---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-106889"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRN"
cik: "0001318484"
company_name: "Citi Trends Inc"
filed_at: "2026-09-11T10:58:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-11T11:00:15.356968+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citi Trends CFO Heather Plutino to step down; successor search underway

## Summary
- On Sept 10, 2026, EVP/CFO/CAO Heather Plutino notified Citi Trends she is stepping down for personal reasons.
- Plutino will remain in her role while the company searches for her successor; no replacement named yet.
- Departure is not due to any dispute or disagreement with the company or its board.
- Kenneth D. Seipel, CEO, signed the 8-K on Sept 11, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-106889
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRN
- cik: 0001318484
- company_name: Citi Trends Inc
- filed_at: 2026-09-11T10:58:10+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465926106889/0001104659-26-106889-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465926106889/tm2625224d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-106889.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Heather Plutino departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at Citi Trends Inc.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On September 10, 2026, Heather Plutino, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Citi Trends, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of her decision to step down for personal reasons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465926106889/0001104659-26-106889-index.htm

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