{"url_path":"/sec/ctrn/8-k/2026-09-11/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-09-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/0001104659-26-106889-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-106889","cik":"0001318484","ticker":"CTRN","issuer_name":"Citi Trends Inc","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/0001104659-26-106889-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001318484","primary_entity_name":"Citi Trends Inc"},"word_count":156,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02.**\n**Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**\n\n \n\nOn September 10, 2026, Heather Plutino, Executive\nVice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Citi Trends, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company\nof her decision to step down for personal reasons. Ms. Plutino will remain in her current role while the Company conducts a search for\nher successor. Ms. Plutino’s departure is not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or the Company’s\nBoard of Directors on any matter relating to the operations, policies or practices of the Company.\n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto\nduly authorized.\n\n \n\n \nCITI TRENDS, INC.\n\n \n \n \n\nDate: September 11, 2026\nBy:\n/s/ Kenneth D. Seipel\n\n \nName:\nKenneth D. Seipel\n\n \nTitle:\nChief Executive Officer"}