BKV 8-K
BKV Corp (BKV)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 19, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BKV Corporation (the “Company”) approved the annual performance-based bonus earned for 2025 by each of the Company’s named executive officers (each, an “NEO”). As indicated in footnote (4) to the Summary Compensation Table contained in the information statement on Schedule 14C (File No. 001-42282) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 3, 2026 (the “Information Statement”), the amounts of the NEOs’ annual performance-based bonuses for 2025 were omitted from the Summary Compensation Table because the amounts had not yet been determined at the time the Information Statement was filed.
In accordance with Item 5.02(f) of Form 8-K, the amount of the annual performance-based bonus earned by each NEO for 2025 and a new total compensation figure for each NEO for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 are set forth below. Following such information is an updated description of the methodologies used to calculate each NEOs’ annual performance-based bonuses earned for 2025. Except as disclosed below, all other compensation for the NEOs for 2025 was reported by the Company in the Summary Compensation Table in the Information Statement.
| Name and Principal Position | Year | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(1) | Total | ||||||||
Christopher P. Kalnin Chief Executive Officer | 2025 | $ | 1,676,401 | $ | 5,903,801 | ||||||
Eric S. Jacobsen President – Upstream | 2025 | $ | 816,354 | $ | 4,306,883 | ||||||
Dilanka Seimon Chief Commercial Officer | 2025 | $ | 497,537 | $ | 3,445,756 | ||||||
| (1) | Amounts reported represent each NEO’s annual performance-based bonus earned for 2025 but paid in 2026, upon certification of the applicable performance measures by the Compensation Committee or, in the case of the Chief Executive Officer, the Board. |
For 2025, Mr. Kalnin was eligible to earn an annual performance-based bonus in a target amount equal to 125% of his base salary, and each of Messrs. Jacobsen and Seimon was eligible to earn an annual performance-based bonus in a target amount equal to 95% of his base salary. Mr. Seimon’s bonus was prorated based on his start date of April 3, 2025.
A portion (as specified below) of each NEO’s bonus for 2025 was determined based on the Company’s level of achievement of key performance indicators (“KPIs”) included in the “STIP Scorecard”. The KPIs included (a) shareholder value “lagging” indicators (weighted 60%), including adjusted EBITDAX (40%), adjusted free cash flow (30%) and break even unit cash cost (30%), (b) an environmental, health, safety and regulatory “sustainability” indicator (10%), and (c) operational and strategic “leading” indicators (weighted 30%), including total net production (30%), operations capital efficiency (15%), carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (“CCUS”) and carbon neutral natural gas business delivery (30%), and enterprise resource planning system implementation and the buildout of BKV’s information technology, procurement and sales and marketing organizations (25%).
The amounts of the annual performance-based bonuses that each NEO earned in 2025 were determined 50% based on the level of achievement of the KPIs in the STIP Scorecard and 50% based on individual performance goals. Mr. Kalnin’s individual performance goals were based 80% based on the level of achievement of the KPIs in the STIP Scorecard and 20% based on achievement of strategic advancement goals relating to board engagement; progress toward achievement of accretive mergers and acquisitions and growth of CCUS and our power generation and retail business; and maximizing organization capabilities through effective reorganization implementation and detailed succession plans. Mr. Jacobsen’s individual performance goals related to upstream business delivery; leadership, people and culture; business and shareholder growth; midstream and BKV dCarbon Ventures technical support and operations; and initiatives and systems. Mr. Seimon’s individual performance goals related to commercial strategy and functional set up; midstream and upstream gathering, compression, processing and treating costs; commercial and technical new products; people, safety and culture; developing and supporting our power generation and retail business; and in-source sales and marketing.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BKV Corporation | ||
| February 20, 2026 | By: | /s/ David R. Tameron |
| David R. Tameron | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |