Cingulate (CING) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Shane J. Schaffer, CEO, was paid $1.9M in 2025, up 146% from $770,327 the year before.

Filed
May 29, 2026
Annual meeting
July 9, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$1.9M+146% vs prior year
CEO option awards
$1,102,1512025 grant-date fair value
CFO total compensation
$968,917Jennifer Callahan
Former COO total
$608,002Laurie Myers
Schaffer contingent bonus
$235,152Paid October 2025
Myers separation pay
$145,573Included in all other compensation

How Schaffer was paid

$1.9M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary25%Bonus17%Option awards58%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Shane J. SchafferCEO$1,896,525
Jennifer L. CallahanEVP and CFO$968,917
Matthew N. BramsEVP and CMO$492,493
Nilay D. PatelEVP, CLO and CCO$404,626
Laurie A. MyersFormer EVP and COO$608,002

What changed and why

  • $1.9M$1,896,525 was Shane Schaffer’s 2025 total compensation, compared with $770,327 in 2024.
  • $1.1M$1,102,151 of Schaffer’s 2025 compensation was non-qualified option awards.
  • $235K$235,152 was Schaffer’s contingent bonus paid in October 2025.
  • $146K$145,573 in Laurie Myers’s all-other compensation represented separation pay.
  • $230K$230,483 of Nilay Patel’s salary included $46,250 in pre-employment consulting fees.
  • 2025 bonuses included cash payments and common-stock awards for several named executives.

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.