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

Oruka Therapeutics (ORKA)

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.

$3,356,050
Lawrence Klein total, FY2025
14th
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
98.01%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against ORKA
No companies currently name ORKA as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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

01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Lawrence Klein$624,000$0$0$2,275,390$446,160$0$10,500$3,356,050
Chief Executive Officer
Joana Goncalves474,000001,607,613246,480010,5002,338,593
Chief Medical Officer
Paul Quinlan474,000001,607,613246,480010,5002,338,593
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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
Lawrence Klein$3,356,050
Joana Goncalves2,338,593
Paul Quinlan2,338,593

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.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Lawrence KleinOption949,9667.8
Lawrence KleinRSU461,68313,993,612
Lawrence KleinOption177,29212.5
Joana GoncalvesOption133,3296.84
Joana GoncalvesOption116,6627.8
Joana GoncalvesOption125,26012.5
Paul QuinlanOption133,3296.84
Paul QuinlanOption58,3317.8
Paul QuinlanOption125,26012.5
05

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

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

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-0243,033,967875,11473,09198.01%Passed
20252025-06-0225,824,83488,740136,63199.66%Passed
20222022-12-155,301,245456,78759,75592.07%Passed
20212021-07-081,395,198750,488108,44565.02%Passed
20202020-12-101,403,331362,69859,73179.46%Passed
20162016-06-095,353,63362,99922,88298.84%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
20262026-06-0298.01%a
20252025-06-0299.66%b
20222022-12-1592.07%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.

08

Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Chris MartinIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Newly elected$3,423$800,527$803,950
Samarth KulkarniIndependent · Board Chair · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Nominating81,000153,067234,067
Kristine BallIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Compensation60,000153,067213,067
Cameron TurtleIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Departed during FY56,240153,067209,307
Peter HarwinIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) · Nominating56,000153,067209,067
Carl DambkowskiIndependent · Audit47,500153,067200,567
Lawrence KleinEmployee director0
09

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
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$304,163
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$304,163

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

10

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 Oruka Therapeutics 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 Oruka Therapeutics.

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
1Janux Therapeutics2025David Campbell$680,000$0$12,459,031$367,200$13,506,231
2CARGO Therapeutics2024Gina Chapman630,80008,155,520363,8009,300,120
3Kymera Therapeutics2025Nello Mainolfi693,00007,318,859519,7508,545,609
4Astria Therapeutics2024Jill Milne637,86805,637,078318,9346,604,416
5Celldex Therapeutics2025Anthony Marucci785,80404,027,59005,366,709
6Entrada Therapeutics2025Dipal Doshi635,0001,387,4281,452,059349,2503,837,737
7Oruka Therapeutics2025Lawrence Klein624,00002,275,390446,1603,356,050
8Longboard Pharmaceuticals2023Kevin Lind610,0000986,934442,8602,053,804
Lexeo Therapeuticsnot in coverage universe
Kyverna Therapeuticsnot in coverage universe
Contineum Therapeuticsnot in coverage universe
Apogee Therapeuticsnot 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
Oruka Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards LLC
Apogee Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Astria Therapeuticsnot disclosedOptions 100not disclosedAon
CARGO Therapeuticsnot disclosedOptions 100not disclosedAlpine Rewards, LLC
Celldex Therapeutics100%Options 100not disclosedAon (Human Capital Solutions practice, a division of Aon plc)
Contineum Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Entrada Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosedNoPay Governance
Janux Therapeutics90%not disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
Kymera Therapeutics125%not disclosedNoAlpine Rewards
Kyverna Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Lexeo Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Longboard Pharmaceuticalsnot 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.

11

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, Lawrence KleinDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,356,050. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c12 · span 534154–534163
2Section 01, Joana GoncalvesDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,338,593. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c12 · span 554391–554400
3Section 01, Paul QuinlanDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,338,593. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c12 · span 574643–574652
4Section 08, Chris MartinDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 803,950. Filing ↗
5Section 08, Samarth KulkarniDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 234,067. Filing ↗
6Section 08, Kristine BallDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 213,067. Filing ↗
7Section 08, Cameron TurtleDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 209,307. Filing ↗
8Section 08, Peter HarwinDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 209,067. Filing ↗
9Section 08, Carl DambkowskiDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 200,567. Filing ↗
10Section 08, Lawrence KleinDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
11Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-040001213900-26-065294Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.01% (votes for as printed: 43,033,967). Filing ↗
12Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-06-030001213900-25-050756Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.66% (votes for as printed: 25,824,834). Filing ↗
13Section 06, 2022 voteForm 8-K2022-12-190000950170-22-026739Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92.07% (votes for as printed: 5,301,245). Filing ↗
14Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 304,163 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 304,163, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 304,163
15Janux Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-280001193125-26-187095CEO total compensation as printed in Janux Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 13,506,231. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 571399–571409
16CARGO Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-04-290001193125-25-103786CEO total compensation as printed in CARGO Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 9,300,120. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c31 · span 289578–289587
17Kymera Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001193125-26-191495CEO total compensation as printed in Kymera Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 8,545,609. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c14 · span 676137–676146
18Astria Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-04-280001104659-25-040180CEO total compensation as printed in Astria Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 6,604,416. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c35 · span 327451–327460
19Celldex Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001104659-26-050884CEO total compensation as printed in Celldex Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 5,366,709. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c54 · span 1024857–1024866
20Entrada Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-240001689375-26-000021CEO total compensation as printed in Entrada Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 3,837,737. Filing ↗machine: t12 · r2 · c14 · span 336891–336900
21Oruka Therapeutics (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001213900-26-045159CEO total compensation as printed in Oruka Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 3,356,050. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c12 · span 534154–534163
22Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2024-04-120000950170-24-044023CEO total compensation as printed in Longboard Pharmaceuticals's own proxy. As printed: 2,053,804. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 476646–476655
23Section 10a, Celldex Therapeutics reciprocityDEF 14A0001104659-26-050884Celldex Therapeutics's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Oruka Therapeutics. Filing ↗
24Section 10a, Astria Therapeutics reciprocityDEF 14A0001104659-25-040180Astria Therapeutics's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Oruka Therapeutics. Filing ↗
25Section 10a, Kymera Therapeutics reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-191495Kymera Therapeutics's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Oruka Therapeutics. Filing ↗
26Section 10a, Janux Therapeutics reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-187095Janux Therapeutics's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Oruka Therapeutics. Filing ↗