Company: CYTK
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013167
Chunk: 74

Company: CYTOKINETICS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 74
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 for similar executive positions as compared to data from our Peer Companies for 2024.

| Cytokinetics, Inc.|2025 Proxy Statement |     | 51 |

TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Compensation

Compensation Decisions for 2024 In February 2024, the Compensation Committee, after exercising its discretion and based on progress in the advancement of our skeletal and cardiac muscle programs, the achievement of research program milestones, the execution of a new collaboration agreement, achievement of other financing objections and certain research goals, voted to approve salary increases and equity awards for our named executive officers with base salary changes effective March 1, 2024. Mr. Lee and Mr. Pletcher commenced employment with us after the annual compensation decisions in February 2024, and accordingly, the amounts listed below are reflective of their initial compensation as established by the Compensation Committee upon their commencing employment.

| Named Executive Officer    |     |        2024 
 Base Salary |     |   Value of 
     Option 
     Grants |     | Value of RSU 
       Grants |     | Target Value 
       of PSU 
    Grants(4) |     | 2024 Non-Equity 
 Incentive Plan  
 Compensation    
 Target as % of  
 Salary          |
| Robert I. Blum             |     |    $825,550 |     | $2,940,000 |     |   $3,920,000 |     |   $5,880,000 |     | 75%             |
| Andrew M. Callos           |     |    $562,913 |     |   $810,000 |     |   $1,080,000 |     |   $1,620,000 |     | 45%             |
| Sung H. Lee(1)             |     |    $550,000 |     | $1,682,500 |     |   $1,682,500 |     |   $1,670,000 |     | 45%             |
| Fady I. Malik, M.D., Ph.D. |     |    $609,464 |     | $1,020,000 |     |   $1,360,000 |     |   $2,040,000 |     | 45%             |
| Brett Pletcher(2)          |     |    $560,000 |     | $1,891,620 |     |   $1,891,620 |     |     $833