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Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-07-24

Floor & Decor Holdings (FND)

Fiscal year 2025 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.

$10,667,062
Thomas Taylor total, FY2025
Executive Chair, former Chief Executive Officerhighest-paid officer; CEO Bradley Paulsen: $6,445,144
33rd
CEO (Bradley Paulsen) pay percentile vs peers
300:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
96.73%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against FND
6 companies name FND as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses FND 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 FND in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Thomas Taylor$1,092,308$0$7,700,188$0$1,178,737$0$695,829$10,667,062
Executive Chair, former Chief Executive Officer
Bradley Paulsen612,3081,600,0003,700,0000528,60504,2316,445,144
Chief Executive Officer, former President
David Christopherson557,36601,650,0120360,88009,0702,577,328
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer
Bryan Langley502,11501,500,0120325,10708,3832,335,617
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ersan Sayman440,50001,200,0100285,21301,0081,926,731
Executive 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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Thomas Taylor$10,667,062
Bradley Paulsen6,445,144
David Christopherson2,577,328
Bryan Langley2,335,617
Ersan Sayman1,926,731

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

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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Bradley PaulsenPSU2025-05-0525,00050,000$1,850,000
David ChristophersonRSU2025-02-248,459825,006
Ersan SaymanRSU2025-02-246,152600,005
Bryan LangleyPSU2025-02-247,69015,380750,006
Bryan LangleyRSU2025-02-247,690750,006
Thomas TaylorRSU2025-02-2439,4763,850,094
Bradley PaulsenRSU2025-05-0525,0001,850,000
Thomas TaylorPSU2025-02-2439,47678,9523,850,094
David ChristophersonPSU2025-02-248,45916,918825,006
Ersan SaymanPSU2025-02-246,15212,304600,005
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Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Bradley Paulsen$1,850,000$1,850,000$050.0%
David Christopherson825,006825,006050.0%
Ersan Sayman600,005600,005050.0%
Bryan Langley750,006750,006050.0%
Thomas Taylor3,850,0943,850,094050.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Thomas TaylorRSU24,464$1,546,369
Thomas TaylorPSU10,510664,305
Ersan SaymanRSU6,152388,868
Thomas TaylorRSU6,842432,483
Thomas TaylorPSU24,8951,573,613
Ersan SaymanPSU4,979314,723
David ChristophersonRSU8,459534,693
David ChristophersonRSU8,215519,270
Bryan LangleyPSU2,490157,361
Bryan LangleyRSU92358,343
Thomas TaylorPSU18,2811,155,510
Ersan SaymanPSU2,760174,460
Ersan SaymanRSU7,793492,596
David ChristophersonPSU7,469472,084
David ChristophersonRSU1,29281,667
David ChristophersonPSU3,795239,882
David ChristophersonRSU3,163199,933
Bryan LangleyRSU7,690486,085
Bradley PaulsenPSU31,6672,001,671
Thomas TaylorRSU15,235963,004
David ChristophersonPSU3,153199,301
Bryan LangleyRSU2,157136,344
Ersan SaymanRSU1,826115,421
Bryan LangleyPSU1,05166,434
Thomas TaylorPSU10,263648,693
Bryan LangleyRSU2,739173,132
Bryan LangleyRSU2,454155,117
Ersan SaymanPSU2,102132,867
David ChristophersonPSU1,937122,406
Bryan LangleyPSU1,38487,451
Ersan SaymanPSU1,10769,942
Bradley PaulsenRSU25,0001,580,250
Ersan SaymanRSU2,301145,446
Ersan SaymanRSU73846,649
Thomas TaylorRSU39,4762,495,278
Thomas TaylorRSU50,0033,160,690
David ChristophersonRSU10,715677,295
Bryan LangleyPSU9,741615,729
Ersan SaymanRSU5,477346,201
Bryan LangleyPSU2,588163,556
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The primary objectives of our executive pay program are to: attract and retain an exceptional executive team needed to outperform our peers and execute our strategy; drive our short- and long-term growth objectives; align the interests of our executive team with those of our stockholders; and align our organization's pay programs with metrics that we generally view as being important drivers of our performance.

CEO STI target (% of salary)125%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantKorn Ferry
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-0695,940,7793,244,723103,56496.73%Passed
20252025-05-0795,324,1463,463,22067,19496.49%Passed
20242024-05-0883,712,41911,019,585727,26788.37%Passed
20232023-05-1093,345,933917,91918,58099.03%Passed
20222022-05-1193,557,6521,973,08939,53297.93%Passed
20212021-05-1292,826,3651,107,24086,08798.82%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 yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-05-0696.73%a
20252025-05-0796.49%b
20242024-05-0888.37%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.”.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker "non-votes" are not counted as votes cast either "FOR" or "AGAINST" a given proposal, but are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum.”.

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.

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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)300 : 1
CEO total compensation$10,667,062
Median employee compensation$35,586
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$80,000
Annual equity retainer$140,092
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)25,000 / 20,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guideline$400,000
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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

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

BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.SGI Somnigroup International, Inc.ULTA Ulta Beauty, Inc.SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.POOL Pool Corporation Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.FIVE Five Below, Inc.LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc.WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc.FAST Fastenal CompanyETSY Etsy, Inc.DECK Deckers Outdoor CorporationOLLI Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.
10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Floor & Decor Holdings 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.

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (BOOT) Somnigroup International, Inc. (SGI) Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA)30 SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (SITE) Pool Corporation (POOL) Five Below, Inc. (FIVE)31 Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU) Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)32 Fastenal Company (FAST)33 Etsy, Inc. (ETSY)34 Deckers Outdoor Corporation (DECK)35 Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (OLLI)36

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 Floor & Decor Holdings.

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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.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Williams-Sonoma, Inc.2025Laura Alber$1,600,000$18,999,797$0$12,500,000$33,297,422
2Lululemon Athletica Inc.2025Calvin McDonald1,393,2697,800,00113,800,030994,79424,023,294
3Etsy, Inc.2025Josh Silverman690,13715,814,539737,591729,12018,072,322
4Ulta Beauty, Inc.2025Kecia Steelman1,350,0034,792,8774,792,5564,383,97215,403,663
5Deckers Outdoor Corporation2026Stefano Caroti1,236,5386,999,94703,607,91511,904,992
6Five Below, Inc.2025Winnie Park1,100,0006,792,21502,750,00010,814,084
7Floor & Decor Holdings2025Bradley Paulsen612,3083,700,0000528,6056,445,144
8Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.2025Eric van der Valk771,2501,600,0281,599,9991,025,8185,036,744
9Fastenal Company2025Daniel Florness750,0000861,3872,569,0004,183,328
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.not in coverage universe
Somnigroup International, Inc.not in coverage universe
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.not in coverage universe
Pool Corporationnot 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.

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Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Floor & Decor Holdings86.3%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoKorn Ferry
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Deckers Outdoor Corporation173%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR)Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Etsy, Inc.87%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Relative TSRCompensia
Fastenal Company342%Options 100not disclosednot disclosed
Five Below, Inc.200%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoMeridian
Lululemon Athletica Inc.35.7%PSU 60 · RSU 20 · Options 20NoWTW (Willis Towers Watson)
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.132.7%RSU 50 · Options 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Pool Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Somnigroup International, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Ulta Beauty, Inc.180.41%Options 50 · RSU 50not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.157.9%PSU 63 · RSU 37NoPay Governance LLC

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.

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Source register

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.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Thomas TaylorDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 10,667,062. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 568772–568782
2Section 01, Bradley PaulsenDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 6,445,144. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c42 · span 577349–577358
3Section 01, David ChristophersonDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 2,577,328. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c42 · span 589224–589233
4Section 01, Bryan LangleyDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 2,335,617. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c42 · span 580639–580648
5Section 01, Ersan SaymanDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 35. As printed: 1,926,731. Filing ↗machine: r12 · c42 · span 597253–597262
6Section 03, Bradley Paulsen PSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r7 · c23 · span 637422–637428
7Section 03, David Christopherson RSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r13 · c23 · span 658579–658584
8Section 03, Ersan Sayman RSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r16 · c23 · span 669409–669414
9Section 03, Bryan Langley PSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r10 · c23 · span 648263–648268
10Section 03, Bryan Langley RSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r10 · c23 · span 648263–648268
11Section 03, Thomas Taylor RSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r4 · c23 · span 627102–627108
12Section 03, Bradley Paulsen RSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r7 · c23 · span 637422–637428
13Section 03, Thomas Taylor PSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r4 · c23 · span 627102–627108
14Section 03, David Christopherson PSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r13 · c23 · span 658579–658584
15Section 03, Ersan Sayman PSUDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for Fiscal 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t37 · r16 · c23 · span 669409–669414
16Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 300 : 1. Filing ↗machine: span 949098–949106
17Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-070001628280-26-032095Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.73% (votes for as printed: 95,940,779). Filing ↗
18Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-120001507079-25-000100Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.49% (votes for as printed: 95,324,146). Filing ↗
19Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-05-100001104659-24-059942Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 88.37% (votes for as printed: 83,712,419). Filing ↗
20Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
21Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-05-060000719955-26-000109CEO total compensation as printed in Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 33,297,422. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 847173–847184
22Lululemon Athletica Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-05-180001213900-26-058095CEO total compensation as printed in Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 24,023,294. Filing ↗machine: t70 · r3 · c8 · span 1864711–1864721
23Etsy, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001370637-26-000026CEO total compensation as printed in Etsy, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,072,322. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 1152296–1152306
24Ulta Beauty, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-220001104659-26-046308CEO total compensation as printed in Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,403,663. Filing ↗machine: t216 · r7 · c24 · span 1201446–1201456
25Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-07-240000910521-26-000018CEO total compensation as printed in Deckers Outdoor Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 11,904,992. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c21 · span 866385–866395
26Five Below, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-05-010001193125-26-199315CEO total compensation as printed in Five Below, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,814,084. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 514821–514831
27Floor & Decor Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-230001628280-26-020341CEO total compensation as printed in Floor & Decor Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 6,445,144. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c42 · span 577349–577358
28Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-300001140361-26-018292CEO total compensation as printed in Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,036,744. Filing ↗machine: t129 · r2 · c21 · span 659649–659658
29Fastenal Company, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-02-250000815556-26-000017CEO total compensation as printed in Fastenal Company's own proxy. As printed: 4,183,328. Filing ↗machine: span 487146–487155
30Section 10a, Ulta Beauty, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001104659-26-046308Ulta Beauty, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Floor & Decor Holdings. Filing ↗
31Section 10a, Five Below, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-199315Five Below, Inc. names Floor & Decor Holdings in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
32Section 10a, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0000719955-26-000109Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Floor & Decor Holdings. Filing ↗
33Section 10a, Fastenal Company reciprocityDEF 14A0000815556-26-000017Fastenal Company's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Floor & Decor Holdings. Filing ↗
34Section 10a, Etsy, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001370637-26-000026Etsy, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Floor & Decor Holdings. Filing ↗
35Section 10a, Deckers Outdoor Corporation reciprocityDEF 14A0000910521-26-000018Deckers Outdoor Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Floor & Decor Holdings. Filing ↗
36Section 10a, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001140361-26-018292Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. names Floor & Decor Holdings in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗