President and CEO · Daktronics Inc (DAKT)

Ramesh Jayaraman

FY2026 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Ramesh Jayaraman as a named executive officer of Daktronics; 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.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$1,098,324

2nd of 7 named executive officers at Daktronics by FY2026 total.

7 named officers on file for Daktronics, FY2026

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The filing gives the total. Daktronics’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed July 28, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Ramesh Jayaraman compensation by year

Daktronics Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Daktronics reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2026
Salary$188,462
Bonus$225,000
Stock awards$544,375
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$128,331
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$12,156
Total$1,098,324

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Daktronics Inc DEF 14A filed July 28, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-049957, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Daktronics Inc filed document, accession 0001628280-26-049957. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed July 28, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU28,357$558,633—
RSU2,191$43,163—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Daktronics Inc's FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2026 proxy (filed July 28, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-23Exercise or conversion derivative—7,090$0.0021,267
2026-08-23Exercise or conversion—7,090—7,090
2026-08-23Tax withholding—1,726$19.005,364

The 3 most recent of 3 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 →

Daktronics’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Bradley WiemannExecutive Vice President - Advisor to the CEO and Former Interim President and CEO$1,259,690
Ramesh Jayaraman · this pagePresident and CEO$1,098,324
Howard AtkinsActing Chief Financial Officer and Chief Transformation Officer$945,425
Sheila AndersonChief Data and Analytics Officer$757,541
Matthew KurtenbachVice President of Manufacturing$719,933
Brett WendlerVice President of Design and Development$645,533
Carla GatzkeFormer Vice President of Human Resources and Secretary$582,500

Board service

Daktronics board · FY2026

How this board is paid

Company policy: Daktronics pays directors a $53,750 cash retainer and $85,000 in Restricted Stock. As stated in Daktronics's FY2026 proxy.

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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 Daktronics'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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