Chief Executive Officer and President · Axogen, Inc. (AXGN)

Michael Dale

A named executive officer of Axogen in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 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

$9,047,454

FY2024: $8,847,922

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

6 named officers on file for Axogen, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 29, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Michael Dale compensation by year

Axogen Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Axogen reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$303,163$775,865
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$8,025,000$7,342,895
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$509,493$906,133
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$10,266$22,561
Total$8,847,922$9,047,454

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Axogen, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 29, 2026, accession 0000805928-26-000057, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Axogen, Inc. filed document, accession 0000805928-26-000057. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 29, 2026.

$8.8M
$9.0M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU450,000$14,728,500—
PSU176,300$5,770,299—
RSU176,300$5,770,299—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Axogen discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Retirement$0$0$0$0
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,103,461$26,269,098$58,962$29,431,521
Change in control, no termination$0$20,498,799$0$20,498,799
Involuntary termination without cause$1,939,663$0$44,221$1,983,884

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

Axogen’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael Dale · this pageChief Executive Officer and President$9,047,454
Marc BeganExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer$3,063,430
Jens KempChief Marketing Officer$2,279,206
Erick DeVinneyChief Innovation Officer$2,261,741
Lindsey HartleyChief Financial Officer$1,935,226
Nir NaorFormer Chief Financial Officer$271,544

Board service

Axogen board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Axogen pays directors a $12,500 cash retainer and $150,000 in equity. As stated in Axogen's FY2025 proxy.

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