---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-018853"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T07:35:55.156895+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Carnival CFO Jackson retiring May 2023; Chilton promoted to COO

## Summary
- CFO W. Kerry Jackson to retire in May 2023 after 35 years; will stay until 10-K filed and successor hired.
- Marc Chilton, EVP Chief Retail Operations Officer, promoted to COO effective February 1, 2023.
- Chilton brings 29 years of company operations experience; no compensation changes announced.
- Company conducting external CFO search with executive search firm; new CFO will report to CEO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-018853
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017022018853/0000950170-22-018853-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017022018853/scvl-20220922.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-018853
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-018853.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-018853.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Kerry Jackson departed as Chief Financial Officer at SHOE CARNIVAL INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 22, 2022, W. Kerry Jackson, the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer of Shoe Carnival, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to retire effective in May 2023 after 35 years of service with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017022018853/0000950170-22-018853-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marc Chilton changed role as Chief Operating Officer at SHOE CARNIVAL INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company unanimously approved the promotion of Marc Chilton, the Company’s Executive Vice President – Chief Retail Operations Officer, to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective on February 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017022018853/0000950170-22-018853-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.