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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-03-20

X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR)

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.

$6,705,205
Adam Craig total, FY2025
Executive Chairmanhighest-paid officer; CEO Paula Ragan: $2,640,569
CEO (Paula Ragan) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against XFOR
2 companies name XFOR as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses XFOR 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 XFOR 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
Adam Craig$179,629$0$0$6,410,958$114,479$0$139$6,705,205
Executive Chairman
John Volpone176,538006,410,95875,00604,9856,667,487
President and Chief Operating Officer
David Kirske194,192120,00004,181,040103,13309014,599,266
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary
Paula Ragan420,17001,081,5750001,138,8242,640,569
Former President and Chief Executive 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
Adam Craig$6,705,205
John Volpone6,667,487
David Kirske4,599,266
Paula Ragan2,640,5692,145,041+495,528

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.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Adam CraigOption529,2013.14
Adam CraigOption2,329,1541.42
Adam CraigOption1,609,8731.42
John VolponeOption1,609,8731.42
John VolponeOption2,329,1541.42
John VolponeOption529,2013.14
David KirskeOption352,8003.14
David KirskeOption1,552,7691.42
David KirskeOption1,073,2491.42
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Company's compensation program is intended to reward NEOs for individual and Company-wide performance, align the interests of NEOs with those of stockholders, and motivate them to make important contributions to performance. Base salary is established based on role, responsibilities, skills, and experience, while annual bonuses are discretionary and based on performance.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)
CEO total compensation
Median employee compensation
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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)20,000 / 12,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline
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
1X4 Pharmaceuticals2025Paula Ragan$420,170$1,081,575$0$0$2,640,569

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, Adam CraigDEF 14A2026-03-200001501697-26-000031Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 6,705,205. Filing ↗machine: span 515755–515764
2Section 01, John VolponeDEF 14A2026-03-200001501697-26-000031Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 6,667,487. Filing ↗machine: span 530823–530832
3Section 01, David KirskeDEF 14A2026-03-200001501697-26-000031Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 4,599,266. Filing ↗machine: span 537527–537536
4Section 01, Paula RaganDEF 14A2026-03-200001501697-26-000031Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 30. As printed: 2,640,569. Filing ↗machine: span 520865–520874
5Section 07, pay ratio10-K2026-03-170001501697-26-000018Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
6Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
7X4 Pharmaceuticals (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-200001501697-26-000031CEO total compensation as printed in X4 Pharmaceuticals's own proxy. As printed: 2,640,569. Filing ↗machine: span 520865–520874