Fiscal year 2023 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Bennett | $946,267 | $1,900,000 | $559,555 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,405,821 |
| Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||||||||
| Deric Eubanks | 706,510 | 980,000 | 230,813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,917,322 |
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||||
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.
| Named executive officer | FY2023 total | FY2022 total | FY2021 total | Δ FY2022→2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Bennett | $3,405,821 | $4,350,337 | — | −944,516 |
| Deric Eubanks | 1,917,322 | 1,724,020 | — | +193,302 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Bennett | RSA | — | — | — | — | — | $559,555 |
| Deric Eubanks | RSA | — | — | — | — | — | 230,813 |
Grant-level vehicle detail not disclosed.
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deric Eubanks | RSU | 5,000 | — | $18,402 |
| Deric Eubanks | RSU | 16,984 | — | 62,506 |
| Monty Bennett | RSU | 41,174 | — | 151,533 |
| Monty Bennett | RSU | 25,902 | — | 95,327 |
| Deric Eubanks | RSU | 11,471 | — | 42,217 |
Our compensation program balances three important objectives: provide adequate compensation to attract and retain talented employees, provide strong incentives for management to craft and execute a value-creating growth strategy and manage the compensation program in a way that the cost to stockholders is appropriate for the performance achieved.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | 175% |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Gressle & McGinley |
| Clawback policy | True |
| Anti-hedging | True |
| Anti-pledging | True |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian WheelerIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Compensation · Nominating/Governance (Chair) | $136,375 | $106,496 | $0 | — | $0 | $242,871 |
| Darrell T. HailIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance | 116,375 | 106,496 | 0 | — | 0 | 222,871 |
| Dinesh P. ChandiramaniIndependent · Audit (Chair) | 113,875 | 106,496 | 0 | — | 0 | 220,371 |
| Uno ImmanivongIndependent · Audit · Nominating/Governance | 106,375 | 106,496 | 0 | — | 0 | 212,871 |
| W. Michael MurphyIndependent · Compensation | 106,375 | 106,496 | 0 | — | 0 | 212,871 |
| Monty J. BennettEmployee director · Board Chair | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $106,500 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $106,500 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 10,000 / 10,000 / 5,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | 1.5x annual board retainer fee |
| Component | FY2023 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $579,375 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $532,480 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,111,855 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
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 | Ashford | 2023 | Monty Bennett | $946,267 | $559,555 | $0 | $0 | $3,405,821 |
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.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Monty Bennett | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 25. As printed: 3,405,821. Filing ↗machine: span 389397–389406 |
| 2 | Section 01, Deric Eubanks | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 25. As printed: 1,917,322. Filing ↗machine: span 397875–397884 |
| 3 | Section 03, Monty Bennett RSA | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t42 · r2 · c9 · span 386917–386924 |
| 4 | Section 03, Deric Eubanks RSA | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t42 · r4 · c9 · span 395767–395774 |
| 5 | Section 08, Brian Wheeler | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 242,871. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r6 · c3 · span 316792–316799 |
| 6 | Section 08, Darrell T. Hail | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 222,871. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r3 · c3 · span 314024–314031 |
| 7 | Section 08, Dinesh P. Chandiramani | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 220,371. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r2 · c3 · span 313073–313080 |
| 8 | Section 08, Uno Immanivong | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 212,871. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r4 · c3 · span 314874–314881 |
| 9 | Section 08, W. Michael Murphy | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 212,871. Filing ↗machine: t34 · r5 · c3 · span 315827–315834 |
| 10 | Section 08, Monty J. Bennett | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 12 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 579,375 + equity 532,480 + all other 0 = 1,111,855, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,111,855 |
| 13 | Ashford (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2024-03-28 | 0001604738-24-000022 | CEO total compensation as printed in Ashford's own proxy. As printed: 3,405,821. Filing ↗machine: span 389397–389406 |