---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-059269"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:02:06.804139+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Carnival acquires Shoe Station for $67M in cash; accretive to FY2022 EPS

## Summary
- Acquired substantially all assets of Shoe Station for $67M cash, funded from cash on hand.
- Transaction expected to be immediately accretive to diluted EPS in fiscal 2022, adding ~$100M in net sales with operating income >10%.
- Shoe Station CEO G. Brent Barkin appointed SVP, New Business Development & Integration; combined company expects to surpass 400 stores by end of 2022.
- Fifth Amendment to credit agreement raised acquisition capacity from $10M to $75M per 12-month period to support future deals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-059269
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000156459021059269/0001564590-21-059269-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000156459021059269/scvl-8k_20211130.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-059269.txt

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