secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA)
CIK:        0001495320
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-027024
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vera Bradley director Carrie Tharp will not seek re-election at 2026 meeting
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- Tharp joined the Board in 2020; served on Talent/Compensation and Audit Committees.
- Departure stems from expanded responsibilities as Go To Market COO & VP Customer Experience at Google Cloud.
- No disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices, per the filing.
- Company will shrink board size and not fill the vacancy; six remaining directors.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026027024/0001628280-26-027024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026027024/vra-20260424.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-027024

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