Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary · Couchbase, Inc. (BASE)

Margaret Chow

Margaret Chow, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Couchbase, Inc., received total compensation of $2,084,031 for fiscal year 2025. Her compensation included a base salary of $375,000, a cash bonus of $178,125, and stock-based compensation of $1,527,806.

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Margaret Chow as a named executive officer of Couchbase; the record below is that year, complete. 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

$2,084,031

4th of 4 named executive officers at Couchbase by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Margaret Chow compensation by year

Couchbase Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Couchbase reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$375,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$1,527,806
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$178,125
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$3,100
Total$2,084,031

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Couchbase, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 16, 2025, accession 0001845022-25-000036, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Couchbase, Inc. filed document, accession 0001845022-25-000036. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 16, 2025.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU46,000$816,040—
RSU34,747$616,412—
RSU18,160$322,158—
RSU9,749$172,947—
Option416—$21.40

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

6 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 16, 2025)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-09-24Disposition to the issuer derivative—19,999—0
2025-09-24Disposition to the issuer derivative—46,000—0
2025-09-24Disposition to the issuer—191,917—0
2025-09-24Disposition to the issuer derivative—122,999—0
2025-09-16Tax withholding—7,509$24.41191,917
2025-06-16Tax withholding—5,749$19.04199,426

The 6 most recent of 6 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 Couchbase discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$375,000—$17,079$392,079
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$375,000—$17,079$392,079
Change in control and involuntary termination$562,500$1,927,557$17,079$2,507,136
Change in control and resignation for good reason$562,500$1,927,557$17,079$2,507,136

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

Couchbase’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Matthew CainChair, President and Chief Executive Officer$8,685,250
Greg HenrySenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,778,399
Huw OwenSenior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer$3,170,795
Margaret Chow · this pageSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$2,084,031

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