David Gardella compensation by year
Donnelley Financial Solutions Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held| Component | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $345,000 | $390,000 | $410,000 | $400,539 | $425,000 | $425,000 | $450,000 | $470,000 | $485,000 | $485,000 |
| Bonus | $325,000 | $375,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $814,740 | $748,725 | $799,545 | $946,635 | $734,564 | $1,550,662 | $1,371,968 | $1,979,003 | $2,659,179 | $2,481,114 |
| Option awards | $0 | $149,961 | $200,296 | $105,075 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $65,424 | $266,619 | $355,983 | $213,200 | $722,500 | $807,500 | $998,842 | $530,630 | $663,480 | $531,075 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $7,146 | $13,873 | $0 | $27,429 | $26,214 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $412 | $4,833 | $1,799 | $0 | $8,550 | $28,971 | $9,150 | $9,900 | $10,350 | $10,500 |
| Total | $1,557,722 | $1,949,011 | $1,767,623 | $1,692,878 | $1,916,828 | $2,812,133 | $2,829,960 | $2,989,533 | $3,818,009 | $3,507,689 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 1, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-135712, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-135712. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 1, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 50,277 | $2,347,433 | — |
| RSU | 33,653 | $1,571,259 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Donnelley Financial Solutions’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Leib | President and Chief Executive Officer | $8,523,238 |
| David Gardella · this page | Chief Financial Officer | $3,507,689 |
| Craig Clay | President, Global Capital Markets | $3,327,110 |
| Eric Johnson | President, Global Investment Companies | $2,769,852 |
| Robert Williams | Chief People and Administrative Officer | $2,275,706 |
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