8x8 (EGHT) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Samuel Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $2.5M in fiscal 2026, up 11% from $2.2M the year before.

Filed
June 24, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$2.5M+11% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
67%$1.7M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
CEO target compensation at risk
81%Time- and performance-based
NEO target compensation at risk
66%Time- and performance-based
Long-term awards as PSUs
33%For CEO and NEOs
CEO fiscal 2025 total
$2,240,142Prior-year comparison
Fiscal 2026 operating cash flow
$55.8 millionUsed as a key performance focus

How Wilson was paid

$2.5M in total for fiscal 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary20%Stock awards67%Non-equity incentive13%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Samuel WilsonChief Executive Officer$2,495,614
Kevin KrausChief Financial Officer$1,283,295
Laurence DennyChief Legal Officer$961,478
Hunter MiddletonChief Product Officer$1,258,382
Suzy SeandelChief Accounting Officer$874,083

What changed and why

  • $2.50M$2.50 million: CEO total compensation in fiscal 2026, up from $2.24 million in fiscal 2025.
  • $333K$332,500: CEO fiscal 2026 annual cash incentive payment after the plan was reinstated.
  • 81%81% of CEO annual target compensation was time- and performance-based, including equity and annual incentives.
  • 33%33% of long-term awards for the CEO and NEOs were delivered as performance stock units.
  • Fiscal 2026 PSUs vest based on cash flow from operations and cumulative service revenue.
  • Outstanding fiscal 2023 PSUs were forfeited because the required total shareholder return was not achieved.

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.