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.
Each company listed discloses ATOM in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named ATOM in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bibaud | $459,833 | $396,050 | $1,688,764 | $0 | — | — | — | $2,544,647 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Francis Laurencio | 352,500 | 151,300 | 779,490 | 0 | — | — | — | 1,283,290 |
| Chief Financial and Accounting Officer | ||||||||
| Robert Mears | 358,000 | 139,374 | 649,444 | 0 | — | — | — | 1,146,818 |
| Chief Technology 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 | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bibaud | $2,544,647 | $2,042,656 | $1,838,126 | +501,991 |
| Francis Laurencio | 1,283,290 | 1,002,578 | 882,415 | +280,712 |
| Robert Mears | 1,146,818 | 996,078 | 877,213 | +150,740 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bibaud | RSU | — | — | — | 102,848 | — | — |
| Francis Laurencio | RSU | — | — | — | 47,472 | — | — |
| Robert Mears | RSU | — | — | — | 39,552 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bibaud | RSU | 232,810 | — | $514,510 |
| Francis Laurencio | RSU | 109,633 | — | 242,289 |
| Robert Mears | RSU | 95,841 | — | 211,809 |
| Scott Bibaud | Option | 4,885 | 14.54 | — |
| Scott Bibaud | Option | 53,160 | 6.56 | — |
| Scott Bibaud | Option | 103,716 | 6.46 | — |
| Francis Laurencio | Option | 1,612 | 14.54 | — |
| Francis Laurencio | Option | 16,710 | 6.56 | — |
| Francis Laurencio | Option | 34,191 | 6.46 | — |
| Robert Mears | Option | 1,759 | 14.54 | — |
| Robert Mears | Option | 16,710 | 6.56 | — |
| Robert Mears | Option | 34,191 | 6.46 | — |
The executive compensation program is designed to attract, motivate, and retain talented executive officers, correlate annual cash bonuses to the achievement of near-term operational and financial objectives, and provide long-term equity incentives that directly correlate to the enhancement of stockholder value and facilitate executive retention.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Compensia |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-12 | 11,523,530 | 1,524,711 | 95,780 | 88.31% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-05-15 | 7,395,432 | 3,061,083 | 171,730 | 70.73% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-05-01 | 4,699,163 | 3,703,814 | 102,129 | 55.92% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-05-04 | 6,658,949 | 1,310,584 | 501,500 | 83.56% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-05-05 | 4,989,167 | 1,408,052 | 340,004 | 77.99% | 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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-12 | 88.31%a |
| 2025 | 2025-05-15 | 70.73%b |
| 2024 | 2024-05-01 | 55.92%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John GerberIndependent · Board Chair · Audit · Compensation | $82,500 | $144,181 | — | — | — | $226,681 |
| Steve ShevickIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) | 60,000 | 144,181 | — | — | — | 204,181 |
| Duy-Loan T. LeIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 55,000 | 144,181 | — | — | — | 199,181 |
| Suja RamnathIndependent · Audit · Compensation | 52,500 | 144,181 | — | — | — | 196,681 |
| Scott BibaudEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $35,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $95,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | $3 |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $250,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $576,724 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $826,724 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies Atomera names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Atomera.
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 | nLight, Inc. | 2025 | Scott Keeney | $476,808 | $36,086,000 | $0 | $756,217 | $37,333,189 |
| 2 | Lightwave Logic, Inc. | 2025 | Yves LeMaitre | 443,939 | 7,866,451 | 0 | 0 | 8,614,697 |
| 3 | Ceva Inc. | 2025 | Amir Panush | 524,457 | 3,686,440 | 0 | 242,526 | 4,691,010 |
| 4 | Everspin Technologies, Inc. | 2025 | Sanjeev Aggarwal | 450,000 | 1,584,000 | 0 | 551,454 | 2,586,384 |
| 5 | Atomera | 2025 | Scott Bibaud | 459,833 | 1,688,764 | 0 | — | 2,544,647 |
| 6 | Kopin Corporation | 2025 | Michael Murray | 506,191 | 600,692 | 575,990 | 463,374 | 2,257,423 |
| 7 | GSI Technology, Inc. | 2026 | Lee-Lean Shu | 302,339 | 0 | 1,639,500 | 47,931 | 1,989,770 |
| 8 | Skywater Technology, Inc | 2025 | Thomas Sonderman | 559,128 | 551,189 | 551,190 | 0 | 1,675,311 |
| 9 | AXT Inc. | 2025 | Morris Young | 479,000 | 983,482 | 0 | 172,900 | 1,673,404 |
| 10 | Netlist Inc. | 2024 | Chun K. Hong | 450,000 | 997,500 | 0 | 0 | 1,557,414 |
| 11 | QuickLogic Corporation | 2025 | Brian Faith | 468,000 | 377,495 | 0 | 0 | 1,196,495 |
| 12 | InTest Corporation | 2025 | Richard Grant | 428,915 | 400,003 | 210,655 | 54,687 | 1,099,010 |
| 13 | Pixelworks, Inc. | 2025 | Todd DeBonis | 473,025 | 436,562 | 0 | 0 | 909,587 |
| 14 | Amtech Systems, Inc. | 2025 | Robert C. Daigle | 450,000 | 0 | 259,410 | 0 | 723,580 |
| — | Techpoint Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Luna Innovations Incorporated | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | NVE Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | CVD Equipment Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
| — | Akoustis Technologies, Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | not in coverage universe |
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.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomera | not disclosed | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | not disclosed | Compensia |
| Akoustis Technologies, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Amtech Systems, Inc. | not disclosed | Options 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| AXT Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Compensia |
| Ceva Inc. | 58% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | No | Meridian Compensation Partners |
| CVD Equipment Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Everspin Technologies, Inc. | 122.5% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| GSI Technology, Inc. | 17.4% | Options 100 | not disclosed | Compensia, Inc. |
| InTest Corporation | 15% | not disclosed | No | Radford |
| Kopin Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | No | Aon plc (Human Capital Solutions practice) |
| Lightwave Logic, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC and Aon plc |
| Luna Innovations Incorporated | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Netlist Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | None - In Fiscal 2024, our Board did not engage the services of any compensation consultants. |
| nLight, Inc. | 159% | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | No | Compensia |
| NVE Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Pixelworks, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | Yes — TSR relative to Peer Group | not disclosed |
| QuickLogic Corporation | 75% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Compensia |
| Skywater Technology, Inc | not disclosed | RSU 50 · Options 50 | not disclosed | Willis Towers Watson |
| Techpoint Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
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.
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, Scott Bibaud | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,544,647. Filing ↗ |
| 2 | Section 01, Francis Laurencio | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,283,290. Filing ↗ |
| 3 | Section 01, Robert Mears | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,146,818. Filing ↗ |
| 4 | Section 03, Scott Bibaud RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 288230–288237 |
| 5 | Section 03, Francis Laurencio RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 288510–288516 |
| 6 | Section 03, Robert Mears RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 288925–288931 |
| 7 | Section 08, John Gerber | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 226,681. Filing ↗ |
| 8 | Section 08, Steve Shevick | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 204,181. Filing ↗ |
| 9 | Section 08, Duy-Loan T. Le | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 199,181. Filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 08, Suja Ramnath | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 196,681. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 08, Scott Bibaud | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-05-13 | 0001683168-26-003815 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 88.31% (votes for as printed: 11,523,530). Filing ↗ |
| 13 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-05-16 | 0001683168-25-003780 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 70.73% (votes for as printed: 7,395,432). Filing ↗ |
| 14 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-05-02 | 0001683168-24-002929 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 55.92% (votes for as printed: 4,699,163). Filing ↗ |
| 15 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 16 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 250,000 + equity 576,724 + all other 0 = 826,724, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 826,724 |
| 17 | nLight, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-24 | 0001124796-26-000018 | CEO total compensation as printed in nLight, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 37,333,189. Filing ↗machine: span 525389–525399 |
| 18 | Lightwave Logic, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-10 | 0001553350-26-000061 | CEO total compensation as printed in Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,614,697. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c27 · span 284937–284946 |
| 19 | Ceva Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-20 | 0001437749-26-012845 | CEO total compensation as printed in Ceva Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,691,010. Filing ↗machine: t104 · r1 · c33 · span 536853–536862 |
| 20 | Everspin Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-07 | 0001628280-26-024076 | CEO total compensation as printed in Everspin Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,586,384. Filing ↗machine: span 337469–337478 |
| 21 | Atomera (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001683168-26-002328 | CEO total compensation as printed in Atomera's own proxy. As printed: 2,544,647. Filing ↗ |
| 22 | Kopin Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-22 | 0001493152-26-018400 | CEO total compensation as printed in Kopin Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,257,423. Filing ↗machine: span 438656–438665 |
| 23 | GSI Technology, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-07-16 | 0001104659-26-084241 | CEO total compensation as printed in GSI Technology, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,989,770. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c35 · span 406094–406103 |
| 24 | Skywater Technology, Inc, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-27 | 0001140361-26-016806 | CEO total compensation as printed in Skywater Technology, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 1,675,311. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 268855–268864 |
| 25 | AXT Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-31 | 0001437749-26-010661 | CEO total compensation as printed in AXT Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,673,404. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c28 · span 442207–442216 |
| 26 | Netlist Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-07-24 | 0001558370-25-009552 | CEO total compensation as printed in Netlist Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,557,414. Filing ↗machine: t67 · r3 · c12 · span 235591–235600 |
| 27 | QuickLogic Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001437749-26-010092 | CEO total compensation as printed in QuickLogic Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,196,495. Filing ↗machine: span 283569–283578 |
| 28 | InTest Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-28 | 0001036262-26-000024 | CEO total compensation as printed in InTest Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,099,010. Filing ↗machine: t46 · r2 · c22 · span 384281–384290 |
| 29 | Pixelworks, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-17 | 0001040161-26-000024 | CEO total compensation as printed in Pixelworks, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 909,587. Filing ↗machine: span 418195–418202 |
| 30 | Amtech Systems, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-01-23 | 0001193125-26-020762 | CEO total compensation as printed in Amtech Systems, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 723,580. Filing ↗machine: t7 · r3 · c26 · span 258228–258235 |
| 31 | Section 10a, AXT Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001437749-26-010661 | AXT Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Atomera. Filing ↗ |
| 32 | Section 10a, Ceva Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001437749-26-012845 | Ceva Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Atomera. Filing ↗ |
| 33 | Section 10a, GSI Technology, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001104659-26-084241 | GSI Technology, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Atomera. Filing ↗ |
| 34 | Section 10a, QuickLogic Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001437749-26-010092 | QuickLogic Corporation names Atomera in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗ |
| 35 | Section 10a, nLight, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001124796-26-000018 | nLight, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Atomera. Filing ↗ |
| 36 | Section 10a, Lightwave Logic, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001553350-26-000061 | Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Atomera. Filing ↗ |