BlackSky Technology Inc 10-K/A, filed Apr 16, 2026
BlackSky Technology Inc. (BKSY)
10-K/A
2026-04-16
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BlackSky Technology Inc filed this 10-K/A on April 16, 2026, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1 )
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(Mark One)
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-39113
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
(703 ) 935-1930
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No o
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ý
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. o
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No ☒
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2025 was approximately $698,196,072 . Shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each other person who may be deemed to be an affiliate of the registrant have been excluded from this computation. This calculation does not reflect a determination that certain persons are affiliates of the registrant for any other purpose.
As of April 14, 2026, there were 37,109,026 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, at $0.0001 par value, outstanding.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
BlackSky Technology Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (“Amendment No. 1”) to amend our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Original Filing”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), to include the information required by Items 10 through 14 of Part III of Form 10-K. This information was previously omitted from the Original Filing in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K.
Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 also contains new certifications by our principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Accordingly, Item 15 of Part IV is amended to include the currently dated certifications as exhibits.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Our Directors
Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our board of directors (the “Board”). Our Board currently consists of seven directors, six of whom are independent under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE.
Our Board is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only one class of directors is elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. Thus, at each annual meeting of stockholders, a class of directors will be elected for a three-year term to succeed the class whose term is then expiring.
The following table sets forth the names, ages as of April 1, 2026 and certain information for each of our directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between any of our directors and any other person pursuant to which he or she is or was to be selected as a director.
Name | Class | Age | Position(s) | Director of Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. | Director of BlackSky | Current Term Expires | ||||||||||||||
Magid Abraham(2) (3) | I | 67 | Director | - | September 2021 - Present | 2028 | ||||||||||||||
David DiDomenico (3) | I | 55 | Director | July 2019 - September 2021 | September 2021 - Present | 2028 | ||||||||||||||
Susan Gordon(3) | II | 67 | Director | - | September 2021 - Present | 2026 | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Harvey(1) (2) | II | 69 | Director | - | September 2021 - Present | 2026 | ||||||||||||||
Brian O’Toole | III | 62 | Director | - | September 2021 - Present | 2027 | ||||||||||||||
William Porteous(1) (2) | II | 53 | Director, Chair | - | September 2021 - Present | 2026 | ||||||||||||||
James Tolonen(1) (3) | III | 76 | Director | - | September 2021 - Present | 2027 | ||||||||||||||
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(1) Member of the audit committee
(2) Member of the compensation committee
(3) Member of the nominating and corporate governance committee
Dr. Magid Abraham has served on our Board since September 2021. Dr. Abraham is founder and CEO of Neurawell Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company developing mental health treatments. He was founding CEO of Comscore for 14 years, which he took public in 2007, focusing on innovation and industry leadership. He was founder and CEO of Paragren Technologies, producing CRM systems. He was president of IRI, a major international research company, which he led through sustained growth and innovation. He became a Visiting Scholar at Stanford in 2016, where he taught for three years at the Graduate School of Business. He serves on a number of commercial and institutional boards.
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Dr. Abraham is a world expert on consumer and market measurement and syndicated information services. He has authored seminal award winning articles. He received the Advertising Research Foundation’s “Lifetime Achievement Award.” He earned the AMA’s Parlin award and MIT’s Buck Weaver award, both in recognition for lifetime contributions and leadership in the theory and practice of Marketing Science. He was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year and inducted in the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame and designated “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Abraham received a Ph.D. and an M.B.A. from MIT, and is engineer of the École Polytechnique, France.
Dr. Abraham was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to his significant executive experience and expertise on market research, consumer modeling and information systems.
David DiDomenico has served on our Board since September 2021 and served on the board of directors of Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (“Osprey”) from July 2019 until the closing of the business combination (the “merger”) between Osprey and BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“Legacy BlackSky”) pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 17, 2021. Mr. DiDomenico has been a Partner of JANA Partners, an investment advisor based in New York City, since 2010. He served as Osprey’s Chief Executive Officer and President from June 2019 until the closing of the merger. He previously served as a Co-Portfolio Manager of JANA’s hedge fund strategies. Prior to joining JANA Partners LLC in 2010, Mr. DiDomenico was a Managing Director of New Mountain Capital and the Portfolio Manager of the New Mountain Vantage Fund (2005-2010). He was previously an Associate Portfolio Manager at Neuberger Berman (2002-2005). From 1999-2002, Mr. DiDomenico was a member of the Acquisitions Team at Starwood Capital Group where he focused on corporate and real estate transactions. From 1998-1999, he was an Analyst at Tiger Management. From October 2019-June 2021, Mr. DiDomenico served on the board of directors of OPENLANE, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), a provider of car auction services in North America and the United Kingdom. He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and an AB from Harvard College.
Mr. DiDomenico was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to his experience investing in and analyzing technology and technology-related companies for over 20 years, which we believe provides us with access to his extensive and unique expertise in fundamental business analysis, as well as given his broad professional relationships with technologists and investors.
Hon. Susan M. Gordon has served on our Board since September 2021. The Honorable Susan M. Gordon is a highly respected intelligence professional, visionary leader, and trusted strategic advisor on a broad spectrum of complex issues, including cybersecurity, emerging and disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, and information operations. Ms. Gordon is the former principal deputy director of national intelligence, the nation’s highest-ranking career intelligence officer. In that capacity, Ms. Gordon managed the operations of the intelligence community and was a key advisor to the President and National Security Council. Prior to her role as principal deputy director of national intelligence, Ms. Gordon served as deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). In this position, she provided leadership to the agency and managed the National System of Geospatial Intelligence. Prior to the NGA, she served 27 years at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). At the CIA, Ms. Gordon rose to senior executive positions in each of the Agency’s four directorates: operations, analysis, science and technology, and support. Over the course of her career, Ms. Gordon led the establishment of In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture arm, and ultimately became the Director’s senior advisor on cyber issues.
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Ms. Gordon is the founder and principal of GordonVentures, LLC, a technology, strategy and risk consultancy and currently serves as a consultant and advisor on technology and global risk. Among other endeavors, she is a member of the board of directors of CACI, OneWeb Technologies, Freedom Consulting, and Bridge Core Federal. Ms. Gordon also serves as a Trustee of the Mitre Corporation; she is the Vice Chairperson of the National Intelligence University Foundation, and is on the Board of Advisors of the National Security Space Association. Ms. Gordon previously served on the board of directors of Avantus Federal (2020 - 2022) and SecurityScorecard (2022 – 2025). She also serves on several technology advisory boards and consults with Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Gordon is a fellow at Duke and Harvard Universities, and she continues to support Defense Department and Intelligence Community study activities. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology (biomechanics) from Duke University.
Ms. Gordon was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to her expertise and experience with an exemplary history of leadership in the intelligence community.
Timothy Harvey has served on our Board since September 2021. Mr. Harvey has been the Executive Chairperson of VTS, Inc., a leasing and asset management platform, since April 2017. Prior to that, from December 2014 to April 2017, he served as President of Commercial Solutions at BAE Systems Plc (“BAE”), a leading global defense, aerospace and security company. Mr. Harvey joined BAE as a result of BAE’s December 2014 acquisition of SilverSky, a provider of security software and managed services, where he served as CEO and was responsible for the growth and sale of the business to BAE. Mr. Harvey currently serves on the boards of OpenWeb, a social engagement platform, Candescent, a provider of digital banking solutions, NoFraud, an all-in-one fraud prevention solution, Electric AI, an information technology company that helps businesses manage their IT security, Keyfactor, a provider of secure digital identity management solutions, and the Marine Corps University Foundation. Mr. Harvey graduated with a degree in Finance from the University of Florida and served four years as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Mr. Harvey was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to his successful track record of leading market growth coupled with his extensive service on the boards of companies of similar size and scale as BlackSky.
Brian O’Toole has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since September 2021. Mr. O’Toole became Legacy BlackSky’s President in November 2018 and also assumed chief executive officer duties for BlackSky Global in January 2019 and served in both capacities through the closing of the merger. Prior to serving as Legacy BlackSky’s President, Mr. O’Toole served as its Chief Technology Officer from June 2016 to November 2018. In addition, Mr. O’Toole served as a member of Legacy BlackSky’s board of directors from January 2019 through the closing of the merger. Mr. O’Toole founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of OpenWhere, Inc., a startup delivering global scale geospatial intelligence solutions to public and private sector customers, from July 2013 to June 2016, when Legacy BlackSky acquired OpenWhere, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. O’Toole served as the Chief Technology Officer of GeoEye Inc. from August 2008 to June 2013 where he led strategic efforts for developing and expanding technology, products, and solutions in geospatial intelligence and location-based services. Mr. O’Toole’s earlier roles include serving as the Vice President of Product Development at Overwatch Systems, founding and serving as the President of ITspatial, and serving as Technical Director and Systems Engineer at GE Aerospace for nine years. Mr. O’Toole received a B.S. in Computer Science from Clarkson University and a M.S. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University.
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Mr. O’Toole was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to his experience and the operational insight he brings as our Chief Executive Officer and President and director on Legacy BlackSky’s board and due to his extensive experience building and growing companies in the geospatial intelligence industry.
William Porteous has served on our Board since September 2021 and served on Legacy BlackSky’s board of directors from February 2015, and specifically as Chairperson of Legacy BlackSky's board from December 2018, until the closing of the merger. Mr. Porteous is a General Partner with RRE Ventures and also serves as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. During his 25-year career as an investor, Mr. Porteous has served on the boards of more than 20 companies. In addition to serving on our Board, Mr. Porteous also currently serves as a director of Hyperspectral.AI, Nanit, Paperless Post, Pilot Fiber, Spire, Ursa Space Systems, Wave and Lovelace AI. Mr. Porteous is also Chairperson of the Dockery Farms Foundation, which he founded. From 2003 to 2018, Mr. Porteous served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School where he taught a course on venture capital. Mr. Porteous holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, an MSc. from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. with Honors from Stanford University.
Mr. Porteous was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to his experience at RRE Ventures and his extensive service on the boards of other technology companies.
James Tolonen has served on our Board since September 2021. Mr. Tolonen served as the Senior Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Business Objects, S.A., an enterprise software solutions provider, where he was responsible for its finance and administration commencing in January 2003 until its acquisition by SAP AG in January 2008. He remained with SAP AG until September 2008. Mr. Tolonen served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of directors of IGN Entertainment Inc., an Internet media and service provider, from October 1999 to December 2002. He served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Cybermedia, a PC user security and performance software provider, from April 1998 to September 1998, where he also served as a member of the board of directors from August 1996 to September 1998. Mr. Tolonen served as Chief Financial Officer of Novell, Inc., an enterprise software provider, from June 1989 to April 1998.
Mr. Tolonen previously served on the boards of directors and audit committees of MobileIron, Inc. (2014-2020), Imperva, Inc., (2012-2019), Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (2008-2012), and Taleo Corporation (2010-2012). Mr. Tolonen also previously served on the board of directors of New Relic, Inc. and as the chair of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee (2016-2022). Mr. Tolonen holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. Mr. Tolonen is also a Certified Public Accountant, inactive, in the State of California.
Mr. Tolonen was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to his background in accounting, his extensive experience as chief financial officer for a number of public companies, including at several software companies, as well as his involvement on numerous public company audit committees.
Our Executive Officers
The following table sets forth certain information about our executive officers as of April 1, 2026. There are no arrangements or understandings between any of our executive officers and any other person pursuant to which he or she is or was to be selected as an officer.
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Name | Age | Position | ||||||
Brian O’Toole | 62 | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director | ||||||
Henry Dubois | 64 | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Christiana Lin | 56 | General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer | ||||||
Brian O’Toole. Please see “Our Directors” above for biographical information about Mr. O’Toole.
Henry Dubois has served as our Chief Financial Officer since June 2022. Prior to serving as our Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Dubois served as our Chief Development Officer from September 2021 to June 2022 and as Legacy BlackSky’s Chief Development Officer from August 2021 through the closing of the merger after having served as an advisor to Legacy BlackSky’s Chief Executive Officer and board of directors since September 2018. Before joining us, from February 2009 to August 2021, Mr. Dubois was managing director at HED Consulting, a consulting firm that specializes in planning and implementing viable, sustainable household energy interventions, where he advised companies, including Legacy BlackSky, on strategic initiatives, operating improvements and financial activities. From April 2013 to May 2018, Mr. Dubois also served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Hooper Holmes Inc., a national provider of biometric screenings and comprehensive health and wellness programs, leading its turnaround by refocusing its business lines to high growth opportunities in the healthcare industry, shedding under-performing business lines and adding new capabilities through acquisitions. In August 2018, after Mr. Dubois’s tenure as the Chief Executive Officer of Hooper Holmes, the company filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 18-23302). Pursuant to a plan of liquidation filed by Hooper Holmes and its subsidiaries, the Hooper Holmes Liquidating Trust was formed to administer the final liquidation of the company’s assets and a trustee was appointed to dissolve the company. Mr. Dubois also has experience serving as an executive at two geospatial companies and he brings proven experience in growth strategies, deal sourcing and integration. For instance, from February 2005 to December 2012, Mr. Dubois served as CFO and an executive advisor at GeoEye, a commercial satellite imagery company, where he helped grow revenues from $30 to $350 million. Similarly, at DigitalGlobe, a vendor of space imagery and geospatial content and operator of civilian remote sensing spacecraft, Mr. Dubois held several executive positions including President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Dubois was also Chief Executive Officer of an Asian telecom company, PT Centralindo Panca Sakti. He brings extensive domestic and international experience leading telecom and satellite imaging companies through periods of growth, merger and acquisition activity. Mr. Dubois previously served on the board of directors of Endurance Acquisition Corporation (2021-2022). Mr. Dubois received a Masters of Management, Finance, Marketing and Accounting at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management as well as a B.A. in Mathematics at College of the Holy Cross.
Christiana Lin has served as our General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer since February 2022, and prior to that, as our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since the closing of the merger in September 2021. Ms. Lin also served as Legacy BlackSky’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from August 2021 through the closing of the merger. Ms. Lin brings over two decades of experience working with business, government and legal teams during growth and innovation cycles. Before joining us, from July 2018 to August 2021, Ms. Lin served as General Counsel and Chief Privacy and Administrative Officer at Rakuten Advertising, a digital advertising and data company, where she helped restructure legacy business lines to increase profitability and built the foundation for accelerating the growth of emerging businesses. From May 2017 to August 2021, Ms. Lin served as Venture Partner at NextGen Partner Ventures, a venture capital firm, as a partner with Outside GC, serving as virtual general counsel to startup technology companies. From February 2001 to February 2017, Ms. Lin served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Secretary at Comscore, a pioneer in media
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measurement and analytics. While at Comscore, Ms. Lin helped grow the business from an early-stage start-up to a $450 million-dollar public market capitalization company with teams across Europe, APAC and the Americas. Ms. Lin received a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines
Our Board adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Our code of business conduct is a “code of ethics” within the meaning of Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K.
The full text of our corporate governance guidelines and code of business conduct and ethics are available on our website at https://ir.blacksky.com/governance/governance-documents. We will post amendments to our code of business conduct and ethics or any waivers of our code of business conduct and ethics for directors and executive officers on the same website.
Role of Our Board of Directors in Risk Oversight
One of the key functions of our Board is informed oversight of our risk management process. We have designed and implemented processes to manage risk in our operations. Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of risks the company faces, while our Board, as a whole and assisted by its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. Our Board reviews strategic and operational risk in the context of discussions, question and answer sessions, and reports from the management team at each regular Board meeting, receives reports on all significant committee activities at each regular Board meeting, and evaluates the risks inherent in significant transactions.
Our Board does not have a standing risk management committee, but rather administers this oversight function directly through the Board as a whole, as well as through various standing committees of our Board that address risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight. Our audit committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks associated with our financial reporting, accounting and auditing matters, our compensation committee oversees the management of risks associated with our compensation policies and programs, and our nominating and corporate governance committee monitors the effectiveness of our corporate governance guidelines.
Our Board believes its current leadership structure supports the risk oversight function of the Board.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our Board has established the following standing committees of the board of directors: audit committee; compensation committee; and nominating and corporate governance committee. The composition and responsibilities of each of the committees of our Board is described below.
Audit Committee
We have a standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The members of our audit committee are Mr. Tolonen, Mr. Porteous and Mr. Harvey. Mr. Tolonen serves as the chairperson of the audit committee. Under the NYSE
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listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least three members of the audit committee, all of whom must be independent. Each of Mr. Tolonen, Mr. Porteous and Mr. Harvey qualify as an independent director for audit committee purposes under the applicable rules.
Each member of the audit committee meets the financial literacy requirements of the NYSE listing standards, and Mr. Tolonen qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.
The purpose of the audit committee is to prepare the audit committee report required by the SEC to be included in our proxy statement and to assist our Board in overseeing and monitoring (i) the quality and integrity of our financial statements, (ii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, (iv) the performance of our internal audit function and (v) the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm.
The functions of the audit committee include, among other things:
•evaluating the performance, independence and qualifications of our independent auditors and determining whether to retain our existing independent auditors or engage new independent auditors;
•reviewing our financial reporting processes and disclosure controls;
•reviewing and approving the engagement of our independent auditors to perform audit services and any permissible non-audit services;
•reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our internal control policies and procedures, including the responsibilities, budget, staffing and effectiveness of our internal audit function;
•obtaining and reviewing at least annually a report by our independent auditors describing the independent auditors’ internal quality control procedures and any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality control review;
•monitoring the rotation of partners of our independent auditors on our engagement team as required by law;
•prior to engagement of any independent auditor, and at least annually thereafter, reviewing relationships that may reasonably be thought to bear on their independence, and assessing and otherwise taking the appropriate action to oversee the independence of our independent auditor;
•reviewing our annual and quarterly financial statements and annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q, and discussing the statements and reports with our independent auditors and management;
•reviewing with our independent auditors and management significant issues that arise regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentation and matters concerning the scope, adequacy, and effectiveness of our financial controls and critical accounting policies;
•reviewing with management and our auditors any earnings announcements and other public announcements regarding material developments;
•establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding financial controls, accounting, auditing or other matters;
•preparing the report that the SEC requires in our annual proxy statement;
•reviewing and providing oversight of any related party transactions in accordance with our related party transaction policy and reviewing and monitoring compliance with legal and regulatory responsibilities, including our code of business conduct;
•reviewing our major financial risk exposures, including the guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and risk management is implemented; and
•reviewing and evaluating on an annual basis the performance of the audit committee and the audit committee charter.
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Our Board adopted a written charter for the audit committee, which is available on our website at https://ir.blacksky.com/governance/governance-documents. Under its charter, the audit committee may delegate its authority to subcommittees or the chairperson of the audit committee when it deems it appropriate and in the best interests of the Company and when such delegation would not violate any applicable law, regulation or the NYSE or SEC requirements. During 2025, our audit committee held seven meetings.
Compensation Committee
The members of our compensation committee are Mr. Porteous, Mr. Harvey and Dr. Abraham. Mr. Harvey serves as the chairperson of the compensation committee. Under the NYSE listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least two (2) members of the compensation committee, all of whom must be independent. Each of Mr. Porteous, Mr. Harvey and Dr. Abraham qualify as an independent director for compensation committee purposes under the applicable rules.
The purpose of the compensation committee is to assist our Board in discharging its responsibilities relating to (i) setting our compensation program and compensation of our executive officers and directors, (ii) monitoring our incentive and equity-based compensation plans and (iii) preparing the compensation committee report required to be included in our proxy statement under the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Our Board adopted a written charter for the compensation committee, which is available on our website at https://ir.blacksky.com/governance/governance-documents. Under its charter, the compensation committee may delegate its authority when it deems it appropriate and in the best interests of the Company and when such delegation would not violate any applicable law, regulation or the NYSE or SEC requirements. During 2025, our compensation committee held eight meetings.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The members of our nominating and corporate governance committee are Dr. Abraham, Ms. Gordon, Mr. DiDomenico and Mr. Tolonen. Dr. Abraham serves as chairperson of the nominating and corporate governance committee.
The primary purposes of our nominating and corporate governance committee are to assist our Board in: (i) identifying individuals qualified to become new Board members, consistent with criteria approved by our Board, (ii) reviewing the qualifications of incumbent directors to determine whether to recommend them for reelection and selecting, or recommending that our Board select, the director nominees for the next annual meeting of stockholders, (iii) identifying members of our Board qualified to fill vacancies on any Board committee and recommending that our Board appoint the identified member or members to the applicable committee, (iv) reviewing and recommending to our Board corporate governance principles applicable to us, (v) overseeing the evaluation of our Board and (vi) handling such other matters that are specifically delegated to the committee by our Board from time to time.
Our Board adopted a written charter for the nominating and corporate governance committee, which is available on our website at https://ir.blacksky.com/governance/governance-documents. Under its charter, the nominating and corporate governance committee may delegate its authority to subcommittees or the chairperson of the nominating and corporate governance committee when it deems it appropriate and in the best interests of the Company and
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when such delegation would not violate any applicable law, regulation or the NYSE or SEC requirements. During 2025, our nominating and corporate governance committee held five meetings.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
No member of our compensation committee is or has been an officer or employee of the Company. None of our executive officers currently serves, or served during the our fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers that serves as a member of our Board or compensation committee.
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires that our directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock, file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Based on our review of such filings and written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, all directors, executive officers, greater than 10% stockholders, and other persons subject to filings under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act for BlackSky complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to them, except as previously disclosed and except as noted in the following paragraph.
On June 25, 2025, a form 4 for Tracy Ward, our Controller, was filed late due to an administrative error. Subsequently, on July 3, 2025, a Form 4/A for Tracy Ward was submitted, to correct an error on that same Form 4 that was filed on June 25, 2025. Additionally, on October 17, 2025, four Form 4/As were filed to correct errors in Form 4s that had been filed on September 15, 2025. The original Form 4s inaccurately reported the number of securities owned by each individual. The four Form 4/As were for the following individuals: (1) Brian O’Toole, our President and Chief Executive Officer; (2) Henry Dubois, our Chief Financial Officer; (3) Christiana Lin, our General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer; and (4) Tracy Ward.
Insider Trading Arrangements and Policies
We have adopted an insider trading policy that governs the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers, and employees, and other covered persons that we believe is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable stock exchange listing requirements. A copy of our insider trading policy is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 19.1 into this Amendment No. 1. In addition, with regard to the Company’s trading in its own securities, it is our policy to comply with the federal securities laws and the applicable exchange listing requirements.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Our executive compensation programs are designed to:
• Attract, motivate, incentivize and retain employees at the executive level who contribute to our long-term success;
• Provide compensation to our executives that is competitive and designed to reward the achievement of our business objectives that drive the Company’s success; and
• Effectively promote closer alignment between our executives’ interests and those of our stockholders by focusing on long-term equity incentives that correlate with the growth of sustainable long-term value for our stockholders.
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Compensation and Governance Practices and Policies
We endeavor to maintain strong governance standards in our policies and practices related to executive compensation. Below is a summary of our key executive compensation and corporate governance practices.
The following are some examples of the best practices that we incorporate into our executive compensation practices and policies:
•A significant portion of compensation for named executive officers is at risk, based on both Company performance (financial and stock price) and the individual’s performance;
•We conduct regular reviews of executive compensation and peer group data;
•We are advised by an independent compensation consultant;
•We annually assess risk-reward balance of our compensation programs in order to mitigate undue risk in our program;
•We do not have pension plans or supplemental executive retirement plans;
•By policy, we do not permit hedging of our securities; and
•We do not provide for excise tax gross-ups on a change of control.
Compensation Process
Our compensation committee is responsible for the executive compensation programs for our executive officers and reports to the Board on its discussions, decisions and other actions relating to such programs. Our Chief Executive Officer makes recommendations for the respective executive officers that report to him to our compensation committee and typically attends compensation committee meetings (other than the portions of meetings in which his compensation is discussed). Our Chief Executive Officer makes such recommendations (other than with respect to himself) regarding base salary, and short-term and long-term compensation, including equity incentives, for our executive officers based on our results, an executive officer’s individual contribution toward those results, the executive officer’s role and performance of the executive officer’s duties and the executive officer’s achievement of individual goals. Our compensation committee then reviews the recommendations and other factors it deems relevant, including various compensation survey data and publicly available data of our peers, and makes decisions as to the target total direct compensation (consisting of salary, target short-term incentive, and long-term incentive compensation) for each executive officer, including our Chief Executive Officer, as well as each individual compensation element of such compensation.
Our compensation committee is authorized to retain the services of one or more executive compensation advisors, as it sees fit, in connection with the establishment of our executive compensation programs and related policies. In 2025, Compensia Inc. (“Compensia”), a national compensation consulting firm with compensation expertise relating to technology companies, was retained to provide market information, analysis and other advice relating to executive compensation on an ongoing basis. As part of this engagement, Compensia assisted in developing an appropriate group of peer companies to help determine the market-comparable levels of overall target total direct compensation for our executive officers, as well as to assess each separate key element of such compensation, with a goal of ensuring that the compensation we offer to our executive officers, individually as well as in the aggregate, is competitive and fair. We do not believe the retention of, and the work performed by, Compensia creates any conflict of interest.
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Peer Group
Our compensation committee reviews market data of companies that we believe are comparable to us. Compensia assisted in developing a peer group generally consisting of publicly traded software-focused technology companies headquartered in the U.S. with annual revenue and market capitalization within 0.25x and 4x that of the Company. Our compensation committee referred to compensation data from this peer group and broader survey data (for similarly-sized companies) when making fiscal 2025 base salary, cash bonus and equity award decisions for our executive officers. The following is a list of the public companies that comprised our fiscal 2025 peer group:
A10 Networks | EverQuote | TrueCar | ||||||
BigBear.ai Holdings | Expensify | Turtle Beach | ||||||
Commerce.com | LivePerson | Upland Software | ||||||
CS Disco | ON24 | Xperi | ||||||
Domo | PROS Holdings | Yext | ||||||
eGain | Redwire | |||||||
For fiscal 2025, the peer group was updated to exclude Brightcove, Everbridge, Model N, Quotient Technology, Sumo Logic, and Zuora due to mergers and acquisition activity. BigBear.ai, CS Disco, eGain, Expensify, ON24, and Redwire were added as their businesses focus on software or similar technologies and because of their fit with the other parameters identified for the peer group as described above.
Named Executive Officers
Our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2025, consisting of our principal executive officer and our next two most highly compensated executive officers other than our principal executive officer, were:
•Brian O’Toole, President and Chief Executive Officer;
•Henry Dubois, Chief Financial Officer; and
•Christiana Lin, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer.
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Summary Compensation Table
The following table shows the compensation earned by our named executive officers for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024.
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary ($) | Stock Awards ($)(1) | Option Awards ($)(1) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(2) | All Other Compensation ($)(3) | Total ($) | ||||||||||||||||
Brian O’Toole President and Chief Executive Officer | 2025 | 510,000 | 5,897,999 | 947,738 | 408,000 | 570 | 7,764,307 | ||||||||||||||||
2024 | 498,750 | 1,575,645 | — | 461,344 | 3,564 | 2,539,303 | |||||||||||||||||
Henry Dubois Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | 425,000 | 874,995 | 852,279 | 340,000 | 11,070 | 2,503,344 | ||||||||||||||||
2024 | 418,750 | 1,416,948 | — | 387,344 | 13,914 | 2,236,956 | |||||||||||||||||
Christiana Lin General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer | 2025 | 400,000 | 749,993 | 730,522 | 196,800 | 11,070 | 2,088,385 | ||||||||||||||||
2024 | 393,750 | 1,214,520 | — | 213,263 | 12,972 | 1,834,505 | |||||||||||||||||
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(1)Amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the awards granted to each named executive officer, computed in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718. The actual value that a named executive officer will realize on each award will depend on the price per share of our common stock at the time shares underlying the awards are sold. Accordingly, these amounts do not necessarily correspond with the actual value recognized or that may be recognized by our named executive officers. The valuation assumptions used in determining such amounts for 2025 are described in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
(2)For the year ended December 31, 2025, the amounts reported represent the amounts paid under our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan in 2026. See “2025 Executive Bonus Program” below.
(3)For Mr. O’Toole, (i) the 2025 amount reflects $570 in life insurance premiums and (ii) the 2024 amount reflects $3,564 in life insurance premiums. For Mr. Dubois, (i) the 2025 amount reflects $10,500 in employer 401(k) plan contributions and $570 in life insurance premiums and (ii) the 2024 amount reflects $10,350 in employer 401(k) plan contributions and $3,564 in life insurance premiums. For Ms. Lin, (i) the 2025 amount reflects $10,500 in employer 401(k) plan contributions and $570 in life insurance premiums and (ii) the 2024 amount reflects $300 in mobile phone allowances, $10,350 in employer 401(k) plan contributions, and $2,322 in life insurance premiums.
Components of Executive Officer Compensation
For 2025, the key elements of the compensation program for our named executive officers consisted of a base salary, target cash incentive bonus awards and grants of equity awards. Base salary was set at a level that the compensation committee determined was commensurate with the executive’s respective duties and authorities, contributions, prior experience and sustained performance.
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Equity awards granted in 2025 to our named executive officers were made in the form of options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”).
Executive Compensation Arrangements
Brian O’Toole – President and Chief Executive Officer: Employment Agreement
In connection with the merger, Legacy BlackSky entered into a confirmatory employment letter with Mr. O’Toole, our President and Chief Executive Officer. The confirmatory employment letter has no specific term and provides that Mr. O’Toole is an at-will employee. In 2025, Mr. O’Toole’s annual base salary was $510,000 and his target annual cash bonus opportunity was 100% of his annual base salary. Mr. O’Toole participated in our 2025 bonus program under the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as described further below.
Mr. O’Toole’s confirmatory employment letter provides that Mr. O’Toole is eligible to receive annual equity awards under the Company’s equity incentive plans, subject to the approval of the administrator of the 2021 Plan, including the terms of any such awards. The confirmatory employment letter also provided the value of equity awards starting with calendar year 2022 that was expected, at the time of entry into the confirmatory employment letter, to be granted annually to Mr. O’Toole. Such expected value consisted of $973,000 in RSUs (based on our share price on the date of grant) and options to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to twice the number of shares subject to such RSU award for the applicable year with the intent of providing Mr. O'Toole with long-term incentive equity in the value of $1,946,000 each year. Such RSUs are generally expected to vest with respect to 25% of the RSUs on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date and, with respect to the remaining RSUs, in equal quarterly installments thereafter over the following three-year period (in each case subject to continued service through the applicable vesting date), and such options are generally expected to vest with respect to 25% of the shares subject to the option on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date and, with respect to the remaining shares subject to the option, in equal monthly installments thereafter over the following three-year period (in each case subject to continued service through the applicable vesting date). However, as noted above, the actual annual equity awards granted to Mr. O’Toole (if any) and the terms of such equity awards will be in the sole discretion of the administrator of the 2021 Plan.
In February 2025, Compensia provided our compensation committee with an analysis of our executive compensation program against the identified peer group (discussed further above). The study indicated that the value of Mr. O'Toole's long-term incentive compensation in 2024 (and for 2025 if similar value were to be delivered for his long-term incentive compensation for the year) was below the 25th percentile for chief executive officers within the peer group, also causing Mr. O'Toole's target total direct compensation to be below the 25th percentile for chief executive officers within the peer group. Following review of the study, the compensation committee approved grants of RSUs and options to Mr. O'Toole in March 2025 while the compensation committee continued during the year to consider a more comprehensive long-term equity incentive strategy and framework that may be more competitive with the market. Pursuant to the further review during 2025, the compensation committee additionally considered the Company's growth in recent market capitalization and Mr. O'Toole's efforts during 2024 and 2025 to improve the Company's balance sheet through multiple financing efforts, including the refinancing of the debt facility with Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA and Seahawk SPV Investment LLC. Based on such factors and Compensia's study from earlier in the year, the compensation committee determined to approve an additional RSU award to Mr. O'Toole covering 250,000 shares, in order to provide Mr. O'Toole further long-term equity incentives that promote retention and bring Mr. O'Toole's equity compensation to a level considered more competitive with the
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Company's peer group companies. Such RSUs are scheduled to vest over a 3-year period, subject to Mr. O'Toole's continued service.
At the direction of our compensation committee, in March 2026, Compensia conducted an executive compensation study to aid the compensation committee in establishing our executive compensation program for 2026. The updated study maintained the peer group used in 2025, except for removing PROS Holdings and TrueCar, which were acquired in December 2025 and January 2026 respectively. The study showed company performance to be over the 60th percentile of our peer group across multiple metrics, including total shareholder return and revenue growth. In light of such findings as well as the Company's 2025 performance with respect to improving the balance sheet, growth in market capitalization, successful launch and demonstration of Gen-3 capabilities, and integration of the Company's satellite manufacturing capabilities, which were instrumental in positioning the Company for expansion of its total addressable market, and attracting a broader pool of institutional investors and financial analysts covering the Company, our compensation committee determined to adjust the intended value of Mr. O'Toole's annual long-term incentives to be $4.6 million in RSUs (based on our share price on the date of grant), with such RSUs vesting over a 4-year period, subject to his continued service. Such value was at approximately the 60th percentile of the long-term equity compensation for chief executive officers within the peer group reviewed by the compensation committee.
Mr. O’Toole participates in the Executive Severance Plan, as described further below, as a Tier 1 participant.
Henry Dubois – Chief Financial Officer: Executive Offer Letter
Legacy BlackSky entered into an executive offer letter with Mr. Dubois, effective August 18, 2021, as amended June 10, 2022, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Dubois as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The executive offer letter has no specific term and provides that Mr. Dubois is an at-will employee. In 2025, Mr. Dubois’s annual base salary was $425,000 and his target annual cash bonus opportunity was 100% of his annual base salary. Mr. Dubois participated in our 2025 bonus program under the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as described further below.
Mr. Dubois’s executive offer letter provides that Mr. Dubois is eligible to receive annual equity awards under the Company’s equity incentive plans, subject to approval of the administrator of the 2021 Plan, including the terms of any such awards. The executive offer letter also provided the value of equity awards starting with calendar year 2022 that was expected, at the time of entry into the offer letter, to be granted annually to Mr. Dubois. Such expected value consisted of $875,000 in RSUs (based on our share price on the date of grant) and options to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to twice the number of shares subject to such RSU award for the applicable year with the intent of providing Mr. Dubois with long-term incentive equity in the value of $1,750,000 each year. However, as noted above, the actual annual equity awards granted to Mr. Dubois (if any) and the terms of such equity awards will be in the sole discretion of the administrator of the 2021 Plan.
After review of the executive compensation study conducted by Compensia in March 2026, and the strong 2025 company performance relative to peers as described further above under “Brian O’Toole – President and Chief Executive Officer: Employment Agreement,” our compensation committee determined to increase the intended value of Mr. Dubois's annual long-term incentive awards to $1,850,000 in RSUs (based on our share price on the date of grant) in order to maintain an unvested equity multiple more closely aligned with similarly-situated executives of our peer group and to aid in retention of Mr. Dubois.
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Mr. Dubois participates in the Executive Severance Plan, as described further below, as a Tier 2 participant.
Christiana Lin – General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer: Executive Offer Letter
Legacy BlackSky entered into an executive offer letter with Ms. Lin, effective August 18, 2021, to serve as Legacy BlackSky’s General Counsel. The executive offer letter has no specific term and provides that Ms. Lin is an at-will employee. In 2025, Ms. Lin’s annual base salary was $400,000 and her target annual cash bonus opportunity was 60% of her annual base salary. Ms. Lin participated in our 2025 bonus program under the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as described further below.
Ms. Lin’s executive offer letter provides that Ms. Lin is eligible to receive annual equity awards under the Company’s equity incentive plans, subject to approval of the administrator of the 2021 Plan, including the terms of any such awards. The executive offer letter also provided the value of equity awards starting with calendar year 2022 that was expected, at the time of entry into the offer letter, to be granted annually to Ms. Lin. Such expected value consisted of $750,000 in RSUs (based on our share price on the date of grant) and options to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to twice the number of shares subject to such RSU award for the applicable year with the intent of providing Ms. Lin with long-term incentive equity in the value of $1,500,000 each year. However, as noted above, the actual annual equity awards granted to Ms. Lin (if any) and the terms of such equity awards will be in the sole discretion of the administrator of the 2021 Plan.
After review of the executive compensation study conducted by Compensia in March 2026, and the strong 2025 company performance relative to peers as described further above under “Brian O’Toole – President and Chief Executive Officer: Employment Agreement,” our compensation committee determined to increase the intended value of Ms. Lin's annual long-term incentive awards to $1,750,000 in RSUs (based on our share price on the date of grant) in order to reflect increased levels of responsibilities assumed by Ms. Lin, as well as to maintain an unvested equity multiple more closely aligned with similarly-situated executives of our peer group and to aid in retention of Ms. Lin.
Ms. Lin participates in the Executive Severance Plan, as described further below, as a Tier 2 participant.
2025 Executive Bonus Program
For 2025, the compensation committee approved a bonus program under the terms of our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan in which each named executive officer participated. The 2025 bonus program required the achievement of certain corporate objectives, and in the case of Ms. Lin, certain corporate objectives and individual objectives. For 2025, the performance metrics for Mr. O’Toole and Mr. Dubois were Company revenue, cash balance, and adjusted EBITDA with the performance metrics weighted 50%, 40% and 10% respectively for purposes of their bonus calculations.
For 2025, the performance metrics for Ms. Lin were Company revenue, cash balance, adjusted EBITDA and individualized Management Based Objectives, or MBOs, with the Company revenue, cash balance and adjusted EBITDA performance metrics weighted at 40%, 30% and 10% respectively and the individualized MBOs weighted at 20% for purposes of her bonus calculation. Ms. Lin’s individualized MBOs were based on the achievement of certain legal, financial, operational, and personnel-related objectives.
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For the portion of each named executive officer’s bonus based on the Company revenue and adjusted EBITDA performance metrics, the maximum payout was 175% of the target amount, and for the cash balance performance metric, the maximum payout was 200% of the target amount. For the portion of Ms. Lin’s bonus based on her individualized MBOs, the maximum payout was 120% of the target amount.
Pursuant to the Company’s Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, the compensation committee as administrator of such plan (or the Board or other committee administering such plan) retains the authority to increase, reduce or eliminate any bonus award under it, based on any factors that such plan administrator determines to be relevant. To earn a bonus award under such plan, participants generally must remain employed with the Company through the date the bonus is paid.
Following the end of the 2025 fiscal year, the compensation committee assessed the Company’s performance against the performance metrics and Ms. Lin’s performance against her individualized MBOs. For 2025, the Company achieved an amount that was less than the target set with respect to the revenue and adjusted EBITDA performance metrics, the Company exceeded the target set with respect to the cash balance performance metric, and Ms. Lin exceeded the targets for her individualized MBOs, which resulted in annual cash awards under our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan being paid out for 2025 at 80% of target for Mr. O’Toole and Mr. Dubois, and 82% of target for Ms. Lin.
Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan
We maintain the BlackSky Technology Inc. Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan (the “Executive Severance Plan”) to provide enhanced severance benefits for a select group of management or highly compensated employees (within the meaning of ERISA) who are designated by the plan administrator as participants and who have executed a participant agreement. Participants may be designated to receive different levels of benefits under the Executive Severance Plan as a Tier 1, 2 or 3 participant, as determined by the plan administrator and set forth in their applicable Participation Agreements. Mr. O’Toole has been designated as a Tier 1 participant under the Executive Severance Plan, and the other named executive officers have been designated as Tier 2 participants.
Upon a participant’s “involuntary termination” (generally defined as a termination of employment (x) by the Company without Cause, as defined in the Executive Severance Plan, and other than due to the participant’s death or disability, or (y) by the participant in a Good Reason Termination, as defined in the Executive Severance Plan, and such involuntary termination is not within a “change in control period” as defined below), the participant shall receive: (i) a lump sum payment equal to 150% (for a Tier 1 participant), 100% (for a Tier 2 participant), or 50% (for a Tier 3 participant) of base salary, (ii) a prorated target bonus for the year of termination (and any prior year bonus to the extent earned but not yet paid), and (iii) payment of COBRA premiums (or cash in lieu thereof) for a period of up to 18 months (for a Tier 1 participant), 12 months (for a Tier 2 participant) or six months (for a Tier 3 participant).
Upon a participant’s involuntary termination during the period beginning three months prior to a change in control (as defined in the Executive Severance Plan) and ending 18 months after the change in control (the “change in control period”), the participant shall receive: (i) a lump sum payment equal to 200% (for a Tier 1 participant), 150% (for a Tier 2 participant), or 100% (for a Tier 3 participant) of base salary, (ii) a prorated target bonus for the year of termination (and any prior year bonus to the extent earned but not yet paid), (iii) payment of COBRA premiums (or cash in lieu thereof) for a period of up to 24 months (for a Tier 1 participant), 18 months (for a Tier 2 participant), or 12 months (for a Tier 3 participant), and (iv) full vesting of time-based equity awards.
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All payments under the Executive Severance Plan are contingent on the participant’s execution of a separation agreement and release of claims in favor of BlackSky. In the event any payments would constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and would be subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, the participant is entitled to receive either the full amount of such payments, or an amount reduced to the extent necessary to avoid imposition of the excise tax, determined on a “best net after-tax” basis to the participant.
401(k) Plan
We maintain a 401(k) retirement savings plan, for the benefit of our employees, including our named executive officers, who satisfy certain eligibility requirements. Our 401(k) plan provides eligible employees with an opportunity to save for retirement on a tax-advantaged basis. Under our 401(k) plan, eligible employees may elect to defer a portion of their compensation, within the limits prescribed by the Code and the applicable limits under the 401(k) plan, on a pre-tax or after-tax (Roth) basis, through contributions to the 401(k) plan. All of a participant’s deferral contributions into the 401(k) plan are 100% vested when contributed. The 401(k) plan permits us to make discretionary nonelective employer contributions and discretionary matching employer contributions. Any nonelective employer contribution allocated to a participant will be scheduled to vest as to 25% of such contribution when the participant completes two years of service and as to 25% of such contribution when the participant completes each additional year of service. Any matching employer contributions are 100% vested when contributed. The 401(k) plan is intended to qualify under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, pre-tax contributions to the 401(k) plan and earnings on those pre-tax contributions are not taxable to the employees until distributed from the 401(k) plan, and earnings on Roth contributions generally are not taxable when distributed from the 401(k) plan.
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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End
The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our named executive officers as of December 31, 2025.
Option Awards(1) | Stock Awards(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Grant date | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#) | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#) | 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 ($)(2) | ||||||||||||||||
Brian O’Toole | 9/15/2025 | — | — | — | — | 250,000(3) | 4,687,500 | ||||||||||||||||
3/10/2025 | — | 210,834(4) | 9.23 | 3/10/2035 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
3/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 105,417(5) | 1,976,569 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2024 | — | — | — | — | 150,662(6) | 2,824,913 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2023 | 84,375 | 28,125(7) | 10.16 | 9/10/2033 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2023 | — | — | — | — | 83,797(8) | 1,571,194 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2022 | 88,526 | 20,427(9) | 17.20 | 9/10/2032 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2022 | — | — | — | — | 10,213(10) | 191,494 | |||||||||||||||||
Henry Dubois | 3/10/2025 | — | 189,598(4) | 9.23 | 3/10/2035 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 94,799(5) | 1,777,481 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2024 | — | — | — | — | 135,487(6) | 2,540,381 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2023 | 42,191 | 14,059(7) | 10.16 | 9/10/2033 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2023 | — | — | — | — | 75,355(8) | 1,412,906 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2022 | 82,673 | 19,071(9) | 17.20 | 9/10/2032 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2022 | — | — | — | — | 9,536(10) | 178,800 | |||||||||||||||||
6/10/2022 | 32,182 | 4,596(11) | 16.80 | 6/10/2032 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
6/10/2022 | — | — | — | — | 3,431(12) | 64,331 | |||||||||||||||||
Christiana Lin | 3/10/2025 | — | 162,512(4) | 9.23 | 3/10/2035 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3/10/2025 | — | — | — | — | 81,256(5) | 1,523,550 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2024 | — | — | — | — | 116,132(6) | 2,177,475 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2023 | 37,501 | 12,499(7) | 10.16 | 9/10/2033 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2023 | — | — | — | — | 64,589(8) | 1,211,044 | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2022 | 70,859 | 16,350(9) | 17.20 | 9/10/2032 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
9/10/2022 | — | — | — | — | 8,175(10) | 153,281 | |||||||||||||||||
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(1)Stock options and RSU awards are subject to accelerated vesting upon a named executive officer’s involuntary termination within the change in control period, as provided by the Executive Severance Plan. See “Executive Change in Control and Severance Plan” above.
(2)The market value is based on the closing price of our common stock on December 31, 2025, of $18.75 per share.
(3)One third (1/3rd) of the RSUs are scheduled to vest on September 10, 2026, and thereafter, one twelfth (1/12th) of the total number of RSUs are scheduled to vest quarterly on the 10th day of the third month of each quarter (March 10, June 10, September 10, December 10), subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(4)One third (1/3rd) of the award vested on March 10, 2026, and thereafter, one thirty-sixth (1/36th) of the award vested or is scheduled to vest monthly on the 10th day of each month, subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(5)One fourth (1/4th) of the RSUs vested on March 10, 2026, and thereafter, one sixteenth (1/16th) of the total number of RSUs are scheduled to vest quarterly on the 10th day of the third month of each quarter (March 10, June 10, September
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10, December 10), subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(6)One fourth (1/4th) of the RSUs vested on September 10, 2025, and thereafter, one sixteenth (1/16th) of the total number of RSUs vested or are scheduled to vest quarterly on the 10th day of the third month of each quarter (March 10, June 10, September 10, December 10), subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(7)One third (1/3rd) of the award vested on September 10, 2024, and thereafter, one thirty-sixth (1/36th) of the award vested or is scheduled to vest monthly on the 10th day of each month, subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(8)One fourth (1/4th) of the RSUs vested on September 10, 2024, and thereafter, one sixteenth (1/16th) of the total number of RSUs vested or are scheduled to vest quarterly on the 10th day of the third month of each quarter (March 10, June 10, September 10, December 10), subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(9)One fourth (1/4th) of the award vested on September 10, 2023, and thereafter, one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the award vested or is scheduled to vest monthly on the 10th day of each month, subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(10)One fourth (1/4th) of the RSUs vested on September 10, 2023, and thereafter, one sixteenth (1/16th) of the total number of RSUs vested or are scheduled to vest quarterly on the 10th day of the third month of each quarter (March 10, June 10, September 10, December 10), subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(11)One fourth (1/4th) of the award vested on June 10, 2023, and thereafter, one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the award vested or is scheduled to vest monthly on the 10th day of each month, subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
(12)One fourth (1/4th) of the RSUs vested on June 10, 2023, and thereafter, one sixteenth (1/16th) of the total number of RSUs vested or are scheduled to vest quarterly on the 10th day of the third month of each quarter (March 10, June 10, September 10, December 10), subject to the named executive officer continuing to be a service provider through the applicable vesting date.
Policies and Practices Related to the Grant of Certain Equity Awards Close in Time to the Release of Material Nonpublic Information
The compensation committee of our Board typically approves equity awards, if any are to be granted, in the third month of each fiscal quarter and outside of the quarterly blackout periods pursuant to our insider trading policy. We have not granted, nor do we intend to grant, stock options in anticipation of the release of material nonpublic information that is likely to result in changes to the price of our common stock, such as a significant positive or negative earnings announcement, and we have not taken, nor do we intend to take, material nonpublic information into account when determining the terms of stock options. Similarly, we have not timed, nor do we intend to time, the release of material nonpublic information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.
Director Compensation
Each non-employee director on our Board is eligible to receive compensation for their service consisting of annual cash retainers and equity awards under our outside director compensation policy, as amended (the “Outside Director Compensation Policy”). The Outside Director Compensation Policy is designed to more closely align the interests of the non-employee directors with the interests of stockholders through equity awards and to attract and retain high quality non-employee directors by providing competitive compensation. In September 2025, Compensia provided our compensation committee with an analysis of outside director compensation against our fiscal 2025 peer group, which is described further above under “Executive Compensation – Peer Group.” The study indicated that the value of the total compensation for outside directors was near the 60th percentile for outside directors in such positions within the peer group with a higher amount paid in cash (above the 90th percentile of peers) than equity (at or below the 50th percentile of peers). However, outside directors that wished to receive higher equity amounts had
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the option to elect to receive their cash stipend in equity rather than cash. The study further found that because we do not provide additional compensation to the committee chairpersons, the value of the total compensation to the chairperson of the Board and the chairperson of our audit committee was below the 50th percentile. After review of the study, in December 2025, the compensation committee (excluding Mr. Porteous) recommended, and the Board (excluding Mr. Porteous and Mr. Tolonen) approved, the grant of a one-time award to Mr. Porteous of RSUs covering 1,500 shares and a one-time award to Mr. Tolonen of RSUs covering 750 shares, each to vest in full on September 11, 2026, or, if earlier, the day of the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders that occurs after the grant date of the award, subject to continued service (each, a “One-Time Director Equity Grant”). Upon further review and discussion, our compensation committee recommended in March 2026, and the Board approved in April 2026, the amendment and restatement of the Outside Director Compensation Policy to increase the grant date fair value of each Annual Award (as defined below) to be granted to the chairperson of the Board and the chairperson of our audit committee by $30,000 and $15,000, respectively, on a prospective basis. All compensation paid to our non-employee directors for fiscal year 2025 was pursuant to the terms of the Outside Director Compensation Policy then in effect, other than the One-Time Director Equity Grants.
Cash Compensation
The Outside Director Compensation Policy provides for an annual cash retainer of $90,000, which is payable quarterly in arrears on a prorated basis. There are no additional retainers for service as a member (or chairperson) of a committee of our Board, as chairperson of our Board, or as lead director, and there are no per-meeting attendance fees for attending meetings of our Board or any of our committees. Pursuant to the Outside Director Compensation Policy, directors who elect to receive the annual retainer in shares of our common stock, instead of cash, will receive such retainer in shares of our stock.
Equity Compensation
Initial Award. Pursuant to the Outside Director Compensation Policy, each individual who becomes a non-employee director will receive, on the first trading day on or after the date that the individual first becomes a non-employee director, an initial award (the “Initial Award”) of RSUs with a grant date fair value equal to $300,000. The Initial Award will be scheduled to vest as to one-third of the shares subject to the Initial Award on each of the one-, two-, and three-year anniversaries of the Initial Award’s grant date, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting dates. If the person was a member of the Board and also an employee, becoming a non-employee director due to termination of employment will not entitle the individual to an Initial Award.
Annual Award. Pursuant to the Outside Director Compensation Policy, as in effect in fiscal year 2025, each non-employee director automatically will receive, on the first trading day immediately after the date of each annual meeting of our stockholders, an annual award (the “Annual Award”) of RSUs covering a number of shares of our common stock having a grant date fair value of $150,000, provided that such individual, as of the date of an annual meeting of our stockholders, has served as a non-employee director for at least six months. In 2025, in addition to the compensation pursuant to the Outside Director Compensation Policy, Mr. Porteous and Mr. Tolonen received the One-Time Director Equity Grants; see “Director Compensation” above for additional information. Beginning in 2026, the grant date fair value of each Annual Award for the chairperson of the Board and the chairperson of our audit committee was adjusted to be $180,000 and $165,000, respectively. Each Annual Award will be scheduled to vest as to all of the shares subject to the Annual Award on the one-year anniversary of the Annual Award’s grant date or, if earlier, the day of the next annual meeting of stockholders that occurs after the grant date of the Annual Award, subject to continued service through such vesting date.
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Other Initial Award and Annual Award Terms. Each Initial Award and Annual Award will be granted under the 2021 Plan (or its successor plan, as applicable) and form of award agreement under such plan. For purposes of each Initial Award and Annual Award, the award’s grant date fair value will be determined in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Change in Control. In the event of a change in control, as defined in the 2021 Plan (or its successor plan, as applicable), each non-employee director’s then-outstanding equity awards covering shares of our common stock that were granted to them while a non-employee director will accelerate vesting in full, provided that they remain a non-employee director through the date of the change in control.
Director Compensation Limits. The Outside Director Compensation Policy provides that a non-employee director may not be granted equity awards, the value of which will be based on their grant date fair value determined in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and be provided any other compensation (including without limitation any cash retainers or fees) in amounts that, in any fiscal year, in the aggregate, exceed $500,000, provided that in the fiscal year of the individual’s initial service as a non-employee director, such amount will be increased to $800,000. Equity awards granted or other compensation provided to an individual for their services as employee, or for their services as a consultant (other than as a non-employee director), will not count toward this annual limit.
Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2025
The following table sets forth information regarding the total compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our non-employee directors for their service on our Board, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. Directors who are also our employees receive no additional compensation for their service as directors. During 2025, Mr. O’Toole was an employee and executive officer of the Company and, therefore, did not receive compensation as a director. See “Summary Compensation Table” above for additional information regarding Mr. O’Toole’s compensation.
Pursuant to the Outside Director Compensation Policy, our directors could elect to receive their annual cash retainer in shares of our common stock instead of cash in 2025. The amounts reflected below under the column titled “Fees Paid or Earned in Cash” include the annual retainer as either cash or common stock in lieu of cash.
Name | Fees Paid or Earned in Cash ($)(1) | Stock Awards ($)(2) | Total ($) | ||||||||
William Porteous | 90,000 | 178,969 | 268,969 | ||||||||
Magid Abraham | 90,000 | 149,989 | 239,989 | ||||||||
David DiDomenico | 90,000 | 149,989 | 239,989 | ||||||||
Susan Gordon | 90,000 | 149,989 | 239,989 | ||||||||
Timothy Harvey | 90,000 | 149,989 | 239,989 | ||||||||
James Tolonen | 90,000 | 164,479 | 254,479 | ||||||||
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(1)Pursuant to the Outside Director Compensation Policy, Mr. Porteous, Dr. Abraham, Ms. Gordon, and Mr. Tolonen each elected to receive their retainer fees for 2025, valuing $90,000 in total, in shares of our common stock, instead of cash, and, as a result, were each granted 2,910 shares of common stock on March 31, 2025, 1,093 shares of common stock on June 30, 2025, 1,116 shares of common stock on September 30, 2025, and 1,200 shares of common stock on December 31, 2025, all of which were 100% vested on the date of grant. Amounts in this column include the $90,000 in retainer fees received in the form of shares of our common stock for each of Mr. Porteous, Dr. Abraham, Ms. Gordon, and Mr.
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Tolonen. Please see “Director Compensation” and “Cash Compensation” above for information regarding the Outside Director Compensation Policy.
(2)The following table lists all outstanding stock awards held by non-employee directors as of December 31, 2025:
Name | Number of Shares Underlying Outstanding Stock Awards | ||||
William Porteous | 10,125 | ||||
Magid Abraham | 8,625 | ||||
David DiDomenico | 8,625 | ||||
Susan Gordon | 8,625 | ||||
Timothy Harvey | 8,625 | ||||
James Tolonen | 9,375 | ||||
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes our equity compensation plan information as of December 31, 2025.
Plan Category | (a) Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights | (b) Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights(1) | (c) Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column (a)) | ||||||||
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders(2) | 4,428,690 | $ | 11.44 | 981,369(3) | |||||||
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders(4) | — | — | - | ||||||||
Total | 4,428,690 | $ | 11.44 | 981,369 | |||||||
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(1)Restricted stock units, which do not have an exercise price, are excluded in the calculation of weighted-average exercise price.
(2)Equity compensation plans approved by our stockholders include the 2021 Plan and the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Plan and the ESPP, upon effectiveness of our one-for-eight reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) , the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that are available for sale or issuance under either plan and any share-based limits under the ESPP were adjusted by dividing the applicable number of shares as of immediately prior to the Reverse Split by eight and rounding any resulting fractional share down to the nearest whole share. The 2021 Plan provides that the number of shares of common stock available for issuance will automatically increase on the first day of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal 2022, in an amount equal to the least of (i) 2,813,087 shares, (ii) five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of our common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (iii) such other amount as the administrator (our Board or any of its committees) may determine. The ESPP provides that the number of shares of our common stock available for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase on the first day of each fiscal year, in an amount equal to the least of (i) 562,625 shares, (ii) one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of our common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (iii) such other amount as the administrator (our Board or any committee designated by the Board) may determine. Our Board determined not to increase the amount of the ESPP as of January 1, 2026.
(3)Includes shares of our common stock available for issuance as of December 31, 2025 as follows: 435,079 under the ESPP, which includes 26,420 subject to purchase during the current purchase period, and 546,290 under the 2021 Plan.
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(4)Each of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) and the Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) was adopted by Legacy BlackSky prior to the business combination, and no additional awards will be granted pursuant to the 2014 Plan or the 2011 Plan. However, we assumed certain equity awards granted pursuant to each of the 2014 Plan and 2011 Plan in connection with the business combination. As of December 31, 2025, the number of securities to be issued upon exercise, or vesting, of outstanding equity awards pursuant to the 2014 Plan was 71,783 and the weighted-average exercise price of the outstanding options was $3.38. As of December 31, 2025, there were no outstanding equity awards under the 2011 Plan.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 31, 2026, by:
•each person or group of affiliated persons known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock;
•each of our named executive officers and directors; and
•all of our executive officers and directors as a group.
Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if they or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security. Under those rules, beneficial ownership includes securities that the individual or entity has the right to acquire, such as through the exercise of stock options, within 60 days of March 31, 2026. Shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2026 are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding such options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
Except as noted by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, based on the information provided to us, we believe that the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them. The beneficial ownership percentages in the table below are calculated based on 37,063,884 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026.
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Shares Beneficially Owned | ||||||||
Name of Beneficial Owner(1) | Number | Percentage | ||||||
Greater than 5% Stockholders: | ||||||||
Entities affiliated with Mithril LP(2) | 2,328,503 | 6.3% | ||||||
Seahawk SPV Investment LLC(3) | 2,045,566 | 5.5% | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(4) | 2,287,439 | 6.2% | ||||||
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation(5) | 2,072,543 | 5.6% | ||||||
Named Executive Officers and Directors: | ||||||||
Brian O’Toole(6) | 700,728 | 1.9% | ||||||
Henry Dubois(7) | 425,898 | 1.1% | ||||||
Christiana Lin(8) | 340,077 | * | ||||||
Magid Abraham | 56,224 | * | ||||||
David DiDomenico (9) | 268,352 | * | ||||||
Susan Gordon | 67,851 | * | ||||||
Timothy Harvey | 48,821 | * | ||||||
William Porteous | 67,662 | * | ||||||
James Tolonen | 67,668 | * | ||||||
All directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons) | 2.043,281 | 5.4% | ||||||
* Represents less than 1% of the total.
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(1)Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of these shareholders is c/o BlackSky Technology Inc., 2411 Dulles Corner Park, Suite 300, Herndon, Virginia 20171.
(2)Based solely on information included in the Schedule 13D/A filed by Mithril LP. Mithril GP LP, Mithril II LP, Mithril II GP LP, Mithril II UGP LLC, Ajay Royan and Peter Thiel on August 11, 2025. Consists of (i) 1,298,328 shares held by Mithril I LP and (ii) 1,030,175 shares held by Mithril II LP. Mithril GP LP is the general partner of Mithril I LP and Mithril GP LP may be deemed to have shared voting, investment and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by Mithril I LP. Mithril II UGP LLC is the general partner of Mithril II GP LP, which is the general partner of Mithril II LP, and each of Mithril II UGP LLC and Mithril II GP LP may be deemed to have shared voting, investment and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by Mithril II LP. Ajay Royan is the authorized person of Mithril GP LP and is the sole managing member of Mithril II UGP LLC. Ajay Royan and Peter Thiel are the members of the investment committee of Mithril GP LP and the members of the investment committee established by Mithril II GP LP. Each of the investment committees makes all investment decisions with respect to the shares held by each of Mithril I LP and Mithril II LP, respectively, and may be deemed to have shared voting, investment and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by each of Mithril I LP and Mithril II LP. The address of each of the Mithril entities and Mr. Royan is c/o Mithril Capital Management, LLC, 600 Congress Ave., Suite 3100, Austin, Texas 78701. The address of Mr. Thiel is c/o Thiel Capital LLC, 9200 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1110, West Hollywood, California 90069.
(3)Based solely on information included in the Schedule 13G filed by Seahawk SPV Investment LLC (“Seahawk”) on September 23, 2021, as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split. Seahawk is the record holder of such shares. Seahawk is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space US Investment LLC (“TAS US”), which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space S.A.S (“TAS”). TAS is a joint venture whose majority owner is Thales S.A., a French public company (“Thales”). By reason of their relationships, TAS US, TAS and Thales may be deemed to share the power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of the shares held by Seahawk and may be deemed to have shared beneficial ownership of the shares held directly by Seahawk. The address of Seahawk is 2733 South Crystal Drive, Suite 1200, Arlington, Virginia 22202. The address of TAS US is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The address of TAS is 100 Bd du Midi - 06150 Cannes la Bocca - France. The address of Thales is Tour Carpe Diem, 31 Place des Corolles, Esplanade Nord - 92400 Courbevoie - France.
(4)Based on the statement on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on October 17, 2025, BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power over 2,234,926 shares of our common stock and sole dispositive power over 2,287,439 shares of our common stock. The address of BlackRock, Inc. is 50 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001.
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(5)Based solely on information included in the Schedule 13G filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, BNY Mellon IHC, LLC, MBC Investments Corp., Newton Investment Management North America, LLC on January 29, 2026. The Bank of New York Mellon Corp address is 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286.
(6)Consists of 418,860 shares of common stock and 281,868 shares of common stock subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2026.
(7)Consists of 172,883 shares of common stock and 253,015 shares of common stock subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2026.
(8)Consists of 152,488 shares of common stock and 187,589 shares of common stock subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2025.
(9)Consists of 228,118 shares of common stock, including 164,664 shares of common stock held directly by Mr. DiDomenico, and 31,727 shares of common stock held by each of two trusts, for which Mr. DiDomenico is a trustee, as well as warrants exercisable for 40,234 shares of common stock.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The following is a description of each transaction since January 1, 2024, and each currently proposed transaction, in which:
•we have been or are to be a participant;
•the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the smaller reporting company's total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years; and
•any of our directors (including director nominees), executive officers, or beneficial holders of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, or any immediate family member of, or person sharing the household with, any of these individuals or entities, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions
LeoStella Acquisition
On November 6, 2024, we acquired the remaining 50% of the common units of LeoStella LLC (“LeoStella”). LeoStella was previously a joint venture with Thales Alenia Space US Investment LLC (“Thales”) and we accounted for LeoStella as an equity method investment. On the acquisition date, LeoStella became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. LeoStella is a vertically-integrated small satellite design and manufacturer based in Tukwila, Washington.
Thales Related Operational Agreement
On July 9, 2025, BlackSky Global and Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A entered into an agreement under which BlackSky Global agreed to purchase equipment to support 5 Gen-3 satellite units for a total purchase price of up to $13.5 million.
Intelsat Facility
On October 31, 2019, Legacy BlackSky and its Subsidiaries entered into a secured loan facility, as amended by a First Amendment, dated September 9, 2021, and a Second Amendment, dated May 9, 2023, (the “Intelsat Facility”), with Seahawk and Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. (“Intelsat”), as lenders, and Intelsat, as agent for the lenders. The Intelsat Facility provides for a secured term loan of up to approximately $68.5 million (including
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approximately $18.5 million of existing principal and accrued interest owed under a Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 19, 2017, as amended, with Seahawk, which was amended and rolled into the Intelsat Facility) and an uncommitted incremental secured term loan facility of up to approximately $41.6 million. The allowance for a $25.0 million commercial credit facility with a commercial lender is counted against such incremental capacity. The Intelsat Facility is secured by substantially all of our assets and subsidiaries.
From January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025, BlackSky paid approximately $3.1 million in interest under the Intelsat Facility. In July 2025, BlackSky repaid these loans in their entirety plus accrued interest in the amount of $100.2 million (the “Intelsat Facility Loan Payoff”).
In connection with entering into the Intelsat Facility, Legacy BlackSky entered into a Right of First Offer Agreement with Intelsat (the “Right of First Offer Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Right of First Offer Agreement, prior to commencing or engaging in a sale of Legacy BlackSky, Legacy BlackSky is obligated to provide written notice of any such proposed sale to Intelsat and Intelsat will have the opportunity to provide Legacy BlackSky with an offer to purchase Legacy BlackSky (an “Intelsat Offer”). Pursuant to the terms of the Right of First Offer Agreement, if Legacy BlackSky does not accept an acquisition offer made by Intelsat, Legacy BlackSky would be permitted to negotiate and enter into an alternative sale transaction, so long as the total enterprise value for Legacy BlackSky and its subsidiaries is greater than 110% of the value implied by any Intelsat Offer. The Right of First Offer Agreement remained in effect after the Intelsat Facility Loan Payoff and is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2026. This description of the Right of First Offer Agreement is only a summary.
Procedures with Respect to Review and Approval of Related Person Transactions
Our Board adopted a formal written policy for the review and approval of transactions with related persons. Such policy requires, among other things, that:
•any related person transaction, and any material amendment or modification to a related person transaction, must be reviewed and approved or ratified by an approving body comprised of the disinterested and independent members of our Board or any committee of our Board, provided that a majority of the members of the Board or such committee, respectively, are disinterested; and
•any employment relationship or transaction involving an executive officer and any related compensation must be approved by the compensation committee of our Board or recommended by the compensation committee to our Board for its approval.
In connection with the review and approval or ratification of a related person transaction:
•management must disclose to the approving body the name of the related person and the basis on which the person is a related person, the related person’s interest in the transaction, the material terms of the related person transaction, including the business purpose of the transaction, the approximate dollar value of the amount involved in the transaction, the approximate dollar value of the amount of the related person’s interest in the transaction and all the material facts as to the related person’s direct or indirect interest in, or relationship to, the related person transaction;
•management must advise the approving body as to whether the related person transaction complies with the terms of our agreements, including the agreements governing our material outstanding indebtedness, that limit or restrict our ability to enter into a related person transaction;
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•management must advise the approving body as to whether the related person transaction will be required to be disclosed in applicable filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and related rules, and, to the extent required to be disclosed, management must ensure that the related person transaction is disclosed in accordance with such statutes and related rules; and
•management must advise the approving body as to whether the related person transaction may constitute a “personal loan” for purposes of Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
In addition, the related person transaction policy provides that the approving body, in connection with any approval of a related person transaction involving a non-employee director or director nominee, should consider whether such transaction would compromise the director or director nominee’s status as an “independent” or “non-employee” director, as applicable, under the rules and regulations of the SEC and any exchange on which our securities are listed.
Director Independence
The NYSE listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person who has no material relationship with the listed company, either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company. Our Board has determined that each of Mr. Porteous, Dr. Abraham, Ms. Gordon, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Tolonen, and Mr. DiDomenico representing six of our seven directors, do not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is an “independent director” as defined under the listing standards of the NYSE. In making these determinations, our Board considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with BlackSky and all other facts and circumstances that the board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director, and the transactions involving them. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
There are no family relationships among any of our directors, director nominees or executive officers.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Deloitte
The following table presents fees for professional audit services and other services rendered to us by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) for our fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
Audit Fees(1) | $ | 2,345,700 | 1,990,000 | |||||||||||
Audit-Related Fees(2) | 0 | 63,290 | ||||||||||||
Tax Fees | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
All Other Fees(3) | $ | 7,391 | 7,391 | |||||||||||
Total Fees | $ | 2,353,091 | 2,060,681 | |||||||||||
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(1)“Audit Fees” consist of fees billed for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements, reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements and related accounting consultations
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and services that are normally provided by the independent registered public accountants in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years, including services related to registration statements.
(2)“Audit Related Fees” consist of fees related to readiness for Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
(3) “All Other Fees” consist of fees to access Deloitte’s Accounting Research Tool.
Auditor Independence
In 2025, there were no other professional services provided by Deloitte, other than those listed above, that would have required our audit committee to consider their compatibility with maintaining the independence of Deloitte.
Audit Committee Policy on Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Our audit committee has a policy governing our use of the services of our independent registered public accounting firm. Under this policy, our audit committee is required to pre-approve all services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm in order to ensure that the provision of such services does not impair such accounting firm’s independence. All services provided by Deloitte for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 were pre-approved by our audit committee.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBIT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) The following documents are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Amendment on Form 10-K/A:
1.Financial Statements: No financial statements are filed with this Amendment on Form 10-K/A.
2.Financial Statement Schedules: No financial statement schedules are filed with this Amendment on Form 10-K/A
(b) The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Amendment on Form 10-K/A:
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | Form | SEC File No. | Exhibit No. | Filing Date | Filed or Furnished Herewith | ||||||||||||||
| 2.1† | 424(b)(3) | 333-256103 | Annex A | August 11, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 3.1 | March 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3.2 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 3.2 | September 15, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 4.1 | March 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.2 | S-3 | 333-291810 | 4.3 | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.3 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 4.3 | March 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.4 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 4.1 | November 5, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.5 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 4.5 | March 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.6 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 4.1 | March 9, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
4.7 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 4.1 | July 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
4.8 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 4.1 | July 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.1+ | 424(b)(3) | 333-256103 | Annex E | August 11, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.2+ | 424(b)(3) | 333-256103 | Annex F | August 11, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.3+ | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10.4+ | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.4 | September 15, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.5 | S-4 | 333-256103 | 10.10 | May 13, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.6 | 8-K/A | 001-39113 | 10.3 | February 22, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.7 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.5 | February 22, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 10.8 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.1 | February 22, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.9+ | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.1 | August 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.10+ | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.3 | August 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.11+ | 10-Q | 001-39113 | 10.2 | August 10, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.12+ | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.4 | August 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
10.13 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 10.20 | March 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
10.14+ | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.6 | August 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
10.15+ | S-8 | 333-261778 | 4.4 | December 20, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
10.16+ | S-8 | 333-261778 | 4.5 | December 20, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
10.17+ | S-8 | 333-261778 | 4.7 | December 20, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
10.18+ | S-8 | 333-261778 | 4.6 | December 20, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
10.19+ | S-8 | 333-261778 | 4.8 | December 20, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
10.20+ | S-8 | 333-261778 | 4.4 | March 4, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
10.21+ | 10-K | 001-39113 | 10.34 | March 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
10.22† | 10-Q | 001-39113 | 10.1 | August 10, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
10.23 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 1.1 | December 15, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
10.24 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 10.2 | March 9, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
10.25†** | 10-K | 001-39113 | 10.34 | March 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
10.26 | 8-K | 001-39113 | 1.1 | December 12, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 19.1 | March 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 21.1 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 23.1 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 24.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 24.1 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 31.1 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 31.2 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 31.2 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31.3 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31.4 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 32.1* | 10-K | 001-39113 | 32.1 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 32.2* | 10-K | 001-39113 | 32.2 | March 17, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 97.1 | 10-K | 001-39113 | 97.1 | March 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | X | ||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | X | ||||||||||||||||||
________________ + Indicates management contract or compensatory plan. | ||||||||||||||||||||
† Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish an unredacted copy of the exhibit to the SEC upon request. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 and 32.2 that are incorporated by reference into this Amendment No. 1 are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Amendment No. 1, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing. | ||||||||||||||||||||
** Certain schedules to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule will be furnished supplementally to the SEC upon request; provided, however, that the parties may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any document so furnished. | ||||||||||||||||||||
ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BlackSky Technology Inc. | |||||||||||
Date: | April 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Henry Dubois | ||||||||
Henry Dubois | |||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
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BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC.
OUTSIDE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY
(Effective as of April 16, 2026)
BlackSky Technology Inc. (the “Company”) believes that the granting of equity and cash compensation to members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board,” and members of the Board, “Directors”) represents an effective tool to attract, retain and reward Directors who are not employees of the Company (“Outside Directors”). This Outside Director Compensation Policy (the “Policy”) is intended to formalize the Company’s policy regarding cash compensation and grants of equity awards to its Outside Directors. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Policy will have the meaning given such term in the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, or if such plan no longer is in use at the time of the grant of an equity award, the meaning given such term or similar term in the equity plan then in place under which the equity award is granted (the “Plan”). Each Outside Director will be solely responsible for any tax obligations incurred by such Outside Director as a result of the equity awards and cash and other compensation such Outside Director receives under this Policy.
1.Effective Date. This Policy became effective on September 9, 2021 and was amended on July 13, 2023. This Policy subsequently was amended on April 16, 2026 (the “Amendment Date”).
2.Cash Compensation.
2.1Board Member Annual Cash Retainer. Each Outside Director will be paid an annual cash retainer of $90,000 for service on the Board (“Annual Cash Retainer”). There are no additional cash retainers for service as a member (or chair) of a committee of the Board, as Chairperson of the Board, or as Lead Director and no per-meeting attendance fees for attending Board meetings or meetings of any committee of the Board.
2.2Payment Timing and Proration. Each Annual Cash Retainer under this Policy will be paid quarterly in arrears on a prorated basis to each individual who has served as an Outside Director at any time during the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the Company (“Fiscal Quarter”), and such payment will be made no later than 30 days following the end of such immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter. For clarity, an individual who has served as an Outside Director during only a portion of the relevant Fiscal Quarter will receive a prorated payment of the quarterly installment of the Annual Cash Retainer, calculated based on the number of days during such Fiscal Quarter such individual has served as an Outside Director.
3.Election to Receive Equity Compensation in Lieu of Cash Retainer. Each Outside Director may elect to receive all of such Outside Director’s Annual Cash Retainer, with respect to services performed in a future Fiscal Year, in the form of payments of Shares (that is, Awards of Restricted Stock under the Plan) in lieu of cash payments of such Annual Cash
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Retainer (such Awards in lieu of the Annual Cash Retainer, the “Retainer Awards,” and such election, a “Retainer Election”). Each Retainer Award will be automatic and nondiscretionary, except as otherwise provided herein. Each Retainer Award will be fully vested as of the date of its grant.
3.1Retainer Election. Each Retainer Election must be delivered to the Company’s Legal team (or other Company designee, as applicable), in the form and manner specified by the Board (or other Committee, as applicable), within the applicable period set forth in this Section 3.1. An Outside Director who fails to make a timely Retainer Election will not receive any Retainer Awards for the Fiscal Year to which such Retainer Election otherwise would have applied, and instead will receive the applicable Annual Cash Retainer payable in accordance with Section 2 above.
3.1.1Annual Election. Each individual who otherwise is eligible to receive any future Annual Cash Retainer may make a Retainer Election with respect to the Annual Cash Retainer payable to such individual for Board services to be performed in the first Fiscal Year following the Fiscal Year in which the Retainer Election is made (an “Annual Election”), as follows. The Annual Election must be made during an open trading window of the Company, but no later than December 15 (the “Cutoff Day”), in the Fiscal Year immediately preceding the Fiscal Year to which the payments of Annual Cash Retainer relate (the last day in such immediately preceding Fiscal Year that the Annual Election may be made, the “Annual Election Deadline”), provided that such Outside Director is not restricted from trading Shares pursuant to the Company’s insider trading policy at such time of making such election. Except as provided in Section 3.1.3 below, the Annual Election shall become irrevocable and effective as of the end of the day of the Annual Election Deadline, provided that if such Fiscal Year does not contain an open trading window on or before the Cutoff Date, Outside Directors will not be eligible to make an Annual Election in such Fiscal Year.
3.1.2Initial Director Election. Each individual who first becomes an Outside Director following the Amendment Date (the date such individual first becomes an Outside Director, the “Initial Director Date”) may make a Retainer Election with respect to the Annual Cash Retainer payable to such Outside Director in the immediately following Fiscal Year (the “Initial Director Election”), as follows. The Initial Director Election must be made, during an open trading window of the Company, but on or after the Initial Director Date and no later than the Cutoff Day, in the Fiscal Year that the individual first becomes an Outside Director (the last day in such Fiscal Year that the Initial Director Election may be made, the “Initial Director Deadline”), provided that such Outside Director is not restricted from trading Shares pursuant to the Company’s insider trading policy at such time of making such election. Except as provided in Section 3.1.3 below, the Initial Director Election shall become irrevocable and effective as of the end of the day of the Initial Director Deadline, provided that if no open trading window of the Company occurs in the same Fiscal Year as the Initial Director Date between the Initial Director Date and Cutoff Day in such Fiscal Year, or if the Initial Director Date occurs after the Cutoff Day in such Fiscal Year, such Outside Director will not be eligible to make an Initial Director Election in such Fiscal Year.
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3.1.3Revocation. An Outside Director may revoke such Outside Director’s Retainer Election by providing written notice to the Company’s Legal team (or other Company designee, as applicable), provided that such Outside Director is not restricted from trading Shares pursuant to the Company’s insider trading policy at the time of such revocation:
(a)in the case of an Annual Election, during an open trading window of the Company, but no later than the Annual Election Deadline, in the Fiscal Year immediately prior to the Fiscal Year to which the Annual Cash Retainer applies; or
(b)in the case of an Initial Director Election, during an open trading window of the Company, on or after the Initial Director Date but no later than the Initial Director Deadline, in the same Fiscal Year as the Initial Director Date.
3.2Retainer Awards. If an Outside Director has made a valid and timely Retainer Election to receive Retainer Awards in lieu of such Outside Director’s Annual Cash Retainer, then such Outside Director automatically will be granted a Retainer Award on the last day of each applicable calendar quarter of the applicable Fiscal Year in respect of the director services provided during such quarters, in each case, subject to the Outside Director remaining a Service Provider through such date. The number of Shares subject to a Retainer Award will be determined by dividing the amount of Annual Cash Retainer otherwise payable to the Outside Director for the Fiscal Quarter to which the Retainer Award relates, by the closing sales price of the Share on the grant date of the Retainer Award (or, if no closing sales price was reported on that date, on the last trading day such closing sale price was reported), with the number of Shares subject to the Retainer Award, if any fractional Share results, rounded down to the nearest whole Share.
4.Equity Compensation. Outside Directors will be eligible to receive all types of Awards (except Incentive Stock Options) under the Plan, including discretionary Awards not covered under this Policy. All grants of Awards to Outside Directors pursuant to Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of this Policy will be automatic and nondiscretionary, except as otherwise provided herein, and will be made in accordance with the following provisions:
4.1No Discretion. No person will have any discretion to select which Outside Directors will be granted Awards under this Policy or to determine the number of Shares to be covered by such Awards (except as provided in Sections 4.4.2 and 10 below).
4.2Initial Awards. Each individual who first becomes an Outside Director following the Amendment Date automatically will be granted an award of Restricted Stock Units (an “Initial Award”). The grant date of the Initial Award will be the first Trading Day on or after the date on which such individual first becomes an Outside Director (such first date as an Outside Director, the “Initial Start Date”), whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board to fill an existing vacancy or in connection with a Board-approved increase in the number of members of the Board. The Initial Award will have an
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aggregate grant date fair value (determined in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) (the “Value”) of $300,000 (with the number of Shares subject to the Initial Award, to the extent any fractional Share results, rounded down to the nearest whole Share). If an individual was an Inside Director, becoming an Outside Director due to termination of the individual’s status as an Employee will not entitle the Outside Director to an Initial Award. Each Initial Award will be scheduled to vest in three equal installments on each of the one-year, two-year and three-year anniversaries of the Initial Award’s date of grant (or on the last day of the month, if there is no corresponding day in such month), in each case subject to the Outside Director remaining a Service Provider through the applicable vesting date.
4.3Annual Award. On the first Trading Day immediately following each Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders (an “Annual Meeting”) that occurs after the Amendment Date, each Outside Director who has served as an Outside Director for at least 6 months through the date of such Annual Meeting automatically will be granted an award of Restricted Stock Units (the “Annual Award”). The Annual Award will have a Value as follows (with the number of Shares subject to the Annual Award, to the extent any fractional Share results, rounded down to the nearest whole Share):
Chairperson of the Board | $180,000 | ||||
Chair of the Audit Committee: | $165,000 | ||||
Other Outside Directors: | $150,000 | ||||
The Annual Award will be scheduled to vest in full on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the Annual Award’s grant date, or (ii) the date of the next Annual Meeting following the Annual Award’s grant date, subject to the Outside Director remaining a Service Provider through such vesting date.
4.4Additional Terms of Initial Awards and Annual Awards. The terms and conditions of each Initial Award, Annual Award and Retainer Award (each, a “Policy Award”) will be as follows.
4.4.1Each Policy Award will be granted under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable form of Award Agreement previously approved by the Board or its Committee (as defined in Section 10 below), as applicable, for use thereunder.
4.4.2The Board or its Committee, as applicable and in its discretion, may change and otherwise revise the terms of Policy Awards to be granted in the future pursuant to this Policy, including without limitation the number of Shares subject thereto and type of Award.
5.Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, each Outside Director will fully vest in his or her outstanding Company equity awards that were granted to him or her
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while an Outside Director, as of immediately prior to the Change in Control, including any Policy Award, provided that the Outside Director continues to be an Outside Director through the date of such Change in Control.
6.Annual Compensation Limit. Consistent with the Plan, no Outside Director may be granted, in any Fiscal Year, equity awards (including any Awards), the value of which will be based on their grant date fair value determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and be provided any other compensation (including without limitation any cash retainers or fees) in amounts that, in any Fiscal Year, in the aggregate, exceed $500,000, provided that such amount is increased to $800,000 in the Fiscal Year of his or her initial service as an Outside Director. Any Awards or other compensation provided to an individual for his or her services as an Employee, or for his or her services as a Consultant other than as an Outside Director, will be excluded for purposes of this Section 6.
7.Expenses. The Company will reimburse each Outside Director’s reasonable, customary and properly documented expenses incurred in connection with meetings of the Board and any of its committees, as applicable, and other activities undertaken at the request of the Company.
8.Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, reclassification, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares occurs (other than any ordinary dividends or other ordinary distributions), the Administrator, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Policy, will adjust the number and class of shares of stock that may be delivered pursuant to Policy Awards and/or the number, class, and price of shares of stock covered by each outstanding Policy Award.
9.Section 409A. In no event will cash compensation (or Retainer Awards in lieu of cash compensation) or expense reimbursement payments under this Policy be paid after the later of (a) the 15th day of the third month following the end of the Company’s taxable year in which the compensation is earned or expenses are incurred, as applicable, or (b) the 15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year in which the compensation is earned or expenses are incurred, as applicable, in compliance with the “short-term deferral” exception under Section 409A. It is the intent of this Policy that this Policy and all payments hereunder be exempt from or otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 409A so that none of the compensation to be provided hereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A, and any ambiguities or ambiguous terms herein will be interpreted to be so exempt or comply. In no event will the Company or any of its Parents or Subsidiaries have any responsibility, liability, or obligation to reimburse, indemnify, or hold harmless an Outside Director (or any other person) for any taxes imposed, or other costs incurred, as a result of Section 409A.
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10.Revisions. The Board or any committee of the Board that has been designated appropriate authority with respect to Outside Director compensation (or, with respect to any applicable element or elements thereof, authority with respect to such element or elements) (the “Committee”) may amend, alter, suspend or terminate this Policy at any time and for any reason. Further, the Board may provide for cash, equity, or other compensation to Outside Directors in addition to the compensation provided under this Policy. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of this Policy will materially impair the rights of an Outside Director with respect to compensation that already has been paid or awarded, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the Outside Director and the Company. Termination of this Policy will not affect the Board’s or the Committee’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it with respect to Awards granted under the Plan pursuant to this Policy before the date of such termination, including without limitation such applicable powers set forth in the Plan.
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Exhibit 31.3
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a)
I, Brian O’Toole, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of BlackSky Technology Inc.; and
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.
Date: | April 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Brian O’Toole | ||||||||
Brian O’Toole | |||||||||||
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||||
Exhibit 31.4
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a)
I, Henry Dubois, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of BlackSky Technology Inc.; and
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.
Date: | April 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Henry Dubois | ||||||||
Henry Dubois | |||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||||||