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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-23

Orchestra BioMed Holdings (OBIO)

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.

$2,261,233
David Hochman total, FY2025
33rd
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
95.53%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against OBIO
1 company names OBIO as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses OBIO 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 OBIO in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
David Hochman$595,000$0$791,399$290,575$572,009$0$12,250$2,261,233
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
Darren Sherman495,0000631,35484,840475,873070,7671,757,835
President & Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Taylor409,5830439,8400297,778059,3161,206,517
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
David Hochman$2,261,233
Darren Sherman1,757,835
Andrew Taylor1,206,517

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
Andrew TaylorRSU80,000
Andrew TaylorRSU2023-07-20278,363
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

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.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
David HochmanRSU200,000$830,000
David HochmanRSU127,498529,117
Darren ShermanRSU120,000498,000
Darren ShermanRSU115,708480,188
Darren ShermanRSU112,625467,394
David HochmanRSU98,333408,082
Andrew TaylorRSU83,720347,438
Darren ShermanRSU84,667351,368
Andrew TaylorRSU84,000348,600
Andrew TaylorRSU80,000332,000
David HochmanRSU70,000290,500
Andrew TaylorRSU63,749264,558
David HochmanOption72,6597.42
David HochmanOption147,5002.76
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The executive compensation program is designed to attract, retain and reward key employees, to incentivize them based on the achievement of key performance goals, and to align their interests with the interests of our stockholders.

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

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-2337,975,9861,778,20067,52395.53%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
20262026-06-2395.53%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
Chris ClearyIndependent · Audit$50,417$135,664$205,417$0$391,498
Eric S. Fain, M.DIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Compensation (Chair)95,00078,99985,0010259,000
Pamela Y. ConnealyIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance70,00078,99985,0010234,000
Jason M. AryehIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)62,50078,99985,0010226,500
David PacittiIndependent · Audit · Compensation62,50078,99985,0010226,500
John MackIndependent · Audit55,00078,99985,0010219,000
Darren R. ShermanEmployee director0
David P. HochmanEmployee director · Board Chair0
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$45,000
Annual equity retainer$125,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)10,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$395,417
Equity awards (grant-date value)$530,659
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$926,076

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.

TACT Tactile Systems TechZYNE ZynexAXGN AxoGenPLSE Pulse BiosciencesHUMC HumacyteLMAT LeMaitre VascularLGP Ligand PharmaceuticalsPAVM PAVmedPLNX PulmonxELUT ElutiaSTXS StereotaxisLYRA Lyra TherapeuticsCVRX CVRxHFWA HyperfineSENS Senseonics HoldingsEYPT EyePoint Pharmaceuticals
10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Orchestra BioMed Holdings 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.

Tactile Systems Tech (TACT) Zynex (ZYNE) AxoGen (AXGN)24 Pulse Biosciences (PLSE)25 Humacyte (HUMC) LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT) Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGP) PAVmed (PAVM) Pulmonx (PLNX) Elutia (ELUT) Stereotaxis (STXS) Lyra Therapeutics (LYRA) CVRx (CVRX) Hyperfine (HFWA)26 Senseonics Holdings (SENS) EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (EYPT)

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 Orchestra BioMed Holdings.

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
1AxoGen2025Michael Dale$775,865$7,342,895$0$906,133$9,047,454
2Pulse Biosciences2025Paul LaViolette708,52306,717,96007,427,899
3CVRx2025Kevin Hykes660,5331,270,0801,516,896444,4923,905,801
4LeMaitre Vascular2025George LeMaitre806,3471,050,0001,050,000680,0153,780,990
5Senseonics Holdings2025Timothy Goodnow635,0001,022,5001,022,500613,0003,347,959
6Orchestra BioMed Holdings2025David Hochman595,000791,399290,575572,0092,261,233
7Hyperfine2025Bryan McDonald610,616256,6320356,8521,345,480
8Stereotaxis2025David Fischel60,00000064,390
Tactile Systems Technot in coverage universe
Zynexnot in coverage universe
Humacytenot in coverage universe
Ligand Pharmaceuticalsnot in coverage universe
PAVmednot in coverage universe
Pulmonxnot in coverage universe
Elutianot in coverage universe
Lyra Therapeuticsnot in coverage universe
EyePoint Pharmaceuticalsnot in coverage universe

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
Orchestra BioMed Holdingsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
AxoGen116.79%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoAon
CVRxnot disclosedOption 50 · RSU 50not disclosedAon
Elutianot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
EyePoint Pharmaceuticalsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Humacytenot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Hyperfine121%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoPearl Meyer
LeMaitre Vascular144%Options 50 · RSU 25 · PSU 25Nonot disclosed
Ligand Pharmaceuticalsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Lyra Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
PAVmednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Pulmonxnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Pulse Biosciencesnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Senseonics Holdingsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Stereotaxisnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Tactile Systems Technot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Zynexnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed

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, David HochmanDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,261,233. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c23 · span 329387–329396
2Section 01, Darren ShermanDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,757,835. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c23 · span 333613–333622
3Section 01, Andrew TaylorDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,206,517. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c23 · span 337858–337867
4Section 03, Andrew Taylor RSUDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
5Section 03, Andrew Taylor RSUDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗
6Section 08, Chris ClearyDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 391,498. Filing ↗machine: span 229359–229366
7Section 08, Eric S. Fain, M.DDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 259,000. Filing ↗machine: span 218562–218569
8Section 08, Pamela Y. ConnealyDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 234,000. Filing ↗machine: span 222919–222926
9Section 08, Jason M. AryehDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 226,500. Filing ↗machine: span 220727–220734
10Section 08, David PacittiDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 226,500. Filing ↗machine: span 227221–227228
11Section 08, John MackDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 219,000. Filing ↗machine: span 225050–225057
12Section 08, Darren R. ShermanDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
13Section 08, David P. HochmanDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
14Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-230001104659-26-076845Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.53% (votes for as printed: 37,975,986). Filing ↗
15Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 395,417 + equity 530,659 + all other 0 = 926,076, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 926,076
16AxoGen, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290000805928-26-000057CEO total compensation as printed in AxoGen's own proxy. As printed: 9,047,454. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c45 · span 557309–557318
17Pulse Biosciences, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-05-110001437749-26-016006CEO total compensation as printed in Pulse Biosciences's own proxy. As printed: 7,427,899. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c21 · span 428112–428121
18CVRx, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-200001140361-26-015657CEO total compensation as printed in CVRx's own proxy. As printed: 3,905,801. Filing ↗
19LeMaitre Vascular, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-140001193125-26-153877CEO total compensation as printed in LeMaitre Vascular's own proxy. As printed: 3,780,990. Filing ↗machine: span 564038–564047
20Senseonics Holdings, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-090001104659-26-041541CEO total compensation as printed in Senseonics Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 3,347,959. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c47 · span 527980–527989
21Orchestra BioMed Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-051570CEO total compensation as printed in Orchestra BioMed Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 2,261,233. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c23 · span 329387–329396
22Hyperfine, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-200001628280-26-019987CEO total compensation as printed in Hyperfine's own proxy. As printed: 1,345,480. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c24 · span 657550–657559
23Stereotaxis, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-030001493152-26-015027CEO total compensation as printed in Stereotaxis's own proxy. As printed: 64,390. Filing ↗
24Section 10a, AxoGen reciprocityDEF 14A0000805928-26-000057AxoGen's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Orchestra BioMed Holdings. Filing ↗
25Section 10a, Pulse Biosciences reciprocityDEF 14A0001437749-26-016006Pulse Biosciences's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Orchestra BioMed Holdings. Filing ↗
26Section 10a, Hyperfine reciprocityDEF 14A0001628280-26-019987Hyperfine's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Orchestra BioMed Holdings. Filing ↗