---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001060822-22-000152"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRI"
cik: "0001060822"
company_name: "CARTERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:29:28.839730+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carter's appoints four new directors; Pulver retires

## Summary
- David Pulver retired from Carter's Board effective May 18, 2022, under retirement policy.
- Four new directors elected: Anderson, Black, Rauch, and Stahl, each for a one-year term.
- Each new director received a restricted stock grant valued at $155,000 (three-year cliff vesting).
- Annual compensation includes $155,000 common stock grant and $85,000 cash retainer plus meeting fees.
- Committee appointments: Anderson (Compensation), Black (Audit), Rauch (Audit & Nominating), Stahl (Compensation & Nominating).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001060822-22-000152
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRI
- cik: 0001060822
- company_name: CARTERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000152/0001060822-22-000152-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000152/cri-20220518.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-22-000152
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-22-000152.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001060822-22-000152.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey H. Black was elected as Director at CARTERS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 18, 2022, four new directors were elected to the Board, each for a term of one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000152/0001060822-22-000152-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stacey S. Rauch was elected as Director at CARTERS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 18, 2022, four new directors were elected to the Board, each for a term of one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000152/0001060822-22-000152-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Pulver retired as Director at CARTERS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective May 18, 2022, David Pulver retired from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Carter’s, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the Company’s retirement policy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000152/0001060822-22-000152-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rochester (Rock) Anderson, Jr. was elected as Director at CARTERS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 18, 2022, four new directors were elected to the Board, each for a term of one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060822/000106082222000152/0001060822-22-000152-index.htm

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