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NS Wind Down Co. Executive Compensation (FY22)

NSTG · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 only
Chief executive, fiscal 2022
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R. Bradley Gray
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 23, 2023
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is NS Wind Down Co.'s chief executive and what were they paid?
R. Bradley Gray, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $7,596,268 in total compensation for fiscal 2022.
What was NS Wind Down Co.'s say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 36.5% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 23, 2023 for fiscal 2022.
Which companies are in NS Wind Down Co.'s peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes 10x Genomics, Inc., Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp., Berkeley Lights, Inc., CareDx, Inc. and Castle Biosciences, Inc., among others.
What is NS Wind Down Co.'s chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 54:1 for fiscal 2022, against median employee compensation of $141,124.

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
R. Bradley Gray
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Gerace
Chief Commercial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Joseph Beechem
Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President, Research & Development
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
K. Thomas Bailey
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
J. Chad Brown
Senior Advisor (Former Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing)
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 2022
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
John GeracePSU◇—◇—◇—◇
John GeraceRSU◇——◇——◇
Joseph M. BeechemRSU◇——◇——◇
Joseph M. BeechemPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
K. Thomas BaileyPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
K. Thomas BaileyRSU◇——◇——◇
R. Bradley GrayRSU◇——◇——◇
R. Bradley GrayPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
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 2022 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Joseph BeechemPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/24/2029
R. Bradley GrayPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/24/2029
John GeracePSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
J. Chad BrownPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/24/2029
PSU◇◇——
K. Thomas BaileyPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/24/2029
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.
R. Bradley Gray
President and Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement
Change-in-control multiple◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2022
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Teresa Foy
◇◇————◇
William D. Young
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Elisha W. Finney
◇◇————◇
Charles P. Waite
◇◇————◇
Gregory Norden
◇◇————◇
Janet George
◇◇————◇
Kirk D. Malloy
◇◇————◇
Dana Rollison
◇◇————◇
Robert M. Hershberg
◇◇————◇
Don R. Kania
◇—————◇
R. Bradley Gray served on the board in fiscal 2022 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
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◇
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 2022
  • 10x Genomics, Inc. TXG
  • Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. ADPT
  • Berkeley Lights, Inc. symbol not shown
  • CareDx, Inc. CDNA
  • Castle Biosciences, Inc. CSTL
  • Cerus Corporation CERS
  • Codexis, Inc. CDXS
  • Fluidigm Corp. (now Standard Biotools Inc.) symbol not shown
  • Guardant Health, Inc. GH
  • Invitae Corporation NVTAQ
  • Meridian Bioscience, Inc. HBIO
  • Natera, Inc. NTRA
  • NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO
  • Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. PACB
  • Personalis, Inc. PSNL
  • Quanterix Corporation QTRX
  • Repligen Corporation RGEN
  • Seer, Inc. symbol not shown
  • Twist Bioscience Corporation TWST
  • Veracyte, Inc. VCYT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2022June 23, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 17, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 16, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 16, 2020=◇◇◇
2018June 18, 2019=◇◇◇

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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Citations

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166 figures on this page: 161 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints.
161 cited to the filing
5 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001401708-23-000159
  2. 0001401708-23-000096
    Grants of Plan-Based Awards · POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION
  3. 0001401708-22-000118
    Proposal No. 4 – Approval of the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on
  4. 0001401708-21-000184
  5. 0001401708-20-000138
  6. 0001401708-19-000158
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Peers NS Wind Down Co. discloses

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

10x Genomics, Inc.Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.CareDx, Inc.Castle Biosciences, Inc.Cerus CorporationCodexis, Inc.Guardant Health, Inc.Meridian Bioscience, Inc.Natera, Inc.NeoGenomics, Inc.Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.Personalis, Inc.Quanterix CorporationRepligen CorporationTwist Bioscience CorporationVeracyte, Inc.

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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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