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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-09-16

RCI Hospitality Holdings (RICK)

CEO Travis Reese was paid $649,463 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 26.1% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001628280-26-047485 ↗): 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.

$1,990,503
Eric Langan total, FY2025
Former President and Chief Executive Officer — highest-paid officer; CEO Travis Reese: $649,463
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CEO (Travis Reese) pay percentile vs peers
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CEO-to-median pay ratio
94.21%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote

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RICK's next annual pay disclosure, estimated July 7, 2027.est. Filing ↗

01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Eric Langan$1,708,775—————$281,728$1,990,503
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Bradley Chhay606,345—————65,896672,241
Former Chief Financial Officer
Travis Reese580,040—————69,423649,463
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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Eric Langan$1,990,503$1,829,649$1,867,388↑ +160,854
Bradley Chhay672,241663,375534,465↑ +8,866
Travis Reese649,463514,862536,534↑ +134,601

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

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01b

Executives — the named officers

One page per officer: the same table above, read for one person at a time — his own figure and every fiscal year the register holds.

ExecutiveRoleFY2025 total
Bradley ChhayCFO$672,241
Eric LanganCEO$1,990,503
Travis ReeseCEO$649,463
01c

Board of directors

One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.

DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Arthur Allan PriaulxIndependent Director—
Elaine MartinIndependent Director—
Luke C. LirotIndependent Director—
Yura BarabashIndependent Director—
02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

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.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Yura BarabashDirector2026-08-12A888$27$24,233CommonForm 4 ↗
Eric Scott LanganDirector2026-08-14A1,6303150,204CommonForm 4 ↗
Johnson Martin ElaineDirector2026-09-15A6012917,396CommonForm 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.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Eric LanganOption10,000100—
Bradley ChhayOption10,000100—
Travis ReeseOption10,000100—
05

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 policytrue
Anti-hedging—
Anti-pledging—
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20252025-08-183,841,183235,9797,11694.21%Passed
20242024-08-284,215,684137,173228,67196.85%Passed
20232023-08-283,526,934149,31612,44295.94%Passed
20222022-08-233,622,693202,29122,21394.71%Passed
20212021-09-143,736,36132,651176,15499.13%Passed
20202020-09-143,294,834105,93711,43496.88%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 yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20252025-08-1894.21%a
20242024-08-2896.85%b
20232023-08-2895.94%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.

08

Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Eric S. LanganEmployee director$0———$281,728$281,728
Travis ReeseEmployee director · Board Chair0———69,42369,423
Arthur Allan PriaulxIndependent · Audit · Nominating · Compensation50,000—————
Luke C. LirotIndependent · Nominating · Compensation50,000—————
Yura BarabashIndependent · Audit · Nominating · Compensation60,000—————
Elaine MartinIndependent · Audit · Nominating · Compensation50,000—————
09

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—
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
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.

10b

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
1RCI Hospitality Holdings2025Travis Reese$580,040———$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.

10d

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at RCI Hospitality Holdings in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Eric Langan (Former President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at RCI Hospitality Holdings in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $1,990,503.
How did shareholders vote on RCI Hospitality Holdings's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 94.21% of shareholders supported RCI Hospitality Holdings's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does RCI Hospitality Holdings spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, RCI Hospitality Holdings reported total board compensation of $561,151 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

11

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, Eric LanganDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,990,503. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Bradley ChhayDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 672,241. Filing ↗
3Section 01, Travis ReeseDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 649,463. Filing ↗
4Section 08, Eric S. LanganDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 281,728. Filing ↗
5Section 08, Travis ReeseDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 69,423. Filing ↗
6Section 08, Arthur Allan PriaulxDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗machine: span 322596–322837
7Section 08, Luke C. LirotDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗machine: span 320336–320606
8Section 08, Yura BarabashDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗machine: span 321145–321386
9Section 08, Elaine MartinDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗machine: span 321867–322108
10Section 02, Yura Barabash 2026-08-12Form 42026-08-130001628280-26-056563Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
11Section 02, Eric Scott Langan 2026-08-14Form 42026-08-170001628280-26-057220Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
12Section 02, Johnson Martin Elaine 2026-09-15Form 42026-09-160001628280-26-062157Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
13Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-08-180001628280-25-040667Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.21% (votes for as printed: 3,841,183). Filing ↗
14Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-08-290001628280-24-038823Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.85% (votes for as printed: 4,215,684). Filing ↗
15Section 06, 2023 voteForm 8-K2023-08-300001628280-23-030960Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.94% (votes for as printed: 3,526,934). Filing ↗
16Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
17Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 210,000 + equity 0 + all other 351,151 = 561,151, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 561,151
18RCI Hospitality Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-07-070001628280-26-047485CEO total compensation as printed in RCI Hospitality Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 649,463. Filing ↗

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