Azenta (AZTA) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

John Marotta, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $10.4M in fiscal 2025. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 179:1, on median employee pay of $57,992.

Filed
December 18, 2025
Annual meeting
January 28, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$10.4Mfiscal 2025
CEO to median employee
179:1median $57,992
CEO pay in equity
81%$8.4M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
99%of votes cast
CEO Target Bonus
$990,000Target ICP bonus amount
Median Employee Pay
$57,992Annual total compensation
CEO Pay Ratio
178.8:1Ratio to median employee
Say on Pay Support
99%Prior year approval rate

How Marotta was paid

$10.4M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary9%Stock awards81%Non-equity incentive10%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
John MarottaPresident and Chief Executive Officer$10,371,414
Lawrence LinExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,909,752
Herman CuetoFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$770,000
Ephraim StarrSenior Vice President, General Counsel/Corporate Secretary$2,482,240
Jason W. JosephFormer Senior Vice President, General Counsel/Corporate Secretary$2,270,703
Olga PirogovaSenior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer$1,701,786
Ginger ZhouSenior Vice President, President GENEWIZ$1,548,373

What changed and why

  • $10.4MCEO total compensation was $10,371,414 for fiscal 2025.
  • Introduced a simplified short-term Incentive Compensation Plan tied to financial and strategic objectives.
  • 25%Increased threshold payout from 25% to 50% of target.
  • 100%Changed long-term incentive plan performance measures to be 100% tied to relative TSR.
  • 99%Say-on-pay proposal received over 99% approval at the annual meeting.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.