Fiscal year 2024 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 ENZ 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 ENZ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Cannon | $376,423 | $0 | $207,000 | $78,000 | $300,000 | $0 | $37,929 | $999,352 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Hamid Erfanian | 192,000 | 187,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441,200 | 820,400 |
| Former Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Patricia Eckert | 264,231 | 0 | 0 | 100,750 | 112,500 | 0 | 12,559 | 490,040 |
| 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.
| Named executive officer | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | FY2022 total | Δ FY2023→2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Cannon | $999,352 | $1,371,793 | — | −372,441 |
| Hamid Erfanian | 820,400 | 2,664,192 | — | −1,843,792 |
| Patricia Eckert | 490,040 | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Eckert | Option | — | — | — | — | — | $100,750 |
| Kara Cannon | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | 207,000 |
| Kara Cannon | Option | — | — | — | — | — | 78,000 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Eckert | $0 | $0 | $100,750 | 0.0% |
| Kara Cannon | 0 | 207,000 | 78,000 | 72.6% |
% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Cannon | Option | 133,333 | 1.97 | — |
| Patricia Eckert | Option | 100,000 | 2 | — |
| Kara Cannon | RSU | 150,000 | — | 171,000 |
| Kara Cannon | Option | 29,167 | 2.98 | — |
| Patricia Eckert | Option | 75,000 | 1.38 | — |
| Patricia Eckert | Option | 16,667 | 2.21 | — |
| Patricia Eckert | Option | 16,667 | 2.33 | — |
| Patricia Eckert | Option | 16,667 | 2.29 | — |
| Kara Cannon | Option | 29,167 | 3.36 | — |
We believe our compensation program for Named Executive Officers is intended to link compensation to performance; to provide competitive compensation levels to attract, retain and reward executives; and to align management's interests with those of our clients and shareholders.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | True |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley L. RadoffIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance | $118,750 | $100,000 | $0 | — | $0 | $218,750 |
| Steven J. PullyIndependent · Board Chair · Audit (Chair) · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance (Chair) | 79,028 | 125,000 | 0 | — | 0 | 204,028 |
| Mary TagliaferriIndependent · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 140,000 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 140,000 |
| Ian B. WaltersIndependent · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 97,500 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 97,500 |
| Elazar RabbaniNot independent · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 37,500 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 37,500 |
| Kara CannonEmployee director | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Jon CouchmanIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance · Newly elected | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $100,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2024 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $472,778 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $225,000 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $697,778 |
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 | Enzo Biochem | 2024 | Kara Cannon | $376,423 | $207,000 | $78,000 | $300,000 | $999,352 |
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, Kara Cannon | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 999,352. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r1 · c30 · span 215121–215128 |
| 2 | Section 01, Hamid Erfanian | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 820,400. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r7 · c30 · span 222701–222708 |
| 3 | Section 01, Patricia Eckert | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 490,040. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r4 · c30 · span 218924–218931 |
| 4 | Section 03, Patricia Eckert Option | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS &” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r4 · c18 · span 218509–218516 |
| 5 | Section 03, Kara Cannon PSU | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS &” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r1 · c14 · span 214366–214373 |
| 6 | Section 03, Kara Cannon Option | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS &” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r1 · c18 · span 214554–214560 |
| 7 | Section 08, Bradley L. Radoff | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 218,750. Filing ↗machine: t32 · r1 · c11 · span 196908–196915 |
| 8 | Section 08, Steven J. Pully | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 204,028. Filing ↗machine: t32 · r4 · c11 · span 198524–198531 |
| 9 | Section 08, Mary Tagliaferri | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 140,000. Filing ↗machine: t32 · r7 · c3 · span 200006–200013 |
| 10 | Section 08, Ian B. Walters | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 97,500. Filing ↗machine: t32 · r10 · c3 · span 201754–201760 |
| 11 | Section 08, Elazar Rabbani | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 37,500. Filing ↗machine: t32 · r13 · c3 · span 203466–203472 |
| 12 | Section 08, Kara Cannon | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 13 | Section 08, Jon Couchman | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 14 | 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) |
| 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 472,778 + equity 225,000 + all other 0 = 697,778, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 697,778 |
| 17 | Enzo Biochem (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2024-11-27 | 0001213900-24-103467 | CEO total compensation as printed in Enzo Biochem's own proxy. As printed: 999,352. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r1 · c30 · span 215121–215128 |