President and Chairman · NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. (NXRT)

James Dondero

A named executive officer of NexPoint Residential Trust in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,329,980

FY2024: $3,452,019

1st of 4 named executive officers at NexPoint Residential Trust by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for NexPoint Residential Trust, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 10, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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James Dondero compensation by year

NexPoint Residential Trust Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NexPoint Residential Trust reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,669,500$3,516,187$2,473,496$3,694,998$3,271,489$3,452,019$3,329,980
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total$1,669,500$3,516,187$2,473,496$3,694,998$3,271,489$3,452,019$3,329,980

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 10, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-012026, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. filed document, accession 0001437749-26-012026. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 10, 2026.

$1.7M
$3.5M
$2.5M
$3.7M
$3.3M
$3.5M
$3.3M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
Stock awards

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU266,360$8,017,436—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 10, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-05-22Exercise or conversion—19,577—732,285
2026-05-22Exercise or conversion derivative—19,577$0.0078,306

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments NexPoint Residential Trust discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$8,017,436—$8,017,436
Change in control and involuntary termination—$8,017,436—$8,017,436
Retirement—$5,071,158—$5,071,158
Resignation for good reason, no change in control—$359,364—$359,364
Disability—$8,017,436—$8,017,436
Change in control and resignation for good reason—$8,017,436—$8,017,436
Involuntary termination without cause—$2,383,378—$2,383,378

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

NexPoint Residential Trust’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James Dondero · this pagePresident and Chairman$3,329,980
Matt McGranerExecutive VP and Chief Investment Officer$3,329,980
Paul RichardsChief Financial Officer, Executive VP-Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary$364,524
Dennis Charles SauterGeneral Counsel and Secretary$364,524

Board service

NexPoint Residential Trust board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: NexPoint Residential Trust pays directors a $20,000 cash retainer. As stated in NexPoint Residential Trust's FY2025 proxy.

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