Richard Carnifax compensation by year
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Component | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $246,090 | $256,600 | $302,300 | $326,925 | $394,125 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $149,940 | $180,005 | $199,975 | $185,505 | $630,851 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $199,975 | $0 | $231,000 |
| Non-equity incentive | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $9,750 | $10,250 | $11,250 | $10,510 | $5,214 |
| Total | $405,780 | $446,855 | $713,500 | $522,940 | $1,261,190 |
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.
How this page was built: the UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC filed document, accession 0001193125-26-147716. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 8, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 150,000 | $541,500 | — |
| PSU | 39,216 | $141,570 | — |
| PSU | 14,001 | $50,544 | — |
| RSU | 6,503 | $23,476 | — |
| Option | 150,000 | — | $2.97 |
| Option | 1,539 | — | $24.77 |
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.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 8, 2026)current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Sale | — | 362 | $4.26 | 16,793 |
| 2026-05-07 | Exercise or conversion | — | 1,166 | — | 17,155 |
| 2026-05-07 | Exercise or conversion derivative | — | 1,166 | $0.00 | 3,498 |
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 →
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Carnifax · this page | Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer | $1,261,190 |
| Paul Arling | Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $818,173 |
| Ramzi Ammari | Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Strategy | $632,140 |
| Bryan Hackworth | Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President | $555,808 |
| David Chong | Former Executive Vice President, Global Sales | $461,813 |
| Wade Jenke | Chief Financial Officer | $335,167 |
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