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Designer Brands Inc. — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from Designer Brands Inc.'s SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Earnings Releases

Designer Brands Inc. reported financial results for the three months and year ended January 31, 2026.

“the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On March 26, 2026 , Designer Brands Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its consolidated financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2026. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.”
Debt Financings

Designer Brands Inc. amended term loan of up to $29.5 million.

“The Third Amendment reduces the maximum commitment of the first-in-last-out term loan facility from up to $30 million to up to $29.5 million”
Debt Financings

Designer Brands Inc. amended credit facility with The Huntington National Bank maturing the earlier of (1) February 27, 2031 and (2) the maturity date of the Company’s senior secured term loan credit agreement, dated June 23, 2023.

“the maturity date of the Credit Facilities from March 30, 2027 to the earlier of (1) February 27, 2031 and (2) the maturity date of the Company’s senior secured term loan credit agreement, dated June 23, 2023”
Material Agreements

Designer Brands Inc. amended Third Amendment with The Huntington National Bank, as Administrative Agent valued at $600 million (effective 2026-02-27).

“On February 27, 2026, Designer Brands Inc. (the "Company") entered into a third amendment to its asset-based revolving Credit Agreement (the "Third Amendment") by and among the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company from time to time, as U.S. Borrowers, Designer Brands Canada Inc. and other subsidiaries from time to time, as Canadian Borrowers (which are referred to, together with the U.S. Borrowers, as the "Borrowers"), other loan parties, including certain subsidiaries of the Company as U.S. Guarantors (together with the Borrowers, the "Loan Parties"), the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"), and The Huntington National Bank, as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent").”

John Atkinson was appointed as Director at Designer Brands Inc..

“On August 1, 2024, the Board appointed John Atkinson as a Class III director of the Board (the "Appointment"), with such Appointment to be effective immediately.”
Earnings Releases

Designer Brands Inc. updated its the three months and year ended February 3, 2024 guidance (reaffirmed).

“On March 21, 2024 , Designer Brands Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its consolidated financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended February 3, 2024.”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.