---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-227293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIVE"
cik: "0001177609"
company_name: "FIVE BELOW, INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:53:43.912371+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Five Below appoints Daniel Sullivan CFO and Michelle Israel CMO effective Oct 6, 2025

## Summary
- Daniel Sullivan named CFO; previously Edgewell EVP/COO and Party City CFO. Base salary $850K, signing bonus $500K, initial RSUs $2M.
- Michelle Israel named CMO; previously Macy's SVP GMM for Beauty & Center Core overseeing multi-billion-dollar portfolio.
- Kenneth Bull, who served as interim CFO, remains COO.
- Sullivan's 2026 equity grant: $1.8M (60% PRSUs, 40% RSUs); eligible for Executive Severance Plan.
- Both appointments effective October 6, 2025, reporting to CEO Winnie Park.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-227293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIVE
- cik: 0001177609
- company_name: FIVE BELOW, INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000119312525227293/0001193125-25-227293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000119312525227293/d18933d8k.htm

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