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Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/ (DNTH): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$10,614,702CEO Marino Garcia · source
Say-on-pay support95.99%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers95th pct.Of 19 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $496,022FY2023
  • $8,843,300FY2024
  • $10,614,702FY2025

CEO total pay was $10,614,702 in fiscal 2025, up from $8,843,300 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $630,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $0 · option awards $9,450,952

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/ in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Marino Garcia (Director, President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/ in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $10,614,702.
How does Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/'s chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Marino Garcia's total compensation ranked at the 95th percentile of Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/'s disclosed peer group.
How did shareholders vote on Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/'s executive compensation?
As disclosed, 95.99% of shareholders supported Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/'s executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/ spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/ reported total board compensation of $402,156 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Marino Garcia$630,000$0$0$9,450,952$519,750$0$14,000$10,614,702
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Simrat Randhawa530,555004,288,857388,125014,0005,221,537
Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development
Ryan Savitz482,560004,288,857289,536014,0005,074,953
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Business Officer and Treasurer

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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Marino Garcia$10,614,702$8,843,300$496,022↑ +1,771,402
Simrat Randhawa5,221,5374,035,266338,158↑ +1,186,271
Ryan Savitz5,074,9534,002,145329,651↑ +1,072,808

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 Company's compensation program is designed to attract and retain qualified executives, align executive interests with stockholders, and reward performance. Base salary and total direct cash compensation are targeted at approximately the 50th percentile of the market.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantAlpine Rewards, LLC
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Simrat RandhawaOption7,9978.44—
Ryan SavitzOption15,5998.44—
Ryan SavitzOption56,25037.87—
Simrat RandhawaOption56,25037.87—
Ryan SavitzOption60,42321.77—
Simrat RandhawaOption60,42321.77—
Ryan SavitzOption62,50017.88—
Simrat RandhawaOption62,50017.88—
Marino GarciaOption112,50039.95—
Ryan SavitzOption115,62522.07—
Simrat RandhawaOption115,62522.07—
Marino GarciaOption143,23317.88—
Marino GarciaOption146,82221.77—
Marino GarciaOption262,08722.07—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Sujay KangoIndependent · Newly elected$37,950—$380,910——$418,860
Simon Read, Ph.DIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Science and Technology · Newly elected30,357—351,952——382,309
Alison F. LawtonIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)87,311—172,476——259,787
Anne McGeorgeIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Compensation59,906—172,476——232,382
Paula SoteropoulosIndependent · Audit · Compensation59,311—172,476——231,787
Steven Romano, M.DIndependent · Science and Technology (Chair)53,171—172,476——225,647
Jonathan Violin, Ph.DIndependent · Science and Technology45,000—172,476——217,476
Leon O. Moulder JrIndependent · Departed during FY19,847—0——19,847
Tomas KiselakIndependent · Departed during FY9,303—0——9,303
Marino GarciaEmployee director—————0

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)15,000 / 12,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$402,156
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$402,156

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/ as a peer

Companies that benchmark against DNTH

4 companies name DNTH as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name DNTH as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

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.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.2025Ian Smith$170,625$11,590,000$14,035,067$0$27,031,655
2Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/2025Marino Garcia630,00009,450,952519,75010,614,702
3Disc Medicine, Inc.2025John Quisel695,0004,285,8174,441,046554,2639,986,626
4Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.2025Nello Mainolfi693,00007,318,859519,7508,545,609
5Structure Therapeutics Inc.2025Raymond Stevens672,0942,387,9964,846,926508,8718,429,887
6Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.2025Kevin Koch670,0001,171,6255,041,621462,3007,359,546
7Vera Therapeutics, Inc.2025Marshall Fordyce660,0002,356,2853,415,725554,4006,986,410
8Spyre Therapeutics, Inc.2025Cameron Turtle665,00005,552,886475,4756,707,361
9Astria Therapeutics, Inc.2024Jill Milne637,86805,637,078318,9346,604,416
10Anaptysbio, Inc2025Daniel Faga706,0111,592,0013,345,653465,9686,133,943
11Aura Biosciences, Inc.2025Elisabet de los Pinos645,4831,492,3781,513,293284,0133,956,167
12Annexon, Inc.2025Douglas Love670,83302,522,260371,2503,579,202
13Pepgen Inc.2025James McArthur619,000170,6202,088,54703,316,783
14Inozyme Pharma, Inc.2024Douglas Treco541,66701,933,37502,485,392
15Cabaletta Bio, Inc.2025Steven Nichtberger659,55001,266,978446,9822,401,555
16Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.2025John Cox721,0000937,893410,9702,076,868
17Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2023Kevin Lind610,0000986,934442,8602,053,804
184D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.2025David Kirn667,2520822,750560,5972,051,343
19Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc.2025Warner Biddle625,0000543,804468,7501,814,980
20Apogee Therapeutics, Inc.2025Michael Henderson700,00000591,5001,291,500

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

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards, LLC
4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.140%Options 100not disclosedRadford (part of the Rewards Solutions practice at Aon plc)
Anaptysbio, Inc110%not disclosedNoAlpine Rewards
Annexon, Inc.100% of target%not disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards
Apogee Therapeutics, Inc.not disclosedOption 100not disclosedAlpine Rewards
Astria Therapeutics, Inc.not disclosedOption 100not disclosedAon
Aura Biosciences, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedPay Governance
Cabaletta Bio, Inc.114.49%Option 100not disclosedAon
Disc Medicine, Inc.145%RSU 50 · Options 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.95%not disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards, LLC
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAlpine
Inozyme Pharma, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.125%not disclosedNoAlpine Rewards
Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc.not disclosedOption 100not disclosedAon plc
Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc.not disclosedOption 100not disclosedFrederic W. Cook & Co.
Pepgen Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedPay Governance, LLC
Spyre Therapeutics, Inc.130%Option 100not disclosedAlpine Rewards
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon
Structure Therapeutics Inc.125%Options 67 · RSU 33NoAon
Vera Therapeutics, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · Options 50not disclosedAlpine Rewards

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 yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-2141,004,5071,713,043500,96495.99%Passed
20252025-05-2222,132,0313,684,7979,12985.73%Passed
20242024-05-2322,996,75926,8228,36099.88%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 yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-05-2195.99%a
20252025-05-2285.73%b
20242024-05-2399.88%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes (if any) will not be counted as votes cast on the matter and will have no effect on the outcome of the 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.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (38 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, Marino Garcia. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 17. As printed: 10,614,702. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Simrat Randhawa. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 5,221,537. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Ryan Savitz. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 5,074,953. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Sujay Kango. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 418,860. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Simon Read, Ph.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 382,309. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Alison F. Lawton. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 259,787. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Anne McGeorge. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 232,382. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Paula Soteropoulos. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 231,787. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Steven Romano, M.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 225,647. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jonathan Violin, Ph.D. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 217,476. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Leon O. Moulder Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 19,847. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Tomas Kiselak. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 9,303. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Marino Garcia. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-22. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.99% (votes for as printed: 41,004,507). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-22. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 85.73% (votes for as printed: 22,132,031). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-28. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.88% (votes for as printed: 22,996,759). 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 402,156 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 402,156, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Stoke Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 27,031,655. View filing ↗
  • Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/ (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/'s own proxy. As printed: 10,614,702. View filing ↗
  • Disc Medicine, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Disc Medicine, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,986,626. View filing ↗
  • Kymera Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,545,609. View filing ↗
  • Structure Therapeutics Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Structure Therapeutics Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,429,887. View filing ↗
  • Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,359,546. View filing ↗
  • Vera Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Vera Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,986,410. View filing ↗
  • Spyre Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Spyre Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,707,361. View filing ↗
  • Astria Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Astria Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,604,416. View filing ↗
  • Anaptysbio, Inc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Anaptysbio, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 6,133,943. View filing ↗
  • Aura Biosciences, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Aura Biosciences, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,956,167. View filing ↗
  • Annexon, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Annexon, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,579,202. View filing ↗
  • Pepgen Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Pepgen Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,316,783. View filing ↗
  • Inozyme Pharma, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Inozyme Pharma, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,485,392. View filing ↗
  • Cabaletta Bio, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Cabaletta Bio, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,401,555. View filing ↗
  • Dyne Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,076,868. View filing ↗
  • Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-04-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,053,804. View filing ↗
  • 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,051,343. View filing ↗
  • Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,814,980. View filing ↗
  • Apogee Therapeutics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Apogee Therapeutics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,291,500. View filing ↗
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