SurgePays (SURG) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Kevin Brian Cox, CEO, President Chairman, was paid $2M in 2025, down 27% from $2.8M the year before.

Filed
May 7, 2026
Annual meeting
June 16, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$2M-27% vs prior year
CEO salary
$794,7092025 salary
CEO cash bonus
$870,250Annual bonus
CEO option award
$338,135Granted December 31, 2025
Former CFO total
$1,758,2122025 total compensation
Former CFO stock award
$479,077Restricted shares vesting
Sales president total
$357,5192025 total compensation

How Cox was paid

$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.

Salary39%Bonus43%Option awards17%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Kevin Brian CoxCEO, President Chairman$2,040,212
Chelsea PullanoInterim CFO—
Anthony EversFormer CFO$1,758,212
Derron WinfreyPresident of Sales and Operations$357,519

What changed and why

  • $2M$2,040,212 was Kevin Brian Cox’s 2025 total compensation, compared with $2,787,084 in 2024.
  • $338K$338,135 of Cox’s 2025 compensation reflected stock options granted December 31, 2025.
  • $870K$870,250 was Cox’s 2025 annual cash bonus, paid at the Board’s discretion and deferred until April 1, 2026.
  • No executive bonuses received in 2025 were based on formulaic bonus structures or fluctuating metrics.
  • $1.8M$1,758,212 was former CFO Anthony Evers’s 2025 total compensation, including $479,077 for previously issued restricted shares vesting.
  • Cox’s employment agreement provides 500,000 restricted shares on April 1, 2026, and each June 1 through 2028.

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.