Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Tarun Lal, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $14.5M in fiscal 2025. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 624:1, on median employee pay of $23,238.

Filed
May 6, 2026
Annual meeting
June 18, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$14.5Mfiscal 2025
CEO to median employee
624:1median $23,238
CEO pay in equity
97%$14M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$7,590,763
CEO option awards
$6,458,289
Fiscal 2025 revenue
$2.1 billionDown 1.4%
Adjusted EBITDA
$436.6 millionDown from $506.2 million

How Lal was paid

$14.5M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary3%Stock awards52%Option awards45%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Tarun LalChief Executive Officer$14,502,745
Kevin M. SheehanFormer Interim CEO; Board Chair$7,773,967
Darin HarperCFO$3,445,690
Antonio BautistaPresident, International$2,468,453
Steve KlohnChief Information Officer$2,932,590
Tony WehnerPresident, Main Event$2,790,399

What changed and why

  • $14.5M$14,502,745 was Tarun Lal’s fiscal 2025 compensation, including one-time equity awards after becoming CEO in July 2025.
  • $7.6M$7,590,763 in stock awards and $6,458,289 in option awards comprised Lal’s reported equity compensation.
  • $0$0 was paid under the fiscal 2025 Executive Incentive Plan because target Company performance components were not met.
  • $436.6M$436.6 million was fiscal 2025 Adjusted EBITDA, down from $506.2 million in fiscal 2024.
  • $2.1B5.0% was the fiscal 2025 comparable-store-sales decline, while revenue decreased 1.4% to $2.1 billion.
  • 98%98%+ of votes cast supported named executive officer compensation at the 2025 annual meeting.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.