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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 29549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):     March 27, 2014       

 

THE CATO CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

1-31340

56-0484485

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

8100 Denmark Road, Charlotte, NC

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

28273-5975
(Zip Code)

 

 

 

(704) 554-8510

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, 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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THE CATO CORPORATION

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 27, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Cato Corporation (the “Company”) awarded discretionary lump sum cash bonuses to the Company’s executive officers in recognition of their respective services to the Company in 2013 and the Company’s strong performance in 2013, including improvement in several important areas, as follows:

Executive Officer

Discretionary Bonus

John P.D. Cato

$462,897

John R. Howe

$80,145

Sally Almason

$84,255

M. Tim Greer

$70,281

Gordon D. Smith

$63,705

 


 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

                                                                                    THE CATO CORPORATION

 

 

April 1, 2014

 

/s/ John P. D. Cato

Date

 

John P. D. Cato

Chairman, President and

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

April 1, 2014

 

/s/ John R. Howe

Date

 

John R. Howe

Executive Vice President

Chief Financial Officer