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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2024 · Filings through 2025-12-04

Anteris Technologies Global (AVR)

CEO Wayne Paterson was paid $3,043,345 in fiscal year 2024, ↓ down 55.3% from fiscal year 2023 (SEC filing 0001140361-25-041377 ↗): 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.

$3,914,596
David St Denis total, FY2024
President and Former Chief Operating Officer — highest-paid officer; CEO Wayne Paterson: $3,043,345
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CEO (Wayne Paterson) 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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- Wayne Paterson (Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer), FY2024 total compensation $3,043,345 (base salary $696,389) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001140361-25-041377, filed 2025-11-10]

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2024

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
David St Denis$450,000$50,000$3,000,000$0$380,000$0$34,596$3,914,596
President and Former Chief Operating Officer
Wayne Paterson696,389125,00001,461,423725,000035,5333,043,345
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Matthew McDonnell267,43250,000499,9980158,757024,4711,000,658
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 officerFY2024 totalFY2023 totalFY2022 totalΔ FY2023→2024
David St Denis$3,914,596$4,692,234—↓ −777,638
Wayne Paterson3,043,3456,815,258—↓ −3,771,913
Matthew McDonnell1,000,6581,636,812—↓ −636,154

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

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Board of directors

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DirectorRoleFY2024 total
David RobertsIndependent Director—
Gregory MossIndependent Director—
John SeabergIndependent Director$517,389
Stephen DenaroDirector$360,089
Wenvi GuFormer director (through FY2024)$323,706
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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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Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2024

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
David St DenisRSU———500,000—$3,000,000
Matthew McDonnellRSU———83,333—499,998
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Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
David St Denis$3,000,000$0$00.0%
Matthew McDonnell499,998000.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2024

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Matthew McDonnellRSU83,333—$464,998
Wayne PatersonOption466,66715.28—
Matthew McDonnellOption16,6668.06—
Wayne PatersonOption300,00014.64—
David St DenisOption66,6668.25—
David St DenisRSU700,000—3,906,000
David St DenisRSU500,000—2,790,000
Matthew McDonnellRSU233,334—1,302,003
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Compensation for individuals is linked to company performance as well as the performance and contribution of the individual. Incentive payments are dependent on defined corporate and individual key performance targets being met, which are aligned to corporate strategy to drive increased stockholder returns.

CEO STI target (% of salary)NaN%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultant—
Clawback policyThe Company has adopted a compensation recovery policy that is compliant with the NASDAQ Listing Rules, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act.
Anti-hedging—
Anti-pledging—
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20252025-12-03—————

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
20252025-12-03—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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Director compensation — fiscal year 2024

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
John SeabergIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)$152,033$0$365,356$0$0$517,389
Stephen DenaroNot independent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance108,0890243,57008,430360,089
Wenvi GuIndependent · Compensation · Departed during FY71,7060243,57008,430323,706
Wayne PatersonEmployee director—————0
David St DenisEmployee director · Newly elected—————0
Gregory MossIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Newly elected——000—
David RobertsIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Newly elected——000—
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$45,000
Annual equity retainer$125,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—
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Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2024
Cash retainers and fees$331,828
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$16,860
Total cost of the board$348,688

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
1Anteris Technologies Global2024Wayne Paterson$696,389$0$1,461,423$725,000$3,043,345

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Anteris Technologies Global in fiscal 2024?
As disclosed, David St Denis (President and Former Chief Operating Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Anteris Technologies Global in fiscal 2024, with total compensation of $3,914,596.
How much does Anteris Technologies Global spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2024?
As disclosed, Anteris Technologies Global reported total board compensation of $348,688 for fiscal 2024.

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, David St DenisDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,914,596. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c27 · span 466845–466854
2Section 01, Wayne PatersonDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,043,345. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 457070–457079
3Section 01, Matthew McDonnellDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,000,658. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c27 · span 476710–476719
4Section 03, David St Denis RSUDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
5Section 03, Matthew McDonnell RSUDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 473874–473881
6Section 08, John SeabergDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 517,389. Filing ↗machine: span 378192–378375
7Section 08, Stephen DenaroDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 360,089. Filing ↗machine: span 381821–382004
8Section 08, Wenvi GuDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 323,706. Filing ↗machine: span 385871–386053
9Section 08, Wayne PatersonDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
10Section 08, David St DenisDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
11Section 08, Gregory MossDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
12Section 08, David RobertsDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
13Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-12-040001140361-25-044257Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. Filing ↗
14Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
15Section 03b vehicle mix (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
16Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 331,828 + equity 0 + all other 16,860 = 348,688, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 348,688
17Anteris Technologies Global (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-11-100001140361-25-041377CEO total compensation as printed in Anteris Technologies Global's own proxy. As printed: 3,043,345. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 457070–457079

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