secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA)
CIK:        0001495320
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001495320-25-000044
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Ardrey departs; CFO Schwindle out; Bickley named Exec Chairman, Layding new CFO
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- CEO Jackie Ardrey steps down, will remain through July; national search for replacement.
- Ian Bickley becomes Executive Chairman July 7, 2025, assumes interim CEO duties; receives $30k/month plus $600k RSU grant.
- CFO Michael Schwindle departs June 12, 2025, stays until June 30; Martin Layding starts as CFO June 12.
- Layding base salary $475k, STI target 65%, LTI grants totaling $1.025M and $150k cash sign-on.
- Board Chair Robert Hall steps down, remains director; Andrew Meslow named Lead Independent Director; new Strategy and Transformation Committee formed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532025000044/0001495320-25-000044-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532025000044/vra-20250611.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001495320-25-000044

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