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Digimarc Executive Compensation (FY25)

DMRC · Beaverton, OR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Riley McCormack
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 30, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2023 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 — Riley McCormack: $2,350,618 → $2,449,771 (4.2% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 84.2% → 89.9% (5.7 points higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Digimarc's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Riley McCormack, Chief Executive Officer & President, came to $2,449,771 in fiscal 2025. Compared with the $2,350,618 reported for fiscal 2023, McCormack's total was 4.2% higher.
What was Digimarc's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 89.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 30, 2026.
Which companies are in Digimarc's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names American Software, Aware, CEVA, eGain Corp and Identiv, among others.
What is Digimarc's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 11.7:1, against median employee compensation of $210,175.

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
Riley McCormack
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇————◇
Joel Meyer
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary
◇◇◇—◇——◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Riley McCormack
Chief Executive Officer & President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Charles Beck
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Joel Meyer
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kenneth Sickles
Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Tony Rodriguez
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Carle Quinn
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Riley McCormack
Chief Executive Officer & President
◇—◇—◇——◇
Charles Beck
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
George Karamanos
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Tony Rodriguez
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology 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
Carle QuinnPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Carle QuinnRSA◇—◇—◇—◇
Charles BeckRSU◇——◇——◇
Charles BeckRSA◇—◇—◇—◇
Charles BeckPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Riley McCormackPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2023 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
Carle QuinnPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Charles BeckPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Riley McCormackPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Tony RodriguezPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
George KaramanosPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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.
Carle Quinn
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Charles Beck
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
George Karamanos
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Riley McCormack
Chief Executive Officer & President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Tony Rodriguez
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Rishi Bajaj
◇◇————◇
Katie Kool
Board chair
◇◇————◇
LaShonda Anderson-Williams
◇◇————◇
Dana Mcilwain
◇◇————◇
Sheila Cheston
◇◇————◇
Michael Park
◇◇————◇
Sandeep Dadlani
◇◇————◇
Riley McCormack 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◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2023
  • American Software symbol not shown
  • Aware AWRE
  • CEVA CEVA
  • eGain Corp EGAN
  • Identiv INVE
  • Immersion IMMR
  • Intellicheck IDN
  • Mitek Systems MITK
  • NVE NVEC
  • OMNIQ OMQS
  • PDF Solutions PDFS
  • Rekor Systems REKR
  • ReposiTrak TRAK
  • Smith Micro Software SMSI
  • VirnetX Holding VHC
  • WaveDancer symbol not shown

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 30, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 7, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 7, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 10, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 13, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 5, 2021=◇◇◇
2018April 30, 2019=◇◇◇
2017April 30, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 1, 2017=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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200 figures on this page: 191 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.
191 cited to the filing
9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001437749-26-014256
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001437749-26-009586
    2025 Non-Employee Director Compensation Table · 2025 OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END TABLE · 2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001437749-25-015388
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001437749-24-019792
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001437749-24-013039
    2023 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  6. 0001437749-23-014223
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001437749-23-008239
    Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0001564590-22-020362
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001564590-21-024157
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001564590-19-015548
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001564590-18-010754
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001564590-17-008857
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Digimarc discloses

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

AwareCEVAeGain CorpIdentivImmersionIntellicheckMitek SystemsNVEPDF SolutionsRekor SystemsReposiTrakSmith Micro Software

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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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