secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA)
CIK:        0001495320
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001495320-22-000039
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vera Bradley names Jacqueline Ardrey as CEO, replacing retiring Robert Wallstrom
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- Jacqueline Ardrey becomes President and CEO effective Nov 1, 2022; retiring CEO Robert Wallstrom will advise through Dec 2022.
- Ardrey receives $850k base salary, target bonus 100% (max 200%), sign-on cash bonus of $860k, and $500k in RSUs.
- She also joins the Board of Directors on Nov 1, 2022; Wallstrom resigns from board same date.
- Ardrey previously served as President of Grandin Road (Qurate Retail Group) and has 25+ years in multi-channel retail.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532022000039/0001495320-22-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532022000039/vra-20220920.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001495320-22-000039

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