Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.·4

Apr 28, 8:42 PM ET

Harper Darin 4

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Dave & Buster's (PLAY) CFO Darin Harper Receives RSU and Option Awards

What Happened

  • Darin Harper, Chief Financial Officer of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY), received equity awards on 2026-04-24: 10,718 restricted stock units (RSUs) granted (code A) and a grant of stock options/option-linked shares covering 15,489 shares (recorded as a derivative award, code A).
  • To satisfy tax withholding on the RSU vesting, 245 shares were withheld/disposed (code F) at $12.33 per share, producing $3,021. These awards are grants — not open-market purchases — and the option-related award is not an exercise or sale.

Key Details

  • Transaction date: 2026-04-24; Form 4 filed 2026-04-28. No late-filing flag was provided in the materials you supplied.
  • Awards: 10,718 RSUs (grant, $0.00 per share reported) and 15,489 option-related shares (derivative award, $0.00 reported).
  • Tax withholding: 245 shares withheld at $12.33/share for $3,021 (not an open-market sale).
  • Vesting notes (from footnotes): RSUs vest in three equal annual installments on April 24 of 2027, 2028 and 2029. The stock options underlying the 15,489-share award also vest in three equal annual installments on April 24 of 2027, 2028 and 2029.
  • Shares owned after the transaction: not reported in the provided filing details.

Context

  • These transactions are awards/grants from the company’s 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan; they are compensatory grants to an executive and do not represent a cash purchase or market sale.
  • The 245-share disposition was a tax-withholding action to cover tax obligations on RSU vesting (code F), not a market sale indicating insider profit-taking.
  • For options/derivative awards: no exercise or immediate sale was reported — the option shares are scheduled to vest in future installments.