President, Chief Executive Officer and Director · Splunk Inc. (SPLK)

Gary Steele

FY2023 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Gary Steele as a named executive officer of Splunk; the record below is that year, complete. 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, FY2023

$51,212,720

1st of 7 named executive officers at Splunk by FY2023 total.

7 named officers on file for Splunk, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 9, 2023 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Gary Steele compensation by year

Splunk Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Splunk reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023
Salary$729,863
Bonus$8,000,000
Stock awards$42,154,016
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$316,761
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$12,080
Total$51,212,720

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Splunk Inc. DEF 14A filed May 9, 2023, accession 0001308179-23-000851, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Splunk Inc. filed document, accession 0001308179-23-000851. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 9, 2023.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU144,052$13,795,860—
RSU96,034$9,197,176—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Splunk Inc.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

10 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed May 9, 2023)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2024-03-18Disposition to the issuer—111,464—0
2024-03-18Disposition to the issuer—47,344—111,464
2024-03-18Disposition to the issuer—381,502—158,808
2024-03-18Disposition to the issuer—67,652$157.00540,310
2024-03-15Grant or award—364,150$0.00607,962
2024-02-27Grant or award—111,464$0.00243,812
2023-12-19Tax withholding—101,787$151.97132,348
2023-12-19Grant or award—48,017$0.00199,719

The 8 most recent of 10 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 Splunk discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$11,496,518$0$11,496,518
Involuntary termination without cause$2,475,000$8,622,269$9,769$11,107,038
Change in control and involuntary termination$5,175,000$22,993,036$14,653$28,182,689

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Splunk Inc.'s FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Splunk’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Gary Steele · this pagePresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$51,212,720
Shawn BiceFormer President of Products and Technology$18,846,455
Jason ChildFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$13,365,113
Scott MorganSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Global Affairs and Secretary$9,297,092
Teresa CarlsonFormer President and Chief Growth Officer$5,971,162
Brian RobertsChief Financial Officer$5,582,597
Graham SmithFormer Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director$2,565,414

Board service

Splunk board · FY2022–FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: Splunk pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $270,000 in RSUs. As stated in Splunk's FY2023 proxy.

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How this record is built

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