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Openlane Executive Compensation (FY25)

OPLN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Peter Kelly
Median of the other named officers
$2,180,678
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 5, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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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 — Peter Kelly: $7,418,653 → $10,233,134 (37.9% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 98.8% → 97.9% (0.9 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 107:1 → 191:1 (78.5% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Openlane's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Peter Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, came to $10,233,134 in fiscal 2025. Kelly's total moved 37.9% higher from the $7,418,653 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Openlane's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 5, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Openlane's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include ACI Worldwide, Inc., ACV Auctions Inc., CarGurus, Inc., CarMax, Inc. and Cars.com Inc., among others. The 2025 Comparator Group names ACI Worldwide, Inc., ACV Auctions Inc., CarGurus, Inc., CarMax, Inc. and Carvana Co., among others. Companies named in the Revised 2025 Comparator Group include LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., Teradata Corporation and Zillow Group, Inc.
What is Openlane's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 191:1, against median employee compensation of $53,468.

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
Peter Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Hallett
Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Eric Loughmiller
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Hammer
Former Chief Commercial Officer for KAR and President of ADESA
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇———◇◇
James Coyle
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Thomas Fisher
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sriram Subrahmanyam
President KAR Services Group, Executive Vice President Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Justin Davis
Former President of BacklotCars
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Peter Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Brad Lakhia
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
James Coyle
Executive Vice President and President, Marketplace
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Srisu Subrahmanyam
Executive Vice President, Operations and President, Services & International Markets
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Justin Davis
Former President of BacklotCars
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jim Money
Former President of AFC
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Scott Anderson
Chief Accounting Officer and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Peter Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Coyle
Executive Vice President and President, Marketplace
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Brad Lakhia
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sriram Subrahmanyam
Executive Vice President, Operations and President, Services & International Markets
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Charles Coleman
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Mitchell
President of AFC
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Peter Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Coyle
Executive Vice President and President, Marketplace
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bradley Herring
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Charles Coleman
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Mitchell
President of Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Brad Lakhia
Former Executive Vice President and 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 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Brad HerringRSU◇——◇——◇
Brad HerringPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Chuck ColemanRSU◇——◇——◇
Chuck ColemanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
James CoylePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
James CoyleRSU◇——◇——◇
Peter KellyRSU◇——◇——◇
Peter KellyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Will MitchellPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Will MitchellRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Peter KellyPSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇06/04/2031
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇03/04/2031
RSU◇◇——
James CoyleOption◇—◇11/05/2031
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Bradley HerringPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Chuck ColemanPSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇06/04/2031
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇03/04/2031
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
William MitchellPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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.
Brad Lakhia
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Bradley Herring
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Charles Coleman
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
James Coyle
Executive Vice President and President, Marketplace · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Peter Kelly
Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
William Mitchell
President of Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC) · Employment agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
J. Mark Howell
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Michael T. Kestner
◇◇————◇
Carmel Galvin
◇◇————◇
Stefan Jacoby
◇◇————◇
Mary Ellen Smith
◇◇————◇
Randolph Altschuler
◇◇————◇
Roy Mackenzie, Kelly Tuminelli, Peter Kelly and Sanjeev Mehra 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◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • ACI Worldwide, Inc. ACIW
  • ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA
  • CarGurus, Inc. CARG
  • CarMax, Inc. KMX
  • Cars.com Inc. CARS
  • Carvana Co. CVNA
  • Copart, Inc. CPRT
  • CoStar Group, Inc. CSGP
  • Equifax Inc. EFX
  • Etsy, Inc. ETSY
  • Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
  • Frontdoor, Inc. FTDR
  • Gentex Corporation GNTX
  • LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. RAMP
  • RB Global, Inc. RBA
  • Teradata Corporation TDC
  • TripAdvisor, Inc. TRIP
  • Yelp, Inc. YELP
  • Zillow Group, Inc. Z
2025 Comparator Group
  • ACI Worldwide, Inc. ACIW
  • ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA
  • CarGurus, Inc. CARG
  • CarMax, Inc. KMX
  • Carvana Co. CVNA
  • Copart, Inc. CPRT
  • CoStar Group, Inc. CSGP
  • Equifax Inc. EFX
  • Etsy, Inc. ETSY
  • Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
  • Frontdoor, Inc. FTDR
  • Gentex Corporation GNTX
  • RB Global, Inc. RBA
  • TripAdvisor, Inc TRIP
  • Yelp, Inc. YELP
Revised 2025 Comparator Group
  • LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. RAMP
  • Teradata Corporation TDC
  • Zillow Group, Inc. Z

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 5, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 6, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 7, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 2, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 2, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 4, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 4, 2020=◇◇◇
2018June 4, 2019=◇◇◇
2017June 4, 2018=◇◇◇
2016June 5, 2017=◇◇◇

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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10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001395942-26-000024
    308,636 Kelly Tuminelli 112,840,015 58,866 15,321 4,308,636 3.
  2. 0001104659-26-048054
    CEO PAY RATIO · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Director Compensation Paid in 2025 · GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS FOR 2025 · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001395942-25-000040
    54 Mary Ellen Smith 129,582,736 4,723,583 189,372 4,301,454 3.
  4. 0001104659-25-038987
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE FOR 2024
  5. 0001395942-24-000042
  6. 0001104659-24-052239
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE FOR 2023
  7. 0001395942-23-000065
  8. 0001104659-23-048039
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE FOR 2022
  9. 0001395942-22-000042
  10. 0001395942-21-000055
  11. 0001395942-20-000079
  12. 0001395942-19-000073
  13. 0001395942-18-000084
  14. 0001395942-17-000078
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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}
}