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Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD): executive pay, fiscal 2026

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CEO total pay$3,253,570CEO M. Farooq Kathwari · source

Say-on-pay support94.02%Latest vote · source

CEO vs. named peers29th pct.Of 11 peer CEOs

CEO pay ratio77:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

$3,209,468FY2024
$3,833,334FY2025
$3,253,570FY2026

CEO total pay was $3,253,570 in fiscal 2026, down from $3,833,334 in fiscal 2025.

FY2026: salary $1,150,050 · bonus $0 · stock awards $1,518,002 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Amy Phillips · EVP Catherine Plaisted · SVP Douglas Deifenbach · SVP Rebecca Thompson · SVP M. Farooq Kathwari · CEO Matthew McNulty · CFO Cynthia Ekberg Tsai · Independent Director David M. Sable · Independent Director John J. Dooner Jr · Independent Director Maria Eugenia Casar · Independent Director Tara I. Stacom · Independent Director

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Ethan Allen Interiors in fiscal 2026?

As disclosed, M. Farooq Kathwari (Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Ethan Allen Interiors in fiscal 2026, with total compensation of $3,253,570.

How does Ethan Allen Interiors's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?

As disclosed, M. Farooq Kathwari's total compensation ranked at the 29th percentile of Ethan Allen Interiors's disclosed peer group.

What is Ethan Allen Interiors's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?

As disclosed, Ethan Allen Interiors's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 77:1.

How did shareholders vote on Ethan Allen Interiors's executive compensation?

As disclosed, 94.02% of shareholders supported Ethan Allen Interiors's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.

How much does Ethan Allen Interiors spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2026?

As disclosed, Ethan Allen Interiors reported total board compensation of $308,800 for fiscal 2026.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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Summary compensation table

Named executive officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension / NQDC	All other	Total
M. Farooq Kathwari	$1,150,050	$0	$1,518,002	$0	$531,300	$0	$54,218	$3,253,570
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Amy Phillips	500,000	0	249,996	0	69,300	0	1,300	820,596
Executive Vice President, Retail Division
Matthew McNulty	410,000	0	184,490	0	47,355	0	1,300	643,145
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Douglas Diefenbach	316,000	0	0	0	36,498	0	1,300	353,798
Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development
Stephanie Durgee	264,186	36,000	0	0	0	0	1,300	301,486
Senior Vice President, Merchandising

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officer	FY2026 total	FY2025 total	FY2024 total	Δ FY2025→2026
M. Farooq Kathwari	$3,253,570	$3,833,334	$3,209,468	↓ −579,764
Amy Phillips	820,596	887,981	798,939	↓ −67,385
Matthew McNulty	643,145	689,609	631,013	↓ −46,464
Douglas Diefenbach	353,798	341,647	—	↑ +12,151
Stephanie Durgee	301,486	—	—	—

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2026

Executive	Award	Shares unvested	Exercise price	Market value unvested
Matthew McNulty	RSU	677	—	$15,124
Matthew McNulty	RSU	956	—	21,357
Amy Phillips	RSU	990	—	22,117
Amy Phillips	RSU	1,166	—	26,048
Matthew McNulty	PSU	1,914	—	42,759
Matthew McNulty	RSU	2,274	—	50,801
Amy Phillips	RSU	2,773	—	61,949
Amy Phillips	PSU	2,802	—	62,597
Matthew McNulty	PSU	3,140	—	70,148
Matthew McNulty	PSU	3,448	—	77,028
Matthew McNulty	RSU	3,461	—	77,319
M. Farooq Kathwari	RSU	3,621	—	80,893
Amy Phillips	RSU	4,221	—	94,297
Amy Phillips	PSU	4,595	—	102,652
Amy Phillips	PSU	5,046	—	112,728
M. Farooq Kathwari	RSU	7,973	—	178,117
M. Farooq Kathwari	RSU	8,611	—	192,370
M. Farooq Kathwari	RSU	13,107	—	292,810
M. Farooq Kathwari	PSU	22,538	—	503,499
M. Farooq Kathwari	PSU	36,980	—	826,133
M. Farooq Kathwari	PSU	40,610	—	907,227
M. Farooq Kathwari	RSU	126,000	—	2,814,840

Director compensation

Director	Cash fees	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	All other	Total
Cynthia Ekberg TsaiIndependent · Audit Committee · Compensation Committee · Corporate Governance, Nominations Sustainability Committee (Chair)	$72,600	—	$24,817	—	—	$97,417
David M. SableIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit Committee · Compensation Committee (Chair) · Corporate Governance, Nominations Sustainability Committee	71,400	—	24,817	—	—	96,217
Maria Eugenia CasarIndependent · Audit Committee (Chair) · Compensation Committee · Corporate Governance, Nominations Sustainability Committee	66,800	—	24,817	—	—	91,617
Tara I. StacomIndependent · Audit Committee · Corporate Governance, Nominations Sustainability Committee	60,000	—	24,817	—	—	84,817
John J. Dooner JrIndependent · Departed during FY	38,000	—	24,817	—	—	62,817
M. Farooq KathwariEmployee director · Board Chair	—	—	—	—	—	0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer	$60,000
Annual equity retainer	$24,817
Per board meeting fee	—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)	16,000 / 8,000 / 8,000
Stock ownership guideline	$3

Total cost of the board

Component	FY2026
Cash retainers and fees	$308,800
Equity awards (grant-date value)	$0
All other compensation	$0
Total cost of the board	$308,800

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Ethan Allen Interiors as a peer

Companies that benchmark against ETD

6 companies name ETD as a compensation peer

Arhaus, Inc.ARHSFY2025
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INCHVTFY2025
HOOKER FURNISHINGS CorpHOFTFY2026
LA-Z-BOY INCLZBFY2026
Lovesac CoLOVEFY2026
Sleep Number CorpSNBRQFY2025
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.SWBIFY2026

Each company listed discloses ETD in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named ETD in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2026

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

MLKN MillerKnoll, Inc. Hooker Furniture CorporationPRPL Purple Innovation, Inc.FLXS Flexsteel Industries, Inc.ARHS Arhaus, Inc.LOVE The Lovesac Co.LZB La-Z-Boy IncorporatedBSET Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.HVT Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.HNI HNI CorporationCULP Culp, Inc.

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Ethan Allen Interiors names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

— MillerKnoll, Inc. (MLKN)²⁷ Purple Innovation, Inc. (PRPL)✓ Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS)²⁸✓ Arhaus, Inc. (ARHS)²⁹✓ The Lovesac Co. (LOVE)³⁰✓ La-Z-Boy Incorporated (LZB)³¹ Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (BSET)✓ Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (HVT)³²— HNI Corporation (HNI)³³ Culp, Inc. (CULP)

Reciprocity shown where the peer’s own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer’s filing. A dash means the peer’s current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Ethan Allen Interiors.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

Rank	Company	FY	Chief executive	Salary	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Total
1	HNI Corporation	2025	Jeffrey Lorenger	$1,056,740	$5,092,316	$0	$1,787,404	$8,218,947
2	La-Z-Boy Incorporated	2026	Melinda Whittington	1,063,000	4,711,847	0	1,261,719	7,295,975
3	MillerKnoll, Inc.	2026	Andi Owen	1,121,538	4,174,091	0	709,513	6,139,932
4	The Lovesac Co.	2026	Shawn Nelson	598,000	1,995,776	0	1,085,000	4,955,340
5	Arhaus, Inc.	2025	John Reed	1,499,680	0	0	1,349,712	4,649,751
6	Ethan Allen Interiors	2026	M. Farooq Kathwari	1,150,050	1,518,002	0	531,300	3,253,570
7	Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.	2025	Steven Burdette	650,000	1,072,192	0	844,350	2,635,789
8	Flexsteel Industries, Inc.	2026	Derek Schmidt	600,000	839,918	0	972,000	2,469,412
9	Culp, Inc.	2026	Robert Culp	519,231	500,000	0	0	1,129,772
—	Purple Innovation, Inc.	—	—	—	—	—	—	not in coverage universe
—	Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.	—	—	—	—	—	—	not in coverage universe

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

Company	Annual incentive payout	Long-term vehicle mix	PSU measures include TSR	Compensation consultant
Ethan Allen Interiors	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed
Arhaus, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	Yes — relative total shareholder return (TSR)	Aon plc
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed
Culp, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed
Flexsteel Industries, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.	not disclosed	PRSU 80 · RSU 20	not disclosed	Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC
HNI Corporation	140%	PSU 50 · RSU 50	No	Exequity LLP
La-Z-Boy Incorporated	not disclosed	RSU 50 · PSU 50	not disclosed	Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
MillerKnoll, Inc.	not disclosed	PSU 50 · RSU 50	Yes — Relative TSR	Pay Governance LLC
Purple Innovation, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed
The Lovesac Co.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	FW Cook

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

Meeting year	Meeting date	For	Against	Abstain	Support	Outcome
2025	2025-11-05	19,242,249	1,224,072	107,497	94.02%	Passed
2024	2024-11-06	20,919,542	279,328	123,257	98.68%	Passed
2023	2023-11-09	18,331,707	240,608	105,899	98.7%	Passed
2022	2022-11-09	18,854,836	494,756	99,751	97.44%	Passed
2021	2021-11-30	20,233,723	437,401	58,385	97.88%	Passed
2020	2020-11-12	21,094,778	430,035	147,916	98%	Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting year	Meeting date	Approval — company’s computation
2025	2025-11-05	94.02%^a
2024	2024-11-06	98.68%^b
2023	2023-11-09	98.7%^c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)	77 : 1
CEO total compensation	$3,253,570
Median employee compensation	$42,128

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (33 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

Section 01, M. Farooq Kathwari. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 36. As printed: 3,253,570. View filing ↗
Section 01, Amy Phillips. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 36. As printed: 820,596. View filing ↗
Section 01, Matthew McNulty. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 36. As printed: 643,145. View filing ↗
Section 01, Douglas Diefenbach. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 36. As printed: 353,798. View filing ↗
Section 01, Stephanie Durgee. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 36. As printed: 301,486. View filing ↗
Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 77 : 1. View filing ↗
Section 08, Cynthia Ekberg Tsai. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 97,417. View filing ↗
Section 08, David M. Sable. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 96,217. View filing ↗
Section 08, Maria Eugenia Casar. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 91,617. View filing ↗
Section 08, Tara I. Stacom. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 84,817. View filing ↗
Section 08, John J. Dooner Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 62,817. View filing ↗
Section 08, M. Farooq Kathwari. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-11-05. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.02% (votes for as printed: 19,242,249). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-11-06. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.68% (votes for as printed: 20,919,542). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-11-09. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.7% (votes for as printed: 18,331,707). View filing ↗
Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 308,800 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 308,800, summed across the director compensation table rows.
HNI Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in HNI Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 8,218,947. View filing ↗
La-Z-Boy Incorporated, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-15. CEO total compensation as printed in La-Z-Boy Incorporated's own proxy. As printed: 7,295,975. View filing ↗
MillerKnoll, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. CEO total compensation as printed in MillerKnoll, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,139,932. View filing ↗
The Lovesac Co., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in The Lovesac Co.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,955,340. View filing ↗
Arhaus, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Arhaus, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,649,751. View filing ↗
Ethan Allen Interiors (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Ethan Allen Interiors's own proxy. As printed: 3,253,570. View filing ↗
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,635,789. View filing ↗
Flexsteel Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Flexsteel Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,469,412. View filing ↗
Culp, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Culp, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,129,772. View filing ↗
Section 10a, MillerKnoll, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. MillerKnoll, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Ethan Allen Interiors. View filing ↗
Section 10a, Flexsteel Industries, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Flexsteel Industries, Inc. names Ethan Allen Interiors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Arhaus, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Arhaus, Inc. names Ethan Allen Interiors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, The Lovesac Co. reciprocity. DEF 14A. The Lovesac Co. names Ethan Allen Interiors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, La-Z-Boy Incorporated reciprocity. DEF 14A. La-Z-Boy Incorporated names Ethan Allen Interiors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. names Ethan Allen Interiors in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, HNI Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. HNI Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Ethan Allen Interiors. View filing ↗