President and Chief Executive Officer · Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (ARQT)

Todd Franklin Watanabe

A named executive officer of Arcutis Biotherapeutics in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 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

$7,223,065

FY2024: $3,689,491

1st of 6 named executive officers at Arcutis Biotherapeutics by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Arcutis Biotherapeutics, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 21, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Todd Franklin Watanabe compensation by year

Arcutis Biotherapeutics Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Arcutis Biotherapeutics reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$390,000$441,667$590,000$633,500$660,867$713,333
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$800,690$1,252,803$1,384,250$1,405,630$2,067,190
Option awards$580,546$1,215,563$2,314,700$2,543,320$1,053,227$3,848,958
Non-equity incentive$169,750$281,563$407,100$354,127$549,841$579,584
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$0$11,400$16,952$20,069$19,926$14,000
Total$1,140,296$2,750,883$4,581,555$4,935,266$3,689,491$7,223,065

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 21, 2026, accession 0001787306-26-000028, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. filed document, accession 0001787306-26-000028. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 21, 2026.

$1.1M
$2.8M
$4.6M
$4.9M
$3.7M
$7.2M
FY19
FY20
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU151,000$4,385,040—
RSU93,750$2,722,500—
RSU48,375$1,404,810—
RSU43,750$1,270,500—
RSU17,725$514,734—
RSU15,889$461,417—
Option213,542—$3.64
Option321,750—$13.69

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Arcutis Biotherapeutics, 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 21, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-02Sale—4,377$31.86712,826
2026-08-03Sale10b5-14,375$26.12717,203
2026-05-04Sale10b5-13,172$23.61720,755

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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Arcutis Biotherapeutics discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability$0$0$0$0
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Death$0$0$0$0
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$723,000$0$26,666$749,666
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,084,500$21,121,830$40,000$22,951,255

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Arcutis Biotherapeutics’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Todd Franklin Watanabe · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$7,223,065
L. Todd EdwardsExecutive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer$3,030,337
Patrick BurnettExecutive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer$3,016,508
Masaru MatsudaExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$2,118,203
David TopperFormer Chief Financial Officer$1,946,733
Latha VairavanSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,924,780

Board service

Arcutis Biotherapeutics board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Arcutis Biotherapeutics pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $300,000 in Options and RSUs. As stated in Arcutis Biotherapeutics's FY2025 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 Arcutis Biotherapeutics'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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