---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832988-24-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIG"
cik: "0000832988"
company_name: "SIGNET JEWELERS LTD"
filed_at: "2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T09:55:56.316165+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Signet Jewelers appoints former Cracker Barrel CEO Sandra Cochran to board

## Summary
- Sandra Cochran appointed to Signet board effective Feb 27, 2024; also joins Human Capital Management & Compensation Committee.
- Cochran, 65, served as Executive Chair of Cracker Barrel (Nov 2023-Feb 2024) and previously as CEO of Cracker Barrel and Books-A-Million.
- Board increased from 12 to 13 members as part of transition toward tenure limitations under Signet's Director Tenure Policy.
- Cochran is independent under NYSE standards and currently serves on the board of Lowe's Companies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832988-24-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIG
- cik: 0000832988
- company_name: SIGNET JEWELERS LTD
- filed_at: 2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298824000040/0000832988-24-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298824000040/sig-20240223.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832988-24-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832988-24-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832988-24-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sandra Cochran was appointed as Director at SIGNET JEWELERS LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 23, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Signet Jewelers Limited (“Signet” or the “Company”) appointed Ms. Sandra Cochran to the Board, effective February 27, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298824000040/0000832988-24-000040-index.htm

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