---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-008453"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T01:28:00.113046+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Carnival appoints Erik Gast as CFO effective April 24, succeeding retiring Kerry Jackson

## Summary
- Erik Gast named EVP, CFO; previously CFO of Fleet Farm Group; over 30 years retail finance experience.
- W. Kerry Jackson retiring after 35 years; will assist transition as Chief Administrative Officer until May 9.
- Employment agreement: $550K base salary, 75% target bonus for FY2023, 25,000 service-based RSU sign-on grant.
- Gast brings CPA, retail expertise from Family Dollar, Ace Hardware, Great Wolf Resorts, Pilot Travel Centers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-008453
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008453/0000950170-23-008453-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008453/scvl-20230314.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008453
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008453.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008453.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Kerry Jackson departed as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer at SHOE CARNIVAL INC.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer
  source text: As previously announced, Mr. Jackson is retiring after 35 years of service with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008453/0000950170-23-008453-index.htm
- Executive change
  Erik Gast was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at SHOE CARNIVAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 16, 2023, Shoe Carnival, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Erik Gast as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and its principal financial officer, effective as of April 24, 2023, to succeed W. Kerry Jackson.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008453/0000950170-23-008453-index.htm

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