Designer Brands Inc. SEC filings document the operating results, governance, capital structure and material events of a footwear and accessories retailer with Retail and Brand Portfolio segments. Results-related 8-K filings furnish quarterly and annual financial releases, including comparable sales, margins, inventories, liquidity, debt and store-base information.
DBI filings also cover Class A and Class B common-share dividends, amendments to its asset-based revolving credit facility and FILO term loan facility, and officer appointments in finance and operations. Proxy materials disclose board matters, executive compensation, equity awards and shareholder voting items, while other event filings document merchant-processing arrangements for in-store and online transactions.
On October 15, 2026, Mark Haley, SVP, Controller & PAO at Designer Brands Inc. (DBI), reported exercising or converting 447 dividend equivalent rights and 14,045 restricted stock units, with an entry listing acquisition of 14,492 Class A common shares. Reported post-transaction holdings were 9,118 dividend equivalent rights and 28,090 restricted stock units. The report also lists 4,297 Class A shares delivered or withheld for payment of exercise price or tax liability, at $5.95 per share.
Designer Brands Inc. reported that director John W. Atkinson was granted 1,037 Stock Units on October 7, 2026, representing dividend equivalent rights accrued on previously awarded units. Each unit is a contingent right to one Class A common share, vests on the grant date, and converts into an equal number of shares when his Board service ends. The reported post-transaction total was 123,221 Stock Units, including accrued dividend equivalent rights.
Designer Brands Inc. EVP; Pres DesignerBrands Canada Mary Turner acquired 884 dividend equivalent rights on October 7, 2026, as an award. The transaction report lists 7,364 dividend equivalent rights held directly after the acquisition.
Designer Brands Inc. EVP & CFO Sheamus Toal acquired 899 dividend equivalent rights on October 7, 2026. The rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) and become exercisable proportionately with those RSUs. Each right is the economic equivalent of one share of Class A common stock. Toal directly held 2,628 rights after the transaction.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) Executive Chairman Jay L. Schottenstein acquired 14,418 dividend equivalent rights on October 7, 2026. His reported direct position after the acquisition was 98,573 rights. The rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units and become exercisable proportionately with those RSUs; each right is the economic equivalent of one Class A common share.
Designer Brands Inc. EVP, COO & Brands President Andrea O'Donnell acquired 3,695 dividend equivalent rights on October 7, 2026, bringing her reported total to 26,452 rights. The rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) and become exercisable proportionately with the related RSUs; each right is economically equivalent to one Class A common share.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) CEO and director Douglas M. Howe received an award of 19,518 Dividend Equivalent Rights on October 7, 2026. The rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units and become exercisable proportionately with the RSUs to which they relate. Each right is the economic equivalent of one Class A common share. Howe's reported total following the award was 134,257 Dividend Equivalent Rights.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) SVP, Controller & PAO Mark Haley acquired 1,414 dividend equivalent rights on October 7, 2026. The rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units and become exercisable proportionately with those units; each right is the economic equivalent of one Class A common share.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) reports that Deborah L. Ferree, listed as V. Chair; Ch Product Off, acquired 7,818 Dividend Equivalent Rights on October 7, 2026. The rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) and become exercisable proportionately with those units; each right is the economic equivalent of one share of the issuer’s Class A common stock. Ferree’s direct holdings following the award were 57,002 rights.
Designer Brands Inc. reported that Laura Davis, its EVP; Pres DSW Designer ShoeWhse, acquired 3,703 dividend equivalent rights on October 7, 2026. The rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units and become exercisable proportionately with those RSUs. Each right is the economic equivalent of one Class A common share; Davis’s reported position following the transaction was 28,080 rights.