Xencor (XNCR) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Bassil I. Dahiyat, Ph.D., President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, was paid $5.5M in 2025, down 19% from $6.8M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 22:1, on median employee pay of $251,539.

Filed
April 27, 2026
Annual meeting
June 16, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$5.5M-19% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
22:1median $251,539
CEO pay in equity
78%$4.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
CEO variable pay percentage
90%Of target total compensation
Corporate goal achievement level
110%Approved by HCMCC
Cash and marketable securities
$610.8MEnded 2025
Say-on-pay support
97.9%At 2025 annual meeting

How Ph.D. was paid

$5.5M 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.

Salary13%Stock awards28%Option awards49%Non-equity incentive9%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Bassil I. Dahiyat, Ph.D.President, Chief Executive Officer and Director$5,521,205
Bart Jan CornelissenChief Financial Officer$1,642,396
John R. Desjarlais, Ph.D.Chief Scientific Officer$1,982,252
Celia E. EckertGeneral Counsel$1,570,479
Nancy K. Valente, M.D.Former Chief Development Officer$430,766

What changed and why

  • 90%90% of the CEO's target total compensation was variable and at risk.
  • 110%The HCMCC approved a corporate goal achievement level of 110% based on 2025 performance.
  • $6.8MCEO total compensation decreased from $6,811,829 in 2024 to $5,521,205 in 2025.
  • 97.9%At the 2025 annual meeting, approximately 97.9% of votes cast approved the advisory say-on-pay vote.
  • $610.8MThe company ended 2025 with $610.8 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable debt securities.

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.