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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-04-28

LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ)

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.

$7,036,009
Evert Schimmelpennink total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against LENZ
No companies currently name LENZ 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
Evert Schimmelpennink$690,000$0$0$5,793,809$538,200$0$14,000$7,036,009
President and Chief Executive Officer
Marc Odrich500,000001,662,788260,000014,0002,436,788
Chief Medical Officer
Shawn Olsson467,500001,662,788243,100014,0002,387,388
Chief Commercial 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
Evert Schimmelpennink$7,036,009
Marc Odrich2,436,788
Shawn Olsson2,387,388

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

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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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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Evert SchimmelpenninkOption98,7086.04
Evert SchimmelpenninkOption267,18815.05
Evert SchimmelpenninkOption279,10026.34
Marc OdrichOption20,7736.04
Marc OdrichOption59,06315.05
Marc OdrichOption80,10026.34
Shawn OlssonOption15,9116.04
Shawn OlssonOption59,06315.05
Shawn OlssonOption80,10026.34
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

We believe our compensation program should promote the success of the company and align executive incentives with the long-term interests of our stockholders.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantAon
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledging
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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)
CEO total compensation
Median employee compensation
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Jeff GeorgeIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)$80,000$0$304,081$0$384,081
Shelley ThunenIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance61,0000304,0810365,081
Frederic GuerardIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair)59,5000304,0810363,581
Zach ScheinerIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance52,5000304,0810356,581
Kimberlee C. DrapkinIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Compensation51,0000304,0810355,081
James McCollumIndependent40,0000304,0810344,081
Evert SchimmelpenninkEmployee director0
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)15,000 / 12,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline
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Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$344,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$344,000

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

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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
1LENZ Therapeutics2025Evert Schimmelpennink$690,000$0$5,793,809$538,200$7,036,009

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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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, Evert SchimmelpenninkDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 7,036,009. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c36 · span 295403–295412
2Section 01, Marc OdrichDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,436,788. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c36 · span 301154–301163
3Section 01, Shawn OlssonDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,387,388. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c36 · span 307192–307201
4Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-03-240001815776-26-000011Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
5Section 08, Jeff GeorgeDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 384,081. Filing ↗machine: span 220134–220141
6Section 08, Shelley ThunenDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 365,081. Filing ↗machine: span 226390–226397
7Section 08, Frederic GuerardDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 363,581. Filing ↗machine: span 222238–222245
8Section 08, Zach ScheinerDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 356,581. Filing ↗machine: span 228465–228472
9Section 08, Kimberlee C. DrapkinDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 355,081. Filing ↗machine: span 230547–230554
10Section 08, James McCollumDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 344,081. Filing ↗machine: span 224314–224321
11Section 08, Evert SchimmelpenninkDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
12Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 344,000 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 344,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 344,000
13LENZ Therapeutics (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-280001815776-26-000026CEO total compensation as printed in LENZ Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 7,036,009. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c36 · span 295403–295412