Executive Vice President –General Counsel · Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK)

Michael Cavalier

A named executive officer of Cinemark in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$3,123,662

FY2024: $2,954,259

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Cinemark by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 1, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Michael Cavalier compensation by year

Cinemark Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Cinemark reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$500,000$525,000$540,000$440,923$563,578$583,334$597,699$616,995$637,096
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$667,666$918,064$833,712$1,323,650$920,112$1,005,030$1,049,985$1,177,982$1,279,994
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$632,400$539,938$723,654$0$672,067$829,238$1,017,900$1,116,000$1,152,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$96,969$123,311$108,139$107,592$29,086$73,303$59,074$43,282$54,572
Total$1,897,035$2,106,313$2,205,505$1,872,165$2,184,842$2,490,905$2,724,658$2,954,259$3,123,662

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Cinemark Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 1, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-138033, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Cinemark Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-138033. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 1, 2026.

$1.9M
$2.1M
$2.2M
$1.9M
$2.2M
$2.5M
$2.7M
$3.0M
$3.1M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU107,876$2,507,038—
PSU86,037$1,999,500—
PSU47,562$1,105,341—
RSU19,121$444,372—
RSU18,652$433,472—
RSU11,989$278,624—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 1, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-01Disposition to the issuer10b5-1107,296$35.02223,385

The 1 most recent of 1 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 Cinemark discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$1,280,000$4,786,022$53,468$8,388,318
Death$640,000$4,786,022$26,734$6,605,584
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,280,000$6,963,424$66,836$11,137,088
Disability$640,000$4,786,022$26,734$6,605,584

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

Cinemark’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Sean GamblePresident and Chief Executive Officer$10,815,407
Melissa ThomasExecutive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer$3,365,789
Michael Cavalier · this pageExecutive Vice President –General Counsel$3,123,662
Valmir FernandesPresident – Cinemark$2,879,110
Wanda GierhartChief Marketing & Content Officer$2,563,049

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