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Shareholders’ Equity and Stock Incentive Plans | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Shareholders’ Equity and Stock Incentive Plans | Shareholders’ Equity and Stock Incentive Plans Share Repurchase Program From time to time, the Company repurchases shares of its common stock pursuant to the $100 million share repurchase program authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors on July 27, 2023, which was subsequently increased by $100 million on November 5, 2024. Share repurchases may be made from time to time in open market transactions, through block trades, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan or in private transactions in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulations and other legal requirements, including compliance with the Company’s finance agreements. Share repurchases may be made at management’s discretion based on market conditions and financial resources and there is no minimum number of shares that the Company is required to repurchase. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $77.2 million of remaining share repurchase availability under its share repurchase program. The following table includes the Company’s share repurchase activity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
(In thousands, except per share data) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (1) | — |  |  | 815 |  |  | 788 |  |  | 1,804 |
Total cost, including brokerage fees | $ | — |  |  | $ | 25,821 |  |  | $ | 22,253 |  |  | $ | 55,351 |
Average repurchase price per share (2) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 31.65 |  |  | $ | 28.24 |  |  | $ | 30.67 |
(1)All repurchased shares were retired and constitute authorized but unissued shares. Shares repurchased to settle employee tax withholding related to the vesting of RSUs or exercise of options are not included in the table above. (2)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Average repurchase price per share is calculated based on unrounded numbers and includes broker commissions. Dividends Commencing on February 27, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a recurring quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividends declared by the Board of Directors under this program as of September 30, 2025 were as follows:
Declaration Date |  | Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Amount per Share |  | Aggregate Amount (in thousands)
February 27, 2024 |  | March 18, 2024 |  | April 4, 2024 |  | $ | 0.25 |  |  | $ | 7,237 |
May 2, 2024 |  | June 14, 2024 |  | July 2, 2024 |  | 0.25 |  |  | 7,107 |
August 6, 2024 |  | September 17, 2024 |  | October 2, 2024 |  | 0.25 |  |  | 6,962 |
November 5, 2024 |  | December 20, 2024 |  | January 7, 2025 |  | 0.25 |  |  | 6,641 |
February 25, 2025 |  | March 21, 2025 |  | April 2, 2025 |  | 0.25 |  |  | 6,631 |
May 5, 2025 |  | June 25, 2025 |  | July 9, 2025 |  | 0.25 |  |  | 6,540 |
August 5, 2025 |  | September 25, 2025 |  | October 3, 2025 |  | 0.25 |  |  | 6,543 |
In addition, subsequent to the end of the third quarter of 2025, o n November 4, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized its next recurring quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of the Company’s common stock payable on January 6, 2026 to shareholders of record as of December 22, 2025. Stock Options The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity:
| Stock Options
| Shares |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at January 1, 2025 | 1,490,354 |  |  | $ | 9.19 |
Granted | — |  |  | — |
Exercised | (562,187) |  |  | 5.86 |
Cancelled | — |  |  | — |
Expired | — |  |  | — |
Outstanding at September 30, 2025 | 928,167 |  |  | $ | 11.21 |
Exercisable at September 30, 2025 | 928,167 |  |  | $ | 11.21 |
There was no share-based compensation expense related to stock options for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. The Company did not have any unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to stock options as of September 30, 2025 and 2024. Restricted Stock Units The following table summarizes the Company’s activity related to RSUs and PSUs:
|  | RSUs |  | PSUs
|  | Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2025 |  | 367,166 |  |  | $ | 37.67 |  |  | 159,481 |  | (1) | $ | 47.54 |
Granted |  | 231,558 |  |  | 26.38 |  |  | 163,732 |  | (2) | 26.17 |
Vested |  | (190,964) |  |  | 39.36 |  |  | (91,896) |  | (3) | 51.67 |
Issuance of dividend equivalent |  | 6,153 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,583 |  |  | — |
Cancelled |  | (3,304) |  |  | 31.16 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Outstanding at September 30, 2025 |  | 410,609 |  |  | $ | 30.43 |  |  | 235,900 |  |  | $ | 30.61 |
(1) Includes PSUs granted in March 2022 (“2022 PSU Awards”) at 89.6% of the target (based on awards deemed “earned”) and PSUs granted in March 2023 (“2023 PSU Awards”) at 69.3% of the target (based on awards deemed “earned”). The PSUs granted in March 2024 were cancelled as of December 31, 2024 due to the Company not meeting its performance target for 2024. (2) The number of shares for the PSUs listed as granted represents the “target” number of PSUs issued to each recipient eligible to vest if the Company meets its “target” performance goals for the applicable period. The actual number of PSUs eligible to vest for those PSUs will vary depending on whether or not the Company meets or exceeds the applicable threshold, target, or maximum performance goals for the PSUs, with 200% of the “target” number of PSUs eligible to vest at “maximum” performance levels. (3) Represents 77,287 shares of the 2022 PSU Awards that vested in March 2025 at 89.6% of the target and 14,609 shares of the 2023 PSU Awards that were accelerated and vested in March 2025 at 69.3% of the target in connection with the retirement of the Company’s Chief Development Officer. The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense by award type:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands) | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Stock options | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
RSUs | 1,473 |  |  | 1,949 |  |  | 5,054 |  |  | 5,244 |
PSUs | 586 |  |  | 975 |  |  | 1,947 |  |  | 3,067 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 2,059 |  |  | $ | 2,924 |  |  | $ | 7,001 |  |  | $ | 8,311 |
As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s unrecognized share-based compensati on expense related to RSUs and PSUs was $8.5 million and $3.9 million, respectively, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years and 1.9 years for RSUs and PSUs, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s unrecognized share-based compensati on expense related to RSUs and PSUs was $9.5 million and $5.8 million, respectively, which was expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years and 1.7 years for RSUs and PSUs, respectively. As of September 30, 2025, a total of 5,130,753 shares of the Company’s common stock remained available for grants of awards under the amended and restated Golden Entertainment, Inc. 2015 Incentive Award Plan, which includes the annual increase in the number of shares available for grant on January 1, 2025 of 1,060,440 shares.

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