CEO Ashutosh Roy was paid $303,336 in fiscal year 2026, ↓ down 35.7% from fiscal year 2025 (SEC filing 0001104659-26-115474 ↗): 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.
$408,808 Rao Chandrasekhar total, FY2026 Senior Vice President, Products and Services — highest-paid officer; CEO Ashutosh Roy: $303,336 | — CEO (Ashutosh Roy) pay percentile vs peers | — CEO-to-median pay ratio | 89.31% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rao Chandrasekhar | $325,000 | $0 | $0 | $52,588 | $26,250 | $0 | $4,970 | $408,808 |
| Senior Vice President, Products and Services | ||||||||
| Eric Smit | 320,000 | 0 | 0 | 17,924 | 48,750 | 0 | 9,463 | 396,136 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Ashutosh Roy | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | 15,836 | 37,500 | 0 | 0 | 303,336 |
| Chief Executive 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rao Chandrasekhar | $408,808 | $446,187 | — | ↓ −37,379 |
| Eric Smit | 396,136 | 523,222 | 606,633 | ↓ −127,086 |
| Ashutosh Roy | 303,336 | 471,835 | 659,320 | ↓ −168,499 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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Each company listed discloses EGAN 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 EGAN in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashutosh Roy | CEO | $303,336 |
| Eric Smit | CFO | $396,136 |
| Rao Chandrasekhar | SVP | $408,808 |
One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.
| Director | Role | FY2026 total |
|---|---|---|
| Brett Shockley | Independent Director | — |
| Christine Russell | Former director (through FY2025) | — |
| Gunjan Sinha | Independent Director | — |
| Phiroz P. Darukhanavala | Lead Independent Director | — |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rao Chandrasekhar | Option | 19,791 | 5.24 | — |
The general philosophy of our executive compensation program is to: ● encourage creation of stockholder value and achievement of strategic corporate objectives by providing management with long-term incentives through equity ownership by management; ● provide a competitive total compensation package that enables us to attract and retain, on a long-term basis, high caliber personnel; ● provide a total compensation opportunity that is competitive with companies in our industry, taking into account relative company size, performance and geographic location, as well as individual responsibilities and performance; ● provide fair and internally consistent compensation; and ● address other relevant considerations such as rewarding extraordinary performance.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | True |
| Anti-hedging | True |
| Anti-pledging | false |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-12-09 | 18,121,571 | 2,144,724 | 25,323 | 89.31% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-12-18 | 22,057,498 | 2,613,249 | 24,954 | 89.32% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-12-05 | 22,229,058 | 1,750,039 | 217,892 | 91.87% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-12-06 | 18,182,434 | 6,061,777 | 29,478 | 74.91% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-12-08 | 25,553,308 | 65,586 | 6,085 | 99.72% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-12-04 | 24,635,190 | 469,330 | 8,696 | 98.1% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-12-09 | 89.31%a |
| 2024 | 2024-12-18 | 89.32%b |
| 2023 | 2023-12-05 | 91.87%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions with respect to any proposal are treated as shares present or represented and entitled to vote on that proposal and thus have the same effect as votes "against." If a broker which is the record holder of shares indicates on a proxy that it does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal as to such shares, or if shares are not voted in other circumstances in which proxy authority is defective or has been withheld with respect to a particular proposal, these non-voted shares will be counted for quorum purposes and will have the same effect as votes "against," because approval requires an absolute percentage of affirmative votes.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions with respect to any proposal are treated as shares present or represented and entitled to vote on that proposal and thus have the same effect as votes "against." If a broker which is the record holder of shares indicates on a proxy that it does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal as to such shares, or if shares are not voted in other circumstances in which proxy authority is defective or has been withheld with respect to a particular proposal, these non-voted shares will be counted for quorum purposes and will have the same effect as votes "against," because approval requires an absolute percentage of affirmative votes.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions with respect to any proposal are treated as shares present or represented and entitled to vote on that proposal and thus have the same effect as votes "against." If a broker which is the record holder of shares indicates on a proxy that it does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal as to such shares, or if shares are not voted in other circumstances in which proxy authority is defective or has been withheld with respect to a particular proposal, these non-voted shares will be counted for quorum purposes and will have the same effect as votes "against," because approval requires an absolute percentage of affirmative votes.”.
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.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | — |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashutosh RoyEmployee director · Board Chair | — | — | — | — | — | $0 |
| Brett ShockleyIndependent · Audit | 50,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gunjan SinhaIndependent · Audit | 50,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Ph.DIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Partial-year service | 60,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annual cash retainer | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | — |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $160,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $0 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $160,000 |
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 | Egain | 2026 | Ashutosh Roy | $250,000 | $0 | $15,836 | $37,500 | $303,336 |
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.
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, Rao Chandrasekhar | DEF 14A | 2026-10-13 | 0001104659-26-115474 | Section “2026 Summary Compensation Table” · page 19. As printed: 408,808. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c14 · span 417387–417394 |
| 2 | Section 01, Eric Smit | DEF 14A | 2026-10-13 | 0001104659-26-115474 | Section “2026 Summary Compensation Table” · page 19. As printed: 396,136. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c14 · span 405839–405846 |
| 3 | Section 01, Ashutosh Roy | DEF 14A | 2026-10-13 | 0001104659-26-115474 | Section “2026 Summary Compensation Table” · page 19. As printed: 303,336. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c14 · span 394621–394628 |
| 4 | Section 07, pay ratio | 10-K | 2025-09-12 | 0001104659-25-089540 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗ |
| 5 | Section 08, Ashutosh Roy | DEF 14A | 2026-10-13 | 0001104659-26-115474 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 6 | Section 08, Brett Shockley | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. |
| 7 | Section 08, Gunjan Sinha | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. |
| 8 | Section 08, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Ph.D | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. |
| 9 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-12-11 | 0001066194-25-000030 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89.31% (votes for as printed: 18,121,571). Filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-12-19 | 0001558370-24-016389 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89.32% (votes for as printed: 22,057,498). Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-12-07 | 0001558370-23-019620 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 91.87% (votes for as printed: 22,229,058). Filing ↗ |
| 12 | 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) |
| 13 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 160,000 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 160,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 160,000 |
| 14 | Egain (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-10-13 | 0001104659-26-115474 | CEO total compensation as printed in Egain's own proxy. As printed: 303,336. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c14 · span 394621–394628 |
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