $58,005
CEO pay in equity
6%$26,945 in awards
Combined CEO compensation
$991,969Used for Fiscal 2025 pay ratio
Wiemann transition bonus
$41,538Paid upon becoming Interim CEO
Atkins transition bonus
$225,000Paid upon becoming Acting CFO
Anderson retention RSU
$200,040Included in stock awards
Kurtenbach option acceleration
$680,213Included in all-other compensation

How Wiemann was paid

$437,806 in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary76%Bonus9%Stock awards6%Non-equity incentive6%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Bradley T. WiemannInterim President and CEO$437,806
Reece A. KurtenbachFormer President and CEO$1,278,733
Howard I. AtkinsActing Chief Financial Officer and Chief Transformation Officer$984,687
Sheila M. AndersonChief Data and Analytics Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer$654,929
Matthew J. KurtenbachVice President$580,845
Carla S. GatzkeVice President and Secretary$514,937

What changed and why

  • $992K17:1 was the approximate CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on $991,969 for the CEO and $58,005 for the median employee.
  • $438K$437,806 was Interim CEO Bradley Wiemann’s Fiscal 2025 total, down from $520,703 in Fiscal 2024.
  • $680K$680,213 of Reece Kurtenbach’s all-other compensation came from accelerated stock options after his departure.
  • $225K$225,000 was Howard Atkins’s transition bonus upon becoming Acting CFO and Chief Transformation Officer.
  • $200K$200,040 retention RSU grants were included in Sheila Anderson’s stock awards, with similar awards for other executives.
  • Operating-margin targets determined Fiscal 2025 non-equity incentive compensation.

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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.