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REPORT OF AUDIT COMMITTEE |
The Audit Committee oversees the Company's financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors. Management, however, has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process including the systems of internal controls.
The Audit Committee currently has four members, none of whom has any relationship to the Company that interferes with the exercise of his or her independence from management and the Company, and each of whom qualifies as independent under the standards used by the NYSE, where the Company's shares are listed. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter that has been approved by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee annually reviews and reassesses the adequacy of its charter. Among other things, the charter specifies the policies for selecting the auditors (including rotation for the audit partner) and the scope of the Audit Committee's responsibilities and how it carries out those responsibilities, including structure, processes and membership requirements.
In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities regarding the 2025 financial statements, the Audit Committee reviewed with Company management the audited financial statements contained in our Annual Report to Shareholders. The Audit Committee's review included a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements.
The Audit Committee also reviewed with the Company's principal independent accountants the Company's 2025 financial statements and management's assessment of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. The Company's principal independent accountants are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of our audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Our review with the principal independent accountants included a discussion of the principal independent accountants' judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company's accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. In addition, the Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the principal independent accountants required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the principal independent accountant's communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and discussed with the principal independent accountants the principal independent accountants' independence from management and the Company.
The Audit Committee also discussed with the Company's internal auditors and principal independent accountants the overall scope and plans for their respective audits for 2025. The Audit Committee meets with the internal auditors and principal independent accountants, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company's internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company's financial reporting. The Audit Committee held four meetings during 2025.
Fees for Principal Independent Accountants
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Year ended December 31 |
2025 |
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2024 |
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Integrated audit of OGE Energy and its subsidiaries financial statements and internal control over financial reporting |
$ |
2,107,512 |
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$ |
1,718,060 |
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Services in support of debt and stock offerings |
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178,350 |
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198,600 |
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Other (A) |
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315,018 |
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337,720 |
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Total audit fees (B) |
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2,600,880 |
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2,254,380 |
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Employee benefit plan audits |
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173,430 |
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169,200 |
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Other compliance services |
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21,320 |
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40,370 |
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Total audit-related fees |
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194,750 |
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209,570 |
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Assistance with examinations and other return issues |
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204,200 |
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205,823 |
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Review of Federal and state tax returns |
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31,693 |
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36,366 |
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Total tax preparation and compliance fees |
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235,893 |
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242,189 |
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Total tax fees |
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235,893 |
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242,189 |
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Total fees |
$ |
3,031,523 |
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$ |
2,706,139 |
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(A)Includes reviews of the financial statements included in OGE Energy's and OG&E's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, audits of OGE Energy's subsidiaries, agreed-upon procedures and fees for consulting with OGE Energy's and OG&E's executives regarding accounting issues.
(B)The aggregate audit fees include fees billed for the audit of OGE Energy's and OG&E's annual financial statements and for the reviews of the financial statements included in OGE Energy's and OG&E's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. For 2025, this amount includes estimated billings for the completion of the 2025 audit, which services were rendered after year-end.
There were no other fees billed by the principal independent accountants to OGE Energy in 2025 and 2024 for other services.
The Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by the Company's principal independent accountants is compatible with maintaining auditor independence.
In reliance on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board has approved, that the Company's audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, for filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee selected Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's principal independent accountants for 2026.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Procedures
Rules adopted by the SEC in order to implement requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require public company audit committees to pre-approve audit and non-audit services. OGE Energy's Audit Committee follows procedures pursuant to which audit, audit-related and tax services, and all permissible non-audit services are pre-approved by category of service. The fees are budgeted, and actual fees versus the budget are monitored throughout the year. During the year, circumstances may arise when it may become necessary to engage the principal independent accountants for additional services not contemplated in the original pre-approval. In those instances, OGE Energy will obtain the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee before engaging the principal independent accountants. The procedures require the Audit Committee to be informed of each service, and the procedures do not include any delegation of the Audit Committee's responsibilities to management. The Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member to whom such authority is delegated will report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
For 2025, 100 percent of the audit fees, audit-related fees and tax fees were pre-approved by the Audit Committee or the Chairman of the Audit Committee pursuant to delegated authority.
Audit Committee
Cathy R. Gates, Chair *
Peter D. Clarke, Member
Lyle G. Ganske, Member **
David E. Rainbolt, Member
* Ms. Gates succeeded Mr. Sanner as chair following Mr. Sanner’s death in September 2025.
** Mr. Ganske joined the Audit Committee effective February 13, 2026.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS' COMPENSATION |
The following discussion and analysis is intended to present the material principles underlying our executive compensation policies and decisions and the key factors relevant to an analysis of those policies and decisions.
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS |
The five Named Executive Officers in the Summary Compensation Table on page 43 are as follows:
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Sean Trauschke, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and of OG&E |
Charles B. Walworth, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and of OG&E |
William H. Sultemeier, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company and of OG&E |
Donnie O. Jones, Senior Vice President, Utility Operations of OG&E |
David A. Parker, Chief Information Officer of OG&E |
Executive Summary. Three key components of compensation for our executive officers are salary, annual incentive awards under our Annual Incentive Plan, and long-term awards under our Stock Incentive Plan. The Company’s compensation principles are premised on providing competitive and, at the same time, reasonable levels of compensation. The Compensation Committee sets target total direct compensation (i.e., salary plus targeted annual incentive compensation and targeted long-term incentive compensation) levels for our Named Executive Officers based on a review of the market median compensation for a comparable group of executives in the Company Peer Group, which is described below, as well as each individual’s possession of a unique skill or knowledge set, proven leadership capabilities, or experience. Based on such factors, the Compensation Committee may determine with respect to one or more individuals that it is appropriate for compensation to meet, exceed, or fall below the median of the market data for a particular compensation element or target total direct compensation. At last year’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers was approved by more than 90 percent of our shareholders who voted. Although the results of this vote occurred after the Compensation Committee took action to set 2025 compensation, the results of the vote at last year’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders were reviewed by the Compensation Committee and, in light of the more than 90 percent approval, the Compensation Committee determined that no significant changes to its executive compensation practices for 2025 were warranted other than those implemented in February 2025 and described below. In December 2025, Mr. Jones was named Senior Vice President, Utility Operations and Mr. Parker was named Chief Information Officer. At the time the Compensation Committee set 2025 target compensation, in December 2024, Mr. Jones’ and Mr. Parker’s target compensation represented their previous positions as Vice President, Utility Operations and Vice President, Technology, Data and Security, respectively, and their target compensation was not adjusted due to these title changes.
Our executive compensation program recognizes that our senior executives are in a position to directly influence the Company’s achievement of targeted results and strategic initiatives. For this reason, as an individual’s position and responsibilities increase, a greater portion of the officer’s compensation is at risk and consists of performance-based compensation whose payout is dependent on the achievement of performance objectives. This is shown by the level of 2025 salaries, annual incentive awards, and long-term incentive awards set for the Named Executive Officers. For 2025, a Named Executive Officer’s base salary comprised 16 percent to 38 percent of their targeted total direct compensation. Assuming achievement of a target level of performance for each Named Executive Officer’s performance-based compensation, approximately 48 percent to 61 percent of total direct compensation represented performance-based compensation.
Our executive compensation program is designed to reward executives with a highly competitive level of compensation during years of excellent Company performance and, conversely, in years of below-average performance, for their compensation to be below competitive levels. Based on 2025 performance, each Named Executive Officer received a payout of approximately 118 percent of their targeted annual incentive awards. Based on performance over the three-year performance period ended December 31, 2025, each Named Executive Officer received a payout of approximately 100 percent of their targeted performance-based long-term incentive awards and 100 percent of their time-based incentive awards. Over the last five years, Named Executive Officers have averaged an Annual Incentive Plan payout of approximately 115 percent of their target awards and a payout of long-term incentive awards of approximately 94 percent. Further information about the performance goals and actual results compared to the targets is provided below.
The Named Executive Officers also received long-term awards under the Stock Incentive Plan in February 2025 with payouts, if any, to occur in 2028 after the end of the three-year period ending on December 31, 2027. For 2025 awards, payouts of 65 percent of these awards are performance-based and will be tied to the Company’s relative total shareholder return (“TSR”) during the three-year performance period compared to the TSR during the same period of the approximately 40 companies in the EEI Index. Payout of the remaining 35 percent of these long-term awards is time-based and consists of restricted stock units that will vest on December 31, 2027, assuming continued employment through the period. These awards are described in more detail below under “Long-Term Incentive Compensation” on page 36.
As explained below, the Named Executive Officers also participate in various retirement, health plans, and programs that are generally available to all full-time employees of the Company and receive limited perquisites. The foregoing Executive Summary is subject to the following detailed explanation of the Company’s executive compensation practices and policies.
General. The Compensation Committee administers our executive compensation program premised on the following principles. The same compensation principles and policies in setting the compensation of the CEO are utilized for the other executive officers.
•The overall compensation levels must be sufficiently competitive to attract and retain talented leaders.
•Compensation should be set at reasonable and responsible levels to continue our focus on controlling costs.
•The executive compensation plan should include a significant performance-based portion, aligning the interests of the executives with those of shareholders and customers.
•The executive compensation plan should include a portion comprised of time-based awards that provide incentives for continuity within the company, aiming to retain talent and experience.
The three key components of our executive compensation program for 2025 are as follows:
•Base salary to pay competitive rates based on an individual’s responsibilities, experience, and level of performance;
•Annual incentive awards under our Annual Incentive Plan directly linked to performance measures, providing an opportunity for the officer to earn an annual cash incentive for achieving company performance-based goals; and
•Long-term incentive awards under our Stock Incentive Plan. The Stock Incentive Plan was approved by our shareholders, with the most recent approval occurring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2022. Payouts of the long-term incentive portions of an executive’s compensation are placed at risk, are directly linked to performance or retention, and require the accomplishment of specific results that are designed to benefit our shareholders and the Company, both in the long and short term. The long-term awards under the Stock Incentive Plan consist of two components. One component, consisting of performance units, accounts for 65 percent of the awards. The performance units are equity-based, and payout is dependent upon the relative performance of the Company’s TSR as compared to companies in the EEI Index. The other component, accounting for the remaining 35 percent of the long-term incentive award, consists of restricted stock units that will vest on December 31, 2027, assuming continued employment through that date.
An important part of the Compensation Committee’s process in setting executive compensation pay levels is a market analysis of executive pay levels. The Compensation Committee utilizes Mercer, a nationally recognized compensation consulting firm, to assist it in performing the market analysis. The Compensation Committee works with Mercer to select recommended peer groups to be used by the Compensation Committee as part of the market analysis in setting executive compensation.
The following peer group (the "Company Peer Group") was used by the Compensation Committee for purposes of 2025 compensation for all executive officers of the Company:
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ALLETE, Inc. |
IDACORP, Inc. |
Alliant Energy Corp. |
NiSource Inc. |
Ameren Corp. |
ONE Gas Inc. |
Black Hills Corp. |
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. |
Portland General Electric Company |
CMS Energy Corp. |
PPL Corporation |
Entergy |
TXNM Energy, Inc. |
The criteria considered in selecting the companies comprising the Company Peer Group included:
•market value (0.5 times to 2 times relative to the Company);
•revenue (0.4 times to 3 times relative to the Company); and
•assets (0.5 times to 2 times relative to the Company);
•Business mix of reportable business segments for utility;
•Geographic location and markets served; and
•The peer groups utilized by the proxy advisory firms to analyze the Company’s compensation and the peer groups used by each of the Company’s compensation peers.
The Compensation Committee annually reviews with Mercer and the Company’s management the Company Peer Group and, since 2008, has made relatively few changes year-over-year to the peer group except as a result of changes resulting from merger and acquisition activities or other significant corporate changes. As explained above, the criteria for selecting peer companies are focused on size (market value, revenues, and assets), business mix and geographic location.
As noted above, the Compensation Committee retained Mercer in 2024 as its compensation consultant for 2025. For 2025, senior management, in making recommendations on compensation, and the Compensation Committee, in making decisions on compensation, used as a primary guideline the median market pay data provided by Mercer of the Company Peer Group for all officers of the Company and OG&E. This market pay data for an executive is intended to represent what would be paid to a hypothetical, seasoned performer in a job having similar responsibilities and scope to the executive in question. However, actual compensation recommendations by senior management and decisions on compensation by the Compensation Committee can vary from this market data for numerous reasons, including an individual’s performance, experience level, and internal equity.
The Compensation Committee met in December 2024 and set each executive officer’s 2025 salary and target annual incentive award, and, subject to potential adjustment at its meeting in February 2025, each executive officer’s target long-term incentive awards for 2025. These amounts set by the Compensation Committee were based primarily on the individual’s annual performance evaluation and on the comparable amounts shown at the median for an executive officer with similar duties in the Company Peer Group. The target annual and long-term incentive awards for each officer were expressed as percentages of salary.
While setting the target annual incentive and long-term incentive awards is an important part of the executive compensation process, critical attention is also given to setting the relevant Company performance goals for such awards. This critical part of the annual incentive process sets the level of achievement of the Company performance goals that ultimately will determine the amount, if any, of the possible payouts of the target annual incentive awards and target performance units.
Following a discussion of the recommendations by the Company’s CEO, the Compensation Committee at its February 2025 meeting set the target levels of performance of the 2025 performance goals at or above the target levels for 2024. These Company performance goals for executive officers are described in detail below and were intended to align the executive’s interests with our customers and shareholders by having achievement of Company performance goals be directly tied to measures that result in improvements in our operations and shareholder value. At its February 2025 meeting, the Compensation Committee also approved the form of the long-term compensation awards for the executive officers, which consisted of performance units based on TSR during the three-year period ending December 31, 2027 and restricted stock units whose payout was dependent upon continued employment through December 31, 2027.
In setting the executive compensation for any given year, the Compensation Committee historically (including 2025) has not looked to compensation earned by executives in prior years, including amounts realized from grants in prior years of annual incentive awards or long-term incentive awards. The primary reasons are that our executive compensation program seeks to have all components of executive compensation be competitive, and the portions of an executive’s compensation that could vary materially from year to year are primarily performance-based. As a result, high levels of executive compensation in a
particular year historically have resulted from excellent Company performance, which the Compensation Committee believed did not warrant a reduction in future compensation levels or in our compensation principles. There also is no established policy or target for the allocation between either cash and non-cash or annual and long-term compensation. Rather, the Compensation Committee reviews market pay information from Mercer in determining the appropriate level and mix of incentive compensation.
Our senior management and, in particular, our CEO, played an important part in establishing the 2025 executive compensation. Besides developing recommendations for the Company performance goals that needed to be met for payouts of 2025 annual incentive awards and long-term incentive awards, he conducted performance evaluations of each officer (other than himself). The annual performance evaluation involves an assessment of such individual’s various competencies, including the individual’s management skills, business knowledge and achievement of various performance objectives set at the beginning of the year. The annual performance evaluations are used by the CEO in making compensation recommendations to the Compensation Committee. The CEO discussed with the Compensation Committee at its December 2024 meeting his recommendations for each officer of 2025 salaries, target annual incentive awards and target long-term incentive awards. The CEO’s performance evaluation and the setting of his potential salary, target annual incentive award and target long-term incentive award were conducted by the Compensation Committee without any members of management present. The Compensation Committee’s performance evaluation of the CEO, along with his 2025 salary, target annual incentive award and target long-term incentive award, were reviewed by the Compensation Committee with all independent members of the Board.
The following three sections illustrate the application of our executive compensation principles and discuss in detail the salaries, annual incentives and long-term compensation of the Named Executive Officers that were approved by the Compensation Committee and were paid in connection with 2025 compensation.
Base Salary. The base salaries for our executive officers in 2025 were designed with the following principles in mind:
•Provision of base compensation that is intended to be competitive with the Company Peer Group;
•Evaluation of individual annual performance;
•Use of median salaries of the range for executives with similar duties in the Company Peer Group as a guideline; and
•Recognition of the existing business environment.
After considering all factors for these recommendations, the salaries of executive officers for 2025 were approved by the Compensation Committee in December 2024. The 2025 base salary amounts, and percentage increase approved by the Compensation Committee in December 2024, for the Named Executive Officers are presented in the following table.
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2025 Base Salary |
2024 Base Salary |
Percentage Increase |
Sean Trauschke |
$1,240,762 |
$1,204,622 |
3.0% |
Charles B. Walworth |
$560,019 |
$348,686 |
60.6% |
William H. Sultemeier |
$532,917 |
$517,394 |
3.0% |
Donnie O. Jones |
$468,187 |
$454,553 |
3.0% |
David A. Parker |
$378,602 |
$367,567 |
3.0% |
The 2025 base salary for our combined group of Named Executive Officers was set at the median amount for a comparable group of executives in the Company Peer Group. Mr. Walworth’s base salary increase is primarily due to his increased responsibilities as a result of being named the Chief Financial Officer in December 2024 after having previously served as Treasurer.
Annual Incentive Compensation. Annual incentive awards with respect to 2025 performance were made under the Annual Incentive Plan to executive officers and director-level employees. The plan provides participants with annual incentive awards, the payment of which is dependent entirely on the achievement of the Company performance goals that, for 2025, were established by the Compensation Committee in February 2025. Those goals were:
•OG&E Earnings Target - based on the earnings of OG&E;
•O&M Target - an operations and maintenance expense target for various business units of the Company and OG&E;
•Customer/Operations Target - several customer-related and operational goals;
•Safety Target - a safety target of the Company and OG&E; and
•Environmental Target - an environmental operations target.
The Company also has a similar plan, the Short-Term Incentive Plan, that provides similar opportunities to all full-time employees who do not participate in the Annual Incentive Plan. The performance goals established by the Compensation Committee for the executive officers under the Annual Incentive Plan were the same as those established for all the other full-time employees under the Short-Term Incentive Plan to provide consistent incentivization for all employees to promote Company success. The performance goals and weighting for 2025 were similar to 2024.
The amount of the award for each executive officer was expressed as a percentage of salary paid during 2025 (the “targeted amount”), with the officer having the ability, depending upon achievement of the Company performance goals, to receive from 0 percent to 200 percent of such targeted amount. For the Named Executive Officers, the targeted amounts (and the change from 2024) were as follows: Mr. Trauschke, 120 percent of his 2025 salary (increased from 110 percent); Mr. Walworth, 70 percent of his 2025 salary (increased from 45 percent); Mr. Sultemeier, 70 percent of his 2025 salary (increased from 65 percent); Mr. Jones, 70 percent of his 2025 salary (unchanged) and Mr. Parker, 60 percent of his 2025 salary (increased from 45 percent). Also, as noted above, potential payouts of targeted amounts are dependent entirely on achievement of Company performance goals set by the Compensation Committee.

The Company’s performance goals reflect our aim to deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and affordable energy to our customers. These goals also promote our sustainable business model by focusing on workforce development and improving our community through providing reliable and affordable energy. Examples of how key performance measures for the annual incentive compensation align include:
•OG&E Earnings Target - Aligns pay outcomes with shareholder value;
•O&M Target - Supports delivery of affordable, reliable, and resilient energy for customers and contributes to the Company’s sound financial policies;
•Customer/Operations Target - SAIDI (an industry-wide metric for outages and grid reliability), Equivalent Forced Outage Rate (generation uptime to ensure that our plants do not experience unplanned outages) and Escalent surveys (ranking goals for the residential/business customer satisfaction perception) are metrics designed to promote and recognize the importance and value of delivering reliable and affordable energy while developing our economy, improving the communities we serve and empowering the lives of our customers;
•Safety Target - Promotes providing energy in a safe environment while reducing serious injuries and engaging employees to continually improve their work environment; and
•Environmental Target - Cultivates a workplace culture focused on environmental compliance.
For each Company performance goal, the Compensation Committee established a minimum level of performance (below which no payout would be made), a target level of performance (at which a 100 percent payout would be made) and a maximum level of performance (at or above which a 200 percent payout would be made). The following table shows the minimum, target and maximum levels, as well as the actual results for the Company performance goals set for the Named Executive Officers in 2025, and the percentage payout of the targeted amount based on the performance (as calculated pursuant to the terms of the awards) and as authorized by the Compensation Committee:
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Minimum |
Target |
Maximum |
Actual Performance |
% Payout |
OG&E Earnings Target |
$2.34/share |
$2.43/share |
$2.52/share |
$2.47 |
144% |
O&M Target |
$442 million |
$426 million |
$413 million |
$430.5 million |
86% |
Safety Target (Recordable Incident Rate) |
(A) |
(A) |
(A) |
(A) |
134% |
Customer/Operations Target (B) |
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SAIDI (33%) |
130 minutes |
112 minutes |
98 minutes |
(C) |
25% |
Escalent Surveys |
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Cogent Syndicated Residential Score (17%) |
50th percentile |
66.67th percentile |
100th percentile |
Did not meet |
0% |
Cogent Syndicated Business Score (17%) |
50th percentile |
66.67th percentile |
100th percentile |
(D) |
29% |
Equivalent Forced Outage Rate (33%) |
(E) |
(E) |
(E) |
(E) |
140% |
Environmental Target |
(F) |
(F) |
(F) |
(F) |
200% |
(A)The Safety Target was based on the average of the quarterly results of the two target methodologies: (i) Serious Injury or Fatality (“SIF”); and (ii) Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (“DART”) injury and illness rate. For the SIF goal, the performance is measured as pass/fail for each quarter with payouts equal to 200 percent or 0 percent. For the DART goal, minimum performance would be 0.32, target performance would be 0.23, and maximum performance would be 0. Results were calculated based on a quarterly rate with SIF results of zero for the first, second, third and fourth quarter of 2025, and DART results of 0.18, 0.17, 0.55, and zero for the first, second, third and fourth quarter of 2025, respectively. As a result, the first, second, third and fourth quarters resulted in a 35 percent, 36 percent, 13 percent, and 50 percent payout, respectively, for a total payout of 134 percent.
(B)The weightings for Customer/Operations Target are System Average Interruption Duration Index (“SAIDI”) – 33.0 percent, Escalent - 34.0 percent (split evenly between Business and Residential score), and Equivalent Forced Outage Rate - 33.0 percent. After applying these weightings, the overall Customer/Operations Target payout was 59 percent.
(C)Results were calculated based on a quarterly recordable average interruption duration rate with minimum performance levels of 22 minutes for the first quarter, 43 minutes for the second quarter, 43 minutes for the third quarter, and 22 minutes for the fourth quarter; target performance levels of 19 minutes for the first quarter, 37 minutes for the second quarter, 37 minutes for the third quarter and 19 minutes for the fourth quarter; and maximum performance levels of 17 minutes for the first quarter, 32 minutes for the second quarter, 32 minutes for the third quarter, and 17 minutes for the fourth quarter. Actual results were 27 minutes, 59 minutes, 37 minutes, and 23 minutes for the first, second, third and fourth quarters, respectively. As a result, the first, second, third and fourth quarters resulted in a zero percent, zero percent, 99 percent, and zero percent payout, respectively, for a payout of 25 percent. After applying the 33 percent weighting, the total SAIDI payout was eight percent.
(D)The Escalent Business score is measured on first- and second-half year results, with each weighted at 8.5 percent for a combined 17 percent contribution to the total payout. Actual performance for the first half was at the 52.6th percentile, resulting in a 58 percent payout, while second-half performance resulted in a zero percent payout. The average payout was 29 percent, and after applying the 17 percent weighting, the total Escalent Business score payout was approximately five percent.
(E)Performance is measured at the generation unit level. For the coal units, the minimum, target, and maximum performance levels were 9.7 percent, 5.4 percent, and 3.1 percent, with actual performance exceeding the target level of performance. For the gas combined cycle units, the minimum, target, and maximum performance levels were 2.9 percent, 1.8 percent, and 0.7 percent, with actual performance exceeding the target level of performance. For the older gas units, the minimum, target, and maximum performance levels were 11.7 percent, 4.1 percent, and 2.0 percent with respect to the Seminole Units and Muskogee 4 and 5, and were 23.0 percent, 11.7 percent, and 3.3 percent with respect to Horseshoe Lake Unit 8, with actual performance exceeding the minimum level of performance. For the simple cycle units, the minimum, target, and maximum performance levels were 12.6 percent, 6.4 percent, and 2.7 percent, with actual performance exceeding the target level of performance. For wind renewables, the minimum, target, and maximum performance levels were 3.7 percent, 1.9 percent, and 0.9 percent, with actual performance exceeding the target level of performance. Based on the
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weightings for generation type as discussed below, the payout for Equivalent Forced Outage Rate was 140 percent. After applying the 33 percent weighting, the total Equivalent Forced Outage Rate payout was 46 percent.
(F)The Environmental Target was calculated based on environmental compliance penalties paid (50 percent) and written enforcement actions issued by a regulatory agency for findings that result in an actual or potential environmental impact (50 percent). For environmental compliance penalties paid, minimum performance would be no external audits, external inspection reports, consent orders, or alternate enforcement letters that result in a penalty greater than $100,000; target performance would be no external audits, external inspection reports, consent orders, or alternate enforcement letters that result in a penalty greater than $75,000; and maximum performance would be no external audits, external inspection reports, consent orders, or alternate enforcement letters that result in a penalty greater than $25,000. For enforcement action findings that result in an actual or potential environmental impact, a minimum performance would be three enforcement actions, target performance would be two enforcement actions, and maximum performance no enforcement actions. Results were calculated based on environmental compliance results of no penalties paid and no enforcement actions, resulting in a 200 percent payout.
The target levels of performance of the above 2025 Company performance goals were set at or above the target levels for 2024, subject to the calculation changes discussed below that are consistent with the terms of the awards at the time the targets were established by the Compensation Committee.
•Calculations of the OG&E Earnings Target and the O&M Target were derived from the amounts reported in the Company’s 2025 financial statements, with the OG&E Earnings Target being the reported net income of OG&E for the year ended December 31, 2025, divided by the diluted average common shares outstanding for 2025 of the Company (excluding new shares from the Company’s November 2025 public offering) and with the O&M Target being specific O&M expenses for various business units of the Company and OG&E other than designated operating, maintenance and other expenses that were approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or Arkansas Public Service Commission for recovery through a rider or similar mechanism.
•The Customer/Operations Target consists of the following three goals: (i) SAIDI, which is used by many electric utilities as an indicator of reliability and which measures the average duration of specified electric outages per customer served, and is calculated on a quarterly basis, (ii) Escalent surveys, which are the results of the surveys conducted by Escalent that are intended to measure the level of customer satisfaction primarily by the customers of larger electric utilities, including OG&E, serving the Southern Region of the United States, and (iii) Equivalent Forced Outage Rate, which generally measures the occurrence of unscheduled outages of OG&E’s electric generating units that result in the unit having to shut down or to operate at a lower capacity. Each unit’s final payout will be weighted based upon the unit capacity and fuel type weighting at 32.5 percent for coal, 37.5 percent for combined cycle, 15 percent for gas legacy, 10 percent for simple cycle, and 5 percent for wind renewable.
At the time of setting the OG&E Earnings Target and the O&M Target, the Compensation Committee specifically authorized limited exceptions to be used in calculating the achievement of these performance goals, such as the following:
•the exclusion of any increases or decreases in revenues or expenses in excess of $5 million from the enactment in 2025 of any new federal or state law;
•the exclusion of any increases or decreases in revenues or expenses from any change in accounting principles occurring after 2024;
•the exclusion of certain net gains or losses in 2025 from the sale, other disposition or impairment of any business or asset;
•the exclusion of O&M and other expenses aggregating in excess of $250,000 in 2025 incurred in connection with a transaction involving a sale or purchase price in excess of $10 million or a net book value in excess of $10 million; and
•an adjustment to remove the impact of a new share issuance during 2025, other than the pre-existing Dividend Reinvestment Plan, for purposes of calculating the earnings per share for the OG&E Earnings Target.
Although weather can create significant variability in both short-term and long-term incentive performance goals, the Compensation Committee does not normalize the actual results for weather. For 2025, the O&M Target also specifically provided that any payouts of short-term incentive compensation above or below 100 percent of target would not be included as operating expenses for purposes of calculating performance of the O&M Target.
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The Company believes that those exceptions, which were set by the Compensation Committee at the same time the 2025 Company performance goals were set in February 2025, were appropriate as they represented items that were outside the Company’s control, that were one-time events or that are not indicative of the Company’s operating performance. The percentage of the targeted amount that an executive officer ultimately received based on 2025 performance was subject to being decreased, but not increased, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee.
Payouts under the Annual Incentive Plan are in cash, and the amounts paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers are reflected in the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table on page 43.
Long-Term Incentive Compensation. Long-term incentive awards also were made in 2025 under our Stock Incentive Plan. The Plan provides for the grant of any or all of the following types of awards: stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance units; however, the Compensation Committee has not granted stock options or SARs since 2004 and has no intention to issue stock options or SARs in the foreseeable future. For 2025, the Compensation Committee set a targeted amount of long-term incentive compensation to be awarded each executive officer, which amount was expressed as a percentage of the individual’s 2025 salary. For 2025, the targeted amount ranged from 100 percent to 400 percent of the 2025 salaries for executive officers. For the Named Executive Officers, the 2025 targeted amounts of long-term incentive compensation and the changes from 2024 were as follows: Mr. Trauschke, 400 percent of his 2025 salary (unchanged); Mr. Walworth, 150 percent of his 2025 salary (an increase from 90 percent); Mr. Sultemeier, 140 percent of his 2025 salary (unchanged); Mr. Jones, 150 percent of his 2025 salary (unchanged) and Mr. Parker, 100 percent of his 2025 salary (unchanged). The targeted amount expressed as a percentage of salary for our combined group of Named Executive Officers was set at the median of the level of such award granted to a comparable group of executives in the Company Peer Group.
The 2025 awards were granted to executive officers on February 18, 2025, following the Compensation Committee’s meeting. The total number of long-term incentive units granted was determined by taking the targeted amount of the executive’s long-term compensation (expressed as a percentage of the executive’s approved 2025 base salary, and as determined above) and dividing that amount by $43.82, which was the average of the high and low price of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the business day prior to Compensation Committee approval. The total number of long-term incentive units granted to each executive was then multiplied by (i) 65 percent to provide the number of performance units to be granted and (ii) 35 percent to provide the number of restricted stock units to be granted. Using this valuation method, the Named Executive Officers received a number of performance units and restricted stock units with an aggregate value at the date of grant from 100 percent to 400 percent of their approved 2025 base salaries. At the end of the performance period on December 31, 2027, the Compensation Committee will determine the number of 2025 performance units, if any, that have been earned (“Earned Performance Units”) based on the level of achievement of the TSR Performance Goal. Payouts of the Earned Performance Units will be in shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal in number to the Earned Performance Units, plus a cash payment equal to the amount of dividends that would have been paid during the performance period on such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock. This payment of dividend equivalents will be made only with respect to Earned Performance Units, and dividend equivalents will not be paid on any unearned performance units. Following the end of the period, payouts of the restricted stock units that have vested will be made be in shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal in number to the vested restricted stock units, plus a cash payment equal to the amount of dividends that would have been paid during the period on such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
Terms of 2025 Performance Units Based on TSR Performance Goal. The terms of the performance units granted to each executive officer in 2025 entitle the officer to receive from 0 percent to 200 percent of the performance units granted depending upon the Company’s TSR over the three-year period ending December 31, 2027 (defined as share price increase (decrease) since December 31, 2024, plus dividends paid during the three-year period, divided by share price at December 31, 2024) measured against the TSR for such period of a peer group selected by the Compensation Committee. The peer group for measuring the Company’s TSR performance consists of approximately 40 electric utility holding companies and electric utilities in the EEI Index. At the end of the performance period on December 31, 2027, the terms of these performance units provide for payout of 100 percent of the performance units initially granted if the Company’s TSR is at the 50th percentile of the peer group, with higher payouts for performance above the 50th percentile up to 200 percent of the performance units granted if the Company’s TSR is at or above the 90th percentile of the peer group. The terms of these performance units provide for payouts of less than 100 percent of the performance units granted if the Company’s TSR is below the 50th percentile of the peer group, with a 50 percent payout for performance at the 25th percentile and no payout for performance below the 25th percentile.
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Terms of 2025 Restricted Stock Units. The restricted stock units have a vesting or restricted period that ends December 31, 2027. The restricted stock units will be forfeited if the participant terminates employment with the Company prior to the end of such restricted period, other than due to a change of control, or, solely at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, upon death, disability, retirement, or involuntary termination. As soon as practicable following December 31, 2027 (and in any event no later than March 15, 2028), restricted stock units that have vested will be paid out in shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal in number to the vested restricted stock units plus a cash payment equal to the amount of dividends that would have been paid during the period on such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
Payout of 2023 Performance Units. At the Compensation Committee’s meeting in February 2026, the Committee determined payouts to executive officers of the 2023 performance units awarded to them in February 2023 as part of their long-term compensation for 2023. Payout of 65 percent of the long-term incentives awarded in 2023 was dependent on the achievement of a Company performance goal based on the Company’s relative TSR for the three-year period ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the TSR for the same period of each of the utility holding companies and gas and electric utilities in the EEI Index. For each of the 2023 performance units, the Compensation Committee established a minimum level of performance (below which no payout would be made), a target level of performance (at which a 100 percent payout would be made) and a maximum level of performance (at or above which a 200 percent payout would be made).
The following table shows the minimum, target, and maximum levels of performance set by the Compensation Committee in February 2023 for the 2023 performance units based on TSR and the percentage payout based on the actual level of performance:
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Total Shareholder Return |
25th percentile of peer group |
50th percentile of peer group |
90th percentile of peer group |
At 50th percentile of peer group |
100% |
The Company’s TSR for the three-year period ending December 31, 2025, was at the 50th percentile of the peer group. This level of performance resulted in an approximately 100 percent payout of the 2023 performance units, which is reflected in the Stock Awards - Value Realized on Vesting column of the 2025 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table on page 46.
Payout of 2023 Restricted Stock Units. The 2023 restricted stock units vesting or restricted period ended December 31, 2025. As long as a participant’s employment with the Company was not terminated prior to the end of such restricted period, that participant’s restricted stock units vested and were paid out on January 2, 2026, in shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal in number to the vested restricted stock units. The payouts of the 2023 restricted stock units are reflected in the Stock Awards - Value Realized on Vesting column of the 2025 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table on page 46.
CEO Compensation. The 2025 compensation for Mr. Trauschke consisted generally of the same components as the compensation for other executive officers and was based on the same compensation principles and policies that were used in setting compensation for other executive officers, including an evaluation of Mr. Trauschke’s performance. After considering all factors and recommendations in setting Mr. Trauschke’s 2025 compensation in December 2024, the Compensation Committee set Mr. Trauschke’s salary for 2025 at $1,240,762, which represented a three percent increase from 2024, increased his targeted award under the Annual Incentive Plan from 110 percent to 120 percent of his 2025 salary and kept his targeted amount of long-term compensation at 400 percent of his 2025 salary. Like other Named Executive Officers, Mr. Trauschke’s targeted amount of long-term compensation was awarded in performance units and restricted stock units based on the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on February 18, 2025, and resulted in the grant of 73,619 performance units and 39,641 restricted stock units to Mr. Trauschke. The terms of these performance units and restricted stock units are identical to those awarded other executives of the Company and are described above.
As a result of 2025 performance of the corporate goals described above, Mr. Trauschke was entitled to a payout of $1,753,487 under the Annual Incentive Plan, representing approximately 118 percent of his targeted award and 141 percent of his salary paid in 2025. Like other executive officers, Mr. Trauschke received in February 2026 a payout of approximately 100 percent of performance units previously granted to Mr. Trauschke in February 2023 based on the Company’s TSR for the three years ended December 31, 2025. All 38,175 of the restricted stock units granted to Mr. Trauschke in 2023 vested at December
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31, 2025 and were paid out on January 2, 2026 in shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal in number to the vested restricted stock units. These payouts are reflected in the Stock Awards - Value Realized on Vesting column of the 2025 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table on page 46.
CEO Pay Ratio. As required by the rules of the SEC, we are providing the following information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of our employees and the annual total compensation of Mr. Trauschke, our Chairman, President and CEO.
To identify the “median employee” from our employee population, we compared the amount of gross earnings as of December 31, 2025, as reflected in our payroll records, which includes all salary, wages and short and long-term incentive payments received during 2025. We included all employees, whether employed on a full-time or part-time basis, with the exclusion of interns. We did not make any assumptions, adjustments, or estimates with respect to such compensation, and we did not annualize the compensation for any full-time employees that were not employed by us for all of 2025. As permitted by the rules of the SEC, we may identify our median employee for purposes of providing pay ratio disclosure once every three years and calculate and disclose total compensation for that employee each year, provided that, during the last completed fiscal year, there has been no change in the employee population or employee compensation arrangements that the Company reasonably believes would result in a significant change to the pay ratio disclosure. We have selected a new "median employee" for purposes of calculating the CEO pay ratio for 2025, as the previous calculation was completed three years ago.
For our median employee, we combined all of the elements of such employee’s compensation for 2025 in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K, resulting in annual total compensation of $144,916. With respect to the annual total compensation of our CEO, we used the amount reported in the “Total” column (column (j)) of our 2025 Summary Compensation Table included in this Proxy Statement on page 43. The annual total compensation of our CEO, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table included below, was $12,032,007. Based on this information, for 2025, the ratio of the annual total compensation of Mr. Trauschke, our CEO, to the median of the annual total compensation of all employees was 83 to 1.
We believe that the pay ratio described above is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. The pay ratio may vary over time as officer compensation is more variable and includes more “at risk” components of compensation than that of our median employee, due to the compensation of our officers depending more heavily on the actual performance of the Company. Further, in years when a new median employee is selected, the ratio may vary if the previously selected median employee had promoted within the organization after initial selection.
Because the SEC rules for identifying the median employee allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their employee populations and compensation practices, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported for our company.
Other Benefits. As noted above, the key components of our executive compensation program are salary, annual incentive awards and long-term incentive awards. A significant amount of our employees, including executive officers, are eligible to participate in our qualified defined benefit retirement plan (“Pension Plan”) and certain employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s supplemental retirement plan to the Pension Plan (“Restoration of Retirement Income Plan”) that enables participants, including executive officers, to receive the same benefits that they would have received under the Company’s Pension Plan in the absence of limitations imposed by the federal tax laws. In addition, the supplemental executive retirement plan (“SERP”), which originally was adopted in 1993 and most recently amended in 2021, provides a supplemental executive retirement plan in order to attract and retain lateral hires or other executives designated by the Compensation Committee who may not otherwise qualify for a sufficient level of benefits under the Company’s Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income Plan. The SERP is an unfunded plan that is not subject to the benefit limits imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). Mr. Trauschke was designated as a participant in the SERP in 2019 and currently is the only employee of the Company that participates in the SERP. For additional information on the Pension Plan, Restoration of Retirement Income Plan and the SERP (including the 2021 amendment to the SERP), see the 2025 Pension Benefits Table on page 46.
Almost all employees of the Company, including executive officers, also are eligible to participate in our 401(k) Plan. Participants may contribute each pay period any whole percentage between two percent and 75 percent of their compensation, as defined in the 401(k) Plan, for that pay period. Participants who have attained age 50 before the close of a year are allowed
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to make additional contributions referred to as “Catch-Up Contributions,” subject to certain limitations of the Code. Participants may designate, at their discretion, all or any portion of their contributions as: (i) a before-tax contribution under Section 401(k) of the Code subject to the limitations thereof; (ii) an after-tax Roth contribution; or (iii) a contribution made on a non-Roth after-tax basis. The 401(k) Plan also includes an eligible automatic contribution arrangement and provides for a qualified default investment alternative consistent with the U.S. Department of Labor regulations. Participants may elect, in accordance with the 401(k) Plan procedures, to have their future salary deferral rate to be automatically increased annually on a date and in an amount as specified by the participant in such election. For employees hired or rehired on or after December 1, 2009, the Company contributes to the 401(k) Plan, on behalf of each participant, 200 percent of the participant’s contributions up to five percent of compensation. The Company contribution for employees hired or rehired before December 1, 2009, varies depending on the participant’s hire date, election with respect to participation in the Pension Plan and, in some cases, years of service.
No Company contributions are made with respect to a participant’s rollover contributions or with respect to a participant’s contributions based on overtime payments, pay-in-lieu of overtime for exempt personnel, special lump-sum recognition awards and lump-sum merit awards included in compensation for determining the amount of participant contributions. Once made, the Company’s contribution may be directed to any available investment option in the 401(k) Plan. The Company match contributions vest over a three-year period. After two years of service, participants become 20 percent vested in their Company contribution account and become fully vested on completing three years of service. In addition, participants fully vest when they are eligible for normal or early retirement under the Pension Plan, in the event of their termination due to death or permanent disability or upon attainment of age 65 while employed by the Company or its affiliates. The Company also maintains a nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan that is described below under “2025 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Table.”
The Company also offers executive officers a limited number of perquisites. These include payment of social membership dues at dining and country clubs for certain executive officers, an annual physical exam for all executive officers, a relocation program and, in the case of Mr. Trauschke, use of a Company car. The relocation program is offered through a third-party relocation company for employees who relocate at the Company’s request and, in appropriate circumstances, to new employees who relocated in connection with their employment by the Company. The relocation program provides for various levels of benefits. For full-time employees above a certain pay level (i.e., a salary at or above approximately $60,000 per year), the program covers the cost of most of the reasonable expenses associated with relocation, including, but not limited to, costs of selling a current residence, home finding, temporary living and transportation and storage of household goods. The value of the perquisites received by each executive officer was less than $13,000 in 2025. The Compensation Committee reviews annually the perquisites provided to officers and believes that the perquisites provided to officers in 2025 were reasonable.
Change-of-Control Agreements and other Arrangements. None of the Company’s executive officers has an employment agreement with the Company. Each of the executive officers has a change of control agreement that becomes effective upon a change of control. As explained in detail below under the heading “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of Control,” if an executive officer’s employment is terminated by the Company “without cause” following a change of control, the executive officer is entitled to the following payments: (i) all accrued and unpaid compensation and a prorated annual incentive payout and (ii) a severance payment equal to 2.99 times the sum of such officer’s (a) annual base salary and (b) highest recent annual incentive payout. The change of control agreements are considered to be double trigger agreements because payment will only be made following a change of control and termination of employment. The 2.99 times multiple for change-of-control payments was selected because at the time it was considered standard. Although many companies also include provisions for tax gross-up payments to cover any excise taxes on excess parachute payments, the Company’s Board of Directors decided not to include this additional benefit in the Company’s agreements. Instead, as explained on page 54, under the Company’s agreements if the excise tax would be imposed, the change-of-control payments will be reduced to a point where no excise tax would be payable, if such reduction would result in a greater after-tax payment. Previously, the Company had change of control agreements in place that contained the ability for the executive to terminate voluntarily for any reason during the 30-day period immediately following the one-year anniversary of the change of control. This type of provision, sometimes referred to as a modified double-trigger, was eliminated for executives hired after January 1, 2009, and, with the consent of the affected executives, was eliminated in February 2012 for executive officers hired prior to January 1, 2009.
For more information regarding the change of control agreements, please see “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of Control” below.
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In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Company’s incentive compensation plans, upon a change of control, all performance units will vest and be paid out immediately in cash as if the applicable performance goals had been satisfied at target levels; all restricted stock units will vest and be paid out immediately in cash; and any annual incentive award outstanding for the year in which the participant’s termination occurs for any reason, other than cause, within 24 months after the change of control will be paid in cash at target level on a prorated basis.
Stock Ownership Guidelines. In an effort to further align management’s interests with those of the shareholders, the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board of Directors has adopted, stock ownership guidelines for the officers of the Company and the Company’s Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee reviews the stock ownership guidelines each year, and has, from time to time, revised such guidelines. The Compensation Committee believes that linking a significant portion of an officer’s current and potential future net worth to the Company’s success, as reflected in the ownership of the Company’s Common Stock and the price of the Company’s Common Stock, helps to ensure that officers have a stake similar to that of the Company’s shareholders. The share ownership guideline for each executive is based on the executive’s position. For 2025, the guideline for Chairman and CEO was 6.0 times base salary, and the guidelines for other Company officers (including the other Named Executive Officers) ranged from 2.0 to 3.0 times their base salaries. Each executive is expected to achieve the applicable ownership guideline within 5 years of his or her most recent promotion. Similar guidelines are in place for members of the Board of Directors at a level equal to the aggregate of their 5 most recent annual equity retainer grants.
Financial Restatement and Clawback Policy. The Company has adopted an Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 303A.14 of the Listed Company Manual of the NYSE that was adopted to implement Rule 10D-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Policy provides that the Company shall recover from each executive officer, reasonably promptly following an accounting restatement, the amount of Incentive-based Compensation (as defined in the Policy) that exceeds the amount of Incentive-based Compensation that otherwise would have been received had it been determined based on the restated amounts, computed without regard to any taxes paid.
Insider Trading Policy and No Hedging. We maintain insider trading policies and procedures governing the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers and employees that are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and any listing standards applicable to the Company. It is also the policy of the Company that it will not engage in transactions in our securities while in possession of material non-public information relating to the Company or its securities. Our insider trading policy prohibits our directors, executive officers, and other designated persons from engaging in hedging or monetization transactions with respect of the Company’s securities, such as prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds.
No Share Recycling Under Stock Incentive Plan. The Company may not reissue any shares under the Plan that the Company retains as payment of the exercise price of stock options or SARs or to satisfy the withholding or employment taxes due upon the grant, exercise, vesting or distribution of stock options or SARs. The Company has never issued SARs under its existing or any prior Stock Incentive Plan and has not issued any stock options since 2004. The Compensation Committee has no intention of authorizing the issuance of stock options or SARs in the foreseeable future.
Timing of Stock Options and SARs. As disclosed above, we do not grant stock options and SARs; therefore, we do not have a formal policy regarding the timing of such awards granted to our NEOs in anticipation of the release of material, non-public information.
Risk Assessment. The profile of our compensation programs is designed to motivate performance while not promoting behaviors that create undue risk. Specifically, the Compensation Committee reviews, with the assistance of Mercer, its compensation consultant, various factors that balance performance and risk in establishing executive compensation programs, setting compensation levels, and selecting performance goals for payouts of annual awards under the Company’s Annual Incentive Plan and long-term goals under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan. Specifically, awards under the Annual Incentive Plan provide officers an opportunity to earn an annual cash incentive payout for achieving specified Company performance-based goals established for the year. These Company performance goals typically are tied to earnings and measures of operating performance. Awards under the Stock Incentive Plan are equity-based and, for the performance-based components, require the achievement, typically over a three-year period, of specific Company performance goals that are tied directly to the performance of the Company’s Common Stock or to factors that affect the performance of the Company’s Common Stock. The Compensation Committee believes that the following features of our policies and practices serve to mitigate material risks arising from our compensation policies and practices:
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•Performance goals are clear, easily identifiable and are based on measures that are generally accepted in the industry, such as earnings, operating and maintenance expenses and TSR.
•Long-term incentives have three-year vesting periods to encourage long-term decision making and value creation.
•The Company’s annual and long-term plans were approved by shareholders.
•The plans have limits on maximum payouts.
•The calculations of the level of performance for determining amount of payouts are checked and confirmed by Internal Audit.
•The Compensation Committee must approve the payouts and can reduce the payouts.
•Our stock ownership guidelines are designed to promote executive officers having a substantial stake in the Company so that executives’ interests are long-term in nature and therefore aligned with shareholders.
•Clawback policies are in place, giving us the right to pursue and recoup incentive awards that were earned based on certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of certain restatements.
Tax and Accounting Issues.
Deductibility of Executive Compensation. A federal tax law (Section 162(m) of the Code) currently limits our ability to deduct certain executives’ compensation in excess of $1,000,000. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated an exception to this deduction limitation for “performance-based compensation” generally, and we do not expect to have further compensation arrangements that will be able to qualify for certain grandfather provisions regarding the deductibility of “performance-based compensation” under this exception. The Compensation Committee reserves the right to pay compensation that exceeds Section 162(m)’s deductibility limit.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation. The Company’s various employee plans comply with the tax rules applicable to nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. A more detailed discussion of the Company’s nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements is provided below under the heading “2025 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Table.”
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE |
The following table provides information regarding compensation paid or to be paid by us or any of our subsidiaries to the president and CEO, the chief financial officer and the three other most highly compensated executive officers at December 31, 2025.
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Name and Principal Position |
Year |
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Salary ($) |
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Bonus ($) |
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Stock Awards ($)(1) |
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Option Awards ($) |
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Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(2) |
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Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)(3) |
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All Other Compensation ($)(4) |
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Total ($) |
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(a) |
(b) |
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(c) |
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(d) |
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(e) |
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(f) |
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(g) |
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(h) |
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(i) |
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(j) |
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S. Trauschke |
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2025 |
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$ |
1,239,372 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
5,811,824 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
1,753,487 |
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$ |
3,035,984 |
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$ |
191,340 |
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$ |
12,032,007 |
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Chairman, President and Chief |
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2024 |
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$ |
1,204,632 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
5,099,875 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
1,715,866 |
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$ |
1,935,557 |
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$ |
173,019 |
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$ |
10,128,949 |
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Executive Officer of |
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2023 |
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$ |
1,158,290 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
4,533,361 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
1,485,597 |
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$ |
1,103,668 |
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$ |
154,250 |
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$ |
8,435,166 |
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the Company |
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C. Walworth |
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2025 |
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$ |
551,891 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
983,640 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
452,940 |
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$ |
59,535 |
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$ |
47,628 |
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$ |
2,095,634 |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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2024 |
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$ |
348,691 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
332,173 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
203,184 |
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$ |
52,218 |
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$ |
31,057 |
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$ |
967,323 |
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of the Company |
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W. Sultemeier |
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2025 |
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$ |
532,320 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
873,673 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
439,526 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
99,089 |
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$ |
1,944,608 |
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General Counsel, Corporate |
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2024 |
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$ |
517,400 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
766,669 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
435,488 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
90,579 |
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$ |
1,810,136 |
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Secretary and Chief Compliance |
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2023 |
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$ |
497,494 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
703,121 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
377,045 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
82,603 |
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$ |
1,660,263 |
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Officer of the Company |
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D. Jones |
|
2025 |
|
$ |
467,663 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
822,359 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
387,174 |
|
$ |
1,413 |
|
$ |
36,439 |
|
$ |
1,715,048 |
|
Senior Vice President, Utility |
|
2024 |
|
$ |
454,563 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
721,679 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
412,030 |
|
$ |
1,512 |
|
$ |
35,635 |
|
$ |
1,625,419 |
|
Operations of OG&E |
|
2023 |
|
$ |
437,070 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
665,258 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
356,731 |
|
$ |
1,122 |
|
$ |
34,909 |
|
$ |
1,495,090 |
|
D. Parker |
|
2025 |
|
$ |
378,177 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
443,353 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
265,854 |
|
$ |
47,036 |
|
$ |
37,527 |
|
$ |
1,171,947 |
|
Chief Information Officer |
|
2024 |
|
$ |
367,557 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
389,020 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
214,177 |
|
$ |
46,703 |
|
$ |
33,708 |
|
$ |
1,051,165 |
|
of OG&E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)For 2025, amounts in this column reflect the grant date fair value amount of equity-based performance units and restricted stock units granted. The grant date fair value amount of the performance units is based on a probable value of these awards, or target value, of 100 percent payout. The grant date fair value of the restricted stock units is based on 100 percent payout at vesting. The grants of long-term incentives consisted of (i) 65 percent in the form of performance units, the payout of which is dependent upon the Company's TSR over a three-year period measured against the TSR for such period by a peer group selected by the Compensation Committee and (ii) 35 percent in the form of restricted stock units that vest, assuming continued employment through the three-year vesting period. In the case of TSR, the performance units will pay out from 0 to 200 percent of the target amount, depending upon performance of the applicable performance goal. The assumptions used in the valuation are discussed in Note 6 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Assuming achievement of the performance goals at the maximum level of 200 percent for performance units based on TSR and 100 percent for restricted stock units, the grant date fair value of the units granted in 2025 and included in this column would be: Mr. Trauschke, $9,892,525; Mr. Walworth, $1,674,298; Mr. Sultemeier, $1,487,117; Mr. Jones, $1,399,774 and Mr. Parker, $754,648.
(2)Amounts in this column reflect payments under our Annual Incentive Plan for achievement of 2025 performance goals.
(3)Amounts in this column reflect the actuarial increase in the present value of the Named Executive Officers benefits under all pension plans established by the Company determined using interest rate and mortality rate assumptions consistent with those used in Note 11 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and includes amounts which the Named Executive Officer may not currently be entitled to receive because such amounts are not vested. Mr. Sultemeier is not eligible to participate in the Pension Plan.
(4)Amounts in this column for 2025 reflect: (i) for Mr. Trauschke, $177,314 (401(k) Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan), $1,659 (insurance premiums) and $12,367 (payment for annual physical exam, use of a company car, payment of social membership dining and country club dues); (ii) for Mr. Walworth, $45,304 (401(k) Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan) and $1,511 (insurance premiums) and $813 (payment for an annual physical exam); (iii) for Mr. Sultemeier, $96,781 (401(k) Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan), $1,560 (insurance premiums) and $748 (payment for an annual physical exam); (iv) Mr. Jones, $35,000 (401(k) Plan) and $1,439 (insurance premiums); and (v) Mr. Parker, $35,541 (401(k) Plan and Deferred
42 OGE Energy Corp. 2026 Proxy Statement
Compensation Plan), $1,238 (insurance premiums) and $748 (payment for an annual physical exam). A significant portion of the insurance premiums reported for each of these individuals is for life insurance policies and such premiums are recovered by the Company from the proceeds of the policies. Amounts shown as 401(k) Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan represent Company contributions for the individual under those plans. Amounts in the column include the value of the perquisites for the Named Executive Officers, but, in each instance the amount was less than $13,000 in 2025.
|
Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
Grant Date |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards (1) |
|
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards (2) |
|
All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#)(3) |
|
All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#) |
Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh) |
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($)(4) |
|
|
|
Threshold ($) |
|
Target ($) |
|
Maximum ($) |
|
Threshold (#) |
|
Target (#) |
|
Maximum (#) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
(k) |
(l) |
|
S. Trauschke |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
1,487,246 |
|
$ |
2,974,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
2/18/25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
73,619 |
|
|
147,238 |
|
|
39,641 |
|
|
|
$ |
5,811,824 |
|
C. Walworth |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
386,324 |
|
$ |
772,648 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
2/18/25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
12,460 |
|
|
24,920 |
|
|
6,709 |
|
|
|
$ |
983,640 |
|
W. Sultemeier |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
372,624 |
|
$ |
745,248 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
2/18/25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
11,067 |
|
|
22,134 |
|
|
5,959 |
|
|
|
$ |
873,673 |
|
D. Jones |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
327,364 |
|
$ |
654,729 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
2/18/25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
10,417 |
|
|
20,834 |
|
|
5,609 |
|
|
|
$ |
822,359 |
|
D. Parker |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
226,906 |
|
$ |
453,812 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
2/18/25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
5,616 |
|
|
11,232 |
|
|
3,024 |
|
|
|
$ |
443,353 |
|
(1)Amounts in columns (c), (d) and (e) represent the minimum, target and maximum amounts that would be payable pursuant to the 2025 annual incentive awards made under the Annual Incentive Plan. The terms of such awards, including the performance measures and targets, are discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above. For 2025, payouts of these annual incentive awards were made in cash and are reflected in the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table.
(2)Amounts in columns (f), (g) and (h) represent awards of performance units under the Company's Stock Incentive Plan. As discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above, the terms of the performance units entitle the officer to receive from 0 percent to 200 percent of the performance units granted depending upon the Company's TSR over the three-year period ending December 31, 2027 measured against the TSR for such period of a peer group selected by the Compensation Committee. All payouts of such performance units will be made in shares of the Company's Common Stock. For additional information regarding the terms of such performance units, including the payout targets and the composition of the peer group, see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above.
(3)Amounts in column (i) represent restricted stock units that have a vesting or restricted period that ends December 31, 2027. Restricted stock units that have vested will be paid out in shares of the Company's Common Stock equal in number to the vested restricted stock units plus a cash payment equal to the amount of dividends that would have been paid during the period on such number of shares of the Company's Common Stock. For additional information regarding the terms of such restricted stock units, see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above.
(4)Amounts reflect the grant date fair value based on a probable value of the performance unit awards, or target value, of 100 percent payout, and based on 100 percent payout at vesting for the restricted stock awards.
For 2025, "Salary" for the Named Executive Officers accounted for approximately 16 percent to 38 percent of total direct compensation (i.e., salary plus targeted annual and long-term incentive compensation), while at risk compensation accounted for approximately 62 percent to 84 percent of total direct compensation, assuming achievement of a target level of performance for each Named Executive Officer's performance-based compensation and assuming 100 percent payout at vesting for restricted stock units.
|
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End Table |
43 OGE Energy Corp. 2026 Proxy Statement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Awards (1) |
Stock Awards |
|
Name |
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable |
|
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#) |
|
Option Exercise Price ($) |
Option Expiration Date |
Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) |
|
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)(3) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)(2) |
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)(3) |
|
(a) |
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
(f) |
(g) |
|
(h) |
|
(i) |
|
(j) |
|
S. Trauschke |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
39,641 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
$ |
1,692,671 |
|
|
73,619 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
$ |
3,143,531 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
51,339 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
$ |
2,192,175 |
|
|
95,344 |
|
|
(7 |
) |
$ |
4,071,189 |
|
C. Walworth |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
6,709 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
$ |
286,474 |
|
|
12,460 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
$ |
532,042 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,344 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
$ |
142,789 |
|
|
6,210 |
|
|
(7 |
) |
$ |
265,167 |
|
W. Sultemeier |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
5,959 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
$ |
254,449 |
|
|
11,067 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
$ |
472,561 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,718 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
$ |
329,559 |
|
|
14,333 |
|
|
(7 |
) |
$ |
612,019 |
|
D. Jones |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
5,609 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
$ |
239,504 |
|
|
10,417 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
$ |
444,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,265 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
$ |
310,216 |
|
|
13,492 |
|
|
(7 |
) |
$ |
576,108 |
|
D. Parker |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
3,024 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
$ |
129,125 |
|
|
5,616 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
$ |
239,803 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,916 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
$ |
167,213 |
|
|
7,273 |
|
|
(7 |
) |
$ |
310,557 |
|
(1)There are no stock options outstanding.
(2)The number of units is based on achieving target performance resulting in payout of 100 percent of target.
(3)Values were calculated based on a $42.70 closing price of the Company's Common Stock, as reported on the NYSE at December 31, 2025.
(4)These amounts represent restricted stock units for the vesting period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027.
(5)These amounts represent restricted stock units for the vesting period January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026.
(6)These amounts represent performance units for the performance period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027.
(7)These amounts represent performance units for the performance period January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026.
44 OGE Energy Corp. 2026 Proxy Statement
|
2025 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Awards (1) |
|
Stock Awards |
|
Name |
Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) |
|
Value Realized on Exercise ($) |
|
Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#)(2) |
|
Share Value Realized on Vesting ($)(3) |
|
Dividend Equivalents on Share Value Realized ($) |
|
Value Realized on Vesting ($) |
|
(a) |
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
(g) |
|
S. Trauschke |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
109,072 |
|
$ |
4,657,383 |
|
$ |
533,063 |
|
$ |
5,190,446 |
|
C. Walworth |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
7,016 |
|
$ |
299,566 |
|
$ |
34,287 |
|
$ |
333,853 |
|
W. Sultemeier |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
16,917 |
|
$ |
722,354 |
|
$ |
82,677 |
|
$ |
805,031 |
|
D. Jones |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
16,006 |
|
$ |
683,460 |
|
$ |
78,226 |
|
$ |
761,686 |
|
D. Parker |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
6,992 |
|
$ |
298,567 |
|
$ |
34,173 |
|
$ |
332,740 |
|
(1)There are no stock options outstanding.
(2)Amounts represent payouts of the 2023 performance units based on TSR and 2023 time-based restricted stock units. As explained above, the Company's performance for the three-year performance period ended December 31, 2025 was at the target level of performance for the TSR, resulting in a payout of 100 percent of the 2023 performance units. Number of shares acquired on vesting indicates gross shares and does not contemplate shares withheld for the payment of income taxes.
(3)Values were calculated based on a $42.70 closing price of the Company's Common Stock, as reported on the NYSE at December 31, 2025.
|
2025 Pension Benefits Table |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
Plan Name |
Number of Years Credited Service (#)(1) |
|
Present Value of Accumulated Benefit ($)(2) |
|
Payments During Last Fiscal Year ($) |
|
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
S. Trauschke |
Qualified Plan |
|
16.67 |
|
$ |
285,214 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Restoration Plan |
|
16.67 |
|
$ |
1,202,363 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
SERP |
|
7.00 |
|
$ |
8,224,587 |
|
$ |
— |
|
C. Walworth |
Qualified Plan |
|
25.08 |
|
$ |
271,883 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Restoration Plan |
|
25.08 |
|
$ |
68,010 |
|
$ |
— |
|
W. Sultemeier |
Qualified Plan |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Restoration Plan |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
D. Jones |
Qualified Plan |
|
17.50 |
|
$ |
20,032 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Restoration Plan |
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
D. Parker |
Qualified Plan |
|
23.00 |
|
$ |
231,410 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Restoration Plan |
|
23.00 |
|
$ |
33,219 |
|
$ |
— |
|
(1)Generally, a participant's years of credited service are based on his or her years of employment with the Company. However, under the SERP, years of service will commence no earlier than January 1, 2019.
(2)Amounts in this column reflect the present value of the Named Executive Officers benefits under all pension plans established by the Company determined using interest rate and mortality rate assumptions consistent with those used in Note 11 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and includes amounts which the Named Executive Officer may not currently be entitled to receive because such amounts are not vested.
Employees hired or rehired on or after December 1, 2009 do not participate in the Pension Plan but are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan where, for each pay period, the Company contributes to the 401(k) Plan, on behalf of each participant, 200 percent of the participant's contributions up to five percent of compensation. As discussed above, employees hired or rehired before December 1, 2009 are also eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan, and the Company contribution for each such participant varies depending on the participant's hire date, election with respect to participation in the Pension Plan and, in some cases, years of service.
45 OGE Energy Corp. 2026 Proxy Statement
Retirement benefits under the Pension Plan are payable to participants upon normal retirement (at or after age 65) or early retirement (at or after attaining age 55 and completing five or more years of service), to former employees after reaching retirement age (or, if elected, following termination) who have completed three or more years of service before terminating their employment and to participants after reaching retirement age (or, if elected, following termination) upon total and permanent disability. The benefits payable under the Pension Plan are subject to maximum limitations under the Code. Should benefits for a participant exceed the permissible limits of the Code or should the participant defer compensation to the Company's nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan discussed below, the Restoration of Retirement Income Plan will provide benefits through a lump-sum distribution following retirement as provided in the Restoration of Retirement Income Plan, which benefits shall be actuarially equivalent to the amounts that would have been, but cannot be, payable to such participant annually under the Pension Plan because of the Code limits or deferrals to the nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. The Company and its subsidiaries fund the estimated benefits payable under the Restoration of Retirement Income Plan through contributions to a grantor trust for the benefit of those employees who will be entitled to receive payments under the Restoration of Retirement Income Plan.
In 2019, the Board of Directors amended and restated the SERP, to, among other things, change the benefit formula under the SERP and designated Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of OGE Energy as a participant in the SERP. Mr. Trauschke is currently the only participant in the SERP. The SERP was further amended in 2021 to increase the benefit amount payable under the SERP, as discussed below.
The SERP, which was originally adopted in 1993, is an unfunded supplemental executive retirement plan that is not subject to the benefit limits imposed by the Code. The SERP, as amended in 2021, will provide to designated participants a retirement benefit at or after age 60 equal to the actuarial equivalent of 2.90 percent (increased from the previous actuarial equivalent of 1.32 percent) of the participant's average compensation (equal to base salary, plus target amount of annual incentive award in effect) during his or her final 36 months of employment, multiplied by his or her years of service (or portions thereof). For this purpose, years of service commence upon the later to occur of the participant's commencement of employment with the Company or January 1, 2019. SERP payments will be made in a lump sum after becoming eligible for benefits and following termination, as provided in the SERP, in an amount equal to the actuarial equivalent of the monthly annuity.
|
2025 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Table |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
Executive Contributions in Last FY ($)(1) |
|
Registrant Contributions in Last FY ($)(1) |
|
Aggregate Earnings (Loss) in Last FY ($) |
|
Aggregate Withdrawals/ Distributions ($) |
|
Aggregate Balance at Last FYE ($)(2) |
|
(a) |
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
(d) |
|
(e) |
|
(f) |
|
S. Trauschke |
$ |
560,048 |
|
$ |
166,359 |
|
$ |
1,237,487 |
|
$ |
283,255 |
|
$ |
9,401,662 |
|
C. Walworth |
$ |
82,261 |
|
$ |
29,103 |
|
$ |
55,268 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
513,740 |
|
W. Sultemeier |
$ |
17,390 |
|
$ |
61,781 |
|
$ |
62,848 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
687,621 |
|
D. Jones |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
151,414 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
907,594 |
|
D. Parker |
$ |
33,400 |
|
$ |
14,323 |
|
$ |
18,869 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
250,300 |
|
(1)All executive and registrant contributions in the last fiscal year are reported as compensation to such executive officer in the Summary Compensation Table on page 43. The specific aggregate amounts reported for each of such officers is: S. Trauschke, $726,406; C. Walworth, $111,364; W. Sultemeier, $79,171; D. Jones, $0 and D. Parker, $47,723.
(2)Reflects the following amounts for each of the following executive officers that were reported as compensation to such executive officer in prior Summary Compensation Tables: S. Trauschke, $7,721,024; C. Walworth, $347,108; W. Sultemeier, $545,602; D. Jones, $756,180 and D. Parker, $183,708.
The Company provides a nonqualified deferred compensation plan which is intended to be an unfunded plan. The plan's primary purpose is to provide a tax-deferred capital accumulation vehicle for a select group of management, highly compensated employees and non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company and to supplement such employees' 401(k) Plan contributions as well as offering this plan to be competitive in the marketplace. Eligible employees who enroll in the plan have the following deferral options: (i) eligible employees may elect to defer up to a maximum of 70 percent of base salary and 100 percent of annual incentive awards; or (ii) eligible employees may elect a deferral percentage of base salary and annual incentive awards based on the deferral percentage elected for a year under the 401(k) Plan with such deferrals to start when maximum deferrals to the qualified 401(k) Plan have been made because of limitations in that plan. Eligible directors may also elect to defer up to a maximum of 100 percent of directors' annual cash retainer.
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The Company matches employee (but not non-employee director) deferrals to make up for any match lost in the 401(k) Plan because of deferrals to the deferred compensation plan and to allow for a match that would have been made under the 401(k) Plan on that portion of either the first six percent of total compensation or the first five percent of total compensation, as applicable, depending on prior participant elections, deferred that exceeds the limits allowed in the 401(k) Plan. Matching credits vest based on years of service, with full vesting after three years or, if earlier, on retirement, disability, death, a change in control of the Company or termination of the plan.
Deferrals, plus any Company match, are credited to a recordkeeping account in the participant's name. Earnings on the deferrals are indexed to the assumed investment funds selected by the participant. In 2025, those investment options (and investment returns) included:
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Investment Fund Option |
Investment Return |
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Company Common Stock Fund |
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7.64 |
% |
VIF Money Market (Goldman Sachs) |
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4.21 |
% |
VIT Total Return Admin (PIMCO) |
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8.89 |
% |
American Century VP |
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6.33 |
% |
VIT Value Svc (MFS) |
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12.77 |
% |
Stock Index Initial (BNY Mellon) |
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17.53 |
% |
IS Growth 2 (American Funds) |
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20.23 |
% |
Mid Cap Value Portfolio (American Century) |
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8.99 |
% |
Janus Henderson VIT |
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7.41 |
% |
Small Cap (Dimensional Fund Advisors) |
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8.95 |
% |
VIF Small Company Growth (Vanguard) |
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6.11 |
% |
VIT II International Value Svc (MFS) |
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32.96 |
% |
IS International 2 (American Funds) |
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26.76 |
% |
Model Portfolio – Conservative (The Newport Group) |
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9.89 |
% |
Model Portfolio – Moderate/Conservative (The Newport Group) |
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13.20 |
% |
Model Portfolio – Moderate (The Newport Group) |
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15.86 |
% |
Model Portfolio – Moderate/Aggressive (The Newport Group) |
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18.06 |
% |
Model Portfolio – Aggressive (The Newport Group) |
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20.10 |
% |
As noted in the table above, The Newport Group, the administrator of the plan during 2025, provided five model portfolios using the investment options in the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan to span the risk profile from conservative to aggressive. The conservative portfolio is constructed to provide higher expected returns than a money market fund while only taking 10 percent to 30 percent of the risks associated with the stock market. The moderate/conservative portfolio is designed to provide modest expected portfolio growth while taking only 30 percent to 50 percent of the short-term risk associated with the stock market. The moderate portfolio is managed to provide expected capital appreciation over a market cycle. This portfolio will experience 50 percent to 70 percent of the risks associated with the stock market. The moderate/aggressive portfolio is managed to be a diversified stock portfolio that includes a fixed income component to reduce volatility. The portfolio will experience 70 percent to 90 percent of the risks associated with the stock market. Over the long term, the aggressive portfolio is intended to provide for the maximum expected long-term growth of capital. This portfolio will take 100 percent of the risks associated with the stock market.
Normally, payments under the deferred compensation plan begin within one year after retirement. For these purposes, normal retirement age is 65, and the minimum age to qualify for early retirement is age 55 with at least five years of service. Benefits will be paid, at the election of the participant, either in a lump sum or a stream of annual payments for up to 15 years, or a combination thereof. Participants whose employment terminates before they qualify for retirement will receive their vested account balance in one lump sum following termination as provided in the plan. Participants also will be entitled to pre- and post-retirement survivor benefits. If the participant dies while in employment before retirement, his or her beneficiary will receive a payment of the account balance plus a supplemental survivor benefit equal to two times the total amount of base salary and annual incentive payments deferred under the plan. If the participant dies following retirement, his or her beneficiary will continue to receive the remaining vested account balance. Additionally, eligible surviving spouses will be entitled to a lifetime survivor annuity payable annually. The amount of the annuity is based on 50 percent of the participant's account
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balance at retirement, the spouse's age and actuarial assumptions established by the Company's Plan Administration Committee.
At any time prior to retirement, a participant may withdraw all or part of amounts attributable to his or her vested account balance under the deferred compensation plan at December 31, 2004, subject to a penalty of 10 percent of the amount withdrawn. In addition, at the time of the initial deferral election, a participant may elect to receive one or more in-service distributions on specified dates without penalty. Hardship withdrawals, without penalty, may also be permitted at the discretion of the Company's Plan Administration Committee.
As required by SEC rules, we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive compensation and certain measures of financial performance of our Company. SEC rules prescribe the disclosure included in this section, and the information does not necessarily align with how the Company or the Compensation Committee view the link between the Company's performance and its NEOs' pay. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides additional information about our pay-for-performance philosophy and how we align executive compensation with our performance. As described in more detail in our Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Company's annual incentive awards and a large portion of the long-term incentive awards that comprise a significant portion of an executive's compensation are directly linked to performance. Payouts of these portions of an executive's compensation are placed at risk and require the accomplishment of specific results that are designed to benefit our shareholders and the Company, both in the long and short term. While the Company utilizes several performance measures to align executive compensation with Company performance, all of those Company measures are not presented in the Pay Versus Performance table below. Moreover, the Company generally seeks to incentivize long-term performance and therefore does not specifically align the Company's performance measures with compensation that is actually paid (as computed in accordance with SEC rules) for a particular year.
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Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On: |
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Year |
Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO ($)(1) |
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Compensation Actually Paid to PEO ($) |
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Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO Named Executive Officers ($)(1) |
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Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO Named Executive Officers ($) |
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Company Total Shareholder Return ($)(2) |
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Peer Group Total Shareholder Return ($)(2)(3) |
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Net Income ($) |
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CSM: OG&E Earnings Per Share (4) |
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(a) |
(b) |
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(c) |
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(d) |
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(e) |
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(f) |
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(g) |
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(h) |
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(i) |
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2025 |
$ |
12,032,007 |
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$ |
8,070,026 |
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$ |
1,731,809 |
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$ |
1,467,998 |
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$ |
167.57 |
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$ |
158.71 |
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$ |
470,700,000 |
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$ |
2.47 |
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2024 |
$ |
10,128,949 |
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$ |
15,331,356 |
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$ |
1,344,617 |
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$ |
1,374,642 |
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$ |
155.68 |
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$ |
136.71 |
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$ |
441,500,000 |
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$ |
2.33 |
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2023 |
$ |
8,435,166 |
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$ |
6,782,034 |
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$ |
1,480,334 |
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$ |
1,279,552 |
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$ |
125.85 |
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$ |
110.58 |
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$ |
416,800,000 |
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$ |
2.12 |
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2022 |
$ |
7,303,589 |
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$ |
10,942,870 |
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$ |
1,326,642 |
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$ |
1,706,080 |
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$ |
136.16 |
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$ |
119.56 |
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$ |
665,700,000 |
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$ |
2.19 |
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2021 |
$ |
8,031,634 |
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$ |
9,075,580 |
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$ |
1,312,638 |
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$ |
1,430,758 |
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$ |
126.52 |
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$ |
117.95 |
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$ |
737,300,000 |
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$ |
1.80 |
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(1)During 2021 through 2025, Sean Trauschke was our Chief Executive Officer. During 2025, our remaining Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) consisted of Charles B. Walworth, William H. Sultemeier, Donnie O. Jones and David A. Parker. During 2024, our remaining NEOs consisted of Charles B. Walworth, W. Bryan Buckler, William H. Sultemeier, Donnie O. Jones and David A. Parker. During 2023, 2022 and 2021, our remaining NEOs consisted of W. Bryan Buckler, William H. Sultemeier, Donnie O. Jones and Cristina F. McQuistion.
(2)Both Company Total Shareholder Return and Peer Group Total Shareholder Return assume $100 invested at December 31, 2020.
(3)As permitted by the SEC, the Company's peer group selected for this pay versus performance disclosure is the S&P Composite Utilities 1500 Index, which is the same peer group as presented in the Company's 2025 Form 10-K for purposes of Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K.
(4)"OG&E Earnings Per Share" represents the Company's annual incentive compensation plan's "OG&E Earnings Target," which is the reported net income of OG&E for the year ended December 31, 2025, divided by the diluted average common shares outstanding for 2025 of the Company (excluding new shares from the Company’s November 2025 public offering). See the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for further discussion.
The amounts shown for compensation actually paid ("CAP") have been calculated in accordance with SEC rules and do not reflect compensation actually earned, realized or received by the Company's NEOs. These amounts reflect the Summary
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Compensation Table total with certain adjustments as described in the table below. The following table sets forth the adjustments made during 2025, related to the table above, to arrive at CAP to our principal executive officer ("PEO") and non-PEO NEOs during 2025.
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PEO |
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Non-PEO NEOs |
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Summary Compensation Table (SCT) Total |
$ |
12,032,007 |
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$ |
1,731,809 |
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Adjustments to arrive at CAP: |
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Deduction for change in the actuarial present values reported under column (h) of the SCT |
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(3,035,984 |
) |
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(26,996 |
) |
Increase for "Service Cost" for Pension Plans |
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1,049,381 |
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8,835 |
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Deduction for amounts reported under column (e) in the SCT |
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(5,811,824 |
) |
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(780,756 |
) |
Fair value of current year equity awards at year-end |
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4,587,370 |
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616,263 |
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Change in value of prior years' awards unvested at year-end |
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(517,645 |
) |
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(56,068 |
) |
Change in value of prior years' awards that vested during current year |
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(766,342 |
) |
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(82,430 |
) |
Dividends |
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533,063 |
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57,341 |
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Total adjustments |
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(3,961,981 |
) |
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(263,811 |
) |
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CAP Total |
$ |
8,070,026 |
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$ |
1,467,998 |
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The three items listed below represent the most important financial metrics the Company used to determine CAP for 2025, as further described in our Compensation Discussion and Analysis above:
•Relative TSR Performance Goal (performance units component of long-term incentive);
•OG&E Earnings Target (earnings per share component of annual incentive); and
•O&M Target (operation and maintenance expense component of annual incentive).
Other key metrics included as components of the NEOs' annual incentive compensation and considered by the Compensation Committee when determining the appropriate compensation for NEOs are the Safety Target, the Customer/Operations Target and the Environmental Target, as further described within the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above.
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In accordance with SEC rules, the Company is providing the following graphics of the relationships between information presented in the Pay Versus Performance table above. The following graphics show the correlation between (i) the Company's TSR and the S&P Composite Utilities 1500 Index TSR ("Peer Group TSR") and PEO and other NEOs' CAP, (ii) PEO and other NEOs' CAP and Net Income and (iii) PEO and other NEOs' CAP and the company-selected metric of OG&E Earnings Target.


In 2021, the Company's net income includes the pre-tax impact of approximately $506 million related to a gain on transaction as a result of the Enable Midstream Partners, LP (“Enable”) and Energy Transfer, LP ("Energy Transfer") merger and associated Enable earnings recognized prior to the transaction. In 2022, the Company's net income includes the pre-tax impact of approximately $282 million related to the sale of Energy Transfer equity securities received by the Company as a result of the Enable/Energy transfer merger. After exiting its midstream segment in 2022, the Company’s net income in 2023, 2024 and 2025 reflects its operations primarily as an electric company.
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