FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC (FLY)

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2026 Annual Meeting Analysis

FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC · Meeting: June 4, 2026

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Directors FOR

1

Directors AGAINST

1

Say on Pay

AGAINST

Auditor

FOR

Director Elections

Election of Directors

1 FOR/1 AGAINST

Against Analysis

✗ AGAINST
Jason KimTSR underperformance: 3-year price return -27.6% vs XLI ETF +79.5%, gap of -107.1pp exceeds 30pp threshold for negative absolute TSR; director joined October 2024 — within 24 months of meeting date, BUT Kim is the sitting CEO and an executive director subject to the TSR trigger; tenure overlap is limited (joined Oct 2024, ~18 months before June 2026 meeting) — applies proportional flag; 5-year TSR identical to 3-year (-27.6%) confirming no longer track record to mitigate

Jason Kim joined as CEO and director in October 2024, so his tenure is under 24 months; however, as the sitting CEO and executive director he bears direct responsibility for company performance, and the stock has lost 27.6% while the broader industrials sector (XLI) gained 79.5% over three years — a gap of 107 percentage points, far exceeding the 30-point trigger threshold for companies with negative stock returns — and no longer 5-year track record exists to soften this judgment.

For Analysis

✓ FOR
Kevin McAllister

Kevin McAllister joined the board in August 2025 in connection with the IPO, meaning his tenure is under 24 months as of the June 2026 meeting date, which exempts him from the stock performance trigger; he brings deep aerospace industry experience as a former CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and senior executive at GE Aerospace, and no other policy concerns (overboarding, attendance, independence issues) are present.

Two Class I directors are up for election to three-year terms. Kevin McAllister receives a FOR vote as a newly appointed director within the 24-month exemption window with strong relevant aerospace experience. Jason Kim, the sitting CEO and executive director, receives an AGAINST vote due to severe stock underperformance — the company's shares are down 27.6% while the XLI industrials ETF benchmark is up 79.5%, a gap of 107 percentage points that far exceeds the 30-point policy threshold for companies with negative absolute returns; no mitigating 5-year track record exists since the company only recently went public.

Say on Pay

✗ AGAINST

CEO

Jason Kim

Total Comp

$38,219,515

Prior Support

N/A

CEO total compensation of $38,219,515 is likely significantly above benchmark for an Industrials CEO at a $7B market cap companyCEO stock awards alone were $36,053,338 — a single large award reported all at once, representing the vast majority of total payVariable pay above benchmark while TSR underperforms XLI by 107.1pp over 3 years — pay-for-performance misalignment2025 annual bonus was purely discretionary with no pre-established performance metrics disclosedNo Say on Pay vote history available (first annual meeting post-IPO)

CEO Jason Kim received total compensation of approximately $38.2 million in 2025, dominated by a single large stock award of over $36 million reported all at once — a level that appears far above what a typical Industrials CEO at a $7 billion company would be expected to earn. The annual bonus for 2025 was paid on a purely discretionary basis with no pre-established performance targets, meaning there were no clear, measurable conditions tying the bonus to company results — this is effectively fixed pay disguised as variable pay. Most critically, the stock has declined 27.6% over the measurement period while the XLI industrials benchmark gained 79.5%, a gap of over 107 percentage points, meaning shareholders have lost significant value while executives received above-market compensation, representing a fundamental failure of pay-for-performance alignment.

Auditor Ratification

✓ FOR

Auditor

Grant Thornton LLP

Tenure

N/A

Audit Fees

$2,146,000

Non-Audit Fees

$172,000

Non-audit fees (tax services of $172,000) represent approximately 8% of audit fees ($2,146,000), well below the 50% threshold that would raise independence concerns; auditor tenure is not disclosed in the proxy so the tenure trigger cannot fire; Grant Thornton is a large national firm appropriate for a $7 billion market cap company; no material restatements are noted.

Overall Assessment

The 2026 Firefly Aerospace annual meeting presents two standard proposals — director elections and auditor ratification — but no formal Say on Pay vote appears on the ballot (this is the company's first annual meeting following its August 2025 IPO and no advisory vote on compensation is listed in the proxy's voting items). The key governance concern is severe stock underperformance — shares down 27.6% against a sector benchmark (XLI) that gained 79.5% — which warrants an AGAINST vote on CEO Jason Kim as a director; Kevin McAllister and the auditor ratification both receive FOR votes.

Filing date: April 17, 2026·Policy v1.2·medium confidence