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Chief Legal and Administrative Officer · Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (LFCR)

Thomas Salus

Thomas Salus, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer at Lifecore Biomedical, Inc., received total compensation of $4,098,554 for fiscal year 2025. His compensation consisted of a base salary of $44,231 and stock-based compensation of $4,053,631. No cash bonus or incentive was disclosed for this officer.

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Thomas Salus as a named executive officer of Lifecore Biomedical; 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, FY2025

$4,098,554

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Thomas Salus compensation by year

Lifecore Biomedical Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Lifecore Biomedical reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$44,231
Stock awards$3,199,120
Option awards$854,511
All other$692
Total$4,098,554

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001005286-26-000012, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. filed document, accession 0001005286-26-000012. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 24, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU333,000$2,723,940—
RSU170,000$1,390,600—
RSU45,000$368,100—
Option210,000—$6.17

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

Lifecore Biomedical’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ryan LakeExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$4,302,439
Thomas Salus · this pageChief Legal and Administrative Officer$4,098,554
Paul JosephsPresident and Chief Executive Officer$1,115,305

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