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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000885245-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKE"
cik: "0000885245"
company_name: "BUCKLE INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:47:03.336831+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Buckle FY2026 executive comp: Nelson salary $1.34M, bonus pool target $285M pre-bonus net income

## Summary
- CEO Dennis Nelson base salary $1.34M; CFO Thomas Heacock $665k; SVP Leasing Brett Milkie $700k for FY2026.
- 2026 bonus pool: 2.5% of pre-bonus net income plus incremental factor on growth above $285M target.
- CEO receives 37% of bonus pool points; restricted stock grants: Nelson 120k shares, Heacock 18.4k, Milkie 18.4k.
- Performance-based shares vest over 4 years if FY2026 pre-bonus net income meets or exceeds target; secondary metric based on net income from operations as % of sales.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000885245-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKE
- cik: 0000885245
- company_name: BUCKLE INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/885245/000088524526000004/0000885245-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524526000004/bke-20260128.htm

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