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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-08

AtaiBeckley (ATAI)

CEO Srinivas Rao was paid $4,420,555 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 27.7% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001140361-26-016161 ↗): 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.

$4,420,555 ↑
Srinivas Rao total, FY2025
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CEO pay percentile vs peers
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CEO-to-median pay ratio
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Say-on-pay support, latest vote

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Srinivas Rao$629,200$449,878$0$3,316,737$0$0$24,740$4,420,555
Chief Executive Officer
Gerd Kochendoerfer440,000228,80001,874,3720010,5002,553,672
Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Barrett460,000239,20001,645,8280010,5002,355,528
Chief Legal and Business 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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Srinivas Rao$4,420,555$3,462,560$1,734,650↑ +957,995
Gerd Kochendoerfer2,553,672———
Ryan Barrett2,355,528———

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

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01b

Executives — the named officers

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.

ExecutiveRoleFY2025 total
Gerd KochendoerferCOO$2,553,672
Ryan BarrettGeneral Counsel$2,355,528
Srinivas RaoCEO$4,420,555
01c

Board of directors

One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.

DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Amir KalaliIndependent Director$254,449
Andrea Heslin SmileyIndependent Director$254,449
Christian AngermayerIndependent Director$517,839
Cosmo Feilding MellenIndependent Director$398,009
John HoffmanIndependent Director$396,103
Laurent FischerIndependent Director$237,949
Michael AuerbachIndependent Director$5,014
Sabrina Martucci JohnsonIndependent Director$254,449
Scott BraunsteinIndependent Director$496,713
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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Srinivas RaoOption32,4695.65—
Srinivas RaoOption187,5001.18—
Srinivas RaoOption416,6741.84—
Srinivas RaoOption2,340,0001.75—
Gerd KochendoerferOption1,087,5001.6—
Ryan BarrettOption4,8405.54—
Ryan BarrettOption13,4312.86—
Ryan BarrettOption156,2641.18—
Ryan BarrettOption286,4621.84—
Ryan BarrettOption757,9151.5—
Ryan BarrettOption175,0005.2—
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our executive compensation program is designed to align executive pay with our performance on both short-term and long-term bases, link executive pay to stockholder value creation, and utilize compensation as a tool to assist us in attracting and retaining the high-caliber executives that we believe are critical to our long-term success.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantRadford
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingfalse
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-04—————

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
20262026-06-04—a

a. 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.

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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)—
CEO total compensation—
Median employee compensation—
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Christian AngermayerIndependent$75,000—$442,839——$517,839
Scott BraunsteinIndependent84,808—411,905——496,713
Cosmo Feilding MellenIndependent6,904—391,105——398,009
John HoffmanIndependent28,187—367,916——396,103
Andrea Heslin SmileyIndependent75,000—179,449——254,449
Amir KalaliIndependent66,000—179,449——254,449
Sabrina Martucci JohnsonIndependent75,000—179,449——254,449
Laurent FischerIndependent58,500—179,449——237,949
Michael AuerbachIndependent5,014—0——5,014
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$45,000
Annual equity retainer—
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$474,413
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$474,413

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

10b

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
1AtaiBeckley2025Srinivas Rao$629,200$0$3,316,737$0$4,420,555

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.

10d

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at AtaiBeckley in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Srinivas Rao (Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at AtaiBeckley in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $4,420,555.
How much does AtaiBeckley spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, AtaiBeckley reported total board compensation of $474,413 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.

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Source register

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.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Srinivas RaoDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 4,420,555. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c18 · span 460146–460155
2Section 01, Gerd KochendoerferDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 2,553,672. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c18 · span 466691–466700
3Section 01, Ryan BarrettDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 2,355,528. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c18 · span 470392–470401
4Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-03-060001193125-26-096926Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
5Section 08, Christian AngermayerDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 517,839. Filing ↗machine: span 621515–621697
6Section 08, Scott BraunsteinDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 496,713. Filing ↗machine: span 630902–631084
7Section 08, Cosmo Feilding MellenDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 398,009. Filing ↗machine: span 636691–636873
8Section 08, John HoffmanDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 396,103. Filing ↗machine: span 634633–634815
9Section 08, Andrea Heslin SmileyDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 254,449. Filing ↗machine: span 629123–629305
10Section 08, Amir KalaliDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 254,449. Filing ↗machine: span 627119–627301
11Section 08, Sabrina Martucci JohnsonDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 254,449. Filing ↗machine: span 625388–625570
12Section 08, Laurent FischerDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 237,949. Filing ↗machine: span 632907–633089
13Section 08, Michael AuerbachDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 5,014. Filing ↗machine: span 622316–622536
14Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-080001140361-26-024474Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗
15Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
16Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 474,413 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 474,413, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 474,413
17AtaiBeckley (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-220001140361-26-016161CEO total compensation as printed in AtaiBeckley's own proxy. As printed: 4,420,555. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c18 · span 460146–460155

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