Great Elm Group (GEG) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Jason W. Reese, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.2M in 2025, down 18% from $1.5M the year before.

Filed
October 17, 2025
Annual meeting
December 5, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$1.2M-18% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
40%$500,000 in awards
CEO target bonus
200% of base salaryFirst five employment years
COO target bonus
$225,000Minimum fiscal 2025 target
Reese stock options
2,000,000Five stock-price vesting triggers
Kleinman total pay
$738,800Fiscal 2025
Milz total pay
$745,051Fiscal 2025

How Reese was paid

$1.2M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary40%Bonus20%Stock awards40%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Jason W. ReeseChairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,249,999
Adam M. KleinmanPresident$738,800
Nichole MilzChief Operating Officer$745,051

What changed and why

  • $1.2M$1,249,999: Reese’s total compensation in 2025, down from $1,525,091 in 2024.
  • $500K$500,000: Reese’s 2025 stock awards were reported in the Summary Compensation Table.
  • $250K$249,999: Reese’s cash bonus; additional fiscal 2025 incentive shares will be reported next year.
  • 200%200%: Reese’s target bonus for each of his first five employment years, based on base salary.
  • $225K$225,000: Milz’s minimum targeted bonus for fiscal 2025.
  • 2,000,000: Reese stock options remain subject to five stock-price vesting triggers.

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.