---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001177609-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIVE"
cik: "0001177609"
company_name: "FIVE BELOW, INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-23T20:36:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-23T20:38:05.124808+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Five Below appoints former Ulta Beauty CFO Scott Settersten to board

## Summary
- Settersten joined board effective Sept 21, 2026; board expands from 9 to 10 directors.
- He will serve on the Audit Committee and is expected to be nominated for 2027 annual meeting.
- Granted 545 RSUs vesting at next annual shareholder meeting, per non-employee director policy.
- Settersten was Ulta Beauty CFO from 2012 to March 2024; earlier 15 years at PwC as CPA.
- Press release issued Sept 23, 2026; no 404(a) transactions or arrangements with other persons reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001177609-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIVE
- cik: 0001177609
- company_name: FIVE BELOW, INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-23T20:36:30+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760926000050/0001177609-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760926000050/five-20260921.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-26-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-26-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-26-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Settersten was elected as Director at FIVE BELOW, INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Five Below, Inc. (the “ Company ”) increased the size of the Board from nine to ten directors and elected Scott Settersten to fill the resulting vacancy and serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760926000050/0001177609-26-000050-index.htm

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