VerifyMe (VRME) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Adam Stedham, Chief Executive Officer and President, was paid $312,094 in 2024, down 73% from $1.1M the year before.

Filed
August 13, 2025
Annual meeting
October 8, 2025
Pay year
2024
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$312,094-73% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
4%$12,844 in awards
CEO bonus potential
50%Based on adjusted EBITDA
Fred Volk stock awards
$81,7632024 grant-date fair value
Nancy Meyers stock awards
$7,7062024 grant-date fair value
Volk maximum PSU value
$105,750Highest performance level
CEO salary reduction
10%Under salary reduction agreement
Meyers salary reduction
10%Under salary reduction agreement

How Stedham was paid

$312,094 in total for 2024, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary91%Stock awards4%All other compensation5%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Adam StedhamChief Executive Officer and President$312,094
Fred G Volk, IIIVP of Operations, PeriShip Global$281,090
Nancy MeyersCFO$187,256
Paul RyanFormer EVP, Authentication Segment$216,574
Curt KoleFormer EVP, Precision Logistics; EVP Global Sales and Strategy, PeriShip Global$235,854

What changed and why

  • $312K$312,094 was Adam Stedham's 2024 total compensation, compared with $1,145,819 in 2023.
  • 10%10% salary reductions for Stedham and Meyers were exchanged for restricted stock units through December 31, 2025.
  • 50%50% was Stedham's annual bonus potential, based on adjusted EBITDA performance goals.
  • $106K$105,750 was the maximum performance value of Fred Volk's 2024 performance-based restricted stock units.
  • July 7, 2025 marked Nancy Meyers's retirement as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  • December 8, 2024 marked Paul Ryan's employment termination following the Trust Codes Global Limited divestiture.

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.