Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer · Cryoport, Inc. (CYRX)

Jerrell Shelton

A named executive officer of Cryoport 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

$2,375,524

FY2024: $1,874,870

1st of 4 named executive officers at Cryoport by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for Cryoport, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 22, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Jerrell Shelton compensation by year

Cryoport Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Cryoport reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$435,417$581,250$600,000$612,500$713,125$791,562$865,597$921,169$967,845
Bonus$100,000$100,000—$120,000$0$0—$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$1,768,140$731,213$585,729$226,197$192,300
Option awards$986,471$2,091,151$3,239,464$4,091,607$2,046,243$963,359$785,432$286,376$306,869
Non-equity incentive$0$0$345,000$660,000$605,313$0—$441,128$908,510
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0——$0
All other$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0
Total$1,521,888$2,772,401$4,184,464$5,484,107$5,132,821$2,486,134$2,236,758$1,874,870$2,375,524

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Cryoport, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 22, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-016129, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Cryoport, Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-016129. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 22, 2026.

$1.5M
$2.8M
$4.2M
$5.5M
$5.1M
$2.5M
$2.2M
$1.9M
$2.4M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awards

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU30,000$288,000—
RSU13,546$130,042—
RSU11,176$107,290—
RSU6,773$65,021—
Option18,857—$16.70
Option19,047—$23.78
Option3,809—$29.69
Option60,937—$7.05

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 22, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-11Sale10b5-128,800$14.911,201,814
2026-04-21Exercise or conversion derivative—104,007$0.000
2026-04-21Exercise or conversion—104,007$1.871,230,614

The 3 most recent of 3 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 Cryoport discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$1,971,604$745,741$0$2,717,345

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Cryoport, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Cryoport’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Jerrell Shelton · this pageChair, President and Chief Executive Officer$2,375,524
Robert StefanovichSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,119,615
Edward ZecchiniSenior Vice President and Chief Digital and Technology Officer$1,088,029
Mark SawickiChief Scientific Officer$986,061

Board service

Cryoport board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Cryoport pays directors a $70,000 cash retainer and $325,000 in Options and RSRs. As stated in Cryoport's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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