secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BUCKLE INC (BKE)
CIK:        0000885245
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000885245-26-000004
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524526000004/0000885245-26-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524526000004/bke-20260128.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-26-000004

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