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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Kohn | $850,720 | $918,000 | $1,908,229 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $11,158 | $3,688,107 |
| Chief Executive Officer & President | ||||||||
| Chris Riley | 400,720 | 345,600 | 667,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,850 | 1,427,050 |
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
| Marc Crossman | 400,720 | 345,600 | 667,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,619 | 1,424,819 |
| Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Kohn | $3,688,107 | — | — | — |
| Chris Riley | 1,427,050 | — | — | — |
| Marc Crossman | 1,424,819 | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Riley | RSU | 2025-05-02 | — | — | 274,187 | — | $293,380 |
| Chris Riley | RSU | 2025-05-02 | — | — | 350,000 | — | 374,500 |
| Marc Crossman | RSU | 2025-05-02 | — | — | 350,000 | — | 374,500 |
| Marc Crossman | RSU | 2025-05-02 | — | — | 274,187 | — | 293,380 |
| Ben Kohn | RSU | 2025-05-02 | — | — | 1,000,000 | — | 1,070,000 |
| Ben Kohn | RSU | 2025-05-02 | — | — | 783,392 | — | 838,229 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Riley | $667,880 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Marc Crossman | 667,880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Ben Kohn | 1,908,229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Crossman | RSU | 350,000 | — | $658,000 |
| Ben Kohn | RSU | 1,000,000 | — | 1,880,000 |
| Ben Kohn | RSU | 783,392 | — | 1,472,777 |
| Chris Riley | RSU | 350,000 | — | 658,000 |
| Marc Crossman | RSU | 274,187 | — | 515,472 |
| Chris Riley | RSU | 274,187 | — | 515,472 |
| Marc Crossman | RSU | 133,334 | — | 250,668 |
| Ben Kohn | RSU | 45,414 | — | 85,378 |
| Chris Riley | RSU | 15,895 | — | 29,883 |
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Exequity LLP |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-16 | 65,300,890 | 7,874,378 | 52,825 | 89.24% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-06-16 | 53,674,646 | 9,526,194 | 266,699 | 84.93% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-06-13 | 26,479,482 | 4,026,453 | 300,213 | 86.8% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-06-15 | 28,143,334 | 6,859,244 | 390,973 | 80.4% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-06-16 | 89.24%a |
| 2025 | 2025-06-16 | 84.93%b |
| 2024 | 2024-06-13 | 86.8%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.
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juliana F. HillIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Nominating/Governance | $105,000 | $107,000 | $0 | — | $0 | $212,000 |
| James YaffeIndependent · Audit · Compensation · Nominating/Governance (Chair) | 100,000 | 107,000 | 0 | — | 0 | 207,000 |
| Tracey EdmondsIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance | 100,000 | 107,000 | 0 | — | 0 | 207,000 |
| György GattyánNot independent · Newly elected | 57,514 | 107,000 | 0 | — | 0 | 164,514 |
| Suhail RizviNot independent · Board Chair | 0 | 159,163 | 0 | — | 0 | 159,163 |
| Natalia PremovicIndependent · Departed during FY · Newly elected | 23,571 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 23,571 |
| Annual cash retainer | $65,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $100,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 10,000 / 15,000 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $386,085 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $587,163 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $973,248 |
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 | Playboy | 2025 | Ben Kohn | $850,720 | $1,908,229 | $0 | $0 | $3,688,107 |
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, Ben Kohn | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 31. As printed: 3,688,107. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c48 · span 439807–439816 |
| 2 | Section 01, Chris Riley | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 31. As printed: 1,427,050. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c48 · span 453508–453517 |
| 3 | Section 01, Marc Crossman | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 31. As printed: 1,424,819. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c48 · span 446684–446693 |
| 4 | Section 03, Chris Riley RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 476580–476587 |
| 5 | Section 03, Chris Riley RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 478396–478403 |
| 6 | Section 03, Marc Crossman RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 474591–474598 |
| 7 | Section 03, Marc Crossman RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 472775–472782 |
| 8 | Section 03, Ben Kohn RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 470782–470791 |
| 9 | Section 03, Ben Kohn RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 468938–468945 |
| 10 | Section 08, Juliana F. Hill | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 212,000. Filing ↗machine: span 321654–321661 |
| 11 | Section 08, James Yaffe | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 207,000. Filing ↗machine: span 319766–319773 |
| 12 | Section 08, Tracey Edmonds | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 207,000. Filing ↗machine: span 317882–317889 |
| 13 | Section 08, György Gattyán | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 164,514. Filing ↗machine: span 323737–323744 |
| 14 | Section 08, Suhail Rizvi | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 159,163. Filing ↗machine: span 315969–315976 |
| 15 | Section 08, Natalia Premovic | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 23,571. Filing ↗machine: span 324583–324589 |
| 16 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-06-17 | 0001628280-26-043729 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 89.24% (votes for as printed: 65,300,890). Filing ↗ |
| 17 | Section 06, 2025 vote | Form 8-K | 2025-06-16 | 0001803914-25-000102 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 84.93% (votes for as printed: 53,674,646). Filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 06, 2024 vote | Form 8-K | 2024-06-14 | 0001803914-24-000047 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 86.8% (votes for as printed: 26,479,482). Filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 20 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Cash 386,085 + equity 587,163 + all other 0 = 973,248, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 973,248 |
| 21 | Playboy (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-30 | 0001628280-26-028967 | CEO total compensation as printed in Playboy's own proxy. As printed: 3,688,107. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c48 · span 439807–439816 |