---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-103515"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T09:24:03.482564+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Carnival names Patrick Edwards CFO after Erik Gast departs over relocation dispute

## Summary
- CFO Erik Gast left Sept 25, 2023; departure due to disagreement over required relocation to Evansville HQ.
- Gast receives $566,000 lump sum, COBRA for up to 18 months, and up to $100,000 relocation reimbursement; forfeits unvested RSUs/PSUs.
- Patrick Edwards appointed Senior VP, CFO, Secretary, Treasurer effective Sept 25; annual base salary raised to $366,000.
- Edwards served as VP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller since 2021; nearly 30 years of finance experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-103515
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000110465923103515/0001104659-23-103515-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000110465923103515/tm2326751d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-103515
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-103515.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-103515.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick C. Edwards was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer at SHOE CARNIVAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
  source text: On September 22, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Patrick C. Edwards to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, effective as of September 25, 2023, to succeed Mr. Gast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000110465923103515/0001104659-23-103515-index.htm
- Executive change
  Erik Gast departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at SHOE CARNIVAL INC.
  - Action: left
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: mutually agreed that Mr. Gast would leave the Company to pursue other opportunities, effective as of September 25, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000110465923103515/0001104659-23-103515-index.htm

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