President and CEO · NOVAVAX INC (NVAX)

John Jacobs

A named executive officer of NOVAVAX in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 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

$8,856,015

FY2024: $5,087,461

1st of 6 named executive officers at Novavax by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for NOVAVAX, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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John Jacobs compensation by year

NOVAVAX Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NOVAVAX reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$662,868$752,500$792,917
Bonus$250,000$0$0
Stock awards$2,975,113$1,347,500$3,545,435
Option awards$2,996,245$2,189,350$3,763,292
Non-equity incentive$267,750$684,311$640,331
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$149,033$113,800$114,040
Total$7,301,009$5,087,461$8,856,015

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NOVAVAX INC DEF 14A filed April 27, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-027328, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NOVAVAX INC filed document, accession 0001628280-26-027328. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 27, 2026.

$7.3M
$5.1M
$8.9M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU450,500$3,027,360—
RSU166,666$1,119,996—
RSU83,197$559,084—
Option78,732—$11.92
Option281,251—$5.39
Option676,000—$7.87

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

NOVAVAX’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John Jacobs · this pagePresident and CEO$8,856,015
Elaine O'HaraEVP, Chief Strategy Officer$3,688,276
James KellyEVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$2,986,228
Mark CaseyEVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$2,810,453
Ruxandra Draghia-AkliFormer EVP, Head of Research & Development$2,303,380
John TrizzinoFormer President and Chief Operating Officer$1,709,950

Board service

NOVAVAX board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: NOVAVAX pays directors a $55,000 cash retainer and $350,000 in Options and RSUs. As stated in NOVAVAX's FY2025 proxy.

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