StandardAero, Inc.
For the period ended Jun 12, 2025. Filed Apr 25, 2025.
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Jun 12, 2025 · Filed Apr 25, 2025
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UNITED STATES
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NOTICE & PROXY
STATEMENT
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
June 12, 2025
10:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
6710 nORTH sCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 250
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85253
To Our Stockholders:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of StandardAero, Inc. at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast.
The Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement on the following pages describe the matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting. Please see the section called “Who can attend the Annual Meeting?” on page 4 of the proxy statement for more information about how to attend the meeting online.
Whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting online, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting. Therefore, I urge you to promptly vote and submit your proxy by phone, via the Internet, or, if you received paper copies of these materials, by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States. If you have previously received our Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained in that notice. If you have received a proxy card, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained on the proxy card. If you decide to attend the Annual Meeting, you will be able to vote online, even if you have previously submitted your proxy.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
/s/ Russell Ford
Russell Ford
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of StandardAero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visitingwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SARO2025 and entering your 16‑digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:
To elect Peter J. Clare, Russell Ford, and Andrea Fischer Newman as Class I directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, United States as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025;
To approve, on an advisory (non‑binding) basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers;
To approve, on an advisory (non‑binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; and
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting.
Holders of record of our common stock as of the close of business on April 17, 2025 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting, or any continuation, postponement or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. A complete list of such stockholders will be open to the examination of any stockholder for a period of ten days prior to the Annual Meeting for a purpose germane to the meeting by sending an email to the Secretary, at CorporateSecretary@standardaero.com, stating the purpose of the request and providing proof of ownership of Company stock. The Annual Meeting may be continued or adjourned from time to time without notice other than by announcement at the Annual Meeting.
It is important that your shares be represented regardless of the number of shares you may hold. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting online, we urge you to vote your shares via the toll‑free telephone number or over the Internet, as described in the enclosed materials. If you received a copy of the proxy card by mail, you may sign, date, and mail the proxy card in the enclosed return envelope. Promptly voting your shares will ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting and will save us the expense of further solicitation. Submitting your proxy now will not prevent you from voting your shares at the Annual Meeting if you desire to do so, as your proxy is revocable at your option.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Steve Sinquefield
Steve Sinquefield
Chief Legal Officer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | |
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| PROXY STATEMENT | 1 |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS | 3 |
| PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON | 8 |
| REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 16 |
| INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FEES AND OTHER MATTERS | 17 |
| EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 18 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 20 |
| COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD | 25 |
| COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS | 27 |
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT | 44 |
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS | 46 |
| STOCKHOLDERS’ PROPOSALS | 48 |
| OTHER MATTERS | 49 |
| SOLICITATION OF PROXIES | 49 |
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