EVP, Chief Legal Officer · Ptc, Inc. (PTC)

Aaron von Staats

A named executive officer of Ptc in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,782,582

FY2024: $4,725,222

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 23, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Aaron von Staats compensation by year

Ptc Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ptc reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$399,231$445,500$430,000$450,000$450,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,974,936$2,328,760$3,258,594$3,809,247$4,866,573
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$388,500$416,360$435,375$455,625$455,625
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$9,029$9,150$9,900$10,350$10,385
Total$2,771,696$3,199,769$4,133,869$4,725,222$5,782,582

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ptc, Inc. DEF 14A filed December 23, 2025, accession 0001104659-25-124170, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.8M
$3.2M
$4.1M
$4.7M
$5.8M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU9,691$1,967,467—
RSU6,464$1,312,321—
PSU4,848$984,241—
PSU4,845$983,632—
PSU4,813$977,135—
PSU3,232$656,161—
RSU3,209$651,491—
PSU1,604$325,644—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Ptc, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed December 23, 2025)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-03-03Sale10b5-12,639$160.0019,582
2026-02-11Sale10b5-1232$161.0622,229
2026-02-11Sale10b5-18$162.2322,221

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Ptc discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$450,000$3,922,346$25,797$4,735,643
Change in control and involuntary termination$450,000$8,841,724$25,797$9,655,021
Disability$0$8,841,724$0$8,841,724
Death$0$8,841,724$0$8,841,724
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Change in control, no termination$0$0$0$337,500

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Ptc, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Ptc’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Neil BaruaPresident and Chief Executive Officer$24,315,129
Robert DahdahEVP, Chief Revenue Officer$14,209,325
Kristian TalvitieEVP, Chief Financial Officer$7,852,747
Aaron von Staats · this pageEVP, Chief Legal Officer$5,782,582
Catherine KnikerEVP, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer$5,370,104

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How this record is built

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