Chief Administrative Officer · Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD)

Stephen Thompson

A named executive officer of Boyd Gaming in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$3,717,536

FY2024: $3,533,374

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Stephen Thompson compensation by year

Boyd Gaming Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Boyd Gaming reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$525,000$540,000$560,000$600,000$566,428$625,000$700,000$730,000$770,000$790,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$371,250$0——$0—
Stock awards$417,909$748,703$898,331$1,313,072$90,000$1,979,611$1,562,248$1,715,411$1,848,332$2,049,221
Option awards$91,752$0$0$0$0$0——$0$0
Non-equity incentive$315,000$324,000$486,819$554,418$0$1,044,450$630,000$852,640$907,984$869,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0——$0$0
All other$4,417$4,652$4,727$4,658$4,733$4,733$5,033$5,408$7,058$9,315
Total$1,354,078$1,617,355$1,949,877$2,472,148$1,032,411$3,653,794$2,897,281$3,303,459$3,533,374$3,717,536

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Boyd Gaming Corp. DEF 14A filed March 20, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-116798, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Boyd Gaming Corp. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-116798. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 20, 2026.

$1.4M
$1.6M
$1.9M
$2.5M
$1.0M
$3.7M
$2.9M
$3.3M
$3.5M
$3.7M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU13,593$1,158,667—
PSU13,593$1,158,667—
PSU12,342$1,052,032—
RSU12,342$1,052,032—
RSU12,174$1,037,712—
PSU12,174$1,037,712—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Boyd Gaming discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Voluntary resignation$0$12,124,538—$12,993,538
Involuntary termination without cause$0$12,124,538—$12,993,538
Involuntary for cause$0$5,627,715—$6,496,715
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,365,227$12,124,538—$16,358,765
Death$0$12,124,538—$12,993,538

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

Boyd Gaming’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Keith SmithPresident and CEO$14,697,487
Josh HirsbergChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$4,703,022
Stephen Thompson · this pageChief Administrative Officer$3,717,536
Theodore BogichChief Operating Officer$3,714,541
Uri ClintonGeneral Counsel and Corporate Secretary$3,181,577

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