secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL)
CIK:        0001579298
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T20:16:05+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-332853
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Burlington Stores EVP & CHRO Matthew Pasch to depart Sept 1; John Pershing to succeed in Oct 2026
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- Matthew Pasch, EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, will depart effective September 1, 2026.
- Pasch receives severance benefits per Burlington's Executive Severance Plan and pro-rata vesting of 2024 performance-based RSUs.
- John Pershing expected to succeed as EVP and CHRO in October 2026; previously CHRO at Barnes & Noble, Canadian Tire, and Ascena Retail.
- Pershing spent over 20 years at Best Buy in leadership roles, most recently EVP of Human Capital.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312526332853/0001193125-26-332853-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312526332853/burl-20260731.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-332853

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