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CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Apr 15, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Apr 15, 2026

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Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Executive Compensation

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our named executive officers for 2025 and 2024*(table and footnotes in whole dollars)*:

Non-Equity
Stock · Option · Incentive Plan · All Other
Salary · Bonus · Awards · Awards · Compensation · Compensation · Total
Name and Principal Position(a)Years($)($)($)($)($)($)($)
Richard Mills2025450,000270,0001,485,000(b)502,249(c)--2,707,249
Chief Executive Officer
and Director2024450,000-----450,000
Ryan David Mudd2025197,336-165,000(d)168,229(e)--530,565
Interim Chief Financial
Officer2024207,69222,500----230,192
(a)Mr. Mills joined the Company effective October 15, 2015. Mr. Mudd served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company from February 1, 2025 until October 10, 2025.
(b)Represents 450,000 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") granted to Mr. Mills pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement in accordance with Issuer's 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), with RSUs vesting in three equal installments as follows: 150,000 vest on December 31, 2025, 150,000 vest on July 3, 2027 and 150,000 vest on July 3, 2028. Accelerated vesting shall occur upon the earliest of Reporting Person's death or disability, termination of employment without "cause" by Issuer, or a "Sale Transaction" occurring under the Plan.
(c)Represents 206,000 options issued pursuant to an Option Agreement in accordance with the Plan, with options vesting and exercisable in three installments as follows: 68,667 options vest on June 2, 2026, 68,667 options vest on June 2, 2027, and 68,666 options vest on June 2, 2028.
(d)Represents 50,000 RSUs granted to Mr. Mudd pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement in accordance with the Plan, with RSUs vesting in three equal installments as follows: 16,666 vest on July 3, 2026, 16,666 vest on July 3, 2027 and 16,667 vest on July 3, 2028. Accelerated vesting shall occur upon the earliest of Mr. Mudd’s death or disability, or a "Sale Transaction" occurring under the Plan.
(e)Represents 69,000 options issued pursuant to an Option Agreement in accordance with the Plan, with options vesting and exercisable in three installments as follows: 23,000 options vest on June 2, 2026, 23,000 options vest on June 2, 2027, and 23,000 options vest on June 2, 2028.

The material terms of employment agreements of Richard Mills, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and David Ryan Mudd, former Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and payments to be made upon a change in control are discussed below.

Our named executive officers are eligible for retirement benefits on the same terms as non-executives under the Company’s defined contribution 401(k) retirement plan. Employees may contribute pretax or after-tax compensation to the plan in accordance with current maximum contribution levels proscribed by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company contributes an employer contribution match of 50% of employee wages up to 6%, for an effective match of 3%.

Richard Mills Employment Agreement

The Company employs Richard Mills as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mills and the Company entered into an employment agreement on November 12, 2021. The employment agreement is effective for a one-year term, which automatically renews for additional one-year periods unless either the Company or Mr. Mills elects not to extend the term. The agreement provided for an initial annual base salary of $330,000 subject to annual increases but generally not subject to decreases. In accordance with the agreement, Mr. Mills’ annual base salary was adjusted automatically on February 17, 2022 to $450,000, subject to annual increases but not generally subject to decreases. Under the agreement, Mr. Mills is eligible to participate in performance-based cash bonus or equity award plans for Company senior executives. Mr. Mills will participate in Company employee benefit plans, policies, programs, perquisites and arrangements to the extent he meets applicable eligibility requirements. In the event of a termination of employment for good reason, as defined, without cause, as defined, or within 12 months following a change in control, as defined, other than for reason of death, disability or for cause, Mr. Mills will be entitled to receive aggregate severance payments equal to twelve months of his base salary. The agreement provides that any severance payments would be paid in installments over the course of the severance. The agreement contains certain non-solicitation and non-competition provisions that continue after employment for a period of one year. The agreement also contains other customary restrictive and other covenants relating to the confidentiality of information, the ownership of inventions and other matters. On June 15, 2022, the Board approved an amendment to certain aspects of Mr. Mills’ compensation as further described below.

David Ryan Mudd Employment Agreement

The Company and Mr. Mudd entered into an employment agreement in which the Company paid Mr. Mudd an annual base salary of $235,000 through January 31, 2026, at which point his annual base salary would have increased to $260,000 until his resignation on October 10, 2025. If Mr. Mudd’s employment was terminated for good reason, as defined, without cause, as defined, or within 12 months following a change in control, as defined, other than for cause, Mr. Mudd would have been entitled to receive aggregate severance payments equal to the annual base salary that would have been payable until January 31, 2027, or six months, whichever is larger. The agreement provided that any severance payments would be paid in installments over the course of the severance. The agreement contains certain non-solicitation and non-competition provisions that continue after employment for a period of one year. The agreement also contains other customary restrictive and other covenants relating to the confidentiality of information, the ownership of inventions and other matters. Mr. Mudd ceased serving as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company on October 10, 2025.

Tamra Koshewa Employment Agreement

In connection with Ms. Koshewa’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer on December 1, 2025, the Company and Ms. Koshewa entered into an employment agreement. The employment agreement provides that the Company will employ Ms. Koshewa on an “at will” basis, and pay Ms. Koshewa an annual base salary of $350,000, and a minimum bonus for 2025 of no less than $50,000. If Ms. Koshewa’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause, as defined, or within 12 months following a change in control, as defined, for any reason other than for death, disability or cause, Ms. Koshewa will be entitled to receive aggregate severance payments equal to six months of Ms. Koshewa’s annual base salary. The agreement provides that any severance payments would be paid in installments over the course of the severance. The agreement contains certain non-solicitation provisions that continue after employment for a period of one year. The agreement also contains other customary restrictive and other covenants relating to the confidentiality of information, the ownership of inventions and other matters.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth certain information concerning outstanding stock options and restricted stock awards held by our named executive officers as of December 31, 2025:

Option Awards(a) · Stock Awards
Market
Number · value
Number of · Number of · of shares · of shares
Securities · Securities · or units of · or units of
Underlying · Underlying · Option · stock · stock
UnexercisedUnexercisedExerciseOptionthat hasthat have
Options (#)Options (#)PriceExpirationnot vestednot vested
NameExercisableNon-Exercisable($)Date(#)($)
Richard Mills160,000(a)-(a)7.596/1/2030300,000(b)783,000
160,000(c)-(c)7.596/1/2030--
333,334(d)-(d)3.002/17/2025--
-(e)206,000(e)3.056/2/2035--
David Ryan Mudd-(f)69,000(f)3.051/8/2026(f)50,000(g)130,500
(a)These stock options vested in three equal installments on June 1 annually, beginning in 2021 and ending in 2023.
(b)Represents 450,000 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") granted to Mr. Mills pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement in accordance with Issuer's 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), with RSUs vesting in three equal installments as follows: 150,000 vest on December 31, 2025, 150,000 vest on July 3, 2027 and 150,000 vest on July 3, 2028. Accelerated vesting shall occur upon the earliest of Reporting Person's death or disability, termination of employment without "cause" by Issuer, or a "Sale Transaction" occurring under the Plan.
(c)These stock options (the “Performance Options”) became vested in increments of 16.67 percent of the total shares purchasable under this issuance subject to satisfying Company revenue target and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) target for the applicable year. In each of calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022, one-third of the total shares may vest (if the revenue and EBITDA targets are met), and the shares that are subject to vesting each year are allocated equally to each of the revenue and EBITDA targets for such year, with each target and vesting being independently achieved without regard for the other. These Performance Options include a catch-up provision, where any options that did not vest during a prior year due to the Company’s failure to meet a prior revenue or EBITDA target may vest in a subsequent vesting year if the revenue or EBITDA target, as applicable, is met in the future year. The revenue and EBITDA targets for the subject years are as follows:
Calendar YearRevenue Target (millions)EBITDA Target (millions)
2022$35$3.1
2023$38$3.5

The executives met the foregoing EBITDA target for calendar year 2021.

On June 15, 2022, the Board approved of an amendment to the Performance Options to provide that the revenue target for the calendar year 2022 set forth therein ($38 million) is eliminated, and the remaining shares that are available for vesting under the Performance Options (106,667 unvested) (including the unvested portions of shares based on the satisfaction of the revenue targets for 2020 and 2021 by virtue of the catch-up provisions in the Performance Options) will fully vest upon the achievement of the updated EBITDA target for calendar year 2022 of $3.6 million.

The Performance Options state that the calculation of EBITDA set forth in the Performance Options shall be calculated in a form consistent with the Company’s 2022 approved budget, which:

(i)excludes any impact on EBITDA of:
(a)the accounting treatment (including any “mark-to-market accounting”) of the Company’s warrants or the “Guaranteed Consideration” (as defined in the Merger Agreement),
(b)non-recurring transaction expenses associated with the Merger and the capital raising financing activities of the Company to effectuate the Merger, and
(c)any write-down or write-off of any Company inventory of Safe Space Solutions products.
(ii)includes deductions related to any cash or stock bonuses paid or payable to any employees of the Company for services provided in calendar year 2022 (even if such bonuses are actually paid after calendar year 2022), including bonuses paid pursuant to the terms of the 2022 Cash Bonus Plan (as described above) (collectively, the “EBITDA Calculations”).

The unvested portion of the Performance Options as of December 31, 2022 vested in full effective as of March 30, 2023 upon confirmation by the Board of Directors of achievement of the performance metrics for the year ended December 31, 2022.

(d)Mr. Mills received ten-year options to purchase 333,334 shares of common stock (the “New Options”). The New Options were eligible to vest at any time on or prior to the date on which the “Guaranteed Price” is agreed upon by the Company and RSI Exit Corporation, or finally determined in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, if the trailing 10-trading day VWAP of the Company’s common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market, exceeded certain share price targets. The New Options were fully vested in connection with a settlement of certain claims related to the Guaranteed Price.
Share Price Targets
Guaranteed · Total
Executive$ 6.00$ 9.00$ 12.00$ 15.00$ 18.00PriceShares
Mills Shares Vested16,66733,33450,00066,66783,33383,333333,334
Logan Shares Vested10,00020,00030,00040,00050,00050,000200,000
Percentage of Shares Vested5%10%15%20%25%25%
(e)These options vest in three installments as follows: 68,667 options vest on June 2, 2026, 68,667 options vest on June 2, 2027, and 68,666 options vest on June 2, 2028.
(f)Represents 69,000 options issued pursuant to an Option Agreement in accordance with the Plan, with options vesting and exercisable in three installments as follows: 23,000 options vest on June 2, 2026, 23,000 options vest on June 2, 2027, and 23,000 options vest on June 2, 2028. Mr. Mudd resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer effective October 10, 2025, and such option terminated 90 days after such resignation.
(g)Represents 50,000 RSUs granted to Mr. Mudd pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement in accordance with the Plan, with RSUs vesting in three equal installments as follows: 16,666 vest on July 3, 2026, 16,666 vest on July 3, 2027 and 16,667 vest on July 3, 2028. Accelerated vesting shall occur upon the earliest of Mr. Mudd’s death or disability, or a "Sale Transaction" occurring under the Plan. Mr. Mudd resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer effective October 10, 2025, and such RSUs have terminated.

Director Compensation

The Company’s Board of Directors had a director compensation plan to compensate non-officer directors for services provided to the Board and its standing committees. For calendar years 2025 and thereafter, the Compensation Committee approves an annual grant under the Creative Realities, Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), to each non-employee director of the Company as of December 31 of each calendar year, commencing December 31, 2025, of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”)** **having an aggregate value of $36,000 (pro-rated for partial years of service), with such Shares to be valued at the closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 31 of the applicable year (or if such date is not a trading day, as of the trading day immediately prior thereto).

The table below sets forth the compensation paid to Company non-employee directors during 2025:

Director Compensation (table and footnotes in whole dollars)
Fees · Nonqualified
earned · Non-equity · deferred
or paid · Stock · incentive plan · compensation · All other
in cashawardsOption awardscompensationearningscompensationTotal
Name($)(a)($)(b)($)($)($)($)($)
David Bell-36,000----36,000
Michael Bell-5,523----5,523
Thomas B. Ellis-5,523----5,523
Donald A. Harris-36,000----36,000
Daniel McGrath-5,523----5,523
Stephen Nesbit-36,000----36,000

Pay Versus Performance

As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid to our Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and our Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) and certain financial performance of the Company.

Pay Versus Performance
Summary · Summary
Compensation · Compensation · Compensation · Compensation · Value of Initial Fixed $100
Table Total for · Actually · Table Total for · Actually Paid to · Investment Based On: · Net Income(6)
PEO(1) · Paid to PEO(2) · Non-PEO NEO(3) · Non-PEO NEO(4) · Total Shareholder Return(5) · (in thousands)
Year($)($)($)($)($)($)
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)
20252,707,2493,066,367512,291345,013150(8,276)
2024450,000438,154400,000392,893141(3,508)
2023450,000498,678350,000373,29261(2,937)
(1)The dollar amounts reported in column (b) are the amounts of total compensation reported for Richard Mills (our Chief Executive Officer) for each corresponding year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Refer to “Executive Compensation—Summary Compensation Table."
(2)The dollar amounts reported in column (c) represent the amounts of “compensation actually paid” to Mr. Mills, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Mills during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to Mr. Mills’ total compensation for each year to determine the compensation actually paid:
Reported
Summary
Compensation · Reported · Equity · Compensation
Table Total · Value of Equity · Awards · Actually Paid to
for PEO · Awards(a) · Adjustments(b) · PEO
Year($)($)($)($)
20252,707,249(1,987,249)2,346,3673,066,367
2024450,000-(11,846)438,154
2023450,000-48,678498,678
(a)The grant date fair value of equity awards represents the total of the amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” columns in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year.
(b)The equity award adjustments for each applicable year include the addition (or subtraction, as applicable) of the following: (i) the year-end fair value of any equity awards granted in the applicable year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the year; (ii) the amount of change as of the end of the applicable year (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of any awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the applicable year; (iii) for awards that are granted and vest in same applicable year, the fair value as of the vesting date; (iv) for awards granted in prior years that vest in the applicable year, the amount equal to the change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value; (v) for awards granted in prior years that are determined to fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the applicable year, a deduction for the amount equal to the fair value at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (vi) the dollar value of any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards in the applicable year prior to the vesting date that are not otherwise reflected in the fair value of such award or included in any other component of total compensation for the applicable year. The valuation assumptions used to calculate fair values did not materially differ from those disclosed at the time of grant.

The amounts deducted or added in calculating the equity award adjustments are as follows:

Fair Value of
Year over · Fair Value · Dividends or other
Year over · Year Change in · at the End · Earnings Paid on
Year Change in · Fair Value as of · Fair Value of · of the Prior Year · Stock or Option
Fair Value of · Vesting Date of · Equity Awards · of Equity Awards · Awards not
Year End · Outstanding · Equity Awards · Granted in · that Failed to · Otherwise Reflected · Total
Fair Value · and Unvested · Granted · Prior Years · Meet Vesting · in Fair Value · Equity
of Equity · Equity · and Vested · that Vested · Conditions · or Total · Award
Awards · Awards · in the Year · in the Year · in the Year · Compensation · Adjustments
Year($)($)($)($)($)($)($)
20251,278,447-391,500676,420--2,346,367
2024-(11,846)----(11,846)
2023-(10,465)-59,143--48,678
(3)The dollar amounts reported in column (d) represent the amounts reported for the NEO (excluding our PEO) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year. The NEO (excluding our PEO) included for purposes of calculating the amounts in 2023 and 2024 was Will Logan, our Chief Financial Officer as of the applicable time periods, and in 2025 was David Ryan Mudd, our Interim Chief Financial Officer as of the applicable time period.
(4)The dollar amounts reported in column (e) represent the amounts of “compensation actually paid” to the NEO (excluding our PEO), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the NEO (excluding our PEO) during the applicable year.

In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to average total compensation for the NEO (excluding our PEO) for each year to determine the compensation actually paid, using the same methodology described above in Note (2):

Reported
Summary
Compensation · Compensation
Table Total · Reported · Equity · Actually Paid
for Non-PEO · Value of · Awards · to Non-PEO
NEO · Equity Awards(a) · Adjustments(b) · NEO
Year($)($)($)($)
2025512,291(333,229)165,951345,013
2024400,000-(7,107)392,893
2023350,000-23,292373,292
(a)The grant date fair value of equity awards represents the total of the amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” columns in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year.
(b)The equity award adjustments for each applicable year include the addition (or subtraction, as applicable) of the following: (i) the year-end fair value of any equity awards granted in the applicable year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the year; (ii) the amount of change as of the end of the applicable year (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of any awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the applicable year; (iii) for awards that are granted and vest in same applicable year, the fair value as of the vesting date; (iv) for awards granted in prior years that vest in the applicable year, the amount equal to the change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value; (v) for awards granted in prior years that are determined to fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the applicable year, a deduction for the amount equal to the fair value at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (vi) the dollar value of any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards in the applicable year prior to the vesting date that are not otherwise reflected in the fair value of such award or included in any other component of total compensation for the applicable year. The valuation assumptions used to calculate fair values did not materially differ from those disclosed at the time of grant.

The amounts deducted or added in calculating the equity award adjustments are as follows:

Fair · Value of
Year Over · Value as of · Year over Year · Fair Value · Dividends or other
Year · Vesting Date · Change in · at the End of the · Earnings Paid on
Change in · of Equity · Fair Value of · Prior Year of · Stock or Option
Year End · Fair Value of · Awards · Equity Awards · Equity Awards that · Awards not · Total
Fair Value · Outstanding and · Granted · Granted in Prior · Failed to Meet · Otherwise Reflected · Equity
of Equity · Unvested · and Vested · Years that Vested · Vesting Conditions · in Fair Value or · Award
Awards · Equity Awards · in the Year · in the Year · in the Year · Total Compensation · Adjustments
Year($)($)($)($)($)($)($)
2025165,951-----165,951
2024-(7,107)----(7,107)
2023-(6,279)-29,571--23,292
(5)Cumulative total shareholder return (Cumulative TSR) is calculated by dividing the sum of the cumulative amount of dividends for the measurement period, assuming dividend reinvestment, and the difference between the Company’s share price at the end and the beginning of the measurement period by the Company’s share price at the beginning of the measurement period.
(6)The dollar amounts reported represent the amount of net income reflected in the Company’s audited financial statements for the applicable year.

Analysis of the Information Presented in the Pay versus Performance Table

In accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following descriptions of the relationships between information presented in the Pay Versus Performance table above.

Compensation Actually Paid and Cumulative TSR

The following graph sets forth the relationship between Compensation Actually Paid to our PEO, Compensation Actually Paid to our Non-PEO NEO, and the Company’s cumulative TSR over the three most recently completed fiscal years.

Compensation Actually Paid and Net Income

The following graph sets forth the relationship between Compensation Actually Paid to our PEO, the Compensation Actually Paid to our Non-PEO NEO, and the Company’s net income over the three most recently completed fiscal years.

Policies and Practices for Granting Certain Equity Awards

While the granting of options and other equity awards to officers, directors and other employees isnot expressly addressed in our Insider Trading Policy, we generally follow the same principles set forth in the Insider Trading Policy when granting equity awards, including options, to our officers, directors and other employees with access to material nonpublic information. Generally, our Board of Directors or Compensation Committee doesnot approve grants of such awards during a blackout period and doesnot take material nonpublic information into account when determining the timing and terms of such an award. Further, we donot have a policy or practice of timing the disclosure of material nonpublic information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.

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