secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BUCKLE INC (BKE)
CIK:        0000885245
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000885245-26-000006
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Buckle EVP of Stores and SVP of Sales retire; separation agreements executed
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- Kari G. Smith (EVP of Stores) and Michelle M. Hoffman (SVP of Sales) retired effective Feb 13, 2026.
- Both executed separation agreements on Feb 16 and Feb 18, 2026, respectively.
- Each receives 26 weeks of their most recent annual salary (per 2025 Proxy Statement) plus $20,000 for COBRA.
- No replacement announced; customary provisions included in agreements.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524526000006/0000885245-26-000006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524526000006/bke-20260216.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-26-000006

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