Quantum (QMCO) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

James J. Lerner, Former President & Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.5M in fiscal 2025, up 68% from $890,261 the year before.

Filed
October 31, 2025
Annual meeting
December 16, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$1.5M+68% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
14%$211,875 in awards
Lerner target bonus
$875,000125% of base salary
Gianella target bonus
$237,50050% of base salary
Cabrera target bonus
$230,00050% of base salary
Lerner supplemental retention
$300,000Paid in April and July 2025
Myriad revenue target
$10.0 millionTarget by March 31, 2026
Fiscal 2025 PSU awards
18,750Each metric portion for Lerner

How Lerner was paid

$1.5M 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.

Salary47%Bonus31%Stock awards14%All other compensation8%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
James J. LernerFormer President & Chief Executive Officer$1,493,653
Kenneth P. GianellaFormer Chief Financial and Operating Officer$1,048,729
Brian E. CabreraFormer Chief Administrative Officer$987,373

What changed and why

  • $1.5M$1,493,653: James Lerner's Fiscal 2025 total compensation, compared with $890,261 in Fiscal 2024.
  • Fiscal 2025 QIP: no payments were made because performance metric target levels were not achieved.
  • $250K$250,000: Lerner's Fiscal 2025 retention bonus, plus a $300,000 supplemental retention bonus.
  • 18,750: Lerner's time-based and performance-based restricted stock unit awards each.
  • $12.0M$12.0 million: net adjusted EBITDA PSU target, which was not achieved and led to cancellation of related grants.

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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.