President, Chief Executive Officer and Director · Humacyte, Inc. (HUMA)

Laura Niklason

A named executive officer of Humacyte in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 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

$5,234,908

FY2024: $905,436

1st of 3 named executive officers at Humacyte by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for Humacyte, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 28, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Laura Niklason compensation by year

Humacyte Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Humacyte reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$75,000$500,000$500,000$603,754$612,400$633,606
Bonus$0$237,500$212,500$281,704$278,642$253,983
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$0$0
Option awards$20,006$10,021,428$1,031,240$1,726,450$0$4,332,725
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$106,277$45,861$5,348$13,794$14,394$14,594
Total$201,283$10,804,789$1,749,088$2,625,702$905,436$5,234,908

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Humacyte, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 28, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-187449, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Humacyte, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-187449. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 28, 2026.

$201K
$10.8M
$1.7M
$2.6M
$905K
$5.2M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option311,100—$1.23
Option1,130,311—$4.56
Option401,500—$2.80
Option111,125—$3.07

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 28, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-11Grant or award derivative—80,000$0.0080,000

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 →

Humacyte’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Laura Niklason · this pagePresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$5,234,908
Dale SanderChief Financial Officer, Chief Corporate Development Officer and Treasurer$2,131,658
Shamik ParikhChief Medical Officer$2,096,556

Board service

Humacyte board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Humacyte pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $152,800 in equity. As stated in Humacyte's FY2025 proxy.

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