KALA BIO (KALA) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Todd Bazemore, Former Interim Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, was paid $3.5M in 2025, up 266% from $949,550 the year before.

Filed
September 24, 2026
Annual meeting
November 3, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$3.5M+266% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
67%$2.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
97%of votes cast
Bazemore retention bonus
$281,190One-time 2025 award
Brazzell retention bonus
$260,000One-time 2025 award
Bazemore target bonus
50%Percentage of 2025 base salary
Brazzell target bonus
45%Percentage of 2025 base salary
2025 say-on-pay support
96.7%Votes cast in favor

How Bazemore was paid

$3.5M 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.

Salary14%Bonus17%Stock awards2%Option awards65%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Mark IwickiFormer Chief Executive Officer$906,642
Todd BazemoreFormer Interim Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer$3,476,972
Kim Brazzell, Ph.D.Former Head of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer$1,358,174
Mary ReumuthFormer Chief Financial Officer$1,322,608

What changed and why

  • $3.5M$3,476,972 was Todd Bazemore’s 2025 total compensation, versus $949,550 in 2024.
  • $281K$281,190 and $260,000 one-time retention bonuses were awarded to Bazemore and Brazzell, respectively.
  • 50%50% and 45% were Bazemore’s and Brazzell’s 2025 target bonus percentages of base salary.
  • $2.3M$2,262,211 of Bazemore’s 2025 compensation came from option awards.
  • 96.7%96.7% of votes cast supported the 2025 advisory vote on executive compensation.
  • All four named executive officers left the Company before some equity awards fully vested.

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About this page

The figures were read out of the DEF 14A proxy statement on EDGAR by a language model and every number was then checked against the filing text; a figure that could not be found there is left out rather than shown. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the filing for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.

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