Companies PALISADE BIO, INC.
PALISADE BIO (PALI): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $1,277,100FY2023
- $813,000FY2024
- $18,790,257FY2025
CEO total pay was $18,790,257 in fiscal 2025, up from $813,000 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $575,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $17,736,572 · option awards $47,385
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Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Finley | $575,000 | $0 | $17,736,572 | $47,385 | $431,300 | $0 | $0 | $18,790,257 |
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Mitchell Jones | 440,000 | 0 | 14,813,319 | 29,238 | 264,000 | 0 | 0 | 15,546,557 |
| President and Chief Medical Officer | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Finley | $18,790,257 | $813,000 | $1,277,100 | ↑ +17,977,257 |
| Mitchell Jones | 15,546,557 | 581,000 | 458,024 | ↑ +14,965,557 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
Our compensation program for executive officers is designed to encourage our management team to continually achieve our short-term and long-term corporate objectives while effectively managing business risks and challenges.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Aon |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | false |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Finley | Option | 317 | 36 | — |
| Mitchell Jones | Option | 737 | 8.85 | — |
| J.D. Finley | Option | 1,000 | 8.85 | — |
| J.D. Finley | PSU | 1,083 | — | 2,545 |
| J.D. Finley | Option | 1,650 | 24 | — |
| Mitchell Jones | Option | 2,917 | 10.35 | — |
| Mitchell Jones | Option | 21,750 | 1.13 | — |
| Mitchell Jones | RSU | 24,000 | — | 56,400 |
| J.D. Finley | Option | 35,250 | 1.13 | — |
| J.D. Finley | RSU | 40,000 | — | 94,000 |
| Mitchell Jones | RSU | 7,665,800 | — | 18,014,630 |
| J.D. Finley | RSU | 9,179,400 | — | 21,571,590 |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald A. WilliamsIndependent · Audit Committee (Chair) · Compensation Committee · Governance and Nominating Committee | $112,500 | $334,880 | $0 | — | $40,746 | $488,126 |
| Binxian WeiIndependent · Audit · Governance and Nominating | 55,000 | 111,504 | 0 | — | 11,895 | 178,399 |
| Emil ChuangIndependent · Audit Committee · Compensation Committee · Governance and Nominating Committee (Chair) | 33,859 | 111,504 | 5,178 | — | 11,895 | 162,436 |
| Margery FischbeinIndependent | 35,000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 35,000 |
| J.D. FinleyEmployee director · Nominating/Governance | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Robert F. Baltera JrIndependent · Nominating/Governance · Newly elected | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $3 |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $236,359 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $557,888 |
| All other compensation | $64,536 |
| Total cost of the board | $858,783 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names PALISADE BIO as a peer
Companies that benchmark against PALI
No companies currently name PALI as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.
This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.
Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Chief executive pay against the peer group
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALISADE BIO, INC. | 2025 | J.D. Finley | $575,000 | $17,736,572 | $47,385 | $431,300 | $18,790,257 |
Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-10 | 75,273,044 | 31,773,692 | 1,820,614 | 70.32% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-06-08 | 765,257 | 553,499 | 13,352 | 58.03% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-11-18 | 4,039,697 | 1,217,484 | 65,559 | 76.84% | Passed |
| 2017 | 2017-06-22 | 1,556,672 | 172,631 | 40,122 | 87.98% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.
Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-10 | 70.32%a |
| 2023 | 2023-06-08 | 58.03%b |
| 2021 | 2021-11-18 | 76.84%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (14 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 01, J.D. Finley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 18,790,257. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Mitchell Jones. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 15,546,557. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Donald A. Williams. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 488,126. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Binxian Wei. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 178,399. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Emil Chuang. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 162,436. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Margery Fischbein. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 35,000. View filing ↗
- Section 08, J.D. Finley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Robert F. Baltera Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 70.32% (votes for as printed: 75,273,044). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-06-09. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 58.03% (votes for as printed: 765,257). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2021 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2021-11-23. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 76.84% (votes for as printed: 4,039,697.30). View filing ↗
- Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
- Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 236,359 + equity 557,888 + all other 64,536 = 858,783, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- PALISADE BIO, INC. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in PALISADE BIO, INC.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,790,257. View filing ↗