Executive Vice President, Products and Solutions and Director · PDF SOLUTIONS INC (PDFS)

Kimon Michaels

A named executive officer of PDF SOLUTIONS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$643,686

FY2023: $571,832

4th of 4 named executive officers at PDF Solutions by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 29, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Kimon Michaels compensation by year

PDF SOLUTIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PDF SOLUTIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2023FY2025
Salary$350,000$350,000$350,000$350,000$350,000$395,000$415,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$77,720$107,100
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$80,376$107,100
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$192$180$405$405$405$18,736$14,486
Total$350,192$350,180$350,405$350,405$350,405$571,832$643,686

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PDF SOLUTIONS INC DEF 14A filed April 29, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-013857, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the PDF SOLUTIONS INC filed document, accession 0001437749-26-013857. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 29, 2026.

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Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 29, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-01Grant or award derivative—71,000$0.0071,000

The 1 most recent of 1 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 →

PDF SOLUTIONS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Adnan RazaExecutive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer$1,397,586
Andrzej StrojwasChief Technology Officer$720,952
John KibarianChief Executive Officer, President and Director$693,986
Kimon Michaels · this pageExecutive Vice President, Products and Solutions and Director$643,686

Board service

PDF SOLUTIONS board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: PDF SOLUTIONS pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $150,000 in equity. As stated in PDF SOLUTIONS's FY2025 proxy.

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