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In 2023, Richard F. Pops earned $2.61M in total compensation at Alkermes, including $1.18M salary and $1.41M bonus. Most recently acquired 571,920 shares in Feb 2025. Currently holds stock worth $43.10M. Has led Alkermes for over 16 years.

Compensation History

Annual executive compensation data for Richard F. Pops, including salary, bonuses, and stock awards.

Year

2023

Total Compensation

$2.61M

Salary

$1.18M

Bonus

$1.41M

Other

$16.50K

Salary

$1.18M

Board Justification

The compensation philosophy emphasizes alignment with company performance, peer benchmarking, and retention strategies, with a significant portion of pay being performance-based.

Bonus

$1.41M

Board Justification

Performance payout based on company performance, awarded at 120% of target due to exceeding corporate objectives in 2023.

Other Compensation

$16.50K

Board Justification

Includes company match on contributions made to the 401(k) Plan.

Restricted Stock

$0.000 N/A

Board Justification

No stock awards vested in 2023 as the focus was on performance-based awards that vest over a longer period.

Performance Metrics

Performance metrics included financial and operational goals, pipeline advancement, and corporate responsibility initiatives.

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Richard F. Pops

CEO of Alkermes

Education

Not specified

Field of Expertise

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Biotechnology

Sector of Economy

Healthcare

Born

January 1, 1962 - 63 years ago

CEO of Alkermes for

16 years 2 months (Sep 2009 - Present)

Previous Experience

Director of the Company since February 1991 and served as Chief Executive Officer from February 1991 until April 1, 2007

Holdings

Track Richard F. Pops's stock holdings and portfolio value over time.

Total Stock Sold

$139.85M

ALKS

$129.00M

4,088,507 ALKS shares

NBIX

$10.85M

100,847 NBIX shares

What if they kept their stock?

If Richard F. Pops didn't sell their stock, today they would have:
Extra ALKS4,088,507 shares worth $120.69M and NBIX100,847 shares worth $15.68M.
This is -2.48% and $3.47M less than what they got when they sold the stock.

Insider Trading

Richard F. Pops's recent stock transactions, purchases, and sales filed with the SEC.

ALKS

571,920 shares

ALKS

Feb 6, 2025

Received

NBIX

$297.86K

NBIX at $141.84/share

May 17, 2024

Sale

NBIX

$3.26M

NBIX at $140.33/share

Mar 13, 2024

Sale

NBIX

$252.04K

NBIX at $140.02/share

Mar 8, 2024

Sale

NBIX

$1.99M

NBIX at $132.47/share

Feb 20, 2024

Sale

ALKS

218,551 shares

ALKS

Feb 8, 2024

Received

ALKS

119,713 shares

ALKS

Feb 20, 2023

Received

NBIX

$1.79M

NBIX at $119.20/share

Jan 3, 2023

Sale

NBIX

$1.14M

NBIX at $76.30/share

May 9, 2022

Sale

ALKS

$9.77M

ALKS at $28.13/share

May 5, 2022

Sale

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