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Aehr Test Systems Executive Compensation (FY26)

AEHR · Fremont, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Gayn Erickson
Latest say-on-pay support
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October 20, 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Gayn Erickson: $3,426,204 → $3,226,098 (5.8% lower)

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Who is Aehr Test Systems' chief executive and what were they paid?
Gayn Erickson, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $3,226,098 in total compensation for fiscal 2026. Erickson's total was 5.8% lower than the $3,426,204 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Aehr Test Systems' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 86.7% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held October 20, 2025 for fiscal 2025.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gayn Erickson
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Vernon Rogers
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kenneth Spink
Former Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gayn Erickson
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kenneth B. Spink
former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Vernon Rogers
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gayn Erickson
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chris P. Siu
Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Adil Engineer
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Vernon Rogers
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gayn Erickson
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chris P. Siu
Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Adil Engineer
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gayn Erickson
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chris Siu
Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Alberto Salamone
Executive Vice President of Packaged Level Burn-In Business
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Adil EngineerOTHER——————◇
Chris P. SiuOTHER——————◇
Gayn EricksonOTHER——————◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Gayn EricksonRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Alberto SalamoneRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Chris SiuPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Rhea J. Posedel
Board chair
◇◇———◇◇
Laura Oliphant
◇◇————◇
Howard T. Slayen
◇◇————◇
Geoffrey G. Scott
◇◇————◇
Fariba Danesh
◇◇————◇
Gayn Erickson served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025October 20, 2025=◇◇◇
2023October 21, 2024=◇◇◇
2022October 23, 2023=◇◇◇
2021October 18, 2022=◇◇◇
2020October 19, 2021=◇◇◇
2019October 20, 2020=◇◇◇
2018October 22, 2019=◇◇◇
2017October 23, 2018=◇◇◇
2016October 26, 2017=◇◇◇
2015October 18, 2016=◇◇◇

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Citations

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188 figures on this page: 178 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
178 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001654954-26-008222
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
  2. 0001654954-25-012028
  3. 0001654954-25-010620
    Compensation of Named Executive Officers · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & · Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0001654954-24-013223
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001654954-24-011751
  6. 0001654954-23-013387
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001654954-23-011818
    Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0001654954-22-014022
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001654954-21-011290
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001654954-20-011395
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001654954-19-011999
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001654954-18-011561
  13. 0001654954-17-009840
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0001040470-16-000134
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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