Companies RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc
RCI Hospitality (RICK): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $536,534FY2023
- $514,862FY2024
- $649,463FY2025
CEO total pay was $649,463 in fiscal 2025, up from $514,862 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $580,040 · bonus $0 · stock awards $0 · option awards $0
Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Langan | $1,708,775 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $281,728 | $1,990,503 |
| Former President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Bradley Chhay | 606,345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65,896 | 672,241 |
| Former Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Travis Reese | 580,040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69,423 | 649,463 |
| Interim President and Chief Executive Officer; former Executive Vice President | ||||||||
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 | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Langan | $1,990,503 | $1,829,649 | $1,867,388 | ↑ +160,854 |
| Bradley Chhay | 672,241 | 663,375 | 534,465 | ↑ +8,866 |
| Travis Reese | 649,463 | 514,862 | 536,534 | ↑ +134,601 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
The primary goal of the Company's executive compensation policy is to align the interests of executive officers with those of stockholders by offering compensation that attracts and retains critical talent, aligns with long-term business strategies, and provides variable compensation directly linked to company performance and stockholder value.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Langan | Option | 10,000 | 100 | — |
| Bradley Chhay | Option | 10,000 | 100 | — |
| Travis Reese | Option | 10,000 | 100 | — |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric S. LanganEmployee director | $0 | — | — | — | $281,728 | $281,728 |
| Travis ReeseEmployee director · Board Chair | 0 | — | — | — | 69,423 | 69,423 |
| Elaine MartinIndependent · Audit · Nominating · Compensation | 50,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arthur Allan PriaulxIndependent · Audit · Nominating · Compensation | 50,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luke C. LirotIndependent · Nominating · Compensation | 50,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yura BarabashIndependent · Audit · Nominating · Compensation | 60,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $210,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $0 |
| All other compensation | $351,151 |
| Total cost of the board | $561,151 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names RCI Hospitality as a peer
Companies that benchmark against RICK
2 companies name RICK as a compensation peer
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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 | RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc | 2025 | Travis Reese | $580,040 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $649,463 |
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.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-08-18 | 3,841,183 | 235,979 | 7,116 | 94.21% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-08-28 | 4,215,684 | 137,173 | 228,671 | 96.85% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-08-28 | 3,526,934 | 149,316 | 12,442 | 95.94% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-08-23 | 3,622,693 | 202,291 | 22,213 | 94.71% | Passed |
| 2021 | 2021-09-14 | 3,736,361 | 32,651 | 176,154 | 99.13% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-09-14 | 3,294,834 | 105,937 | 11,434 | 96.88% | 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 | 2025-08-18 | 94.21%a |
| 2024 | 2024-08-28 | 96.85%b |
| 2023 | 2023-08-28 | 95.94%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “On this matter, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the voting.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “On this matter, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the voting.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “On this matter, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the voting.”.
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.
Insider trades since the proxy
Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.
| Insider | Role | Transaction date | Code | Shares | Price | Value | Security | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yura Barabash | Director | 2026-08-12 | A | 888 | $27 | $24,233 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Eric Scott Langan | Director | 2026-08-14 | A | 1,630 | 31 | 50,204 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Johnson Martin Elaine | Director | 2026-09-15 | A | 601 | 29 | 17,396 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.
Sources (18 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, Eric Langan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,990,503. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Bradley Chhay. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 672,241. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Travis Reese. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 649,463. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Eric S. Langan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 281,728. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Travis Reese. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 69,423. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Elaine Martin. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Arthur Allan Priaulx. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Luke C. Lirot. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Yura Barabash. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Yura Barabash 2026-08-12. Form 4, filed 2026-08-13. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Eric Scott Langan 2026-08-14. Form 4, filed 2026-08-17. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Johnson Martin Elaine 2026-09-15. Form 4, filed 2026-09-16. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-08-18. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.21% (votes for as printed: 3,841,183). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-08-29. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.85% (votes for as printed: 4,215,684). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-08-30. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.94% (votes for as printed: 3,526,934). 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 210,000 + equity 0 + all other 351,151 = 561,151, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-07. CEO total compensation as printed in RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 649,463. View filing ↗