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Lyell Immunopharma Executive Compensation (FY25)

LYEL · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Lynn Seely
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 10, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Lynn Seely: $1,495,376 → $4,222,265 (182.4% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Lyell Immunopharma's chief executive and what were they paid?
Lynn Seely, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, received $4,222,265 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Seely's total was 182.4% higher than the $1,495,376 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Lyell Immunopharma's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 99.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Lyell Immunopharma's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Allogene Therapeutics, Arcus Biosciences, Beam Therapeutics, Century Therapeutics and CRISPR Therapeutics, 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
Lynn Seely
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇——◇——◇◇
Elizabeth Homans
Former Chief Executive Officer and Director
Departed during or after this year
◇——◇——◇◇
Gary Lee
Chief Scientific Officer
◇——◇◇—◇◇
Stephen Hill
Chief Operating Officer
◇◇—◇◇—◇◇
Rahsaan Thompson
Chief Legal Officer
◇——◇◇—◇◇
Charles Newton
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Charles Newton
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇—◇◇—◇◇
Matthew Lang
Chief Business Officer
◇——◇◇—◇◇
Stephen Hill
Chief Operating Officer
◇◇—◇◇—◇◇
Lynn Seely
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇——◇◇—◇◇
Tina Albertson
Former Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development
Departed during or after this year
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Gary Lee
Chief Scientific Officer
◇◇—◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Matthew Lang
Chief Business Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Lynn Seely
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stephen Hill
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lynn Seely
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Stephen Hill
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Gary Lee
Chief Scientific 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
Gary LeeOTHER——————◇
Lynn SeelyOTHER——————◇
Stephen HillOTHER——————◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Stephen HillOption◇—◇2/9/2035
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/23/2033
Option◇—◇2/8/2034
Option◇—◇10/26/2035
Gary LeeOption◇—◇2/9/2035
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/23/2033
Option◇—◇2/8/2034
Option◇—◇10/26/2035
Lynn SeelyPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/9/2035
Option◇—◇10/26/2035
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
Mark Bachleda
◇—◇———◇
Catherine Friedman
Lead independent director
◇—◇———◇
Richard Klausner
Board chair
◇—◇———◇
William Rieflin
◇—◇———◇
Elizabeth Nabel
◇—◇———◇
Otis Brawley
◇—◇———◇
Sumant Ramachandra
◇—◇———◇
Robert Nelsen
◇—————◇
Lynn Seely 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◇
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 Options.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2023
  • Allogene Therapeutics ALLO
  • Arcus Biosciences RCUS
  • Beam Therapeutics BEAM
  • Century Therapeutics IPSC
  • CRISPR Therapeutics CRSP
  • Erasca ERAS
  • Fate Therapeutics FATE
  • IGM Biosciences IGMS
  • ImmunityBio IBRX
  • Intellia Therapeutics NTLA
  • NGM Biopharmaceuticals NGM
  • Prometheus Biosciences symbol not shown
  • Relay Therapeutics RLAY
  • Zentalis Pharmaceuticals ZNTL

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 10, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 15, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 14, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 16, 2023=◇◇◇

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Citations

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190 figures on this page: 186 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
186 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-271071
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001140361-26-016686
    Non-Employee Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End · Summary Compensation Table · TABLE OF CONTENTS INFORMATION REGARDING OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
  3. 0001193125-25-123970
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001140361-25-014721
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001193125-24-161601
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001140361-24-021008
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-23-171240
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001140361-23-020919
    Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Lyell Immunopharma discloses

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

Allogene TherapeuticsArcus BiosciencesBeam TherapeuticsCentury TherapeuticsCRISPR TherapeuticsErascaFate TherapeuticsIGM BiosciencesImmunityBioIntellia TherapeuticsNGM BiopharmaceuticalsRelay TherapeuticsZentalis Pharmaceuticals

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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}
}
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