---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T09:27:04.353615+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Buckle announces departure of Senior VP Women's Merchandising Kelli D. Molczyk

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000047
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000047.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-24-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelli D. Molczyk departed as Senior Vice President of Women's Merchandising at BUCKLE INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Senior Vice President of Women's Merchandising
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524524000047/0000885245-24-000047-index.htm

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