Chief Executive Officer · MeridianLink, Inc. (MLNK)

Nicolaas Vlok

A named executive officer of MeridianLink in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2024. 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, FY2024

$13,371,744

FY2023: $8,922,005

2nd of 3 named executive officers at MeridianLink by FY2024 total.

3 named officers on file for MeridianLink, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 23, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Nicolaas Vlok compensation by year

MeridianLink Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as MeridianLink reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$600,000$600,000$600,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$4,646,240$7,963,045$12,296,453
Option awards$1,548,743$0$0
Non-equity incentive$510,000$354,960$471,291
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$4,000$4,000$4,000
Total$7,308,983$8,922,005$13,371,744

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: MeridianLink, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 23, 2025, accession 0001834494-25-000034, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the MeridianLink, Inc. filed document, accession 0001834494-25-000034. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 23, 2025.

$7.3M
$8.9M
$13.4M
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU296,544$6,123,634—
RSU295,013$6,092,018—
RSU234,061$4,833,360—
RSU96,155$1,985,601—
RSU16,008$330,565—
Option71,136—$16.61
Option40,023—$26.00

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in MeridianLink, Inc.'s FY2024 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 FY2024 proxy (filed April 23, 2025)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-10-24Disposition to the issuer—29,810—0
2025-10-24Disposition to the issuer derivative—1,835,323$0.000
2025-10-24Other—100,000—1,035,477
2025-10-24Disposition to the issuer—1,035,477—0
2025-10-24Disposition to the issuer derivative—213,462$0.000
2025-10-24Disposition to the issuer derivative—189,697$0.000
2025-10-01Tax withholding—107,777$19.931,135,477
2025-07-01Tax withholding—34,316$16.231,243,254

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 →

MeridianLink’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Laurence KatzPresident$21,018,260
Nicolaas Vlok · this pageChief Executive Officer$13,371,744
Elias OlmetaChief Financial Officer$7,836,490

Board service

MeridianLink board · FY2022–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: MeridianLink pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in RSUs. As stated in MeridianLink's FY2024 proxy.

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How this record is built

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