Helios Technologies (HLIO) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Sean Bagan, President & Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, was paid $3.4M in fiscal 2025, up 114% from $1.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 68:1, on median employee pay of $49,555.

Filed
May 4, 2026
Annual meeting
June 15, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$3.4M+114% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
68:1median $49,555
CEO pay in equity
41%$1.4M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
99%of votes cast
CEO target incentive
$705,000Annual incentive target
CEO maximum incentive
$1,410,000Annual incentive maximum
CEO highest-level equity
$2,279,256Assuming highest performance
Former CFO severance
$576,572Included in other compensation

How Bagan was paid

$3.4M 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.

Salary21%Bonus7%Stock awards20%Option awards21%Non-equity incentive29%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Sean BaganPresident & Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer$3,383,351
Jeremy EvansExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$604,348
Marc GreenbergExecutive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary$1,331,638
Matteo ArduiniPresident, Hydraulics EMEA Fluid Conveyance Technology$1,226,265
Rick MartichPresident, Hydraulics Motion Control Technology$1,005,955
Michael ConnawayFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$1,206,457

What changed and why

  • $3.4M$3,383,351 CEO total compensation in 2025, compared with $1,582,738 in 2024.
  • $2.3M$2,279,256 was the CEO’s equity-award value assuming the highest performance conditions.
  • January 2025: Sean Bagan became President and CEO; Jeremy Evans became CFO in November 2025.
  • 99%99% of votes cast supported say-on-pay at the 2025 annual meeting, excluding abstentions and broker non-votes.
  • $49,55568:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median compensation of $49,555.
  • $577K$576,572 of Michael Connaway’s other compensation reflected separation benefits after his November 2025 departure.

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.