Liqtech International (LIQT) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Fei Chen, President & Chief Executive Officer, was paid $816,557 in 2025, down 13% from $940,887 the year before.

Filed
October 23, 2026
Annual meeting
December 3, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$816,557-13% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
49%$398,643 in awards
Chen maximum cash bonus
150%Of annual salary
Chen equity grant maximum
100%Of base salary
Kowalczyk maximum bonus
90%Of base salary
Kowalczyk equity grant
60%Of base salary

How Chen was paid

$816,557 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.

Salary43%Stock awards49%All other compensation8%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Fei ChenPresident & Chief Executive Officer$816,557
David KowalczykChief Financial Officer$473,757
Phillip Massie PriceInterim Chief Financial Officer$206,616

What changed and why

  • 816,557 was Fei Chen's 2025 total compensation, compared with 940,887 in 2024.
  • 150%150% of base salary was the maximum annual cash bonus opportunity under Chen's agreement, subject to performance targets.
  • 100%100% of base salary was the maximum annual equity grant opportunity under Chen's agreement, in restricted stock units vesting over three years.
  • 90%90% of base salary was the maximum discretionary annual performance bonus opportunity under Kowalczyk's agreement.
  • 60%60% of base salary was Kowalczyk's annual restricted-stock-unit grant opportunity, with awards vesting over three years.
  • The Compensation Committee approved annual restricted stock unit awards for named executives in early January 2025.

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.