Company: ACCS
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000843006-25-000014
Chunk: 18

Company: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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2025. |

| PROXY STATEMENT | 16 |

| Executive Compensation |

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

We formed a Compensation Committee on October 23, 2013. Prior to that date, all compensation decisions for our named executive officers were made by our Board.

The Compensation Committee of our Board will review at least annually and determine (or recommend to the Board as the case may be) the executive compensation for Mr. Balbirnie and any other named executive officers, including approving any grants of stock options or other equity incentive awards in accordance with the philosophy and components described in this Proxy Statement. To date, neither the Board nor the Compensation Committee has retained the services of a compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee does not intend to retain such services for 2025 but may decide to do so in the future.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

The following table shows amounts earned by each officer in the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

| Name and                             | Year |     | Salary |          |     | Bonus |          |     | Stock Awards |         |    |     | Option Awards |            |     | Non-equity incentive plan compensation |   |     | Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified deferred compensation earnings |   |     | All Other Compensation |   |     | Total |           |
| Principal Position                   |      |     | -$     |          |     | -$    |          |     | -$           |         |    |     | -$            |            |     | -$                                     |   |     | -$                                                                      |   |     | -$                     |   |     | -$    |           |
| Brian R. Balbirnie                   | 2024 |     |        |  285,000 |     |       |        — |     |              |       — |    |     |               | —          |     |                                        | — |     |                                                                         | — |     |                        | — |     |       |   285,000 |
| (Chief Executive Officer)            | 2023 |     |        |  285,000 |     |       |        — |     |              | 564,800 | -1 |     |               | —          |     |                                        | — |     |                                                                         | — |     |                        | — |     |       |   849,800 |
| Steven Knerr                         | 2024 |     |        | 185,1151 |