Aquestive Therapeutics Executive Compensation (FY25)
AQST · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 10, 2026
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Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Aquestive Therapeutics' chief executive and what were they paid?
Daniel Barber, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $3,493,559 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
What was Aquestive Therapeutics' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 92.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Barber President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Lori Braender Corporate Secretary, Former Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
A. Ernest Toth, Jr. Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Ernest Toth, Jr. | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| A. Ernest Toth, Jr. | OPTION | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Daniel Barber | OPTION | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Daniel Barber | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Lori Braender | OPTION | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Lori Braender | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Braender | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
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| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| Daniel Barber | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
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| A. Ernest Toth, Jr. | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Daniel Barber
President and Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
Lori Braender
Corporate Secretary, Former Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer · Employment agreement
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gregory B. Brown, M.D Board chair | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John S. Cochran | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Timothy E. Morris | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Julie Krop, M.D | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Marco Taglietti, M.D | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Abigail L. Jenkins | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Daniel Barber served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Stock Options.
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.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 10, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 11, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
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142 figures on this page: 140 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.
140 cited to the filing
2 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001398733-26-000033Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-26-0167572025 Director Compensation Table · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End Table · Summary Compensation Table · and 1 more section
- 0001628280-25-030804
- 0001628280-22-020244Exhibit
- 0001140361-18-042522Exhibit
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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}
}