APLS · Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Market Cap

$5.25B

128.02M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$793,193	$580,736	$4,779,832	$4,787,768	—	$15,922	$10,957,451
Caroline Baumal	Chief Medical Officer	$610,386	$279,026	$1,687,004	$1,689,790	—	$140,922	$4,407,128
Adam Townsend	Chief Commercial Officer	$542,732	$249,535	$1,574,492	$1,577,122	—	$12,172	$3,956,053
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$530,963	$242,730	$1,574,492	$1,577,122	—	$23,768	$3,949,075
David Watson	General Counsel	$513,078	$211,107	$1,574,492	$1,577,122	—	$15,922	$3,891,721

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$734,539	$694,688	$4,394,319	$4,542,373	—	$7,130	$10,373,049
David Watson	General Counsel	$479,193	$271,688	$2,814,940	$1,306,582	—	$13,486	$4,885,889
Caroline Baumal	Chief Medical Officer	$550,673	$323,438	$1,787,404	$1,632,190	—	$136,754	$4,430,459
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$496,654	$281,250	$1,447,518	$1,496,291	—	$15,522	$3,737,235
Adam Townsend	Chief Commercial Officer	$484,577	$273,938	$1,447,518	$1,496,291	—	$11,922	$3,714,246

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$680,827	$512,380	$4,260,590	$3,744,353	—	$5,406	$9,203,556
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$469,093	$233,145	$1,505,986	$1,323,752	—	$14,172	$3,546,148
Adam Townsend	Chief Commercial Officer	$460,013	$230,670	$1,274,326	$1,120,098	—	$10,922	$3,096,029
Pascal Deschatelets	Chief Scientific Officer	$453,212	$225,225	$1,274,326	$1,120,098	—	$9,618	$3,082,479
David Watson	General Counsel	$445,827	$222,750	$1,274,326	$1,120,098	—	$6,772	$3,069,773

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$647,115	$312,000	$1,683,750	$6,468,750	—	$10,424	$9,122,039
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$452,692	$163,800	$505,125	$1,940,625	—	$13,674	$3,075,916
Pascal Deschatelets	Chief Scientific Officer	$438,269	$158,400	$420,938	$1,617,188	—	$13,180	$2,647,975
Adam Townsend	Chief Commercial Officer	$448,269	$144,000	$420,938	$1,617,188	—	$10,424	$2,640,819
Federico Grossi	M.D., Ph.D. Chief Medical Officer	$436,539	$140,800	$420,938	$1,617,188	—	$674	$2,616,139

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$618,769	$429,687	$1,523,844	$6,703,125	—	—	$9,275,425
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$430,269	$244,688	$518,129	$2,279,063	—	$13,000	$3,485,149
Nur Nicholson	Chief Technical Operations Officer	$138,462	$150,068	—	$2,648,750	—	$84,874	$3,022,154
Pascal Deschatelets	Chief Scientific Officer	$423,500	$239,062	$415,594	$1,828,125	—	$11,801	$2,918,082
Adam Townsend	Chief Commercial Officer	$430,038	$217,500	$415,594	$1,828,125	—	$9,750	$2,901,007

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$560,019	$427,893	—	$3,279,270	—	—	$4,267,182
Lucia Celona	Former Chief People Officer	$137,500	$94,212	—	$3,524,475	—	$6,875	$3,763,062
Thomas Lackner	Senior Vice President, Head of Europe	$413,763	$225,660	—	$1,386,000	—	$83,297	$2,108,720
Pascal Deschatelets	Chief Scientific Officer	$404,077	$252,608	—	$1,108,650	—	$55,893	$1,821,228
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$386,423	$214,730	—	$1,108,650	—	$9,500	$1,719,303

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$550,000	$381,562	—	$3,127,600	—	$15,378	$4,074,540
Pascal Deschatelets	Chief Scientific Officer	$400,000	$225,000	—	$1,228,700	—	$8,657	$1,862,357
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$380,000	$190,000	—	$279,250	—	$10,502	$859,752

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Timothy Sullivan	Chief Financial Officer	$68,939	$40,000	—	$2,187,760	—	—	$2,296,699
Cedric Francois	M.D., Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer	$400,000	$225,000	—	$1,037,972	—	—	$1,662,972
Pascal Deschatelets	Chief Operating Officer	$279,227	$120,000	—	$461,321	—	$9,000	$869,548

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Mikael Dolsten, M.D., Ph.D.	Class I director	Appointed	2026-03-01	2026-03-02
Craig A. Wheeler	Class III director	Appointed	2025-04-17	2025-04-21
Adam Townsend	Chief Operating Officer	Resigned	2025-02-21	2025-01-13
Keli Walbert	Class II director	Appointed	2025-01-08	2025-01-13
Adam Townsend	Chief Operating Officer	Appointed	2024-01-16	2024-01-22
Dr. Caroline Baumal	Chief Medical Officer	Appointed	—	2023-01-09
Caroline Baumal, M.D.	Chief Medical Officer	Appointed	2023-01-03	2023-01-05

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