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Ceva Inc Executive Compensation (FY25)

CEVA · Rockville, MD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 3, 2026
241 figures on this page: 230 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Amir Panush, Chief Executive Officer, received $4,691,010 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and Panush's total moved 76.8% higher from the $2,653,641 reported for fiscal 2024. For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 50.2% support at the meeting held June 2, 2026. The disclosed peer group names A10 Networks, Ambarella, Amplitude, Arteris and Couchbase, among others. For fiscal 2025, the company reported 4 named executive officers.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Amir Panush
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 2, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
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
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Amir Panush
Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Gweltaz Toquet
Chief Commercial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
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
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
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
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Amir PanushPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Amir PanushRSU◇——◇——◇
Amir PanushPSU◇—————◇
Gweltaz ToquetPSU◇—————◇
Gweltaz ToquetPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gweltaz ToquetRSU◇——◇——◇
Michael BoukayaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Michael BoukayaRSU◇——◇——◇
Michael BoukayaPSU◇—————◇
Yaniv ArieliRSU◇——◇——◇
Yaniv ArieliPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Yaniv ArieliPSU◇—————◇
Fiscal 2022, 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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Gweltaz ToquetRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Michael BoukayaPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Yaniv ArieliRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Amir PanushRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Amir Faintuch
◇◇————◇
Peter McManamon
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Louis Silver
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Maria Marced
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Sven-Christer Nilsson
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Bernadette Andrietti
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Jaclyn Liu
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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.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 2, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 5, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 21, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 23, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 2, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 27, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 8, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 20, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 17, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 15, 2017=◇◇◇
2015May 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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Citations

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241 figures on this page: 230 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
230 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001437749-26-019363
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001437749-26-012845
    2025 Director Compensation Table · 2025 Summary Compensation · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 1 more section
  3. 0001437749-25-014554
  4. 0001437749-25-009158
    2024 Summary Compensation
  5. 0001437749-24-018004
  6. 0001437749-23-015712
  7. 0001437749-23-010081
    2022 Summary Compensation
  8. 0001437749-22-014266
  9. 0001437749-21-013838
  10. 0001437749-20-012908
  11. 0001437749-19-010828
  12. 0001193125-18-169682
  13. 0001193125-17-176588
  14. 0001193125-16-597601
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Peers Ceva Inc discloses

The companies named in CEVA's own disclosed peer group.

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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@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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