CEO Jonathan Klamkin was paid $690,000 in fiscal year 2026, ↓ down 65.4% from fiscal year 2025 (SEC filing 0001213900-26-105227 ↗): executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
$3,459,904 Christopher Stewart total, FY2026 Chief Financial Officer — highest-paid officer; CEO Jonathan Klamkin: $690,000 | — CEO (Jonathan Klamkin) pay percentile vs peers | — CEO-to-median pay ratio | — Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Stewart | $273,864 | $110,000 | $1,145,100 | $1,930,940 | — | — | — | $3,459,904 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Jonathan Klamkin | 345,000 | 345,000 | — | — | — | — | — | 690,000 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| James Seo | 188,000 | 35,374 | 25,956 | 43,677 | — | — | — | 293,007 |
| Vice President Finance, Former Interim 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.
| Named executive officer | FY2026 total | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | Δ FY2025→2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Stewart | $3,459,904 | — | — | — |
| Jonathan Klamkin | 690,000 | 1,994,033 | 255,000 | ↓ −1,304,033 |
| James Seo | 293,007 | 285,961 | — | ↑ +7,046 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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One page per officer: the same table above, read for one person at a time — his own figure and every fiscal year the register holds.
| Executive | Role | FY2026 total |
|---|---|---|
| James Seo | CFO | $293,007 |
| Jonathan Klamkin | CEO | $690,000 |
One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.
| Director | Role | FY2026 total |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Ensley | Independent Director | — |
| John Paglia | Independent Director | — |
| Michael Byron | Independent Director | — |
| Steven P. DenBaars | Independent Director | $155,750 |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Seo | RSU | 2026-09-21 | — | — | 1,436 | — | — |
| James Seo | RSU | 2026-01-31 | — | — | 1,000 | — | — |
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.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Seo | Option | 9,375 | 8.86 | — |
| James Seo | Option | 2,150 | 21.63 | — |
| James Seo | RSU | 1,050 | — | 23,184 |
| Jonathan Klamkin | Option | 12,500 | 2.1 | — |
| Jonathan Klamkin | Option | 137,501 | 7.8 | — |
| James Seo | Option | 10,001 | 3 | — |
Our Board and its Compensation Committee believe that stock -based compensation promotes the creation of long -term stockholder value and aligns the interests of our management with the interests of our stockholders by ensuring that a portion of their total compensation is at risk and changes in value with the value of our securities.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | 100% |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Human Capital Resource Partners |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-01-15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 2025-01-09 | — | — | — | — | — |
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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-01-15 | —a |
| 2025 | 2025-01-09 | —b |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. 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.
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J. ByronIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating and Governance | $0 | $176,000 | — | — | — | $176,000 |
| John K. PagliaIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Governance (Chair) | 23,875 | 143,250 | — | — | — | 167,125 |
| Craig H. EnsleyIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Governance · Not standing for re-election | 23,375 | 140,250 | — | — | — | 163,625 |
| Steven P. DenBaarsIndependent · Audit · Compensation | 22,250 | 133,500 | — | — | — | 155,750 |
| Jonathan KlamkinEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $160,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 19,000 / 13,000 / 11,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $69,500 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $593,000 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $662,500 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
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 | Aeluma | 2026 | Jonathan Klamkin | $345,000 | — | — | — | $690,000 |
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.
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.
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| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Christopher Stewart | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,459,904. Filing ↗ |
| 2 | Section 01, Jonathan Klamkin | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 690,000. Filing ↗ |
| 3 | Section 01, James Seo | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 293,007. Filing ↗ |
| 4 | Section 03, James Seo RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 364493–364498 |
| 5 | Section 03, James Seo RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 364721–364726 |
| 6 | Section 08, Michael J. Byron | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 176,000. Filing ↗machine: span 579262–579616 |
| 7 | Section 08, John K. Paglia | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 167,125. Filing ↗machine: span 590840–591194 |
| 8 | Section 08, Craig H. Ensley | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 163,625. Filing ↗machine: span 586989–587343 |
| 9 | Section 08, Steven P. DenBaars | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 155,750. Filing ↗machine: span 583117–583471 |
| 10 | Section 08, Jonathan Klamkin | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-12-02 | 0001213900-25-117284 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-01-10 | 0001213900-25-002332 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗ |
| 13 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | — | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 14 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 69,500 + equity 593,000 + all other 0 = 662,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 662,500 |
| 15 | Aeluma (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-09-30 | 0001213900-26-105227 | CEO total compensation as printed in Aeluma's own proxy. As printed: 690,000. Filing ↗ |