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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-05-22

Ibotta (IBTA)

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.

$10,949,033
Bryan Leach total, FY2025
99th
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.71%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against IBTA
No companies currently name IBTA as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Bryan Leach$550,693$0$9,999,955$0$381,570$0$16,815$10,949,033
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman
Chris Riedy461,53809,879,8180365,800011,91610,719,072
Chief Revenue Officer
Matt Puckett169,23109,444,6010159,04106,1849,779,057
Chief Financial Officer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer
Luke Swanson464,23106,499,9640320,850013,1707,298,215
Chief Technology Officer
Sunit Patel118,17306,499,96400017,1936,635,330
Former Chief Financial Officer
Richard Donahue245,23103,999,94100017,7974,262,969
Former Chief Marketing Officer
David Shapiro459,23102,534,9350176,157015,1163,185,439
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Valarie Sheppard414,92301,468,441000295,8362,179,200
Former Interim 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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Bryan Leach$10,949,033
Chris Riedy10,719,072
Matt Puckett9,779,057
Luke Swanson7,298,215
Sunit Patel6,635,330
Richard Donahue4,262,969
David Shapiro3,185,439
Valarie Sheppard2,179,200

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

02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Richard DonahueRSU2025-01-1359,461$3,999,941
Bryan LeachRSU2025-01-13148,6549,999,955
Sunit PatelRSU2025-01-1396,6256,499,964
Valarie SheppardRSU2025-03-2733,0731,468,441
Matt PuckettRSU2025-09-29336,8269,444,601
Chris RiedyRSU2025-01-24132,3849,879,818
David ShapiroRSU2025-01-1337,6832,534,935
Luke SwansonRSU2025-01-1396,6256,499,964
Valarie SheppardRSU2025-05-284,029200,000
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Richard Donahue$3,999,941$0$00.0%
Bryan Leach9,999,955000.0%
Sunit Patel6,499,964000.0%
Valarie Sheppard1,668,441000.0%
Matt Puckett9,444,601000.0%
Chris Riedy9,879,818000.0%
David Shapiro2,534,935000.0%
Luke Swanson6,499,964000.0%

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

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Matt PuckettRSU336,826$7,656,055
Bryan LeachRSU250,4325,692,319
Bryan LeachPSU125,2162,846,160
Chris RiedyRSU104,8042,382,195
Bryan LeachRSU111,4912,534,190
Luke SwansonRSU72,4691,647,220
Bryan LeachRSU70,4341,600,965
Luke SwansonRSU36,666833,418
David ShapiroRSU28,263642,418
David ShapiroRSU10,864246,939
David ShapiroRSU10,703243,279
Valarie SheppardRSU3,03068,872
Valarie SheppardRSU4,02991,579
Bryan LeachOption25,73522.2
Bryan LeachOption16,25010.4
David ShapiroOption9,45131.15
David ShapiroOption17,82931.15
Luke SwansonOption10,83310.4
Valarie SheppardOption5,31310.4
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our executive compensation program is guided by our overarching philosophy of paying for demonstrable performance. Our aim is to provide an executive compensation program that is competitive, rewards achievement of business objectives, and aligns our named executive officers' interests with the interests of our shareholders.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantCompensia, Inc.
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-1965,559,261190,91779,19499.71%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.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-05-1999.71%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 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Amit DoshiIndependent · Audit · Nominating/Governance (Chair)$78,705$200,000$0$0$278,705
Stephen BaileyIndependent · Compensation · Nominating/Governance55,172200,00000255,172
Amanda BaldwinIndependent · Compensation (Chair)55,000200,00000255,000
Thomas LehrmanIndependent · Audit · Compensation54,008200,00000254,008
Larry SonsiniIndependent · Nominating/Governance45,000200,00000245,000
Valarie SheppardEmployee director · Lead Independent Director · Audit (Chair) · Compensation0
Bryan LeachEmployee director · Board Chair0
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer$200,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)10,000 / 7,500 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$287,885
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,000,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,287,885

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

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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Ibotta 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 Ibotta.

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
1Ibotta2025Bryan Leach$550,693$9,999,955$0$381,570$10,949,033
2EngageSmart2022Robert Bennett600,00000357,000958,500
3Duolingo2025Luis von Ahn750,000000767,500
4Klaviyo2025Andrew Bialecki75,00000078,000

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.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Ibottanot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedCompensia, Inc.
Duolingonot disclosedPSU 100NoCompensia, Inc.
EngageSmartnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedCompensia, Inc.
Klaviyo87.3%RSU 100not disclosedCompensia

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.

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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, Bryan LeachDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 10,949,033. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c27 · span 669924–669934
2Section 01, Chris RiedyDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 10,719,072. Filing ↗machine: r12 · c27 · span 683427–683437
3Section 01, Matt PuckettDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 9,779,057. Filing ↗machine: r10 · c27 · span 680098–680107
4Section 01, Luke SwansonDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 7,298,215. Filing ↗machine: r16 · c27 · span 689425–689434
5Section 01, Sunit PatelDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 6,635,330. Filing ↗machine: r25 · c27 · span 702085–702094
6Section 01, Richard DonahueDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 4,262,969. Filing ↗machine: r29 · c27 · span 707853–707862
7Section 01, David ShapiroDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 3,185,439. Filing ↗machine: r14 · c27 · span 686308–686317
8Section 01, Valarie SheppardDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 2,179,200. Filing ↗machine: r23 · c27 · span 698964–698973
9Section 03, Richard Donahue RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 706701–706710
10Section 03, Bryan Leach RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 668672–668681
11Section 03, Sunit Patel RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 700832–700841
12Section 03, Valarie Sheppard RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 697807–697816
13Section 03, Matt Puckett RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 678847–678856
14Section 03, Chris Riedy RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 682175–682184
15Section 03, David Shapiro RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 685156–685165
16Section 03, Luke Swanson RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 688172–688181
17Section 03, Valarie Sheppard RSUDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
18Section 08, Amit DoshiDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 278,705. Filing ↗machine: span 370034–370041
19Section 08, Stephen BaileyDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 255,172. Filing ↗machine: span 365990–365997
20Section 08, Amanda BaldwinDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 255,000. Filing ↗machine: span 368014–368021
21Section 08, Thomas LehrmanDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 254,008. Filing ↗machine: span 371858–371865
22Section 08, Larry SonsiniDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 245,000. Filing ↗machine: span 373781–373788
23Section 08, Valarie SheppardDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
24Section 08, Bryan LeachDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
25Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-220001628280-26-037740Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.71% (votes for as printed: 65,559,261). Filing ↗
26Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
27Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 287,885 + equity 1,000,000 + all other 0 = 1,287,885, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,287,885
28Ibotta (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-070001628280-26-024105CEO total compensation as printed in Ibotta's own proxy. As printed: 10,949,033. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c27 · span 669924–669934
29EngageSmart, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2023-04-050000950170-23-011925CEO total compensation as printed in EngageSmart's own proxy. As printed: 958,500. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c7 · span 466903–466910
30Duolingo, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001628280-26-025728CEO total compensation as printed in Duolingo's own proxy. As printed: 767,500. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r3 · c8 · span 569993–570000
31Klaviyo, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001835830-26-000018CEO total compensation as printed in Klaviyo's own proxy. As printed: 78,000. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c14 · span 764131–764137
32Section 10a, Duolingo reciprocityDEF 14A0001628280-26-025728Duolingo's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Ibotta. Filing ↗
33Section 10a, Klaviyo reciprocityDEF 14A0001835830-26-000018Klaviyo's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Ibotta. Filing ↗