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New Relic Executive Compensation (FY23)

NEWR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2023
Chief executive, fiscal 2023
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William Staples
Median of the other named officers
$4,398,350
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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August 16, 2023
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Data as of October 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): August 21, 2023
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Chief executive total compensation — William Staples: $13,566,011 → $23,214,892 (71.1% higher)

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Who is New Relic's chief executive and what were they paid?
William Staples, Chief Executive Officer, received $23,214,892 in total compensation for fiscal 2023. Staples' total was 71.1% higher than the $13,566,011 reported for fiscal 2022.
What was New Relic's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 60.3% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held August 16, 2023 for fiscal 2023.
Which companies are in New Relic's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Alteryx, AppFolio, BlackLine, Box and Cornerstone OnDemand Software, 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
William Staples
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇——◇
Michael Christenson
Former Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Lewis Cirne
Executive Chairman
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kristy Friedrichs
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Sachleben
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Steve Hurn
Chief Sales Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
William Staples
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Barter
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Dodds
Chief Revenue Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Thomas Lloyd
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kristy Friedrichs
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Sachleben
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
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 2023
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
David BarterPSU◇———◇—◇
David BarterPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
David BarterRSU◇——◇——◇
Kristy FriedrichsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Kristy FriedrichsRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark DoddsPSU◇———◇—◇
Mark DoddsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Mark DoddsRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark SachlebenRSU◇——◇——◇
Thomas LloydRSU◇——◇——◇
Thomas LloydPSU◇———◇—◇
Thomas LloydPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Thomas LloydPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Thomas LloydRSU◇——◇——◇
William StaplesPSU◇———◇—◇
William StaplesPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
William StaplesRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022 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 2023 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
William StaplesPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/17/2030
RSU◇◇——
Mark DoddsPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
David BarterPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Kristy FriedrichsPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇5/14/2030
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/24/2029
Mark SachlebenPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇5/14/2029
Thomas LloydPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/14/2029
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇5/14/2030
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇11/14/2029
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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 2023
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Hope Cochran
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Susan D. Arthur
◇◇————◇
Kevin Galligan
◇◇————◇
Pali Bhat
◇◇————◇
David Henshall
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
RK Mahendran
◇◇————◇
Anne DelSanto
◇◇————◇
Caroline Watteeuw Carlisle
—◇————◇
Takeshi Numoto
—◇————◇
James Tolonen
—◇————◇
Daniel Scholnick
◇◇————◇
Adam Messinger
◇—————◇
Lewis Cirne and William Staples served on the board in fiscal 2023 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◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2023
  • Alteryx AYX
  • AppFolio APPF
  • BlackLine BL
  • Box BOX
  • Cornerstone OnDemand Software symbol not shown
  • Dynatrace DT
  • Elastic ESTC
  • Five9 FIVN
  • Guidewire Software GWRE
  • Nutanix NTNX
  • Paylocity Holding PCTY
  • Q2 Holdings QTWO
  • Qualys QLYS
  • Rapid7 RPD
  • SolarWinds SWI
  • SVMK (now Momentive) symbol not shown
  • Zendesk ZEN

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2023August 16, 2023=◇◇◇
2022August 17, 2022=◇◇◇
2020August 18, 2021=◇◇◇
2019August 19, 2020=◇◇◇
2018August 22, 2019=◇◇◇
2017August 21, 2018=◇◇◇
2016August 22, 2017=◇◇◇

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278 figures on this page: 271 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
271 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001448056-23-000048
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001448056-23-000042
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Fiscal 2023 Director Compensation Table · Fiscal 2023 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End Table · Fiscal 2023 Summary Compensation Table · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001448056-22-000054
  4. 0001448056-22-000038
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001448056-21-000060
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001448056-20-000035
  7. 0001448056-19-000040
  8. 0001448056-18-000032
  9. 0001448056-17-000018
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Peers New Relic discloses

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

AlteryxAppFolioBlackLineBoxDynatraceElasticFive9Guidewire SoftwareNutanixPaylocity HoldingQ2 HoldingsQualysRapid7SolarWinds

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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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