Zura Bio (ZURA) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Kim Davis, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.3M in 2025, down 29% from $1.8M the year before.

Filed
April 30, 2026
Annual meeting
June 17, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$1.3M-29% vs prior year
Davis bonus
$312,000Includes $91,000 for interim CEO service
Lisicki option awards
$1,118,2952025 grant-date fair value
Hyllengren bonus
$95,000Prorated for partial-year employment
Nistala bonus
$213,405Converted from GBP at $1.25
Davis all other compensation
$8,844Employer retirement contribution
Davis 2025 salary
$486,359SCT amount

How Davis was paid

$1.3M 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.

Salary38%Bonus24%Option awards37%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Robert LisickiFormer Chief Executive Officer$1,742,295
Kim DavisChief Operating Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer$1,281,291
Eric HyllengrenFormer Chief Financial Officer$1,048,490
Kiran NistalaChief Medical Officer and Head of Development$1,022,568

What changed and why

  • $1.28M$1.28M: Kim Davis’s 2025 total compensation, down from $1.80M in 2024.
  • $312K$312,000: Davis’s 2025 bonus, including $91,000 for interim CEO service.
  • $1.12M$1.12M: Robert Lisicki’s 2025 option awards, despite receiving no 2025 bonus.
  • $95,000$95,000: Eric Hyllengren’s prorated 2025 bonus after joining July 7.
  • January 21, 2026: Lisicki resigned and Dr. Kulkarni became chief executive officer.
  • Four-year vesting generally applied to executive stock options and RSUs.

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.