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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Gatoff | $625,000 | $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $69,216 | $1,694,216 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Howard Lorber | 1,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24,787 | 1,024,787 |
| Executive Chairman of the Board | ||||||||
| Robert Steinberg | 325,000 | 200,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23,509 | 548,509 |
| Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary | ||||||||
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 | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Gatoff | $1,694,216 | — | — | — |
| Howard Lorber | 1,024,787 | — | — | — |
| Robert Steinberg | 548,509 | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Lorber | RSA | 2012-12-01 | — | — | 50,000 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Gatoff | PSU | 602,668 | — | $14,751,644 |
| Eric Gatoff | PSU | 637,019 | — | 15,592,461 |
| Eric Gatoff | PSU | 625,000 | — | 15,298,269 |
| Eric Gatoff | RSU | 41,704 | — | 1,844,372 |
| Eric Gatoff | RSU | 69,216 | — | 1,694,216 |
| Eric Gatoff | RSU | 53,068 | — | 1,440,087 |
| Howard Lorber | RSU | 30,000 | — | 734,317 |
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | — |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-09-12 | 2,302,946 | 709,108 | 19,749 | 76.46% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-09-15 | 2,852,450 | 65,922 | 9,837 | 97.74% | Passed |
| 2017 | 2017-09-13 | 2,946,382 | 58,629 | 7,934 | 98.05% | 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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-09-12 | 76.46%a |
| 2020 | 2020-09-15 | 97.74%b |
| 2017 | 2017-09-13 | 98.05%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.
| Annual cash retainer | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | $1,000 |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | — |
| Stock ownership guideline | Pursuant to the Stock Retention Plan, at the time that any officer or director exercises a stock option, he will be required to retain 33 1/3 % of the total number of shares underlying options then-issued. |
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 | Nathans Famous | 2025 | Eric Gatoff | $625,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,694,216 |
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, Eric Gatoff | DEF 14A | 2025-07-25 | 0001104659-25-070823 | Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE”. As printed: 1,694,216. Filing ↗machine: span 397432–397441 |
| 2 | Section 01, Howard Lorber | DEF 14A | 2025-07-25 | 0001104659-25-070823 | Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE”. As printed: 1,024,787. Filing ↗machine: span 428428–428437 |
| 3 | Section 01, Robert Steinberg | DEF 14A | 2025-07-25 | 0001104659-25-070823 | Section “SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE”. As printed: 548,509. Filing ↗machine: span 412992–412999 |
| 4 | Section 03, Howard Lorber RSA | DEF 14A | 2025-07-25 | 0001104659-25-070823 | Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 341047–341053 |
| 5 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-09-13 | 0001104659-23-100448 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 76.46% (votes for as printed: 2,302,946). Filing ↗ |
| 6 | Section 06, 2020 vote | Form 8-K | 2020-09-17 | 0001104659-20-106106 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.74% (votes for as printed: 2,852,450). Filing ↗ |
| 7 | Section 06, 2017 vote | Form 8-K | 2017-09-13 | 0000921895-17-002304 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.05% (votes for as printed: 2,946,382). Filing ↗ |
| 8 | Nathans Famous (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-07-25 | 0001104659-25-070823 | CEO total compensation as printed in Nathans Famous's own proxy. As printed: 1,694,216. Filing ↗machine: span 397432–397441 |