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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

February 4, 2018
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 THE BUCKLE, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
Nebraska  
001-12951
47-0366193
(State or other jurisdiction of   
(Commission 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) 
File Number)  
Identification No.)
  
 
2407 West 24th Street, Kearney, Nebraska
 68845-4915
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (308) 236-8491

___________________________________________________________

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

 
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Emerging growth company      o 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
ITEM 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers
 
 
ITEM 9.01(d)
Exhibits
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
EXHIBIT 99.1
 




ITEM 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers

On February 5, 2018, The Buckle, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that at a special meeting of the Board of Directors, held on February 2, 2018, Kari G. Smith was elected as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective February 4, 2018. Ms. Smith currently serves the Company as Executive Vice President of Stores, a position she has held since February 2014. She has been employed by the Company since May 1978 and served as Vice President of Sales from May 2001 until she was appointed to the position of Executive Vice President of Stores. Ms. Smith will serve as a member of the Board’s Executive Committee.

The Company also announced that the Board of Directors approved the following leadership appointments, both of which are effective February 4, 2018:

•
Thomas B. Heacock has been appointed Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer from his current position as Vice President of Finance, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer.
•
Robert J. Harbols has been appointed Vice President of Information Technology. Mr. Harbols has been employed by the Company since May 2004 and has served in several positions of increasing responsibility within the Company’s IT organization, most recently as Senior Director of Information Technology since February 2016.

The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 
ITEM 9.01(d). Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release Dated February 5, 2018




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
The Buckle, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
Date:  February 8, 2018
By:
/s/ THOMAS B. HEACOCK
 
 
 
Name: Thomas B. Heacock
 
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President of Finance,
 
 
 
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
 




EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release Dated February 5, 2018




EXHIBIT INDEX

  Press Release Dated February 5, 2018