CleanCore Solutions (ZONE) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Clayton Adams, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $2.1M in 2025.

Filed
October 28, 2025
Annual meeting
December 17, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$2.1M2025
CEO pay in equity
87%$1.9M in awards
CEO stock awards
$1,860,0002025 Summary Compensation Table
CEO signing bonus
$400,000September 2025 employment agreement
CEO base salary
$640,000Annual salary under new agreement
CEO restricted stock grant
3,250,000 sharesSubject to plan share availability
CFO total compensation
$284,9172025 Summary Compensation Table
CRO total compensation
$414,5762025 Summary Compensation Table

How Adams was paid

$2.1M 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.

Bonus8%Stock awards87%All other compensation5%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Clayton AdamsChief Executive Officer$2,139,000
David EnholmChief Financial Officer$284,917
Gary HollstChief Revenue Officer$414,576

What changed and why

  • $2.1M$2,139,000 was Clayton Adams's 2025 total compensation, compared with $110,000 in 2024.
  • $1.9M$1,860,000 of Adams's 2025 compensation comprised stock awards.
  • $640K$640,000 annual base salary and $400,000 signing bonus were provided under Adams's September 2025 employment agreement.
  • 3,250,000 restricted stock shares were agreed for Adams when sufficient plan shares become available.
  • $125K$125,000 annual base salary and $7,500 quarterly KPI bonus were provided under Gary Hollst's employment agreement.
  • 200,000 restricted stock units were granted to Hollst, with 75,000 vesting immediately.

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.