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United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS) reported insider awards to Kevin M. Connelly, the company's Chief Accounting Officer. The filing shows 4,878 restricted stock units granted on 08/19/2025 that vest over four years with 25% vesting each anniversary. In addition, two employee stock options were granted the same date totaling 4,878 underlying shares (3,415 and 1,463) with an exercise price of $51.25 and an expiration in 2035; each option grant vests over four years with 25% vesting annually. The RSUs include an ownership retention requirement: the officer must hold at least 50% of net shares received upon vesting for specified post-vesting periods tied to continued employment or termination. The Form 4 was signed by power of attorney on 09/15/2025.
Kevin M. Connelly, listed as a Director and Chief Accounting Officer of United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS), submitted an initial Form 3 reporting the 08/18/2025 event date. The filing discloses that no securities are beneficially owned by the reporting person. The form was signed by Dan Bollinger by Power of Attorney dated 09/15/2025.
United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS) filed a Form 144 reporting a proposed sale of 26,414 shares of common stock through Merrill Lynch on the NYSE with an aggregate market value of $1,357,351.12. The filer reports total shares outstanding of 55,013,897 and lists the approximate sale date as 09/15/2025. The securities were acquired and are being sold on 09/15/2025 via exercise of employee stock options from United Parks & Resorts Inc. and the payment method is described as a broker-assisted cashless exercise. The filing states there were no securities sold in the past three months by the person for whose account these securities are to be sold and includes the standard representation that the signer does not possess undisclosed material adverse information.
United Parks & Resorts Inc. held a Special Meeting of Stockholders on September 3, 2025 to consider a proposal giving its board authority to approve and implement additional repurchases of the company’s common stock. This authority is limited so that the company will not buy back more shares if doing so would cause Hill Path Capital LP’s common stock ownership percentage, excluding specified non-voting derivative positions, to reach or exceed 70%.
Disinterested stockholders, which exclude shares beneficially owned by Hill Path, its affiliates and certain Nomura shares, approved the Share Repurchase Proposal with 11,774,368 votes in favor. Based on proxy statement assumptions, this represented 50.51% of disinterested shares entitled to vote and 70.05% of disinterested shares voted. Using updated information from a Nomura Holdings, Inc. Schedule 13F-HR, those support levels would have been 57.59% and 75.68%, respectively. The company also reported that a press release announcing a $500.0 million share repurchase authorization was furnished as an exhibit.
United Parks & Resorts Inc. reported a leadership change in its finance organization. Kevin Connelly has been appointed Chief Accounting Officer effective August 18, 2025. He brings extensive experience from prior senior finance and operating roles at Appreciation Homes, Capview Partners / EBA EverStar, and several other companies, and is a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland.
Under his offer letter, Connelly will receive an annual base salary of $260,000, a target annual bonus equal to 60% of base salary, and a long-term incentive opportunity equal to 80% of base salary. He will also receive a one-time option award valued at $250,000 and a one-time restricted stock unit award with a grant date fair value of $250,000, each vesting in four equal annual installments, and will participate in the company’s Key Employee Severance Plan.
Former Chief Accounting Officer William Myers stepped down from the role on August 13, 2025 and will remain employed through August 31, 2025 to support the transition while continuing his salary, benefits, incentive participation, and vesting of certain outstanding equity awards.
United Parks & Resorts is asking Disinterested Stockholders to approve a Share Repurchase Proposal that would authorize the Board to repurchase up to $500 million of common stock, subject to a condition preventing repurchases that would cause Hill Path Capital’s common stock ownership percentage to equal or exceed 70% (excluding certain non-voting derivative positions). The Special Meeting for this vote is set for September 3, 2025 with a record date of August 11, 2025, when 55,024,612 shares were outstanding. The Board recommends a vote FOR the proposal and says repurchases are a tax-advantaged way to return cash, reflect management’s view that the stock is undervalued, and provide flexibility versus dividends. The filing describes prior negotiations with Hill Path, a prior 2024 authorization tied to a 50% threshold, governance and liquidity risks from reduced float, potential licensing change-of-control implications, and that D.F. King was retained for proxy solicitation for approximately $20,000.
Thomas E. Moloney, a director of United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS), received an equity award of 617 shares under the issuer's 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan that carries a reported price of $0. Following the reported transaction his total beneficial ownership is 80,995 shares. The filing states the award vests 100% on the day before the 2026 Annual Meeting of stockholders, meaning the shares become fully owned by him at that time if vesting conditions are met. This disclosure reflects a routine grant to a board member as part of executive/board compensation and documents the change in insider holdings for PRKS.
Maruyama Yoshikazu, a director of United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS), received a grant of 617 shares of common stock under the issuer's 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan at no cash cost. The award vests 100% on the day before the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and was recorded as an acquisition on 08/11/2025.
Following this transaction the reporting person beneficially owns 47,741 shares directly. The grant is disclosed on a Form 4 and reflects routine equity compensation for a director rather than a market transaction.
United Parks & Resorts Inc. director Timothy Hartnett reported an equity grant on Form 4 showing a non-cash award of common stock on 08/11/2025. The filing records a grant of 617 shares under the issuer's 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan at a reported price of $0, with the award vesting 100% on the day before the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. After the grant, Hartnett's beneficial ownership is shown as 66,425 shares held directly. The Form 4 was submitted by one reporting person and signed via a power of attorney.
Christopher L. Finazzo, Chief Commercial Officer of United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS), reported a Form 4 transaction dated 08/12/2025. The filing shows 2,993 common shares were withheld by the company to satisfy tax liabilities resulting from the vesting of restricted stock units, at a reported price of $50.24 per share. After the withholding, Mr. Finazzo beneficially owned 116,783 shares, held directly.
The form includes an explanatory note that the shares were withheld for tax payment on RSU vesting and is signed under power of attorney on 08/13/2025.