{"url_path":"/sec/casy/8-k/2026-06-08/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-08","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726958/0001140361-26-024465-index.html","accession_number":"0001140361-26-024465","cik":"0000726958","ticker":"CASY","issuer_name":"CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726958/0001140361-26-024465-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000726958","primary_entity_name":"CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC"},"word_count":302,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02.\n\nDeparture of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain\nOfficers\n\nOn June 4, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) (i) expanded the size of the Board from eleven to\ntwelve directors, and (ii) appointed Stanley J. Sutula III to fill the vacancy created by the expansion, and (iii) appointed Mr. Sutula to serve on the Audit Committee, each effective as of June 4, 2026.  Mr. Sutula will also stand for election\nat the Company’s 2026 annual shareholders’ meeting, currently scheduled for September 2, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”).\n\nAs a non-employee director, Mr. Sutula will be entitled to receive the same compensation payable to other non-employee directors of the Company,\nprorated through the date of the Annual Meeting, the most recent description of which is included in the Company's proxy statement (Schedule 14A) for the annual meeting of shareholders that was held on August 29, 2025.\n\nMr. Sutula was not selected as a director pursuant to any arrangements or understandings with the Company or with any other person, and there are no\ntransactions between the Company and Mr. Sutula that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\nAdditionally, on June 4, 2026, director Cara Heiden notified the Company that she will not stand for re-election and will retire from the Board at the expiration of her\ncurrent term, which runs through the Annual Meeting.  As a result, at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting the size of the Board will be reduced from twelve to eleven members.  Ms. Heiden has advised the Company that her decision not to stand for\nre-election and to retire is not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices."}