EVP, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer · Ptc, Inc. (PTC)

Catherine Kniker

A named executive officer of Ptc in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,370,104

FY2024: $4,049,990

5th of 5 named executive officers at Ptc by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Ptc, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 23, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Catherine Kniker compensation by year

Ptc Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ptc reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$415,385$420,000$430,000$430,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,802,384$2,857,087$3,174,393$4,494,379
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$387,317$425,250$435,375$435,375
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$9,288$15,494$10,222$10,350
Total$2,614,374$3,717,831$4,049,990$5,370,104

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.

How this page was built: the Ptc, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-25-124170. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 23, 2025.

$2.6M
$3.7M
$4.0M
$5.4M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU6,461$1,311,712—
RSU5,387$1,093,669—
PSU4,040$820,201—
PSU3,851$781,830—
PSU3,230$655,755—
PSU2,693$546,733—
RSU2,567$521,152—
PSU1,283$260,475—
RSU710$144,144—

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.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Ptc discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Change in control, no termination$0$0$0$322,500
Disability$0$8,103,137$0$8,103,137
Involuntary termination without cause$752,500$3,621,268$0$5,248,175
Change in control and involuntary termination$752,500$8,103,137$0$8,855,637
Death$0$8,103,137$0$8,103,137

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 StaatsEVP, Chief Legal Officer$5,782,582
Catherine Kniker · this pageEVP, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer$5,370,104

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