Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer · TEGNA Inc (TGNA)

Thomas Cox

FY2024 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Thomas Cox as a named executive officer of TEGNA; 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, FY2024

$2,781,849

5th of 7 named executive officers at Tegna by FY2024 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 8, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Thomas Cox compensation by year

TEGNA Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as TEGNA reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024
Salary$592,115
Bonus$965,000
Stock awards$1,200,000
All other$24,734
Total$2,781,849

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: TEGNA Inc DEF 14A filed April 8, 2025, accession 0001104659-25-033034, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the TEGNA Inc filed document, accession 0001104659-25-033034. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 8, 2025.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU51,846$948,263—
RSU41,731$763,260—
RSU40,268$736,502—
RSU22,486$411,269—
RSU16,611$303,815—
RSU13,682$250,237—
RSU13,643$249,530—
RSU7,489$136,974—
RSU5,669$103,686—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in TEGNA Inc's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

16 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed April 8, 2025)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-03-19Disposition to the issuer derivative—88,563$22.000
2026-03-19Disposition to the issuer derivative—109,078.7$22.000
2026-03-19Disposition to the issuer derivative—20,910.12$22.000
2026-03-19Disposition to the issuer—141,881.02$22.000
2026-03-19Disposition to the issuer—11,354.24$22.000
2026-03-10Grant or award derivative—51,794$0.0051,794
2026-03-01Grant or award derivative—88,563$0.0088,563
2026-02-27Tax withholding—5,739.96$20.95141,881.02

The 8 most recent of 16 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 TEGNA discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Voluntary resignation—$1,203,171—$1,203,171
Involuntary termination without cause$1,782,500$1,939,673—$4,122,173
Disability—$1,448,678—$3,729,319
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,376,667$2,702,604—$5,479,271
Death—$1,448,678—$2,648,678

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in TEGNA Inc's FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

TEGNA’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
David T. LougeeFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$9,334,338
Michael SteibPresident and Chief Executive Officer$6,977,504
Lynn BeallExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Media Operations$3,812,243
Lauren FisherFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$2,865,328
Thomas Cox · this pageSenior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer$2,781,849
Julie HeskettSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,230,029
Alex TolstonSenior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$828,961

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