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MiniMed (MMED): executive pay, fiscal 2026

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MiniMed Group's highest-paid named officer for fiscal year 2026, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Chad Spooner, was paid $7,066,593 · source

CEO pay ratio5:1To the median employee · source

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at MiniMed Group in fiscal 2026?
As disclosed, Chad Spooner (Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer) was the highest-paid executive at MiniMed Group in fiscal 2026, with total compensation of $7,066,593.
What is MiniMed Group's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, MiniMed Group's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 5:1.

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
Chad Spooner$519,231$970,000$4,885,460$647,908$0$0$43,994$7,066,593
Executive Vice President, 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 officerFY2026 totalFY2025 totalFY2024 totalΔ FY2025→2026
Chad Spooner$7,066,593———

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Equity grants and outstanding awards

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

No outstanding equity awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Director compensation

No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2026.

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$70,000
Annual equity retainer$250,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)25,000 / 20,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline—
Peer group, and who names MiniMed as a peer

Companies that benchmark against MMED

No companies currently name MMED 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 2026

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
1Bausch + Lomb2025Brenton Saunders$1,600,000$23,778,578$2,799,998$4,000,000$32,194,326
2Intuitive Surgical2025David Rosa858,75018,674,87201,373,85920,997,480
3Solventum2025Bryan Hanson1,350,00015,209,02202,988,90020,139,981
4Masimo2025Catherine Szyman850,04816,388,6931,399,9981,130,00019,797,140
5Align Technology2025Joseph Hogan1,400,00016,556,87201,220,10019,193,988
6Insulet2025Ashley McEvoy729,80812,958,8502,999,9132,031,56218,858,968
7ResMed2026Michael Farrell1,272,8959,749,4683,249,9071,738,85716,201,649
8The Cooper Companies2025Albert White III1,170,7696,642,9186,643,0501,525,95116,051,141
9Hologic2024Stephen MacMillan1,212,6289,141,4682,937,4771,990,41315,819,261
10Exact Sciences2024Kevin Conroy1,083,36813,496,1380712,32915,539,378
11Envista Holdings2025Paul Keel1,100,0005,440,1521,360,0452,486,55010,559,567
12Dolby Laboratories, Inc.2025Kevin Yeaman950,0006,244,9562,067,450893,00010,193,397
13Bio-Techne2025Kim Kelderman936,0003,929,9421,932,8481,318,9178,151,181
14LivaNova2025Vladimir Makatsaria956,1154,303,0921,374,9991,287,6568,047,217
15DexCom2025Jacob Leach768,9625,936,06201,164,7807,985,960
16Inspire Medical2025Timothy Herbert750,5725,999,6550961,5577,711,784
17MiniMed Group2026Chad Spooner519,2314,885,460647,90807,066,593
18Tandem Diabetes Care2025John Sheridan790,5835,367,7960674,0906,858,503
19Teleflex2025Liam Kelly1,144,4002,005,6042,886,518227,2806,732,419
20ICU Medical2025Vivek Jain775,0004,500,02301,162,5006,452,042
21Globus Medical2025Keith Pfeil479,46702,982,347783,0004,400,159

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
MiniMed Groupnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Align Technology58.1%MSU 70 · RSU 30Yes — Relative Total Stockholder Return (TSR) vs. Nasdaq Composite IndexCompensia, Inc.
Bausch + Lomb100%PSU 60 · RSU 20 · Options 20Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)Pay Governance
Bio-Techne128.1%PSU 50 · Options 25 · RSU 25NoAon
DexComnot disclosednot disclosedYes — Relative TSR Performance MetricAon Hewitt Consulting Company
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.94%RSU 50 · PSU 25 · Options 25Yes — 3-Year Annualized TSR Dolby vs. S&P Midcap 400 IndexCompensia / FW Cook
Envista Holdings151%PSU 60 · Options 20 · RSU 20NoFrederic W. Cook & Co, Inc.
Exact Sciences47%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoAon
Globus Medical102%Options 100not disclosedFW Cook
Hologic109%PSU 50 · RSU 25 · Option 25NoPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
ICU Medical150%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoCompensia
Inspire Medical111.4%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoAon
Insulet195.8%PSU 60 · RSU 20 · Options 20NoPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Intuitive Surgical115.2%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoAon
LivaNova122.4%PSU 50 · RSU 25 · Options 25NoPearl Meyer
Masimonot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
ResMednot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 25 · Options 25Yes — Relative TSRFW Cook
Solventum123%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — 3-year rTSRKorn Ferry
Tandem Diabetes Care87%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — TSR performance compared to the Russell 3000 index in the three-year period between 2025 and 2027WTW
Teleflex25.9%Options 55 · RSU 25 · PSU 20Yes — Absolute TSRFW Cook
The Cooper Companies100.9%Options 50 · PSU 50NoCompensia

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

No say-on-pay vote is on file for this company.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)5 : 1
CEO total compensation—
Median employee compensation—
Insider trades since the proxy

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2026 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Medtronic plcGreater-than-10% holder2026-10-15D252,813,348——CommonForm 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 (24 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, Chad Spooner. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-21. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 7,066,593. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-21. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 5 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Medtronic plc 2026-10-15. Form 4, filed 2026-10-16. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Bausch + Lomb, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Bausch + Lomb's own proxy. As printed: 32,194,326. View filing ↗
  • Intuitive Surgical, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Intuitive Surgical's own proxy. As printed: 20,997,480. View filing ↗
  • Solventum, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Solventum's own proxy. As printed: 20,139,981. View filing ↗
  • Masimo, Section 10b CEO total. 10-K/A, filed 2026-05-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Masimo's own proxy. As printed: 19,797,140. View filing ↗
  • Align Technology, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Align Technology's own proxy. As printed: 19,193,988. View filing ↗
  • Insulet, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Insulet's own proxy. As printed: 18,858,968. View filing ↗
  • ResMed, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-01. CEO total compensation as printed in ResMed's own proxy. As printed: 16,201,649. View filing ↗
  • The Cooper Companies, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-02-24. CEO total compensation as printed in The Cooper Companies's own proxy. As printed: 16,051,141. View filing ↗
  • Hologic, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-01-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Hologic's own proxy. As printed: 15,819,261. View filing ↗
  • Exact Sciences, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Exact Sciences's own proxy. As printed: 15,539,378. View filing ↗
  • Envista Holdings, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Envista Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 10,559,567. View filing ↗
  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,193,397. View filing ↗
  • Bio-Techne, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-09-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Bio-Techne's own proxy. As printed: 8,151,181. View filing ↗
  • LivaNova, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in LivaNova's own proxy. As printed: 8,047,217. View filing ↗
  • DexCom, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in DexCom's own proxy. As printed: 7,985,960. View filing ↗
  • Inspire Medical, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Inspire Medical's own proxy. As printed: 7,711,784. View filing ↗
  • MiniMed Group (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-21. CEO total compensation as printed in MiniMed Group's own proxy. As printed: 7,066,593. View filing ↗
  • Tandem Diabetes Care, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Tandem Diabetes Care's own proxy. As printed: 6,858,503. View filing ↗
  • Teleflex, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Teleflex's own proxy. As printed: 6,732,419. View filing ↗
  • ICU Medical, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in ICU Medical's own proxy. As printed: 6,452,042. View filing ↗
  • Globus Medical, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Globus Medical's own proxy. As printed: 4,400,159. View filing ↗
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