Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC (UEIC)

Paul Arling

A named executive officer of UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$818,173

FY2024: $1,334,010

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 8, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Paul Arling compensation by year

UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2024FY2025
Salary$830,000$830,000$392,654
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,049,955$477,000$0
Option awards$1,049,970$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$27,275$27,010$425,519
Total$2,957,200$1,334,010$818,173

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC DEF 14A filed April 8, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-147716, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$3.0M
$1.3M
$818K
FY22
FY24
FY25
SalaryStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU36,000$129,960—

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

UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Richard CarnifaxInterim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer$1,261,190
Paul Arling · this pageFormer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$818,173
Ramzi AmmariSenior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Strategy$632,140
Bryan HackworthFormer Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President$555,808
David ChongFormer Executive Vice President, Global Sales$461,813
Wade JenkeChief Financial Officer$335,167

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