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 MLNK 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 MLNK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Katz | $412,500 | $250,000 | $20,032,365 | $0 | $319,395 | — | $4,000 | $21,018,260 |
| President | ||||||||
| Nicolaas Vlok | 600,000 | 0 | 12,296,453 | 0 | 471,291 | — | 4,000 | 13,371,744 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Elias Olmeta | 164,423 | 0 | 7,553,279 | 0 | 115,134 | — | 3,654 | 7,836,490 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Katz | $21,018,260 | — | — | — |
| Nicolaas Vlok | 13,371,744 | 8,922,005 | 7,308,983 | +4,449,739 |
| Elias Olmeta | 7,836,490 | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolaas Vlok | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | $7,963,045 |
| Sean Blitchok | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | 4,269,240 |
| Chris Maloof | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | 3,622,377 |
Grant-level vehicle detail not disclosed.
% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Katz | RSU | 876,954 | — | $18,109,100 |
| Elias Olmeta | RSU | 333,037 | — | 6,877,214 |
| Nicolaas Vlok | RSU | 296,544 | — | 6,123,634 |
| Nicolaas Vlok | RSU | 234,061 | — | 4,833,360 |
| Nicolaas Vlok | RSU | 96,155 | — | 1,985,601 |
| Nicolaas Vlok | RSU | 16,008 | — | 330,565 |
| Nicolaas Vlok | Option | 71,136 | 16.61 | — |
| Nicolaas Vlok | RSU | 295,013 | — | 6,092,018 |
| Nicolaas Vlok | Option | 40,023 | 26 | — |
In setting executive base salaries and annual incentives and granting equity incentive awards, we consider compensation for comparable positions in the market, the historical compensation levels of our executives, individual performance as compared to our expectations and objectives, our desire to motivate our employees to achieve short- and long-term results that are in the best interests of our stockholders, and a long-term commitment to our company. We target a general competitive position, based on independent third-party benchmark analytics, to inform the mix of compensation of base salary, annual incentives, and/or long-term incentives.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | 85% |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Compensia and Korn Ferry |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | True |
| Anti-pledging | True |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George JaberNot independent · Cybersecurity · Newly elected | — | — | — | $0 | — | $549,978 |
| Edward H. McDermottIndependent · Board Chair · Audit · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 70,000 | 200,000 | — | 0 | — | 270,000 |
| Reema PoddarIndependent · Compensation · Cybersecurity (Chair) | 62,500 | 200,000 | — | 0 | — | 262,500 |
| Mark SachlebenIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) | 62,500 | 200,000 | — | 0 | — | 262,500 |
| Duston WilliamsIndependent · Audit (Chair) | 60,000 | 200,000 | — | 0 | — | 260,000 |
| Yael ZhengIndependent · Cybersecurity · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) | 55,000 | 200,000 | — | 0 | — | 255,000 |
| A.J. RohdeNot independent · Nominating and Corporate Governance | — | — | — | 0 | — | 199,994 |
| Nicolaas VlokEmployee director | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Laurence E. KatzEmployee director · Newly elected | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy NguyenEmployee director | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | — |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| 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 | $310,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $1,000,000 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,310,000 |
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 | MeridianLink | 2024 | Nicolaas Vlok | $600,000 | $12,296,453 | $0 | $471,291 | $13,371,744 |
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, Laurence Katz | DEF 14A | 2025-04-23 | 0001834494-25-000034 | Section “2024 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 21,018,260. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c24 · span 268216–268226 |
| 2 | Section 01, Nicolaas Vlok | DEF 14A | 2025-04-23 | 0001834494-25-000034 | Section “2024 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 13,371,744. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 261929–261939 |
| 3 | Section 01, Elias Olmeta | DEF 14A | 2025-04-23 | 0001834494-25-000034 | Section “2024 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 7,836,490. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c24 · span 272321–272330 |
| 4 | Section 03, Nicolaas Vlok OTHER | DEF 14A | 2025-04-23 | 0001834494-25-000034 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t47 · r3 · c5 · span 263297–263306 |
| 5 | Section 03, Sean Blitchok OTHER | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. |
| 6 | Section 03, Chris Maloof OTHER | DEF 14A | — | — | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. |
| 7 | Section 08, George Jaber | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 549,978. Filing ↗machine: t35 · r3 · c3 · span 211235–211241 |
| 8 | Section 08, Edward H. McDermott | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 270,000. Filing ↗ |
| 9 | Section 08, Reema Poddar | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 262,500. Filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 08, Mark Sachleben | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 262,500. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 08, Duston Williams | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 260,000. Filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 08, Yael Zheng | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 255,000. Filing ↗ |
| 13 | Section 08, A.J. Rohde | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 199,994. Filing ↗machine: t38 · r8 · c3 · span 231866–231872 |
| 14 | Section 08, Nicolaas Vlok | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 15 | Section 08, Laurence E. Katz | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 16 | Section 08, Timothy Nguyen | DEF 14A | 2024-04-24 | 0001834494-24-000070 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 17 | 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) |
| 18 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 310,000 + equity 1,000,000 + all other 0 = 1,310,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,310,000 |
| 19 | MeridianLink (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-04-23 | 0001834494-25-000034 | CEO total compensation as printed in MeridianLink's own proxy. As printed: 13,371,744. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 261929–261939 |