Fiscal year 2025 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.
This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Stepien | $319,712 | $238,292 | $2,746,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $50,711 | $3,354,715 |
| President, Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Ricardo Rodriguez | 109,282 | 158,784 | 2,688,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26,028 | 2,982,094 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Kang Sun | 633,000 | 680,475 | 1,318,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 2,632,755 |
| Executive Advisor | ||||||||
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 | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Stepien | $3,354,715 | — | — | — |
| Ricardo Rodriguez | 2,982,094 | — | — | — |
| Kang Sun | 2,632,755 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kang Sun | RSU | 2025-03-19 | — | — | 167,130 | — | $1,318,680 |
| Ricardo Rodriguez | RSU | 2025-03-19 | — | — | 340,684 | — | 2,688,000 |
| Thomas Stepien | RSU | 2025-03-19 | — | — | 3,556,000 | — | 2,746,000 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kang Sun | $1,318,680 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Ricardo Rodriguez | 2,688,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Thomas Stepien | 2,746,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kang Sun | RSU | 798,564 | — | $6,300,670 |
| Kang Sun | RSU | 487,012 | — | 3,842,525 |
| Thomas Stepien | RSU | 400,000 | — | 3,156,000 |
| Thomas Stepien | RSU | 200,000 | — | 1,578,000 |
| Ricardo Rodriguez | RSU | 200,000 | — | 1,578,000 |
| Kang Sun | Option | 15,166 | 2.61 | — |
| Kang Sun | Option | 147,863 | 2.61 | — |
To attract, retain, incentivize and reward deeply talented and qualified executives who share our philosophy and desire to work towards achieving these goals. We believe our compensation program should promote the success of the company and align executive incentives with the long-term interests of our stockholders.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Compensia |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | — |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald R. DixonIndependent · Audit · Compensation | $105,000 | $169,998 | — | — | — | $274,998 |
| Dr. Wen HsiehIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Not standing for re-election | 65,000 | 169,998 | — | — | — | 234,998 |
| Kathleen BaylessIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Newly elected | 60,000 | 169,998 | — | — | — | 229,998 |
| Dr. Steven ChuIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) | 53,750 | 169,998 | — | — | — | 223,748 |
| Livingston SatterthwaiteIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 55,000 | 99,167 | — | — | — | 154,167 |
| Kang SunEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Thomas M. StepienEmployee director · Newly elected | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $170,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $338,750 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $779,159 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,117,909 |
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 | Amprius Technologies | 2025 | Thomas Stepien | $319,712 | $2,746,000 | $0 | $0 | $3,354,715 |
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.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Thomas Stepien | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2025” · page 25. As printed: 3,354,715. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c45 · span 309212–309221 |
| 2 | Section 01, Ricardo Rodriguez | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2025” · page 25. As printed: 2,982,094. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c45 · span 315425–315434 |
| 3 | Section 01, Kang Sun | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2025” · page 25. As printed: 2,632,755. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c45 · span 321586–321595 |
| 4 | Section 03, Kang Sun RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 320361–320370 |
| 5 | Section 03, Ricardo Rodriguez RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 314197–314206 |
| 6 | Section 03, Thomas Stepien RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 307802–307811 |
| 7 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗ |
| 8 | Section 08, Donald R. Dixon | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 274,998. Filing ↗machine: span 244103–244110 |
| 9 | Section 08, Dr. Wen Hsieh | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 234,998. Filing ↗machine: span 245751–245758 |
| 10 | Section 08, Kathleen Bayless | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 229,998. Filing ↗machine: span 248994–249001 |
| 11 | Section 08, Dr. Steven Chu | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 223,748. Filing ↗machine: span 247374–247381 |
| 12 | Section 08, Livingston Satterthwaite | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 154,167. Filing ↗machine: span 250621–250628 |
| 13 | Section 08, Kang Sun | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 14 | Section 08, Thomas M. Stepien | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 15 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 16 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 338,750 + equity 779,159 + all other 0 = 1,117,909, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,117,909 |
| 17 | Amprius Technologies (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-29 | 0001899287-26-000026 | CEO total compensation as printed in Amprius Technologies's own proxy. As printed: 3,354,715. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c45 · span 309212–309221 |