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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-04

Minerva Neurosciences (NERV)

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.

$9,354,184
Remy Luthringer total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
89.48%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against NERV
No companies currently name NERV 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
Remy Luthringer$675,027$482,644$0$8,190,000$0$0$6,513$9,354,184
Chief Executive Officer
Geoffrey Race511,699307,01905,460,000003,3316,282,049
Former President
Frederick Ahlholm467,494168,29801,820,0000013,4192,469,211
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
Remy Luthringer$9,354,184
Geoffrey Race6,282,049
Frederick Ahlholm2,469,211

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.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
LuthringerOption2,250,0003.98
Geoffrey RaceOption43,5256.41
Geoffrey RaceOption1,5626.33
LuthringerPSU88,076354,066
Geoffrey RacePSU46,987188,888
Frederick AhlholmPSU19,84379,769
LuthringerOption3,9456.33
LuthringerOption11,2503.11
LuthringerOption50,2256.41
LuthringerOption78,7502.12
Geoffrey RaceOption9,5003.11
Geoffrey RaceOption71,2502.12
Geoffrey RaceOption1,500,0003.98
Frederick AhlholmOption1,4066.33
Frederick AhlholmOption6,5003.11
Frederick AhlholmOption21,4256.41
Frederick AhlholmOption35,6252.12
Frederick AhlholmOption500,0003.98
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Company's compensation program is designed to attract and retain highly qualified executives, align executive interests with stockholders, and reward performance against strategic goals.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantRadford
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-0327,183,8283,196,67812,78389.48%Passed
20252025-12-223,637,43626,53322,82899.28%Passed
20242024-12-053,631,040101,6144,80897.28%Passed
20232023-09-273,738,85171,46953,72798.12%Passed
20222022-06-1017,384,968890,67143,52795.13%Passed
20212021-06-1128,131,268281,98730,05499.01%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
20262026-06-0389.48%a
20252025-12-2299.28%b
20242024-12-0597.28%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. 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
Dr. Inderjit KaulIndependent · Newly elected$5,000$1,343,640$5,400$1,354,040
Dr. David KupferIndependent · Audit84,500175,0000259,500
Hans Peter HaslerIndependent · Audit60,000175,0000235,000
Jan van HeekIndependent · Audit (Chair)58,000175,0000233,000
Dr. Fouzia Laghrissi-ThodeIndependent · Compensation (Chair)52,250175,0000227,250
Dr. Remy LuthringerEmployee director · Board Chair0
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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)9,000 / 12,250 / 9,500
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$259,750
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$5,400
Total cost of the board$265,150

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
1Minerva Neurosciences2025Remy Luthringer$675,027$0$8,190,000$0$9,354,184

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, Remy LuthringerDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 9,354,184. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c21 · span 308441–308450
2Section 01, Geoffrey RaceDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 6,282,049. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c21 · span 313315–313324
3Section 01, Frederick AhlholmDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,469,211. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c21 · span 318122–318131
4Section 08, Dr. Inderjit KaulDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 1,354,040. Filing ↗machine: span 506879–506888
5Section 08, Dr. David KupferDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 259,500. Filing ↗machine: span 502868–502875
6Section 08, Hans Peter HaslerDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 235,000. Filing ↗machine: span 499316–499323
7Section 08, Jan van HeekDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 233,000. Filing ↗machine: span 501100–501107
8Section 08, Dr. Fouzia Laghrissi-ThodeDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 227,250. Filing ↗machine: span 504671–504678
9Section 08, Dr. Remy LuthringerDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
10Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-040001193125-26-257379Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89.48% (votes for as printed: 27,183,828). Filing ↗
11Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-12-220001193125-25-328715Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.28% (votes for as printed: 3,637,436). Filing ↗
12Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-12-050001193125-24-271652Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.28% (votes for as printed: 3,631,040). Filing ↗
13Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 259,750 + equity 0 + all other 5,400 = 265,150, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 265,150
14Minerva Neurosciences (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-230001193125-26-171799CEO total compensation as printed in Minerva Neurosciences's own proxy. As printed: 9,354,184. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c21 · span 308441–308450