Universal Electronics Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Universal Electronics (UEIC) executive compensation
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UEIC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 21, 2026

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Richard Carnifax

Median of the other named officers

$555,808

5 officers, excluding the chief executive

Latest say-on-pay support

May 19, 2026

This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.

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 — Richard Carnifax: $522,940 → $1,261,190 (141.2% higher)

Say-on-pay support: 87.5% → 68.5% (19.0 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Universal Electronics' chief executive and what were they paid?

Richard Carnifax, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, received $1,261,190 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Carnifax's total moved 141.2% higher from the $522,940 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Universal Electronics' say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 68.5% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 19, 2026.

Which companies are in Universal Electronics' peer group?

The disclosed peer group includes Alarm.com Holdings, Inc., Arlo Technologies, Bel Fuse Inc., Cognex Corporation and CTS Corporation, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Paul Arling Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Bryan Hackworth Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Ramzi Ammari Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Strategy	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Menno Koopmans Senior Vice President, Global Sales	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇
Richard Carnifax Senior Vice President, Global Operations	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Paul Arling Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Bryan Hackworth Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Ramzi Ammari Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Strategy	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
David Chong Executive Vice President, Global Sales	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Richard Carnifax Senior Vice President, Global Operations	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Richard Carnifax Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer Served on an interim basis	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇
Paul Arling Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇
Ramzi Ammari Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Strategy	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Bryan Hackworth Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
David Chong Former Executive Vice President, Global Sales Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Wade Jenke Chief Financial 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

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Bryan Hackworth	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
David Chong	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Ramzi Ammari	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Richard Carnifax	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Richard Carnifax	OPTION	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Wade Jenke	OPTION	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇
Wade Jenke	PRSU	—	—	—	—	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 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

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Ramzi Ammari	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	2/9/2030
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
David Chong	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Richard Carnifax	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	11/13/2035
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	2/9/2030
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Paul Arling	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Wade Jenke	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	12/30/2035

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.

Paul Arling

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · Severance agreement · dated March 19, 2025

Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control trigger	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇
Clawback	◇

Bryan Hackworth

Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇

David Chong

Former Executive Vice President, Global Sales · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Excise tax treatment

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Ramzi Ammari

Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Strategy · Terms as announced by the company · citing a 2026 filing

Severance base	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇

Richard Carnifax

Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Equity acceleration on change in control

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Wade Jenke

Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Equity acceleration on change in control	◇
Excise tax treatment	◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Eric B. Singer Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
John Mutch	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Sue Ann R. Hamilton	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Romulo C. Pontual	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Satjiv S. Chahil	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
William C. Mulligan	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Michael D. Burger	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Edward K. Zinser	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

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	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
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

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. ALRM
Arlo Technologies ARLO
Bel Fuse Inc. BELFB
Cognex Corporation CGNX
CTS Corporation CTS
Daktronics Inc. DAKT
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. DLB
Electronic EA
Electronics BHE
FARO Technologies, Inc. FARO
GoPro, Inc. GPRO
InterDigital, Inc. IDCC
Kimball Electronics KE
Knowles Corporation KN
Methode Electronics, Inc. MEI
Novanta Inc. NOVT
Rogers Corporation ROG
Software PAYC
Systems OSIS
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. VPG
VOXX International Corporation VOXX
Xperi Inc. XPER

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 19, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 27, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 11, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	June 6, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 7, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	June 8, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	June 9, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	June 4, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	June 4, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	June 5, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2015	June 7, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

What this page does not include

Everything above is a fact Universal Electronics disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.

Peer benchmarking

Where Universal Electronics sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.

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Board and governance analysis

Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.

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Realizable pay

What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.

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Say-on-pay responsiveness

Universal Electronics recorded a low support level. The responsiveness analysis covers what the company said it would do, what it did, and how that compares with the companies that recovered their vote.

Responsiveness analysis

Adviser switching and vote outcomes

Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.

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Citations

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197 figures on this page: 186 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

186 cited to the filing

11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed May 21, 2026
0000101984-26-000061
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 8, 2026
0001193125-26-147716
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation Table During 2025 · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & · Non-Employee Director Compensation · and 2 more sections
8-K, filed May 28, 2025
0000101984-25-000151
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 14, 2025
0000101984-25-000069
Summary Compensation Table
EX-10, filed March 21, 2025
0000101984-25-000042
EX-10.1
8-K, filed June 13, 2024
0000101984-24-000099
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 8, 2023
0000101984-23-000032
DEF 14A, filed April 26, 2023
0000101984-23-000018
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 9, 2022
0000101984-22-000034
8-K, filed June 9, 2021
0000101984-21-000037
8-K, filed June 10, 2020
0000101984-20-000027
8-K, filed June 6, 2019
0000101984-19-000026
8-K, filed June 7, 2018
0000101984-18-000024
8-K, filed June 7, 2017
0000101984-17-000026
8-K, filed June 10, 2016
0000101984-16-000076

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Peers Universal Electronics discloses

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

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.Arlo Technologies Bel Fuse Inc.Cognex Corporation CTS Corporation Daktronics Inc.Dolby Laboratories, Inc.Electronic Electronics FARO Technologies, Inc.GoPro, Inc.InterDigital, Inc.Kimball Electronics Knowles Corporation Methode Electronics, Inc.Novanta Inc.Rogers Corporation Software Systems Vishay Precision Group, Inc.VOXX International Corporation Xperi 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}
}