{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000885245-24-000047","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BKE","cik":"0000885245","company_name":"BUCKLE INC","filed_at":"2024-03-22T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:27.140004+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-04T09:27:04.353615+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Buckle announces departure of Senior VP Women's Merchandising Kelli D. Molczyk","bullets":["Kelli D. Molczyk, SVP of Women's Merchandising, stepped down effective March 19, 2024 and left the company.","Molczyk was employed since 1999, serving nearly 25 years; appointed SVP in February 2022.","No successor or interim replacement has been announced; departure described as 'to pursue other opportunities'.","Company thanked Molczyk for her contributions in a press release dated March 21, 2024."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000047","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000047.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000047.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000047.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000047/0000885245-24-000047-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000047/bke-20240321.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-04T09:27:04.353615+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"9553e08919","claim":"Kelli D. Molczyk departed as Senior Vice President of Women's Merchandising at BUCKLE INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On March 21, 2024, The Buckle, Inc. (the \"Company\") issued a press release announcing that Kelli D. Molczyk, Senior Vice President of Women’s Merchandising, is stepping down from her position and has left the Company, effective March 19, 2024.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000047/0000885245-24-000047-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"stepped down"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Vice President of Women's Merchandising"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}