CEO Bill Wilson was paid $5,897,214 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 89.6% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001499832-26-000023 ↗): 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.
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Wilson | $1,450,000 | $1,667,500 | $2,502,135 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $277,579 | $5,897,214 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Erik Hellum | 1,000,000 | 921,300 | 1,000,856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100,168 | 3,022,324 |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
| Stuart Rosenstein | 850,000 | 768,000 | 1,201,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171,662 | 2,990,687 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Wilson | $5,897,214 | $3,110,036 | — | ↑ +2,787,178 |
| Erik Hellum | 3,022,324 | 1,670,832 | — | ↑ +1,351,492 |
| Stuart Rosenstein | 2,990,687 | 1,712,704 | — | ↑ +1,277,983 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Hellum | Option | 72,668 | 7.59 | — |
| Stuart Rosenstein | Option | 56,033 | 7.55 | — |
| Erik Hellum | RSU | 30,611 | — | 157,341 |
| Stuart Rosenstein | RSU | 19,131 | — | 98,333 |
| Bill Wilson | RSU | 176,110 | — | 905,205 |
| Stuart Rosenstein | RSU | 66,152 | — | 340,021 |
| Stuart Rosenstein | Option | 109,003 | 7.59 | — |
| Erik Hellum | RSU | 15,305 | — | 78,668 |
| Bill Wilson | RSU | 38,262 | — | 196,667 |
| Erik Hellum | RSU | 17,660 | — | 90,772 |
| Bill Wilson | Option | 227,088 | 7.59 | — |
| Stuart Rosenstein | RSU | 84,533 | — | 434,500 |
| Erik Hellum | RSU | 70,444 | — | 362,082 |
| Erik Hellum | RSU | 52,980 | — | 272,317 |
| Stuart Rosenstein | RSU | 38,263 | — | 196,672 |
| Bill Wilson | RSU | 165,563 | — | 850,994 |
| Bill Wilson | RSU | 137,817 | — | 708,379 |
| Bill Wilson | RSU | 76,526 | — | 393,344 |
| Bill Wilson | RSU | 55,188 | — | 283,666 |
| Erik Hellum | RSU | 55,127 | — | 283,353 |
The NEO compensation program is designed to attract, motivate and retain qualified employees and to provide them incentives to achieve or exceed the Company’s annual operational, financial and strategic goals and to increase long-term stockholder value. The Compensation Committee considers Company and individual performance as the key factor when setting compensation levels to reward achievement and reinforce accountability.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Willis Tower Watson PLC |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | false |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven PriceEmployee director · Board Chair | $350,000 | $0 | — | — | $83,422 | $433,422 |
| B. James FordIndependent · Audit Committee (Chair) · Compensation Committee (Chair) | 120,000 | 130,000 | — | — | 7,336 | 257,336 |
| Stephen KaplanIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (Chair) | 95,000 | 130,000 | — | — | 7,336 | 232,336 |
| Gary D. WayIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | 70,000 | 130,000 | — | — | 7,336 | 207,336 |
| Gary GinsbergIndependent · Audit Committee · Compensation Committee · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | 70,000 | 130,000 | — | — | 7,336 | 207,336 |
| David LebowIndependent · Audit Committee · Compensation Committee · Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | 70,000 | 130,000 | — | — | 7,336 | 207,336 |
| Bill WilsonEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $70,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $130,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | — |
| Stock ownership guideline | $3 |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $775,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $650,000 |
| All other compensation | $120,102 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,545,102 |
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 | Townsquare Media | 2025 | Bill Wilson | $1,450,000 | $2,502,135 | $0 | $0 | $5,897,214 |
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.
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.
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, Bill Wilson | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · page 13. As printed: 5,897,214. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 275118–275127 |
| 2 | Section 01, Erik Hellum | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · page 13. As printed: 3,022,324. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c42 · span 284683–284692 |
| 3 | Section 01, Stuart Rosenstein | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION” · page 13. As printed: 2,990,687. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c42 · span 279819–279828 |
| 4 | Section 08, Steven Price | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 433,422. Filing ↗machine: span 181446–181571 |
| 5 | Section 08, B. James Ford | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 257,336. Filing ↗machine: span 175159–175284 |
| 6 | Section 08, Stephen Kaplan | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 232,336. Filing ↗machine: span 178046–178171 |
| 7 | Section 08, Gary D. Way | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 207,336. Filing ↗machine: span 182887–183012 |
| 8 | Section 08, Gary Ginsberg | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 207,336. Filing ↗machine: span 176602–176727 |
| 9 | Section 08, David Lebow | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 207,336. Filing ↗machine: span 179487–179612 |
| 10 | Section 08, Bill Wilson | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (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 | — | — | Cash 775,000 + equity 650,000 + all other 120,102 = 1,545,102, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,545,102 |
| 13 | Townsquare Media (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0001499832-26-000023 | CEO total compensation as printed in Townsquare Media's own proxy. As printed: 5,897,214. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 275118–275127 |