Companies PepGen Inc.
PepGen (PEPG): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $4,426,218FY2024
- $3,316,783FY2025
CEO total pay was $3,316,783 in fiscal 2025, down from $4,426,218 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $619,000 · bonus $428,116 · stock awards $170,620 · option awards $2,088,547
Full detail
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McArthur | $619,000 | $428,116 | $170,620 | $2,088,547 | $0 | $0 | $10,500 | $3,316,783 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Noel Donnelly | 487,089 | 245,006 | 99,457 | 916,830 | 0 | 0 | 10,500 | 1,758,882 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Joseph Vittiglio | 31,231 | 244,000 | 195,650 | 732,528 | 0 | 0 | 116,407 | 1,319,816 |
| Chief Business and Legal 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 officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McArthur | $3,316,783 | $4,426,218 | — | ↓ −1,109,435 |
| Noel Donnelly | 1,758,882 | 2,349,969 | — | ↓ −591,087 |
| Joseph Vittiglio | 1,319,816 | — | — | — |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Pay Governance, LLC |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Vittiglio | OPTION | 2025-12-08 | — | — | 160,000 | — | $732,528 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Vittiglio | $0 | $0 | $732,528 | 0.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Donnelly | RSU | 23,283 | — | $65,425 |
| Joseph Vittiglio | RSU | 35,000 | — | 195,650 |
| James McArthur | RSU | 60,719 | — | 170,620 |
| Joseph Vittiglio | Option | 160,000 | 5.59 | — |
Director compensation
No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2025.
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 / 10,000 / 8,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
Peer group, and who names PepGen as a peer
Companies that benchmark against PEPG
4 companies name PEPG as a compensation peer
- Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.AMLXFY2025
- DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc.DMACFY2025
- Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. /DE/DNTHFY2025
- Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.VYGRFY2025
Each company listed discloses PEPG 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 PEPG in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
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.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PepGen Inc. | 2025 | James McArthur | $619,000 | $170,620 | $2,088,547 | $0 | $3,316,783 |
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.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
No say-on-pay vote is on file for this company.
Insider trades since the proxy
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
Sources (7 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 01, James McArthur. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 3,316,783. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Noel Donnelly. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,758,882. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Joseph Vittiglio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,319,816. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Joseph Vittiglio OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
- Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
- PepGen Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in PepGen Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,316,783. View filing ↗