secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA)
CIK:        0001495320
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-017726
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vera Bradley appoints Ian Bickley as permanent CEO; CFO Layding adds COO role; CAO Dely to depart
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- Ian Bickley named CEO & Chairman effective March 12, 2026; base salary $750k, target bonus 100%, max 200%.
- CFO Martin Layding assumes additional COO duties; salary increased from $475k to $550k.
- Chief Admin & Legal Officer Mark Dely to leave effective June 27, 2026; severance per executive severance plan.
- Bickley receives $500k sign-on RSU award vesting over 3 years; FY27 equity grant target value $1.5M.
- Employment agreement runs through end of FY2029 (Feb 2029) with automatic one-year renewals thereafter.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026017726/0001628280-26-017726-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026017726/vra-20260311.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-017726

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