Shoe Carnival, Inc. filings document the regulatory record of a Nasdaq-listed family footwear retailer with Shoe Carnival and Shoe Station store banners and related e-commerce operations. Its 8-K reports cover operating and financial results, material corporate events, leadership transitions, officer appointments, executive compensation arrangements, and capital actions involving common stock repurchases and cash dividends.
Proxy materials describe shareholder voting matters, board governance, executive compensation, equity awards, and related corporate-governance disclosures. The filing record also includes capital-structure and ownership information relevant to the company’s common stock and public-company reporting obligations.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. detailed new executive compensation actions. The Board’s Compensation Committee set pay for Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and executive Vice Chairman Clifton E. Sifford, including a $1,000,000 annual base salary, monthly stipends and an automobile allowance effective February 24, 2026.
On March 3, 2026, Sifford received a one-time grant of 112,220 service-based RSUs that vest in full on March 31, 2027, subject to continued service. The company also approved fiscal 2026 bonus targets under its Executive Incentive Compensation Plan tied to adjusted operating income and granted a mix of service-based RSUs and performance stock units to other named executive officers.
The plan amendments add a definition for operating income before nonrecurring items, allow limited post‑hoc adjustments for unanticipated material events, and extend the plan’s term by five fiscal years.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. executive vice president and chief financial officer Kerry W. Jackson reported an equity award in the form of restricted stock units. On March 3, 2026, he acquired 14,040 units at a stated price of $0.0000 per unit as a grant or award acquisition.
These restricted stock units represent the contingent right to receive an equivalent number of shares of Shoe Carnival common stock. One-half of the units will vest on March 31, 2028 and the remaining half on March 31, 2029, subject to his continuous service with the company through those dates. After this award, he held 184,529 shares of common stock in direct ownership.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. executive Tanya E. Gordon reported equity awards in the form of common stock units. On March 3, 2026, she acquired 13,440 restricted stock units, each representing one share of common stock. According to the terms, half of these units vest on March 31, 2028 and the remainder on March 31, 2029, conditioned on her continued service with the company through those dates. On the same date, she also earned 8,923 performance stock units from a grant originally made on March 12, 2025; these performance units are scheduled to vest on March 31, 2028, also subject to continued service. Following these awards, she directly held 48,514 shares of common stock.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. executive Marc A. Chilton, SEVP–Chief Operating Officer, reported two equity awards of common stock units. On March 3, 2026, he acquired 18,032 restricted stock units and separately earned 13,183 performance stock units. The restricted stock units vest half on March 31, 2028 and half on March 31, 2029, while the performance stock units vest on March 31, 2028, all subject to his continuous service with the company. Following these awards, he held 98,007 shares of common stock in the second reported line, reflecting his direct ownership position after that transaction.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. granted 112,220 restricted stock units of its common stock to Clifton E. Sifford, its vice chair and interim president & CEO. The units were awarded at a stated price of $0.00 per unit as a compensation grant.
The restricted stock units represent the right to receive an equivalent number of Shoe Carnival common shares and will vest on March 31, 2027, subject to Sifford’s continuous service with the company through that date. After this grant, he directly holds 412,019 shares, which include 142 additional shares acquired through dividend reinvestment under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. announced a CEO transition and strong preliminary results for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2026. Vice Chairman Cliff Sifford, a long-time executive and former CEO, has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Mark Worden, who also resigned from the Board. The company stated that Worden’s departure was not due to any disagreement over operations or policies.
For fiscal 2025, Shoe Carnival reported preliminary net sales of $1.135 billion and expects diluted earnings per share of $1.90, which is $0.03 above consensus expectations. The company ended the year with over $130 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and no debt, marking its 21st consecutive year with a debt-free balance sheet. As of February 25, 2026, it operated 426 stores across 35 states and Puerto Rico.
The Vanguard Group filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 1,183,810 shares of Shoe Carnival Inc common stock, representing 4.32% of the class as of 12/31/2025. All voting and dispositive power is shared, with no sole voting or dispositive authority reported.
The filing states the shares are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Shoe Carnival. Vanguard notes an internal realignment on January 12, 2026, after which certain subsidiaries are expected to report beneficial ownership separately.
Copeland Capital Management, LLC filed a Schedule 13G reporting a passive ownership stake in Shoe Carnival, Inc. common stock. The filing shows beneficial ownership of 1,624,827 shares, representing 5.93% of the outstanding common stock as of 12/31/2025.
The reporting person has sole voting power over 1,122,823 shares and shared dispositive power over 1,520,739 shares. The securities are certified as acquired and held in the ordinary course of business, not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Shoe Carnival.
BlackRock, Inc. has filed an amended institutional ownership report showing it beneficially owns 1,438,037 shares of Shoe Carnival, Inc. common stock, representing 5.3% of the outstanding class as of the event date 12/31/2025.
BlackRock reports sole voting power over 1,410,766 shares and sole dispositive power over the full 1,438,037 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. The filing states the shares were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Shoe Carnival.
Shoe Carnival director Delores B. Weaver reported a charitable gift of company stock. On 12/12/2025, she transferred 166,666 shares of Shoe Carnival common stock in a transaction coded "G," which indicates a gift, at a reported price of $0.00 per share. The shares were given to a donor-advised charitable gift fund as part of her estate planning, and she states she has no control over or pecuniary interest in those gifted shares.
After the transaction, she reports beneficial ownership of 4,499,846 shares held directly and 4,177,482 shares held indirectly through her spouse.