Verastem (VSTM) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Daniel Paterson, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $2.3M in 2025, down 7% from $2.5M the year before.

Filed
April 9, 2026
Annual meeting
May 21, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$2.3M-7% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
49%$1.2M in awards
2025 CEO Salary
$674,000Base salary for Daniel Paterson
2025 CEO Stock Awards
$1,161,661Grant date fair value
2025 CEO Non-Equity Incentive
$489,324Annual bonus earned
CO-PACK Net Product Revenues
$30.9MFor full year 2025

How Paterson was paid

$2.3M 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.

Salary29%Stock awards49%Non-equity incentive21%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Daniel PatersonPresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,349,975
Matthew RosFormer Chief Operating Officer$1,625,163
Daniel CalkinsChief Financial Officer$976,871
Michael Kauffman, M.D., Ph.D.President of Development$272,993

What changed and why

  • $2.3MDaniel Paterson received total compensation of $2,349,975 in fiscal year 2025 compared to $2,536,767 in fiscal year 2024.
  • Verastem received FDA approval for the AVMAPKI FAKZYNJA CO-PACK in May 2025 for recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer.
  • $30.9MThe CO-PACK generated net product revenues of $30.9 million for the full year 2025.
  • Verastem transitioned from a clinical-stage company to a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company during 2025.

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.