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Fabrinet Executive Compensation (FY26)

FN · Santa Clara, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Seamus Grady
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 11, 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Seamus Grady: $11,944,135 → $13,602,449 (13.9% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 96.9% → 96.6% (0.3 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Fabrinet's chief executive and what were they paid?
Seamus Grady was paid $13,602,449 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2026. Grady's total was 13.9% higher than the $11,944,135 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was Fabrinet's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 96.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 11, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Fabrinet's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Belden Inc., Celestica Inc. and Ciena Corporation, among others.

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
Seamus Grady
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Csaba Sverha
Executive Vice President, Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Seamus Grady
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harpal Gill
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Csaba Sverha
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Edward T. Archer
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Seamus Grady
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harpal Gill
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Csaba Sverha
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Edward Archer
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Seamus Grady
Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harpal Gill
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Csaba Sverha
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Edward Archer
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Seamus Grady
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Harpal Gill
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Csaba Sverha
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Edward Archer
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Csaba SverhaRSU◇——◇——◇
Csaba SverhaPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Csaba SverhaPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Edward T. ArcherRSU◇——◇——◇
Edward T. ArcherPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Edward T. ArcherPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Harpal GillRSU◇——◇——◇
Harpal GillPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Harpal GillPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Seamus GradyRSU◇——◇——◇
Seamus GradyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Seamus GradyPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024, 2025 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
Edward ArcherRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Csaba SverhaRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Harpal GillRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Seamus GradyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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.
Harpal Gill
President and Chief Operating Officer · Amended agreement · dated December 19, 2024
Benefits continuation◇
Csaba Sverha
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Terms as announced by the company · citing a 2026 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Dr. Harpal Gill
President and Chief Operating Officer · Terms as announced by the company · citing a 2026 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Edward T. Archer
Executive Vice President · Terms as announced by the company · citing a 2026 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Seamus Grady
Chief Executive Officer · Terms as announced by the company · citing a 2026 filing
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
David T. (Tom) Mitchell
◇◇————◇
Rollance E. Olson
◇◇————◇
Thomas F. Kelly
◇◇————◇
Dr. Frank H. Levinson
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Dr. Homa Bahrami
◇◇————◇
Darlene S. Knight
◇◇————◇
Forbes I.J. Alexander
◇◇————◇
Seamus Grady and Caroline Dowling 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◇
Board chair premium◇
Lead independent director 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 2026
  • Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. AEIS
  • Amkor Technology, Inc. AMKR
  • Belden Inc. BDC
  • Celestica Inc. CLS
  • Ciena Corporation CIEN
  • Coherent Corporation COHR
  • Entegris, Inc. ENTG
  • F5, Inc. FFIV
  • IPG Photonics Corporation IPGP
  • Jabil Inc. JBL
  • Littelfuse, Inc. LFUS
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc. LITE
  • MKS Instruments, Inc. MKSI
  • Novanta Inc. NOVT
  • Plexus Corporation PLXS
  • Qorvo, Inc. QRVO
  • Sanmina Corporation SANM
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. SWKS
  • Trimble Inc. TRMB
  • Zebra Technologies Corporation ZBRA

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 11, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 12, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 12, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 8, 2022=◇◇◇
2021December 9, 2021=◇◇◇
2020December 10, 2020=◇◇◇
2019December 12, 2019=◇◇◇
2018December 13, 2018=◇◇◇
2017December 14, 2017=◇◇◇
2016December 15, 2016=◇◇◇

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Citations

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246 figures on this page: 236 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
236 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001140361-26-040144
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2026 · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal 2026 Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
  2. 0001408710-25-000058
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  3. 0001140361-25-039008
    EX-10.1 · Fiscal 2025 Director Compensation Table
  4. 0001408710-24-000042
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001408710-23-000038
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001140361-23-049314
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001408710-22-000062
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001140361-22-037905
  9. 0001408710-21-000051
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-20-315861
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001193125-19-313898
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001193125-18-349957
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001193125-17-370763
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0001193125-16-795809
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  15. 0001408710-26-000026
    Item 5.02
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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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