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Officer concluded that,
−Removed: our disclosure
−Removed: procedures, as
+Added: disclosure controls
+Added: and procedures,
Rule 13a-15(e),
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management, including
+Added: Executive Officer
effectiveness
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control over financial reporting as
−Removed: of January 28, 2023, as
+Added: of February 3, 2024, as
stated in its report
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financial reporting.
+Added: Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
+Added: disclosure controls
+Added: and procedures
+Added: control system, no
+Added: well conceived or
+Added: operated, can provide
+Added: only reasonable,
+Added: not absolute,
+Added: assurance that
+Added: the objectives
+Added: control system are
+Added: considered relative to their costs.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations
+Added: in all control systems,
+Added: no evaluation
+Added: been detected.
+Added: These inherent
+Added: limitations include
+Added: the realities
+Added: that judgments
+Added: making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple
+Added: error or mistake.
+Added: Controls can also
+Added: assumptions about the likelihood
+Added: of future events,
+Added: and there can
+Added: be no assurance any
+Added: design will succeed
+Added: inadequate because of changes
+Added: in conditions or
+Added: deterioration in the degree
+Added: of compliance with policies
+Added: limitations in
+Added: cost-effective
+Added: system, misstatements
+Added: error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Other Information:
+Added: Rule 16a-1(f)
+Added: Securities Exchange
+Added: “Rule10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “
+Added: trading arrangement” (as such terms are defined
+Added: in Item 408 of Regulation S-K).
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
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future awards under all of the Company’s equity compensation plans.
−Removed: The information is as of January
+Added: The information is as of February
Number of Securities to
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end of each semi-annual stock purchase period.
−Removed: Information contained under “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
−Removed: Owners and Management”
−Removed: in the 2023 Proxy Statement is incorporated by reference in response
−Removed: to this Item.
+Added: Information contained under “Security Ownership of Certain Owners
+Added: and Management” in the
+Added: 2024 Proxy Statement is incorporated by reference in response to this Item.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence:
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(Loss) for the fiscal
−Removed: years ended January 28, 2023, January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021
+Added: years ended February 3, 2024, January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022
................................................
−Removed: Consolidated Balance Sheets at January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets at February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023
.................................................
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended
−Removed: January 28, 2023, January 29, 2022
+Added: February 3, 2024, January 28, 2023
and January 29, 2022 ................................................................................................................................
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the fiscal years ended
−Removed: January 28, 2023,
+Added: February 3, 2024,
January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022
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of the Registrant filed June 1, 2018 (SEC file No.
−Removed: , dated as of August 29, 2003, between the Registrant and Wayland H.
−Removed: Cato, Jr., incorporated by reference
−Removed: Exhibit 99(c) to
−Removed: 8-K of the Registrant filed on
+Added: Form of Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003, between the Registrant and Wayland H.
+Added: Cato, Jr., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(c) to Form 8-K of the Registrant filed on
July 22, 2003.
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Letter Agreement between the Registrant and Charles Knight dated as of January 4, 2022,
−Removed: 2022, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K of the Registrant filed
−Removed: on January 6, 2022.
+Added: incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K of the Registrant filed on January 6,
Credit Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2022, among the Registrant, the guarantors party
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Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter ended July 30, 2022.
−Removed: of Registrant
+Added: Second Amendment, dated as of August 9, 2023, to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 19
+Added: 2022, among the Registrant, the banks party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National
+Added: Third Amendment, dated as of October 24, 2023, to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 19
+Added: 2022, among the Registrant, the banks party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National
+Added: Subsidiaries of Registrant.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: The following materials from Registrant’s Annual Report on form 10-K for the fiscal year
−Removed: ended January 28, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL:
−Removed: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income
−Removed: (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the fiscal years ended
−Removed: January 28, 2023, January
−Removed: 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021;
−Removed: (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets at January 28, 2023 and
−Removed: January 29, 2022;
−Removed: (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for
−Removed: the fiscal years ended
−Removed: January 28, 2023, January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021;
−Removed: (iv) Consolidated Statements of
−Removed: Stockholders’ Equity for the fiscal years ended January 28, 2023,
−Removed: January 29, 2022 and
−Removed: January 30, 2021;
−Removed: and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
+Added: Registrant’s Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy.
+Added: Inline XBRL Instance Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
Cover Page Interactive Data File (Formatted in Inline XBRL and
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Credit Losses(a)
−Removed: Balance at February 1, 2020
+Added: Balance at January 30, 2021
Additions charged to costs and expenses
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Additions (reductions) charged to other accounts
−Removed: Balance at January 28, 2023
+Added: Balance at February 3, 2024
Deducted from trade accounts receivable.
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Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.