---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-008648"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T23:59:35.949332+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Carnival appoints Erik Gast as CFO; Jackson retiring; bylaw amendments adopted

## Summary
- Erik Gast named EVP, CFO effective April 24, 2023; eligible for prorated bonus and equity grant.
- W. Kerry Jackson, CFO/treasurer, retiring May 2023; will not participate in fiscal 2023 bonus plan.
- Compensation committee sets fiscal 2023 bonus targets based on operating income; equity awards granted to executives.
- Bylaws amended to require shareholder compliance with Rule 14a-19 for director nominations; white proxy cards reserved for Board.
- Performance stock units and restricted stock units granted to CEO Mark Worden (51,263 PSUs, 34,175 RSUs) and other officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-008648
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008648/0000950170-23-008648-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008648/scvl-20230314.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008648
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008648.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-008648.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Kerry Jackson retired as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer at SHOE CARNIVAL INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer
  source text: W. Kerry Jackson, the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer, also will not participate in the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan in fiscal 2023 in light of his retirement from the Company in May 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008648/0000950170-23-008648-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: Erik Gast has been appointed the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective as of April 24, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017023008648/0000950170-23-008648-index.htm

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