SUNE 2025 proxy details 1,000,000-share plan, CBIZ ratification
SUNation Energy, Inc. is asking shareholders to vote at its virtual 2025 annual meeting on December 18, 2025. The agenda includes electing Class I director and board chair Roger H.D. Lacey to a new three-year term, ratifying CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the new independent auditor, approving amendments to the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, and a possible adjournment proposal.
The equity plan changes would lift the share reserve to 1,000,000 shares, raise the incentive stock option limit, and add an evergreen feature that can increase available shares by up to 5% of outstanding stock annually through 2032, which the company estimates could mean about 25% potential dilution as of December 1, 2025. The proxy also details a 2024 net loss of $15.8 million, failed 2024 bonus metrics resulting in no annual cash incentives, reverse stock splits that severely reduced existing plan capacity, and the company’s Nasdaq-compliant clawback policy.
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- Auditor going-concern emphasis: Prior auditor UHY’s reports for 2023 and 2024 included a paragraph citing substantial doubt about SUNation Energy’s ability to continue as a going concern, highlighting significant financial pressure.
- High prospective dilution from equity plan: The proposed amendments to the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan would raise available shares to 1,000,000 and add a 5% annual evergreen, which the company estimates could result in approximately 25% potential dilution as of December 1, 2025.
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Proxy highlights going-concern pressure, auditor change, and sizable potential dilution.
SUNation Energy reports a 2024 net loss of
The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan was effectively depleted by multiple reverse stock splits, leaving only 67 shares available and leading to no equity grants to executives or directors in
Compensation design remains performance-oriented: the 2024 management incentive program tied payouts to Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit, fundraising and acquisitions, but all metrics fell below threshold, so no 2024 cash bonuses were earned. A Nasdaq-compliant clawback policy, effective
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1. | To vote for the election of Roger H.D. Lacey (the “Nominee”) to serve as the Class I director on the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) for a period of three years from the date of such election; |
2. | To ratify the appointment of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025; |
3. | To approve amendments to the SUNation Energy, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Pineapple Energy Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan) to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance, the number of shares that can be issued as incentive stock options and to implement an evergreen provision for the purpose of increasing the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance automatically on the first trading day of each calendar year beginning with calendar year 2026 through and including the first trading day of calendar year 2032 by up to 5.0% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding on December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year; and |
4. | To approve one or more adjournments of the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve any of the proposals at the time of the Annual Meeting. |
By Order of the Board of Directors, | |||
Roger H.D. Lacey, Chairman | |||
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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | |||
PROXY STATEMENT | 1 | ||
PROPOSAL 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTOR PROPOSAL | 5 | ||
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS | 6 | ||
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 10 | ||
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE | 13 | ||
EMPLOYMENT, TERMINATION AND CHANGE IN CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS | 15 | ||
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION RECOVERY POLICY | 18 | ||
PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE | 19 | ||
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION | 22 | ||
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS | 23 | ||
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA | 24 | ||
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE | 25 | ||
PROPOSAL 2 – AUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL | 27 | ||
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES | 28 | ||
PROPOSAL 3 – EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL | 29 | ||
PROPOSAL 4 – ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL | 38 | ||
HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS | 39 | ||
SUBMISSION OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS AND NOMINATIONS | 39 | ||
OTHER MATTERS | 40 | ||
APPENDIX A | A-1 | ||
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1. | To vote for the election of Roger H.D. Lacey (the “Nominee”) to serve as the Class I director on the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) for a period of three years from the date of such election; |
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2. | To ratify the appointment of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025; |
3. | To approve amendments to the SUNation Energy, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Pineapple Energy Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan) to increase the number of shares of stock reserved for issuance, the number of shares that can be issued as incentive stock options, and to implement an evergreen provision for the purpose of increasing the number of shares of stock reserved for issuance automatically on the first trading day of each calendar year beginning with calendar year 2026 through and including the first trading day of calendar year 2032 by up to 5.0% of the total number of shares of our stock outstanding on December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year; and |
4. | To approve one or more adjournments of the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve any of the proposals at the time of the Annual Meeting. |
• | FOR the Election of Class I Director Proposal; |
• | FOR the Auditor Ratification Proposal; |
• | FOR the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan Amendment Proposal; |
• | FOR the Adjournment Proposal; and |
• | To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. |
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• | Electronically, by following the instructions provided in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card; or |
• | If you received printed proxy materials, you may also vote by mail or telephone as instructed on the proxy card. |
Proposal Number | Proposal | Vote Required | ||||
1 | Election of Class I Director Proposal | Plurality of votes cast for the nominee. | ||||
2 | Auditor Ratification Proposal | Majority of the votes cast on this proposal. | ||||
3 | Equity Incentive Plan Amendment Proposal | Majority of the votes cast on this proposal. | ||||
4 | Adjournment Proposal | Majority of the votes cast on this proposal. | ||||
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• | by sending a written notice of revocation to our Corporate Secretary; |
• | by submitting another properly signed proxy card at a later date to our Corporate Secretary; or |
• | by submitting another proxy by telephone or via the Internet at a later date. |
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Name | Age | Position | ||||
Scott Maskin | 62 | Chief Executive Officer (and Director) | ||||
James Brennan | 61 | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary | ||||
Kristin Hlavka | 44 | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer | ||||
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• | Scott Maskin, our current Chief Executive Officer; |
• | Kyle Udseth, who previously served as Chief Executive Officer until May 2024; |
• | Andrew Childs, who previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer until March 2025; |
• | Eric Ingvaldson, who previously served as Chief Financial Officer until August 2024; and |
• | James Brennan, our current Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer effective March 2025. |
• | attract and retain individuals with superior ability and managerial experience; |
• | align executive officers’ incentives with our corporate strategies, business objectives and the long-term interests of our shareholders; and |
• | increase the incentive to achieve key strategic performance measures by linking incentive award opportunities to the achievement of performance objectives and by providing a portion of total compensation for executive officers in the form of ownership in the Company. |
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Performance Measure | % Weight | Annual Target Goal | % of Target Performance Achieved | ||||||
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA | 30% | $3,661,508 | -134% | ||||||
Gross Profit | 30% | $27,692,331 | 74% | ||||||
Fundraising | 20% | $25,000,000 | 10% | ||||||
Business Acquisitions | 20% | 2 | 0% | ||||||
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Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | Stock Awards ($)(1) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(2) | All Other Compensation ($)(3) | Total ($) | ||||||||||||||
Scott Maskin Chief Executive Officer(4)(8) | 2024 | 263,704 | — | — | — | 11,160 | 274,864 | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Childs Interim Chief Financial Officer(4)(7) | 2024 | 79,808 | — | — | — | 577 | 80,385 | ||||||||||||||
James Brennan Chief Operating Officer(4)(9) | 2024 | 250,192 | — | — | — | 4,206 | 254,398 | ||||||||||||||
Kristin Hlavka Corporate Controller | 2024 | 188,588 | — | — | — | 6,925 | 195,483 | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 185,000 | — | 93,160 | 43,729 | 6,452 | 328,341 | |||||||||||||||
Kyle J. Udseth Former Chief Executive Officer(5) | 2024 | 126,923 | — | — | — | 41,968 | 168,891 | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 286,153 | — | 151,072 | 118,187 | 13,702 | 569,114 | |||||||||||||||
Eric Ingvaldson Former Chief Financial Officer(6) | 2024 | 177,885 | — | — | — | 7,700 | 185,585 | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 250,000 | — | 125,893 | 78,791 | 10,405 | 465,089 | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Reflects the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for stock awards granted during the reported fiscal year. For additional information regarding the assumptions we used to calculate the amounts in this column, please refer to Note 11 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. |
(2) | Represents amounts earned under the annual cash incentive plan for the year indicated. |
(3) | See “All Other Compensation Table” below. |
(4) | None of Messrs. Maskin, Childs, or Brennan were NEOs in 2023. |
(5) | Mr. Udseth served as our Chief Executive Officer until May 17, 2024. |
(6) | Mr. Ingvaldson served as our Chief Financial Officer until August 28, 2024. |
(7) | Mr. Childs served as our Interim Chief Financial Officer from August 28, 2024 until March 6, 2025. |
(8) | On December 10, 2024, Mr. Maskin entered into a new employment agreement which provides for an annual base salary of $295,000. |
(9) | On December 9, 2024, Mr. Brennan entered into a new employment agreement which provides for an annual base salary of $275,000. |
Name | Year | Employer Contributions to 401(k) Plan ($) | Severance ($)(1) | Other ($) | Total ($) | ||||||||||
Scott Maskin | 2024 | 9,660 | — | 1,500 | 11,160 | ||||||||||
Andrew Childs | 2024 | 577 | — | — | 577 | ||||||||||
James Brennan | 2024 | 4,206 | — | — | 4,206 | ||||||||||
Kristin Hlavka | 2024 | 6,925 | — | — | 6,925 | ||||||||||
2023 | 6,452 | — | — | 6,452 | |||||||||||
Kyle Udseth | 2024 | 7,353 | 34,615 | — | 41,968 | ||||||||||
2023 | 10,835 | 2,867 | 13,702 | ||||||||||||
Eric Ingvaldson | 2024 | 7,548 | — | — | 11,233 | ||||||||||
2023 | 7,548 | 2,856 | 11,233 | ||||||||||||
(1) | Mr. Udseth’s 2024 severance includes what was paid to him during 2024. He also received an additional $50,000 in 2025 as part of his separation from the Company. |
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Stock Awards | ||||||
Name | Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested (#) | Market value of shares or units of stock that have not vested ($)(1) | ||||
Scott Maskin | 1(2) | 526 | ||||
James Brennan | 1(2) | 526 | ||||
Kristin Hlavka | 1(3) | 526 | ||||
1(4) | 526 | |||||
(1) | Market value is calculated by multiplying the number of unvested units by $526.00, the closing price of our common stock on December 31, 2024, as adjusted for the April 2025 Reverse Stock Split. |
(2) | RSUs vest in thirds on each of November 15, 2023, November 15, 2024 and November 15, 2025. |
(3) | RSUs vested in full on March 20, 2025 |
(4) | RSUs vest in thirds on each of May 15, 2024, May 15, 2025, and May 15, 2026 |
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• | if a participant is terminated for cause or upon conduct that would constitute cause during any post-termination exercise period, all unexercised option awards and all unvested portions of any other outstanding awards will be immediately forfeited without consideration; |
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• | if a participant’s service is terminated due to his or her death or disability, (i) all unvested restricted stock units shall vest as of the termination date, (ii) unvested performance stock units will vest on a pro rata basis, based on the actual performance in the case of disability and the target performance in the case of death; and (iii) the currently vested and exercisable portions of option awards may be exercised for a period of one year after the date of such termination; and |
• | upon termination for any reason other than death, disability or cause, all unvested and unexercisable portions of any outstanding awards will be immediately forfeited without consideration and the currently vested and exercisable portions of option awards may be exercised for a period of three months after the date of such termination; however, if a participant thereafter dies during such three-month period, the vested and exercisable portions of the option awards may be exercised for a period of one year after the date of such termination. |
• | a “change in control” generally refers to the acquisition by a person or group of beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the combined voting power of our voting securities, our continuing directors ceasing to constitute a majority of the board of directors, or the consummation of a corporate transaction as defined below (unless immediately following such corporate transaction all or substantially all of our previous holders of voting securities beneficially own more than 50% of the combined voting power of the resulting entity in substantially the same proportions); and |
• | a “corporate transaction” generally means (i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets, or (ii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, or similar transaction involving us, regardless of whether we are the surviving entity. |
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Year | Summary Compensation Table Total for 2024 PEO(1) ($) | Compensation Actually Paid to 2024 PEO(2) ($) | Summary Compensation Table Total for Former PEO(1) | Compensation Actually Paid to Former PEO(2) | Summary Compensation Table Total for Former PEO(1) | Compensation Actually Paid to Former PEO(2) | Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs(1) ($) | Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs(2) ($) | Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based on: Total Shareholder Return(3) ($) | Net Income (Loss) ($) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) | For 2024, the PEO was |
(2) | A reconciliation of Total Compensation from the Summary Compensation Table (“SCT”) to Compensation Actually Paid to our PEOs and our Non-PEO NEOs (as an average) is shown below: |
(3) | Total shareholder return (“TSR”) as calculated is based on a fixed investment of $100 measured from the market close on December 31, 2021 through and including the end of the fiscal year for each year reported in the table. |
Adjustments | 2024 PEO ($) | Former PEO (Udseth) ($) | Average of Non-PEO NEOs ($) | ||||||
Total 2024 Compensation from SCT | |||||||||
Subtraction: Stock Awards and Option Awards reported in SCT | |||||||||
Addition: Fair value at year-end of awards granted during the covered fiscal year that are outstanding and unvested at covered year-end | |||||||||
Addition (Subtraction): Year-over-year change in fair value of awards granted in any prior fiscal year that are outstanding and unvested at covered year-end | ( | ( | |||||||
Addition: Vesting date fair value of awards granted and vesting during the covered year | |||||||||
Addition (Subtraction): Change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of awards granted in any prior fiscal year for which vesting conditions were satisfied during the covered year* | ( | ( | ( | ||||||
(Subtraction): Fair value at end of prior year of awards granted in any prior fiscal year that failed to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the covered year | ( | ( | |||||||
Addition: Dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards in the covered year prior to vesting if not otherwise included in the total compensation for the covered year | |||||||||
Compensation Actually Paid for 2024 (as calculated) | |||||||||
Adjustments | Former PEO (Udseth) ($) | Average of Non-PEO NEOs ($) | ||||
Total 2023 Compensation from SCT | ||||||
Subtraction: Stock Awards and Option Awards reported in SCT | ||||||
Addition: Fair value at year-end of awards granted during the covered fiscal year that are outstanding and unvested at covered year-end | ||||||
Addition (Subtraction): Year-over-year change in fair value of awards granted in any prior fiscal year that are outstanding and unvested at covered year-end | ( | ( | ||||
Addition: Vesting date fair value of awards granted and vesting during the covered year | ||||||
Addition (Subtraction): Change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of awards granted in any prior fiscal year for which vesting conditions were satisfied during the covered year | ( | ( | ||||
(Subtraction): Fair value at end of prior year of awards granted in any prior fiscal year that failed to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the covered year | ||||||
Addition: Dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards in the covered year prior to vesting if not otherwise included in the total compensation for the covered year | ||||||
Compensation Actually Paid for 2023 (as calculated) | ||||||
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Adjustments | Former PEO (Udseth) ($) | Former PEO (Lacey) ($) | Average of Non-PEO NEOs ($) | ||||||
Total 2022 Compensation from SCT | |||||||||
Subtraction: Stock Awards and Option Awards reported in SCT and value of “Acceleration of Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units” as reported in SCT under All Other Compensation* | |||||||||
Addition: Fair value at year-end of awards granted during the covered fiscal year that are outstanding and unvested at covered year-end | |||||||||
Addition (Subtraction): Year-over-year change in fair value of awards granted in any prior fiscal year that are outstanding and unvested at covered year-end | |||||||||
Addition: Vesting date fair value of awards granted and vesting during the covered year | |||||||||
Addition (Subtraction): Change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of awards granted in any prior fiscal year for which vesting conditions were satisfied during the covered year | |||||||||
(Subtraction): Fair value at end of prior year of awards granted in any prior fiscal year that failed to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the covered year | |||||||||
Addition: Dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards in the covered year prior to vesting if not otherwise included in the total compensation for the covered year | |||||||||
Compensation Actually Paid for 2022 (as calculated) | |||||||||

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• | $30,000 cash retainer for all non-employee directors; |
• | $7,500 additional cash retainer to each chair of a committee of the Board; |
• | $5,000 additional cash retainer for service on each committee of the Board, excluding the chair of such committee; and |
• | $15,000 additional cash retainer to the chair of the Board. |
Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) | Stock Awards(1) ($) | All Other Compensation ($) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) | Total ($) | ||||||||||
Marilyn S. Adler | 22,500 | 8,850 | — | — | 31,350 | ||||||||||
Thomas J. Holland | 23,750 | 8,850 | — | — | 32,600 | ||||||||||
Spring Hollis | 11,875 | — | — | — | 11,875 | ||||||||||
Scott M. Honour | 26,563 | 8,850 | — | — | 35,413 | ||||||||||
Henry Howard | 23,750 | — | — | — | 23,750 | ||||||||||
Roger C. Lacey | 45,000 | 8,850 | — | — | 65,100 | ||||||||||
Kevin O’Connor | 23,750 | — | — | — | 23,750 | ||||||||||
Randall D. Sampson | 21,250 | — | — | — | 21,250 | ||||||||||
(1) | Reflects the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for stock awards granted during the reported fiscal year. For additional information regarding the assumptions we used to calculate the amounts in this column, please refer to Note 11 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. |
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Beneficial Owner | Number of Shares of Common Stock | Percentage of Shares of Common Stock | ||||
Roger H.D. Lacey | 11 | * | ||||
Scott Maskin | 24 | * | ||||
Spring Hollis | 14 | * | ||||
Henry Howard(1) | — | — | ||||
Kevin O’Connor | 2 | * | ||||
James Brennan | 15 | * | ||||
Kristin Hlavka | 2 | * | ||||
Andrew Childs(2) | — | — | ||||
Kyle Udseth(3) | — | — | ||||
Eric Ingvaldson(4) | — | — | ||||
All current executive officers and directors as a group (7 persons) | 66 | * | ||||
* | Less than one percent |
(1) | Based on information available to the Company, Mr. Howard was a former director of the Board of the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. |
(2) | Based on information available to the Company, Mr. Childs, the Company’s former Interim Chief Financial Officer, was a Named Executive Officer of the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. |
(3) | Based on information available to the Company, Mr. Udseth, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, was a Named Executive Officer of the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. |
(4) | Based on information available to the Company, Mr. Ingvaldson, the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer, was a Named Executive Officer of the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. |
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Year Ended December 31 | ||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 2,714 | 67 | ||||
Loss per share from continuing operations - basic and diluted | $(10,110.93) | $(103,916.17) | ||||
Loss per share from discontinued operations - basic and diluted | $— | $(17,852.82) | ||||
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Fee Category | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
Audit Fees | $745,850 | $467,875 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees | — | — | ||||
Tax Fees | — | — | ||||
All Other Fees | — | — | ||||
Total Fees | $745,850 | $467,875 | ||||
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(i) | an increase in the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan from 67 to 1,000,067; |
(ii) | an increase in the number of shares of common stock that can be issued as incentive stock options under the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan from 67 to a maximum of 25,000,000; and |
(iii) | adding an evergreen provision for the purpose of increasing the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance automatically on the first trading day of each calendar year beginning with calendar year 2027 through and including the first trading day of calendar year 2032 by up to 5.0% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding on December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year. |
• | Equity awards are a key part of our compensation program. We believe that equity compensation has been, and will continue to be, a critical component of our compensation package because it (i) contributes to a culture of ownership among our employees, directors and consultants, (ii) aligns our employees’ interests with the interests of our other shareholders, and (iii) preserves our cash resources. We compete for talent in an extremely competitive industry, often with larger companies with greater resources. We believe that our ability to compensate with equity awards is essential to our efforts to attract and retain top talent. Equity awards are an essential part of our compensation package, are central to our employment value proposition, and are necessary for us to continue competing for top talent as we grow. |
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• | Equity awards incentivize the achievement of key business objectives and increases in shareholder value. We believe that equity awards will continue to be critical to our success and that they play an important role in incentivizing employees across our company to achieve our key business objectives and drive increases in shareholder value. |
• | The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan provides necessary flexibility to the Board. Specifically, the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options, full value awards, and other stock-based incentive awards. The flexibility inherent in the plan permits the Board to change the type, terms and conditions of awards as circumstances may change. We believe that this flexibility and the resulting ability to more affirmatively adjust the nature and amounts of executive compensation are particularly important for a public company such as ours, given the volatility of the public markets and reactions to economic and world events. Equity compensation, which aligns the long-term interests of both executives and our shareholders, is an important tool for the Compensation Committee which without the shareholder approval of the Plan Amendments will not be available to our Compensation Committee in any meaningful way. |
• | No Discounted Stock Options or SARs. Stock options and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) may not be granted with an exercise price lower than the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of grant. |
• | No Repricings. The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan prohibits any stock option or stock appreciation right from being re-priced, replaced, re-granted through cancellation, or modified without shareholder approval if the effect would be to reduce the exercise or strike price, as applicable, for the shares underlying the option or stock appreciation right. |
• | No Liberal Share Recycling. The following shares will not be added back to the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan’s share reserve: any shares that are delivered or withheld to pay the exercise price of an option award or to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with any awards; shares that we repurchase using option exercise proceeds; and shares subject to a SAR award that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of that award upon its exercise. |
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• | Minimum Vesting or Performance Period for All Awards. A minimum vesting or performance period of one year is prescribed for all awards, subject to limited exceptions. |
• | No Transferability. Awards granted under the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan generally may not be transferred, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or if approved by the Committee, by gift to a family member, or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order |
• | No Automatic Grants. The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan does not provide for “reload” or other automatic grants to participants. |
• | No Tax Gross-ups. The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan does not provide for any tax gross-ups. |
• | Limits on Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan prohibits the payment of dividend equivalents on stock options and SARs, and requires that any dividends and dividend equivalents payable or credited on unvested awards other than options and SARs (“full value awards”) must be subject to the same restrictions and risk of forfeiture as the shares or share equivalents to which such dividends or dividend equivalents relate. |
• | Compensation Recovery (“Clawback”). The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan provides that all awards granted under the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan will be and remain subject to any incentive compensation or clawback or recoupment policy that may be adopted by the Board or required by applicable law. |
• | No Automatic Acceleration of Vesting upon a Change in Control. The 2022 Equity Incentive Plan provides for double-trigger vesting of time-based equity awards or performance-based equity awards based on both (1) the occurrence of a change in control and (2) an accompanying involuntary termination of service without cause within 24 months after the change in control (unless the awards are not continued, assumed, or replaced in connection with a corporate transaction, in which case they will accelerate upon the change in control). |
• | No Liberal Definition of “Change in Control.” No change in control would be triggered by shareholder approval of a business combination transaction, the announcement or commencement of a tender offer, or any board assessment that a change in control may be imminent. |
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• | a “change in control” generally refers to the acquisition by a person or group of beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the combined voting power of our voting securities, our continuing directors ceasing to constitute a majority of the board of directors, or the consummation of a corporate transaction as defined below (unless immediately following such corporate transaction all or substantially all of our previous holders of voting securities beneficially own more than 50% of the combined voting power of the resulting entity in substantially the same proportions); and |
• | a “corporate transaction” generally means (i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets, or (ii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, or similar transaction involving us, regardless of whether we are the surviving entity. |
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Name | Number of Shares Subject to Awards (#) | ||
Scott Maskin | 1 | ||
James Brennan | 1 | ||
Kristin Hlavka | 1 | ||
All current executive officers as a group | 3 | ||
All non-employee directors as a group | 2 | ||
All employees, other than executive officers, as a group | 5 | ||
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FAQ
What is SUNation Energy (SUNE) asking shareholders to approve at the 2025 annual meeting?
Shareholders are being asked to vote on four main items: electing Class I director Roger H.D. Lacey to a new three-year term, ratifying CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2025, approving amendments to the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, and an adjournment proposal to allow more time for soliciting votes if needed.
How will the 2025 SUNation Energy annual meeting be held and who can vote?
The 2025 annual meeting will be held virtually on December 18, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time via www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SUNE2025. Shareholders of record as of November 12, 2025, when 3,406,614 common shares were outstanding, are entitled to vote, one vote per share, on all proposals.
What changes are proposed to SUNation Energy’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan?
The company proposes to increase the share reserve under the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan to 1,000,000 shares, raise the cap on incentive stock options, and add an evergreen feature that can increase the reserve by up to 5% of outstanding common stock on the first trading day of each year from 2026 through 2032. Management estimates this could raise potential dilution to around 25% as of December 1, 2025.
Why is SUNation Energy changing its independent auditor to CBIZ CPAs P.C.?
UHY LLP had served as SUNation’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2023 and audited the 2023 and 2024 financial statements. Effective
How did SUNation Energy perform financially in 2024 and how did that affect executive bonuses?
For 2024, SUNation Energy reported a net loss of $15,849,805. The 2024 management incentive plan tied payouts to Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit, fundraising and acquisitions. All performance measures came in below threshold (for example, only
What governance and committee structure does SUNation Energy describe in this proxy?
The board has three standing committees: an Audit and Finance Committee (Kevin O’Connor, chair; Spring Hollis), a Compensation Committee (Spring Hollis, chair; Kevin O’Connor), and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (also chaired by Spring Hollis). The board reports that, other than CEO Scott Maskin, all current directors meet Nasdaq’s independence standards.
Why did SUNation Energy grant no equity awards to executives and directors in 2024?
Because of multiple reverse stock splits in 2024 and early 2025, the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan share pool shrank to just 67 shares. The company states that this left insufficient capacity to make meaningful equity awards, so no new equity awards were granted to named executive officers or directors during 2024.