Chief Information Officer · Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)

Steve Klohn

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Steve Klohn as a named executive officer of Dave & Buster's Entertainment; the record below is that year, complete. 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

$2,932,590

4th of 6 named executive officers at Dave & Buster's Entertainment by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Dave & Buster's Entertainment, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 6, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Steve Klohn compensation by year

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Dave & Buster's Entertainment reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$400,000
Stock awards$1,590,227
Option awards$929,440
All other$12,923
Total$2,932,590

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. DEF 14A filed May 6, 2026, accession 0001525769-26-000018, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. filed document, accession 0001525769-26-000018. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 6, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU22,128$429,947—
RSU11,013$213,983—
PSU11,013$213,983—
PSU3,014$58,562—
RSU2,115$41,094—
Option28,271—$34.05
Option5,443—$37.04
Option4,038—$33.02
Option2,115—$30.45
Option41,794—$22.70
Option11,013—$22.70

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, 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 May 6, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-08Tax withholding—2,870$11.0443,026

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 Dave & Buster's Entertainment discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$400,000$300,630$28,560$729,190
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$400,000$300,630$28,560$729,190
Death$400,000$1,583,370$28,560$2,011,930
Disability$400,000$1,583,370$28,560$2,011,930
Change in control, no termination—$1,583,370—$1,583,370

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Tarun LalChief Executive Officer$14,502,745
Kevin SheehanFormer Interim Chief Executive Officer; Chairman of the Board$7,773,967
Darin HarperChief Financial Officer$3,445,690
Steve Klohn · this pageChief Information Officer$2,932,590
Tony WehnerPresident, Main Event$2,790,399
Antonio BautistaPresident, International$2,468,453

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