Kopin Executive Compensation (FY25)
KOPN · Westborough, MA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 28, 2026
16 filings cited on this page
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This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
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 — Michael Murray: $2,390,838 → $2,257,423 (5.6% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 94.3% → 98.3% (4.0 points higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Kopin's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Michael Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $2,257,423 in fiscal 2025. Murray's total was 5.6% lower than the $2,390,838 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Kopin's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026.
Which companies are in Kopin's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Aehr Test Systems, Amtech Systems, Arteris, CEVA Inc and Clearfield, among others.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Murray President and Chief Executive Officer commencing September 2022 | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
John Fan Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Boryeu Tsaur Executive Vice President Display Operations | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Sneider Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Murray President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Sneider Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul Baker Chief Operating Officer of Kopin Government and Industrial and Strategic Business Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Murray President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Sneider Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul Baker Chief Operating Officer of Kopin Government and Industrial and Strategic Business Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Murray President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Erich Manz Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul Baker Chief Operating Officer of Kopin Government and Industrial and Strategic Business Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Sneider Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (terminating September 1, 2025) | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Sneider | PSU | ◇ | — | — withheld | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Sneider | PSU | ◇ | — | — withheld | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Murray | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Richard Sneider | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Paul Baker | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Erich Manz | 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.
Michael Murray
President and Chief Executive Officer · Offer letter
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Change-in-control base | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Excise tax treatment | ◇ |
| Clawback | ◇ |
Richard Sneider
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (terminating September 1, 2025) · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jill J. Avery Lead independent director | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Margaret Seif | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul V. Walsh, Jr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David Nieuwsma | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael Murray 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 | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Aehr Test Systems AEHR
- Amtech Systems ASYS
- Arteris AIP
- CEVA Inc CEVA
- Clearfield CLFD
- Coda Octopus Group CODA
- Digimarc DMRC
- Everspin Technologies MRAM
- Frequency Electronics FEIM
- GSI Technology GSIT
- Immersion Corp IMMR
- Innovation Solutions and Support ISSC
- InTEST Corporation INTT
- KVH Industries KVHI
- LightPath Technologies LPTH
- Magnachip Semiconductor MX
- NVE Corp NVEC
- One Stop Systems OSS
- Ouster OUST
- Pixelworks Inc PXLW
- Quicklogic QUIK
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 21, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 26, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 5, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 25, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 26, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 26, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | May 20, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 21, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 9, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 31, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2015 | May 11, 2016 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Kopin disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Kopin sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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168 figures on this page: 157 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
157 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001493152-26-025591Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001493152-26-018400Director Compensation Table for 2025 · ELECTION OF DIRECTORS & · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001641172-25-017172Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001641172-25-011816Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001493152-24-023486Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001140361-24-022524Summary Compensation Table
- 0001493152-23-019272Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-23-106429Summary Compensation Table
- 0001493152-22-030943Employment Agreement
- 0001493152-22-015459Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001493152-21-013061Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001493152-20-009520Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000771266-19-000059Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-18-160609Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000771266-17-000048Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000771266-16-000093Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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16 filings cited on this page
Method: intel.velarion.ai/methodology
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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
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}
}