Former Interim President and Chief Executive Officer · Arbutus Biopharma Corp (ABUS)

Michael McElhaugh

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Michael McElhaugh as a named executive officer of Arbutus Biopharma; 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.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,578,150

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

Michael McElhaugh compensation by year

Arbutus Biopharma Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Arbutus Biopharma reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$109,658
Bonus$0
Stock awards$582,330
Option awards$1,855,495
Non-equity incentive$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$1,030,667
Total$3,578,150

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Arbutus Biopharma Corp DEF 14A filed April 14, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-014623, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Arbutus Biopharma discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$986,825——$986,825

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

Arbutus Biopharma’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael McElhaugh · this pageFormer Interim President and Chief Executive Officer$3,578,150
Tuan NguyenChief Financial Officer$2,416,995
David HastingsFormer Chief Financial Officer$2,218,362
Lindsay AndroskiPresident and Chief Executive Officer$1,369,013

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are Arbutus Biopharma's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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