Chief Executive Officer · NEW RELIC, INC. (NEWR)

William Staples

A named executive officer of NEW RELIC in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2023. 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, FY2023

$23,214,892

FY2022: $13,566,011

1st of 6 named executive officers at NEW Relic by FY2023 total.

6 named officers on file for NEW RELIC, FY2023

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed June 30, 2023 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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William Staples compensation by year

NEW RELIC Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NEW RELIC reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$51,539$404,849$480,000$585,000
Bonus$75,000$175,000$0$0
Stock awards$2,769,318$103,910$12,548,606$22,261,124
Option awards$2,769,564$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$12,163$107,663$537,404$367,088
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$1,357$4,031$0$1,680
Total$5,678,942$795,452$13,566,011$23,214,892

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NEW RELIC, INC. DEF 14A filed June 30, 2023, accession 0001448056-23-000042, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NEW RELIC, INC. filed document, accession 0001448056-23-000042. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed June 30, 2023.

$5.7M
$795K
$13.6M
$23.2M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU69,785$5,254,113—
PSU62,733$4,723,182—
PSU59,126$4,451,597—
RSU52,339$3,940,603—
RSU44,345$3,338,735—
RSU11,402$858,457—
Option25,688—$60.72

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NEW RELIC, INC.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

11 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed June 30, 2023)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2023-11-08Exercise or conversion derivative—112,085—0
2023-11-08Exercise or conversion—139,712—251,455
2023-11-08Exercise or conversion—399,958—651,413
2023-11-08Exercise or conversion—33,857—685,270
2023-11-08Disposition to the issuer—685,270—0
2023-11-08Exercise or conversion derivative—5,701—0
2023-11-08Exercise or conversion derivative—33,259—0
2023-11-08Exercise or conversion derivative—40,708—0

The 8 most recent of 11 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 NEW RELIC discloses, by trigger · FY2022
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination$0$15,142,554$0$15,142,554
Involuntary termination without cause$500,000$0$28,945$528,945
Change in control and involuntary termination$750,000$15,142,554$43,417$15,935,971

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in NEW RELIC, INC.'s FY2022 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

NEW RELIC’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
William Staples · this pageChief Executive Officer$23,214,892
David BarterChief Financial Officer$17,214,833
Mark DoddsChief Revenue Officer$11,497,906
Thomas LloydChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$4,398,350
Kristy FriedrichsChief Operating Officer$3,560,315
Mark SachlebenFormer Chief Financial Officer$1,344,816

Board service

NEW RELIC board · FY2022–FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: NEW RELIC pays directors a $32,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in equity. As stated in NEW RELIC's FY2022 proxy.

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