Companies Pixelworks, Inc
Pixelworks (PXLW): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $1,242,127FY2023
- $1,785,032FY2024
- $909,587FY2025
CEO total pay was $909,587 in fiscal 2025, down from $1,785,032 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $473,025 · bonus $0 · stock awards $436,562 · option awards $0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd DeBonis | $473,025 | $0 | $436,562 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $909,587 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Haley Aman | 309,096 | 0 | 251,867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 560,963 |
| Chief Financial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd DeBonis | $909,587 | $1,785,032 | $1,242,127 | ↓ −875,445 |
| Haley Aman | 560,963 | 891,100 | 661,472 | ↓ −330,137 |
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
The objectives of the Company's executive compensation program are as follows: 1. Attract and motivate the best executives to the Company; 2. Reflect our pay for performance philosophy; 3. Reward executives for their contributions to the Company's strategic and financial success and for creating shareholder value; and 4. Recognize fiscal responsibility and corporate stewardship.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | True |
| Anti-hedging | True |
| Anti-pledging | True |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haley Aman | PRSU | — | — | — | — | — | $251,867 |
| Todd DeBonis | PRSU | — | — | — | — | — | 436,562 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
Grant-level vehicle detail not disclosed.
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haley Aman | RSU | 1,250 | — | $7,950 |
| Todd DeBonis | RSU | 2,084 | — | 13,254 |
| Haley Aman | RSU | 2,222 | — | 14,132 |
| Haley Aman | RSU | 3,125 | — | 19,875 |
| Haley Aman | RSU | 4,168 | — | 26,508 |
| Todd DeBonis | RSU | 5,556 | — | 35,336 |
| Haley Aman | RSU | 5,556 | — | 35,336 |
| Todd DeBonis | RSU | 9,375 | — | 59,625 |
| Todd DeBonis | RSU | 12,500 | — | 79,500 |
| Haley Aman | RSU | 14,583 | — | 92,748 |
| Haley Aman | RSU | 15,000 | — | 95,400 |
| Todd DeBonis | RSU | 24,999 | — | 158,994 |
| Todd DeBonis | RSU | 26,249 | — | 166,944 |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel J. HeneghanIndependent · Board Chair · Audit · Corporate Governance and Nominating | $82,375 | $86,677 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $169,052 |
| C. Scott GibsonIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Strategy (Chair) | 70,250 | 86,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156,927 |
| Dean W. ButlerIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Strategy | 67,750 | 86,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154,427 |
| John Y. LiuIndependent | 50,000 | 86,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136,677 |
| David J. TupmanIndependent · Compensation · Corporate Governance and Nominating (Chair) · Not standing for re-election | 19,688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,688 |
| Amy L. BunszelIndependent · Compensation · Corporate Governance and Nominating · Not standing for re-election | 18,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,000 |
| Douglas J. DarrowIndependent · Compensation · Strategy (Chair) · Partial-year service · Newly elected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd A. DeBonisEmployee director | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $95,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 19,000 / 40,000 / 7,500 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $115,000 |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $308,063 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $346,708 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $654,771 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names Pixelworks as a peer
Companies that benchmark against PXLW
6 companies name PXLW as a compensation peer
- Atomera IncATOMFY2025
- AXT INCAXTIFY2025
- GSI TECHNOLOGY INCGSITFY2026
- Intevac IncIVACFY2024
- KOPIN CORPKOPNFY2025
- QUICKLOGIC CorpQUIKFY2026
Each company listed discloses PXLW in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named PXLW in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
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.
Peer reciprocity
The companies Pixelworks, Inc names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.
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 | Impinj, Inc. | 2025 | Chris Diorio | $449,770 | $6,643,537 | $0 | $0 | $7,108,558 |
| 2 | Immersion Corporation | 2026 | Eric Singer | 1,137,880 | 1,923,000 | 0 | 395,000 | 5,066,691 |
| 3 | Ceva, Inc. | 2025 | Amir Panush | 524,457 | 3,686,440 | 0 | 242,526 | 4,691,010 |
| 4 | Everspin Technologies, Inc. | 2025 | Sanjeev Aggarwal | 450,000 | 1,584,000 | 0 | 551,454 | 2,586,384 |
| 5 | Kopin Corporation | 2025 | Michael Murray | 506,191 | 600,692 | 575,990 | 463,374 | 2,257,423 |
| 6 | Lantronix, Inc. | 2026 | Saleel Awsare | 500,000 | 1,208,488 | 0 | 400,000 | 2,115,193 |
| 7 | GSI Technology, Inc. | 2026 | Lee-Lean Shu | 302,339 | 0 | 1,639,500 | 47,931 | 1,989,770 |
| 8 | AXT, Inc. | 2025 | Morris Young | 479,000 | 983,482 | 0 | 172,900 | 1,673,404 |
| 9 | Airgain, Inc. | 2025 | Jacob Suen | 450,000 | 382,814 | 169,210 | 103,125 | 1,119,149 |
| 10 | inTEST Corporation | 2025 | Richard Grant | 428,915 | 400,003 | 210,655 | 54,687 | 1,099,010 |
| 11 | Pixelworks, Inc | 2025 | Todd DeBonis | 473,025 | 436,562 | 0 | 0 | 909,587 |
| 12 | PDF Solutions, Inc. | 2025 | John Kibarian | 450,000 | 0 | 0 | 114,750 | 693,986 |
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.
Incentive design against the same peers
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pixelworks, Inc | not disclosed | not disclosed | Yes — TSR relative to Peer Group | not disclosed |
| Airgain, Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 60 · Option 40 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| AXT, Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Compensia |
| Ceva, Inc. | 58% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | No | Meridian Compensation Partners |
| Everspin Technologies, Inc. | 122.5% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| GSI Technology, Inc. | 17.4% | Options 100 | not disclosed | Compensia, Inc. |
| Immersion Corporation | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Impinj, Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | Yes — TSR relative to S&P Semiconductor Select Industry Index | Compensia |
| inTEST Corporation | 15% | not disclosed | No | Radford |
| Kopin Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | No | Aon plc (Human Capital Solutions practice) |
| Lantronix, Inc. | 80% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — Relative TSR | Compensation Strategies, Inc. |
| PDF Solutions, Inc. | 85% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Wailea Partners |
Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-20 | 2,089,858 | 233,448 | 9,662 | 89.95% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-12-31 | 3,453,415 | 426,249 | 49,558 | 89.01% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-05-13 | 23,001,875 | 1,331,969 | 235,930 | 94.53% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-05-11 | 14,814,448 | 5,868,212 | 823,727 | 71.63% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-05-12 | 18,054,086 | 1,203,666 | 373,089 | 93.75% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-05-10 | 15,067,544 | 1,407,728 | 42,404 | 91.46% | 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 | 2026-05-20 | 89.95%a |
| 2025 | 2025-12-31 | 89.01%b |
| 2024 | 2024-05-13 | 94.53%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes are not considered votes cast for the foregoing purpose and will have no effect on the vote for this proposal.”.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes are not considered votes cast for the foregoing purpose and will have no effect on the vote for this proposal.”.
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.
CEO pay ratio
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | — |
Insider trades since the proxy
Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.
| Insider | Role | Transaction date | Code | Shares | Price | Value | Security | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean W. Butler | Director | 2026-05-20 | A | 8,000 | — | — | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| C. Scott Gibson | Director | 2026-05-20 | A | 8,000 | — | — | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Daniel J. Heneghan | Director | 2026-05-20 | A | 8,000 | — | — | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Douglas J. Darrow | Director | 2026-05-20 | A | 8,000 | — | — | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Todd Debonis | Director | 2026-05-21 | D | 12,274 | 6 | 73,340 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Haley Aman | Chief Financial Officer | 2026-05-21 | D | 12,371 | 6 | 73,919 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Haley Aman | Chief Financial Officer | 2026-07-01 | A | 34,000 | — | — | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Todd Debonis | Director | 2026-07-01 | A | 50,000 | — | — | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Todd Debonis | Director | 2026-08-18 | D | 7,917 | 7 | 53,327 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Haley Aman | Chief Financial Officer | 2026-08-18 | D | 8,157 | 7 | 54,943 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.
Sources (43 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, Todd DeBonis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 909,587. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Haley Aman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 560,963. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Haley Aman PRSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Todd DeBonis PRSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 07, pay ratio. 10-K, filed 2026-03-12. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Daniel J. Heneghan. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 169,052. View filing ↗
- Section 08, C. Scott Gibson. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 156,927. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Dean W. Butler. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 154,427. View filing ↗
- Section 08, John Y. Liu. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 136,677. View filing ↗
- Section 08, David J. Tupman. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 19,688. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Amy L. Bunszel. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 18,000. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Douglas J. Darrow. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Todd A. DeBonis. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Dean W. Butler 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, C. Scott Gibson 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Daniel J. Heneghan 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Douglas J. Darrow 2026-05-20. Form 4, filed 2026-05-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Todd Debonis 2026-05-21. Form 4, filed 2026-05-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Haley Aman 2026-05-21. Form 4, filed 2026-05-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Haley Aman 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Todd Debonis 2026-07-01. Form 4, filed 2026-07-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Todd Debonis 2026-08-18. Form 4, filed 2026-08-20. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Haley Aman 2026-08-18. Form 4, filed 2026-08-20. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-20. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89.95% (votes for as printed: 2,089,858). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-12-31. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89.01% (votes for as printed: 3,453,415). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-15. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.53% (votes for as printed: 23,001,875). 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 308,063 + equity 346,708 + all other 0 = 654,771, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- Impinj, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Impinj, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,108,558. View filing ↗
- Immersion Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Immersion Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 5,066,691. View filing ↗
- Ceva, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Ceva, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,691,010. View filing ↗
- Everspin Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Everspin Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,586,384. View filing ↗
- Kopin Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Kopin Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,257,423. View filing ↗
- Lantronix, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Lantronix, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,115,193. View filing ↗
- GSI Technology, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. CEO total compensation as printed in GSI Technology, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,989,770. View filing ↗
- AXT, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in AXT, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,673,404. View filing ↗
- Airgain, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Airgain, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,119,149. View filing ↗
- inTEST Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in inTEST Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,099,010. View filing ↗
- Pixelworks, Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Pixelworks, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 909,587. View filing ↗
- PDF Solutions, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in PDF Solutions, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 693,986. View filing ↗
- Section 10a, AXT, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. AXT, Inc. names Pixelworks, Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Immersion Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Immersion Corporation names Pixelworks, Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, GSI Technology, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. GSI Technology, Inc. names Pixelworks, Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗