President and Chief Operating Officer · DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP (DVAX)

David Novack

A named executive officer of DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2024. 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, FY2024

$3,731,687

FY2023: $2,993,331

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Dynavax Technologies by FY2024 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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David Novack compensation by year

DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$519,750$545,738$570,296$593,108
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$935,025$645,540$885,125$2,016,121
Option awards$1,013,100$1,208,685$1,094,625$750,253
Non-equity incentive$436,590$366,736$427,722$364,762
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$13,635$13,124$15,563$7,443
Total$2,918,100$2,779,823$2,993,331$3,731,687

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP DEF 14A filed April 17, 2025, accession 0000930413-25-001273, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP filed document, accession 0000930413-25-001273. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 17, 2025.

$2.9M
$2.8M
$3.0M
$3.7M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU67,860$866,572—
PSU67,860$866,572—
PSU48,500$619,345—
PSU26,500$338,405—
RSU8,833$112,797—
Option95,000—$12.48
Option58,334—$11.12
Option8,334—$12.74

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

30 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed April 17, 2025)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-02-10Grant or award—67,860—67,860
2026-02-10U—63,334—0
2026-02-10Disposition to the issuer—67,860—0
2026-02-10Disposition to the issuer derivative—150,000—0
2026-02-10Disposition to the issuer derivative—150,000—0
2026-02-10Grant or award—56,364—56,364
2026-02-10Disposition to the issuer derivative—95,000—0
2026-02-10Disposition to the issuer—56,364—0

The 8 most recent of 30 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 →

DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Ryan SpencerChief Executive Officer and Director$8,210,775
David Novack · this pagePresident and Chief Operating Officer$3,731,687
John SlebirSenior Vice President and General Counsel$2,847,447
Kelly MacDonaldSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,626,267
Robert JanssenChief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President$2,283,533

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