---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-216397"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BURL"
cik: "0001579298"
company_name: "Burlington Stores, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:07:08.840311+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Burlington Stores appoints Travis Marquette as President and COO, effective Oct 4, 2021

## Summary
- Travis Marquette named President & COO, overseeing stores, real estate, supply chain, and IT.
- Previously EVP & CFO of Ross Stores; resigning July 2021 to join Burlington.
- Base salary of $900k, target bonus 100% of base, and $2M cash sign-on bonus.
- Make-Whole grant of $6M in LTI to compensate for equity forfeited at prior employer.
- Fiscal 2021 LTI award target $2.7M prorated; mix of performance RSUs, options, and time-based RSUs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-216397
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BURL
- cik: 0001579298
- company_name: Burlington Stores, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312521216397/0001193125-21-216397-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312521216397/d194020d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-216397.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Travis Marquette was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at Burlington Stores, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 15, 2021, Burlington Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Travis Marquette has been appointed as the Company’s new President and Chief Operating Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312521216397/0001193125-21-216397-index.htm

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