Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Seagate Technology Holdings plc (STX)

Gianluca Romano

A named executive officer of Seagate Technology in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2026. 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, FY2026

$13,296,834

FY2025: $10,406,491

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Seagate Technology by FY2026 total.

5 named officers on file for Seagate Technology, FY2026

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed September 8, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Gianluca Romano compensation by year

Seagate Technology Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Seagate Technology reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$276,931$600,018$600,018$644,242$632,500$440,000$715,000$764,635
Bonus$200,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,060,382$2,032,312$1,633,956$12,973,374$2,918,142$6,250,828$7,736,128$9,680,399
Option awards$1,213,679$528,001$341,566$676,504$706,406$1,304,342$1,947,793$2,844,230
Non-equity incentive$179,631$501,135$729,141$776,053$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$53,374$117,210$7,400$7,400$7,400$7,400$7,570$7,570
Total$2,983,997$3,778,676$3,312,081$15,077,573$4,264,448$8,002,570$10,406,491$13,296,834

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Seagate Technology Holdings plc DEF 14A filed September 8, 2026, accession 0001137789-26-000207, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Seagate Technology Holdings plc filed document, accession 0001137789-26-000207. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed September 8, 2026.

$3.0M
$3.8M
$3.3M
$15.1M
$4.3M
$8.0M
$10.4M
$13.3M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU90,380$74,126,061—
RSU60,624$49,721,380—
RSU50,396$41,332,783—
RSU20,206$16,572,153—
RSU20,158$16,532,785—
RSU16,798$13,777,048—
RSU13,643$11,189,443—
RSU9,129$7,487,241—
RSU8,475$6,950,856—
RSU2,739$2,246,418—
RSU959$786,533—
Option2,555—$68.83

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Seagate Technology Holdings plc's FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 15 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

58 Form 4 lines since the FY2026 proxy (filed September 8, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-15Sale—49,983.5$772.1670,756.5
2026-09-14Sale10b5-1955$781.2430,360
2026-09-14Exercise or conversion—90,380$0.00120,740
2026-09-14Exercise or conversion derivative—90,380$0.000
2026-09-11Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-113,439$0.0040,317
2026-09-11Sale10b5-1200$846.9433,820
2026-09-11Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-11,695$0.006,780
2026-09-11Sale10b5-11,320$835.6737,740

The 8 most recent of 58 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 Seagate Technology discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,480,045$321,450,957$72,846$324,487,998
Involuntary termination without cause$1,233,371$0$0$2,595,976
Retirement$0$0$0$1,358,500
Disability$0$144,130,212$0$144,130,212
Death$0$182,658,795$0$182,658,795

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Seagate Technology Holdings plc's FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Seagate Technology’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
William MosleyChairman and Chief Executive Officer$26,918,702
Gianluca Romano · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$13,296,834
Ban Seng TehExecutive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$6,548,434
John MorrisExecutive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer$5,322,785
James LeeExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary$4,772,143

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