Chief Executive Officer and Director · IMAX CORP (IMAX)

Richard Gelfond

A named executive officer of IMAX in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. 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, FY2025

$8,655,929

FY2024: $7,981,811

1st of 5 named executive officers at Imax by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for IMAX, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. IMAX’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 April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Richard Gelfond compensation by year

IMAX Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as IMAX reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,100,000$1,198,077$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,200,000
Bonus$950,000$850,000$1,700,000$1,100,000$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$6,600,010$0$0$0$5,499,962$5,899,985$5,499,961$5,499,992$5,499,983$5,499,951
Option awards$3,899,998$3,300,002$3,300,001$3,299,997$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$1,900,000$1,258,243$1,954,521$1,196,391$1,898,841
Pension and deferred compensation$1,769,275$0$0$1,377,679$163,489$0$0$0$0$0
All other$94,476$86,085$86,122$134,227$58,988$81,457$79,800$74,122$85,437$57,137
Total$14,413,759$5,434,164$6,286,123$7,111,903$6,922,439$9,081,442$8,038,004$8,728,635$7,981,811$8,655,929

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: IMAX CORP DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-027220, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the IMAX CORP filed document, accession 0001628280-26-027220. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 24, 2026.

$14.4M
$5.4M
$6.3M
$7.1M
$6.9M
$9.1M
$8.0M
$8.7M
$8.0M
$8.7M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU196,964$7,279,789—
RSU122,386$4,523,387—
PSU110,146$4,070,996—
RSU109,518$4,047,785—
PSU91,768$3,391,745—
PSU65,710$2,428,642—
PSU63,731$2,355,498—
RSU62,529$2,311,072—
PSU39,159$1,447,317—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

10 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 24, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-20Sale10b5-1100,000$53.23665,002
2026-08-19Sale10b5-1205,504$53.27765,002
2026-08-19Conversion10b5-1205,504$31.90970,506
2026-08-19Conversion derivative10b5-1205,504$31.90975,654
2026-08-18Conversion derivative10b5-1151,253$31.901,181,158
2026-08-18Sale10b5-1151,253$51.00765,002
2026-08-18Conversion10b5-1151,253$31.90916,255
2026-04-27Conversion derivative10b5-18,943$31.401,332,411

The 8 most recent of 10 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 →

IMAX’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Richard Gelfond · this pageChief Executive Officer and Director$8,655,929
Robert ListerChief Legal Officer and Senior Executive Vice President$2,907,846
Mark WeltonPresident, IMAX Global Theatres$2,616,364
Anne GlobeChief Marketing Officer$2,064,691
Natasha FernandesChief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President$1,696,781

Board service

IMAX board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: IMAX pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $125,000 in equity. As stated in IMAX's FY2025 proxy.

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