Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · NXST (NXST)

Perry Sook

A named executive officer of NXST 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

$39,509,740

FY2024: $35,873,916

1st of 5 named executive officers at Nxst by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Perry Sook compensation by year

NXST Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NXST reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,614,578$1,746,635$1,870,674$1,995,193$2,800,000$3,000,000$3,000,000
Bonus$9,000,000$3,000,000$3,250,000$3,500,000$3,750,000$1,000,000$1,800,000$1,710,000$2,700,000
Stock awards$8,804,905$10,068,856$11,483,498$18,306,887$15,510,127$33,308,029$21,233,343$27,746,271$29,584,405
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$3,000,000$3,104,526$3,291,668$4,085,072
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$13,605$18,220$17,621$10,742$15,052$15,670$173,170$125,977$140,263
Total$19,318,510$14,587,076$16,365,697$23,564,264$21,145,853$39,318,892$29,111,039$35,873,916$39,509,740

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NXST DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001142417-26-000016, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NXST filed document, accession 0001142417-26-000016. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$19.3M
$14.6M
$16.4M
$23.6M
$21.1M
$39.3M
$29.1M
$35.9M
$39.5M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU156,770$31,832,149—
RSU163,421$27,999,280—
PSU133,018$27,009,305—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NXST'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 30, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-26Purchase—12,235$162.26899,044

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 →

NXST’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Perry Sook · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$39,509,740
Michael BiardPresident and Chief Operating Officer$7,395,891
Lee GlihaExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$4,193,261
Dana ZimmerPresident, Distribution and Strategy$3,562,333
Sean ComptonPresident, Networks$3,114,363

Board service

NXST board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: NXST pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $191,008 in RSUs. As stated in NXST's FY2025 proxy.

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