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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000885245-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKE"
cik: "0000885245"
company_name: "BUCKLE INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T09:37:56.846028+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Buckle approves FY2024 exec comp: CEO salary $1.275M, bonus target $260M pre-bonus net income

## Summary
- CEO Dennis Nelson base salary $1.275M; other NEOs include CFO Heacock $595K, EVP Smith $660K.
- Bonus pool based on pre-bonus net income; target set at $260M; CEO gets 37% of pool.
- Non-vested stock grants: CEO 120K shares (110K performance-based, 10K non-performance); other NEOs total from 16K to 19.8K shares.
- Restricted stock vesting schedule: 20% immediately after certification, then 20/30/30% over next three years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000885245-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKE
- cik: 0000885245
- company_name: BUCKLE INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000002/0000885245-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000002/bke-20240201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000002.txt

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