8-K


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

January 26, 2016
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)

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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).
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
EXHIBIT 99.1
 




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

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 5.02 "Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers." On January 26, 2016, The Buckle, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Patricia K. Whisler, Senior Vice President of Women’s Merchandising, will retire from her position with the Company later this spring. Ms. Whisler joined the Company in February 1976 as a part-time sales person and later became the manager of a Buckle store before returning to the corporate office in 1983 to work with the growing merchandising team. She was named Vice President of Women’s Merchandising in May 2001 and Senior Vice President of Women’s Merchandising in March 2014.

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

 
ITEM 9.01(d). Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release Dated January 26, 2016




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:  January 27, 2016
By:
/s/ KAREN B. RHOADS
 
 
 
Name: Karen B. Rhoads
 
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President of Finance
 
 
 
and Chief Financial Officer
 




EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release Dated January 26, 2016