0000096536 2025-06-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 2026-05-31 0000096536 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 0000096536 ecd:EqtyAwrdsInSummryCompstnTblForAplblYrMember 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 ecd:EqtyAwrdsInSummryCompstnTblForAplblYrMember 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 ecd:EqtyAwrdsInSummryCompstnTblForAplblYrMember 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 0000096536 ecd:YrEndFrValOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdInCvrdYrOutsdngAndUnvstdMember 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 ecd:YrEndFrValOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdInCvrdYrOutsdngAndUnvstdMember 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 ecd:YrEndFrValOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdInCvrdYrOutsdngAndUnvstdMember 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 0000096536 ecd:ChngInFrValOfOutsdngAndUnvstdEqtyAwrdsGrntdInPrrYrsMember 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 ecd:ChngInFrValOfOutsdngAndUnvstdEqtyAwrdsGrntdInPrrYrsMember 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 ecd:ChngInFrValOfOutsdngAndUnvstdEqtyAwrdsGrntdInPrrYrsMember 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 0000096536 ecd:VstngDtFrValOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdAndVstdInCvrdYrMember 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 ecd:VstngDtFrValOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdAndVstdInCvrdYrMember 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 ecd:VstngDtFrValOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdAndVstdInCvrdYrMember 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 0000096536 ecd:ChngInFrValAsOfVstngDtOfPrrYrEqtyAwrdsVstdInCvrdYrMember 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 ecd:ChngInFrValAsOfVstngDtOfPrrYrEqtyAwrdsVstdInCvrdYrMember 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 ecd:ChngInFrValAsOfVstngDtOfPrrYrEqtyAwrdsVstdInCvrdYrMember 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 0000096536 ecd:FrValAsOfPrrYrEndOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdInPrrYrsFldVstngCondsDrngCvrdYrMember 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 ecd:FrValAsOfPrrYrEndOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdInPrrYrsFldVstngCondsDrngCvrdYrMember 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 ecd:FrValAsOfPrrYrEndOfEqtyAwrdsGrntdInPrrYrsFldVstngCondsDrngCvrdYrMember 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 0000096536 ecd:DvddsOrOthrErngsPdOnEqtyAwrdsNtOthrwsRflctdInTtlCompForCvrdYrMember 2026-01-01 2026-05-31 0000096536 ecd:DvddsOrOthrErngsPdOnEqtyAwrdsNtOthrwsRflctdInTtlCompForCvrdYrMember 2025-01-01 2025-05-31 0000096536 ecd:DvddsOrOthrErngsPdOnEqtyAwrdsNtOthrwsRflctdInTtlCompForCvrdYrMember 2024-01-01 2024-05-31 iso4217:USD iso4217:USD shares pure 0000096536 DEF 14A false TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. On July 26, 2024 Company adopted a Policy against Insider Trading (the "Insider Trading Policy"), which contains certain insider trading policies and procedures that govern the purchase, sale and other dispositions of our securities by our directors, officers, employees and agents. We believe these policies and procedures in the Insider Trading Policy are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and the Nasdaq Listing Rules. 7000 56.43 These options were granted pursuant to a predetermined schedule, and neither the Board of Directors nor the Compensation Committee took material nonpublic information into account when determining the timing and terms of our option awards, and the Company does not purposely accelerate or delay the public release of material information for the purpose of affecting the value of its option awards. 519026 519026 422394 422394 277 8563675 631696 631696 488334 488334 199 9413136 755904 755904 614489 614489 266 8998762 <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-align:justify">(1) Mr. Sopko was our principal executive officer ("PEO") for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024.</p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-align:justify">(2) The non-PEO named executive officers for whom the average compensation is presented in these tables are Alan R. Klembczyk and Paul M. Heary.</p> 519026 631696 755904 422394 488334 614489 -162832 -79980 -121433 -162832 -79980 -121433 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162832 79980 121433 162832 79980 121433 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 519026 631696 755904 422394 488334 614489 <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-align:justify">The chart below illustrates the relationship between the PEO and average non-PEO NEO CAP amounts and the Company's total shareholder return ("TSR") during fiscal years 2024, 2025 and 2026.</p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-align:center"><img alt="Picture" src="tddef14a_2.jpg" style="width:496.45pt;height:238.05pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square"/> </p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">The chart below illustrates the relationship between the PEO and Non-PEO NEO CAP amounts and the Company's net income du</span>ring fiscal years 2024, 2025 and 2026.</p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000;text-align:center"><img alt="Picture" src="tddef14a_3.jpg" style="width:497.1pt;height:237.35pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square"/> </p> <p style="font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000;text-align:justify"> </p> Mr. Sopko was our principal executive officer ("PEO") for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024. The non-PEO named executive officers for whom the average compensation is presented in these tables are Alan R. Klembczyk and Paul M. Heary.