---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832988-26-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIG"
cik: "0000832988"
company_name: "SIGNET JEWELERS LTD"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:17:07.289720+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Signet Jewelers appoints ex-Macy's CEO Jeffrey Gennette to board; Reardon to depart

## Summary
- Jeffrey Gennette, former Macy's Chairman & CEO, appointed to board effective May 6, 2026.
- Gennette will serve on the Human Capital Management & Compensation Committee and Finance Committee.
- Board temporarily expands to 12 directors; will revert to 11 after Annual Meeting on June 26, 2026.
- Nancy Reardon not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Gennette brings over 40 years of omnichannel retail leadership to support Signet's growth strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832988-26-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIG
- cik: 0000832988
- company_name: SIGNET JEWELERS LTD
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298826000105/0000832988-26-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298826000105/sig-20260506.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832988-26-000105
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832988-26-000105.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832988-26-000105.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nancy Reardon departed as Director at SIGNET JEWELERS LTD.
  - Action: not standing for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also on May 6, 2026, Ms. Nancy Reardon notified the Board of her decision not to stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 26, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298826000105/0000832988-26-000105-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Gennette was appointed as Director at SIGNET JEWELERS LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 6, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Signet Jewelers Limited (“Signet” or the “Company”) appointed Mr. Jeffrey Gennette to the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298826000105/0000832988-26-000105-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.