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Ceva Inc Executive Compensation (FY25)
CEVA · Rockville, MD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025 ◇ Amir Panush | Latest say-on-pay support = June 2, 2026 | Chief executive pay ratio ◇ To the median employee |
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Amir Panush: $2,653,641 → $4,691,010 (76.8% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 15:1 → 17:1 (13.3% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Ceva Inc's chief executive and what were they paid?
Amir Panush, Chief Executive Officer, received $4,691,010 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Panush's total moved 76.8% higher from the $2,653,641 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Ceva Inc's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 50.2% support at the meeting held June 2, 2026.
Which companies are in Ceva Inc's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names A10 Networks, Ambarella, Amplitude, Arteris and Couchbase, among others.
What is Ceva Inc's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 17:1.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gideon Wertheizer Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Issachar Ohana Former Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Yaniv Arieli Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Boukaya Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amir Panush Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Yaniv Arieli Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Boukaya Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Gweltaz Toquet Chief Commercial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amir Panush Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Yaniv Arieli Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Boukaya Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Gweltaz Toquet Chief Commercial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amir Panush Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Yaniv Arieli Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Gweltaz Toquet Chief Commercial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Boukaya Executive Vice President and Chief Operating 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Panush | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Amir Panush | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Amir Panush | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Gweltaz Toquet | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Gweltaz Toquet | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Gweltaz Toquet | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Boukaya | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Michael Boukaya | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Boukaya | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Yaniv Arieli | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Yaniv Arieli | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Yaniv Arieli | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Panush | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Gweltaz Toquet | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Yaniv Arieli | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Michael Boukaya | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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.
Yaniv Arieli
Chief Financial Officer · Amended agreement · dated April 1, 2024
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Amir Panush
Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2022 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control base | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
Gweltaz Toquet
Chief Commercial Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2022 filing
| Change-in-control trigger | ◇ |
| Excise tax treatment | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
| Clawback | ◇ |
Michael Boukaya
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · Employment agreement
| Change-in-control trigger | ◇ |
| Excise tax treatment | ◇ |
| Non-compete period | ◇ |
| Non-solicit period | ◇ |
| Clawback | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amir Faintuch | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Peter McManamon | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Louis Silver | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Maria Marced | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Sven-Christer Nilsson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Bernadette Andrietti | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jaclyn Liu | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Amir Panush and Gideon Wertheizer 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.
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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
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.
Fiscal 2025
- A10 Networks ATEN
- Ambarella AMBA
- Amplitude AMPL
- Arteris AIP
- Couchbase BASE
- Domo DOMO
- Indie Semiconductor INDI
- InterDigital IDCC
- Kaltura KLTR
- Magnachip Semiconductor MX
- Matterport MTTR
- MaxLinear MXL
- Mitek Systems MITK
- Navitas Semiconductor NVTS
- OneSpan OSPN
- PDF Solutions PDFS
- Power Integrations POWI
- Red Violet RDVT
- SiTime SITM
- Xperi XPER
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 2, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 5, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 21, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 23, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 2, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 27, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 8, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 20, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 17, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 15, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2015 | May 16, 2016 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Chief executive total compensation
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Documents cited
- 0001437749-26-019363Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001437749-26-0128452025 Director Compensation Table · 2025 Summary Compensation · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 1 more section
- 0001437749-25-014554
- 0001437749-25-0091582024 Summary Compensation
- 0001437749-24-018004
- 0001437749-24-011641Compensation Tables
- 0001437749-24-011226EXHIBIT 10.1
- 0001437749-23-015712
- 0001437749-23-0100812022 Summary Compensation
- 0001437749-22-014266
- 0001437749-21-013838
- 0001437749-20-012908
- 0001437749-19-010828
- 0001437749-19-006817Exhibit
- 0001193125-18-169682
- 0001193125-17-176588
- 0001193125-16-597601
- 0001437749-22-026597EX-10.4
- 0001437749-22-028836EX-10.14
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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}
}