Quantum (QMCO) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Hugues Meyrath, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $2.2M in fiscal 2026.

Filed
July 29, 2026
Annual meeting
September 15, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$2.2Mfiscal 2026
CEO pay in equity
59%$1.3M in awards
CEO bonus target
$550,000100% of base salary
Revenue QIP target
$250.0M50% of QIP weighting
Bank EBITDA QIP target
$13.89M50% of QIP weighting
CEO RSU grant
100,000Vests over four years
CEO option grant
100,000Vests over four years
Lerner retention bonus
$300,000Contractual retention payment

How Meyrath was paid

$2.2M 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%Bonus21%Stock awards59%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Hugues MeyrathPresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,212,799
James J. LernerFormer Chairman of the Board, President, & Chief Executive Officer$1,277,156
Laura A. NashChief Accounting Officer$530,402
Kenneth P. GianellaFormer Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer$823,191
Anthony CraythorneChief Revenue Officer$653,862
Henk Jan SpanjaardFormer Chief Revenue Officer$1,081,910

What changed and why

  • $2.2M$2.2M was CEO Hugues Meyrath’s Fiscal 2026 total compensation, including $1.3M in stock awards.
  • $455K$455,068 was Meyrath’s Fiscal 2026 bonus, including QIP payouts paid in fiscal 2027.
  • $279.6M$279.6M was Fiscal 2026 revenue against the $250.0M QIP revenue target.
  • $13.89M$13.89M was the Fiscal 2026 bank EBITDA QIP target, which the Company did not achieve.
  • $700K$700,000, $475,000, and $578,500 in severance were paid to Lerner, Gianella, and Spanjaard, respectively.
  • 100%100% was Meyrath’s Fiscal 2026 target bonus as a percentage of base salary.

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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.