---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-014297"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIVE"
cik: "0001177609"
company_name: "FIVE BELOW, INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:03:29.935507+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Five Below appoints Karen Bowman to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Karen Bowman elected as Class I director effective January 24, 2024.
- Board expands to 12 directors, four of whom are female.
- Bowman is Deloitte Global Boardroom and Executive Program Leader; over 30 years experience.
- She received an initial restricted stock unit award of 338 RSUs vesting at next annual meeting.
- Board determined Bowman qualifies as independent under SEC and Nasdaq rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-014297
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIVE
- cik: 0001177609
- company_name: FIVE BELOW, INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000119312524014297/0001193125-24-014297-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000119312524014297/d502920d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-014297
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-014297.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-014297.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Karen Bowman was elected as Class I director at FIVE BELOW, INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On January 24, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Five Below, Inc. (the “ Company ”) elected Karen Bowman as a Class I director, upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000119312524014297/0001193125-24-014297-index.htm

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