James Forrester compensation by year
United Parks & Resorts Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held| Component | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $275,868 | $285,000 | $285,000 |
| Bonus | $12,825 | $8,550 | $9,120 |
| Stock awards | $331,209 | $363,964 | $545,570 |
| Option awards | $187,139 | $217,884 | $62,945 |
| Non-equity incentive | $9,439 | $22,481 | $0 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $7,120 | $7,756 | $7,810 |
| Total | $823,600 | $905,635 | $910,445 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: United Parks & Resorts Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-197833, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the United Parks & Resorts Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-197833. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 21,867 | $793,772 | — |
| PSU | 5,276 | $191,519 | — |
| RSU | 3,769 | $136,815 | — |
| PSU | 1,507 | $54,704 | — |
| Option | 1,540 | — | $64.94 |
| Option | 626 | — | $56.92 |
| Option | 2,478 | — | $52.96 |
| Option | 1,062 | — | $52.96 |
| Option | 938 | — | $53.18 |
| Option | 402 | — | $53.18 |
| Option | 2,180 | — | $34.33 |
| Option | 933 | — | $34.33 |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in United Parks & Resorts Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 30, 2026)current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | Sale | — | 1,150 | $35.71 | 26,733 |
| 2026-05-29 | Grant or award | — | 1,245 | $0.00 | 27,883 |
| 2026-04-29 | Grant or award | — | 265 | $0.00 | 26,717 |
| 2026-04-29 | Tax withholding | — | 79 | $34.36 | 26,638 |
The 4 most recent of 4 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 →
United Parks & Resorts’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Swanson | Chief Executive Officer | $4,891,868 |
| Byron Surrett | Chief Parks Operations Officer - Non-Florida Parks | $1,595,179 |
| Christopher Finazzo | Chief Commercial Officer | $1,585,479 |
| Kyle Miller | Chief Parks Operations Officer - Florida Parks | $1,354,580 |
| James Forrester · this page | Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $910,445 |
| James Mikolaichik | Former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $350,857 |
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