Revvity's 2023 Long-Term Executive Incentives Fail to Vest at 0%; Board Proposes Enhanced Shareholder Rights
RVTY is trading near its 52-week low of $81.36 (3.9% above the low).
Summary
Revvity's 2023 long-term executive performance incentives failed to vest at 0%, signaling a significant miss on multi-year goals, while the board proposes to enhance shareholder rights by lowering the special meeting threshold.
Key Events · Corporate Governance and Compliance · RVTY
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2023 Long-Term Executive Incentives Failed
The 2023 Long-Term Incentive Program (LTIP) PRSUs failed to vest at 0% for named executive officers due to unmet non-COVID organic growth and adjusted operating margin expansion goals. This finalizes the terms of the program initiated in 2023, confirming the outcome previously indicated in the preliminary proxy statement on March 6, 2026.
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Shareholder Rights Enhanced
The board proposes to amend the company's By-laws to allow shareholders owning 25% of the stock to call a special meeting, lowering the threshold from the current 40%.
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Special Retention Awards Granted
The CFO, Maxwell Krakowiak, and Chief Commercial Officer, Miriame Victor, received special stock option retention awards totaling over $2.4 million in August 2025, vesting over three years.
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Shareholder Proposal on Stock Ownership
A shareholder proposal requests a policy requiring named executive officers to retain 25% of net after-tax shares until retirement, which the board recommends against.
Analysis · RVTY · Industrial Applications And Services
This definitive proxy statement confirms the complete failure of Revvity's 2023 Long-Term Incentive Program (LTIP) PRSUs, which vested at 0% due to unmet non-COVID organic growth and adjusted operating margin expansion goals. This is a significant negative signal regarding executive accountability and the company's long-term performance, especially following a preliminary proxy statement on March 6, 2026, that hinted at this outcome. While short-term incentives (Global ICP) achieved 124% of target, the long-term incentive failure, coupled with recent insider selling and business challenges highlighted in a shareholder proposal (e.g., operating margin pressure, China sales decline, $1B lawsuit), indicates underlying performance issues. The board's proposal to lower the special meeting shareholder threshold from 40% to 25% is a positive governance development, demonstrating responsiveness to shareholder feedback.
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At the time of this filing, RVTY was trading at $84.50 on NYSE in the Industrial Applications And Services sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $9.6B. The 52-week trading range was $81.36 to $118.30. This filing was assessed with negative market sentiment and an importance score of 8 out of 10.