---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001856437-26-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSCO"
cik: "0001856437"
company_name: "Victoria's Secret & Co."
filed_at: "2026-10-09T11:00:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:19:55.647113+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Victoria's Secret Chief Legal Officer Melinda McAfee to leave, effective March 31, 2027

## Summary
- Melinda McAfee, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, will leave Victoria's Secret & Co., effective March 31, 2027.
- Company has initiated a search for a successor; McAfee will retain her current role until a successor Chief Legal Officer is appointed.
- Transition and Separation Agreement dated October 7, 2026; McAfee remains employed in non-executive capacity until March 31, 2027 for smooth transition.
- McAfee entitled to severance benefits under Section 4 of Executive Severance Agreement dated June 29, 2021, subject to release and restrictive covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001856437-26-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSCO
- cik: 0001856437
- company_name: Victoria's Secret & Co.
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T11:00:53+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856437/000185643726000023/0001856437-26-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856437/000185643726000023/vsco-20261007.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001856437-26-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Melinda McAfee departed as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Victoria's Secret & Co..
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
  source text: On October 9, 2026, Victoria’s Secret & Co. (the “Company”) announced that Melinda McAfee, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, will be leaving the Company, effective March 31, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856437/000185643726000023/0001856437-26-000023-index.htm

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