Company: NEWTP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001587987-25-000073
Chunk: 63

Company: NewtekOne, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 the vote when considering future executive compensation decisions.

This proposal, commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives shareholders the opportunity to express their views on the compensation of our named executive officers and the executive compensation philosophy, policies and programs described in this Proxy Statement. We ask that you support the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed under the heading “Executive Compensation”, including the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section and the accompanying compensation tables and related narrative disclosure.

At our 2024 Annual Meeting, we provided our shareholders with the opportunity to cast an advisory vote on say-on-pay with respect to the NEO compensation disclosed in our proxy statement. Approximately ninety-six percent of the votes cast by our shareholders were in favor of our advisory vote on say-on-pay at the 2024 Annual Meeting.

As described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, we seek to provide a compensation package that attracts and retains executive talent and to motivate them to achieve, and reward them for achieving, superior performance. We believe that our compensation program strikes the appropriate balance between utilizing responsible, measured pay practices and effectively incentivizing our named executive officers to dedicate themselves fully to value creation for our shareholders.

You are encouraged to read the detailed information under “Executive Compensation” of this Proxy Statement for additional details about our executive compensation programs.

The Board of Directors strongly endorses the Company’s executive compensation program and recommends that shareholders vote in favor of the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the shareholders of NewtekOne, Inc. hereby approve on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s NEOs, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K to the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables and narrative discussion.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

### OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any business to come before the Annual Meeting other than those matters described above in this Proxy Statement and matters incident to the conduct of the Annual Meeting. Properly executed proxies in the accompanying form that have not been revoked confer discretionary authority on the persons named therein to vote at the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors on any other matters presented at the Annual Meeting. Under SEC rules, if a shareholder does not notify the Company within a reasonable time