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CPI Card Group Executive Compensation (FY25)

PMTS · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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John Lowe
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 21, 2026
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Data as of November 5, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 26, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — John Lowe: $4,545,499 → $3,794,309 (16.5% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 98.4% → 97.3% (1.1 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is CPI Card Group's chief executive and what were they paid?
John Lowe was paid $3,794,309 in total compensation as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $4,545,499 reported for fiscal 2024, Lowe's total was 16.5% lower.
What was CPI Card Group's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.3% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in CPI Card Group's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Axcelis Technologies, Inc, Badger Meter, Inc., CompoSecure, Inc., CTS Corporation and Ennis, Inc., 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
Scott Scheirman
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Lane Dubin
EVP and Chief Development and Digital Officer
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John Lowe
EVP, End-to-End Solutions
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Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Scott Scheirman
Former President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Departed during or after this year
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John Lowe
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Continuing Named
Executive Officers
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Lane Dubin
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Development and Digital Officer
Departed during or after this year
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Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Scott Scheirman
Former President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Departed during or after this year
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John Lowe
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Named Officers
President, Chief Executive Officer
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Continuing Named
Executive Officers
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Jeffrey Hochstadt
Chief Financial Officer
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Lane Dubin
Former EVP and Chief Development and Digital Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sarah Kilgore
Former Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Departed during or after this year
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Toni Thompson
EVP Debit and Credit Solutions
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Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
John Lowe
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Hochstadt
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Toni Thompson
Chief Operating 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
Jeffrey HochstadtPSU——————◇
John LowePSU◇—————◇
Toni ThompsonPSU——————◇
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
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
John LowePSU◇◇——
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Jeffrey HochstadtRSU◇◇——
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Toni ThompsonRSU◇◇——
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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.
John Lowe
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Clawback◇
Toni Thompson
Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Clawback◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
H. Sanford Riley
Board chair
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Marc Sheinbaum
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Valerie Soranno Keating
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Nicholas Peters
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Thomas Furey
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Ravi Mallela
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Lisa Oleson
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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◇
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 2025
  • Axcelis Technologies, Inc ACLS
  • Badger Meter, Inc. BMI
  • CompoSecure, Inc. symbol not shown
  • CTS Corporation CTS
  • Ennis, Inc. EBF
  • EVERTEC, Inc. EVTC
  • FormFactor, Inc. FORM
  • International Money Express, Inc. IMXI
  • MeridianLink, Inc. MLNK
  • Mirion Technologies, Inc. MIR
  • Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. PRTH
  • Qualys, Inc. QLYS
  • Repay Holdings Corporation RPAY
  • Veeco Instruments, Inc. VECO
  • Verra Mobility Corporation VRRM
  • Vishay Precision Group, Inc. VPG

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 21, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 21, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 22, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 24, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 25, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 27, 2021=◇◇◇

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Citations

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217 figures on this page: 211 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
211 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001104659-26-066287
  2. 0001104659-26-040936
    2025 Summary Compensation Table · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · and 1 more section
  3. 0001558370-25-008107
  4. 0001558370-25-004598
    2024 Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001558370-24-008647
  6. 0001558370-24-006124
    2023 Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001558370-24-002670
    Employment Agreement
  8. 0001558370-23-010638
  9. 0001558370-23-005858
    2022 Summary Compensation Table
  10. 0001558370-22-009409
  11. 0001104659-21-074261
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Peers CPI Card Group discloses

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

Axcelis Technologies, IncBadger Meter, Inc.CTS CorporationEnnis, Inc.EVERTEC, Inc.FormFactor, Inc.International Money Express, Inc.MeridianLink, Inc.Mirion Technologies, Inc.Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.Qualys, Inc.Repay Holdings CorporationVeeco Instruments, Inc.Verra Mobility CorporationVishay Precision Group, 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
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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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