Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales · Infinera Corporation (INFN)

Nicholas Walden

A named executive officer of Infinera in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$1,725,045

FY2022: $1,825,639

3rd of 4 named executive officers at Infinera by FY2023 total.

4 named officers on file for Infinera, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 17, 2024 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Nicholas Walden compensation by year

Infinera Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Infinera reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$400,577$416,154$426,103
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,009,953$1,154,395$959,400
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$412,082$250,425$156,326
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$34,665$4,665$183,217
Total$1,857,277$1,825,639$1,725,045

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Infinera Corporation DEF 14A filed May 17, 2024, accession 0001138639-24-000128, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Infinera Corporation filed document, accession 0001138639-24-000128. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 17, 2024.

$1.9M
$1.8M
$1.7M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU65,000$308,750—
PSU65,000$308,750—
RSU64,000$304,000—
PSU55,000$261,250—
RSU26,667$126,668—
RSU9,167$43,543—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Infinera Corporation's FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

9 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed May 17, 2024)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-02-28Grant or award derivative—96,668$0.0096,668
2025-02-28Disposition to the issuer derivative—373,951$0.000
2025-02-28Disposition to the issuer—234,641—0
2025-02-28Grant or award—65,000$0.00234,641
2025-02-27Grant or award derivative—47,365$0.0047,365
2025-01-13Grant or award derivative—125,000$0.00125,000
2025-01-05Tax withholding—2,681$6.59169,641
2025-01-05Exercise or conversion—5,416$0.00172,322

The 8 most recent of 9 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 Infinera discloses, by trigger · FY2021
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$400,577———

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Infinera Corporation's FY2021 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Infinera’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
David HeardChief Executive Officer$6,663,648
Nancy ErbaChief Financial Officer$2,537,779
Nicholas Walden · this pageSenior Vice President, Worldwide Sales$1,725,045
David TeichmannChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$1,567,731

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