Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · BRUKER CORP (BRKR)

Gerald Herman

A named executive officer of BRUKER in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 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

$2,010,308

FY2023: $2,204,302

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Bruker by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 10, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Gerald Herman compensation by year

BRUKER Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BRUKER reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2023FY2025
Salary$360,939$443,019$446,148$545,310$603,538$644,234
Bonus$0$100,000$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$352,515$412,536$525,002$638,443$807,347$866,291
Option awards$117,911$135,334$175,101$225,438$268,526$264,706
Non-equity incentive$186,906$148,904$148,320$522,656$506,969$215,696
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$8,250$8,400$8,550$8,700$17,922$19,381
Total$1,026,521$1,248,193$1,303,121$1,940,547$2,204,302$2,010,308

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BRUKER CORP DEF 14A filed April 10, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-151305, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the BRUKER CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-26-151305. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 10, 2026.

$1.0M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.9M
$2.2M
$2.0M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY23
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU25,844$1,217,511—
RSU11,330$533,756—
RSU6,084$286,617—
RSU3,131$147,501—
Option3,172—$62.00
Option10,307—$68.20
Option5,584—$66.35
Option24,430—$36.87

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

6 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 10, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-15Grant or award derivative—12,803$0.0012,803
2026-08-15Grant or award—15,794$0.00114,078
2026-08-15Tax withholding—2,724$57.70111,354
2026-08-11Tax withholding—1,410$57.0298,284
2026-08-10Tax withholding—1,289$56.3299,694
2026-08-09Tax withholding—1,600$53.41100,983

The 6 most recent of 6 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 →

BRUKER’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Frank LaukienChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$4,706,388
Mark MunchExecutive Vice President and President, Bruker NANO Group$2,178,054
Gerald Herman · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,010,308
Juergen SregaPresident, Bruker CALID Group and Bruker Daltonics Division$1,422,590
Falko BussePresident, Bruker BioSpin Group$1,420,798

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