CFO, COO · Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG)

James Marcelli

A named executive officer of Lightwave Logic in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$722,444

FY2024: $814,509

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 10, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Marcelli compensation by year

Lightwave Logic Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Lightwave Logic reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$241,667$250,000$258,333$262,500$269,475$350,000$367,500$385,875$385,875
Bonus$0$0$0$0$2,608,720$93,800$58,984$115,762$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$284,878
Option awards$0$0$38,805$42,178$153,875$770,288$678,782$309,629$48,068
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$2,282$2,355$2,245$2,189$3,550$2,903$3,019$3,243$3,623
Total$243,949$252,355$299,383$306,867$3,034,845$1,216,991$1,108,385$814,509$722,444

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Lightwave Logic, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 10, 2026, accession 0001553350-26-000061, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Lightwave Logic, Inc. filed document, accession 0001553350-26-000061. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 10, 2026.

$244K
$252K
$299K
$307K
$3.0M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$815K
$722K
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SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU250,000$810,000—

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

Lightwave Logic’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Yves LeMaitreCEO$8,614,697
James Marcelli · this pageCFO, COO$722,444
Thomas ZeliborPresident$656,781

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