On January 4, 2022, The Cato Corporation announced that Mr. John R. Howe, its Chief Financial Officer will retire from role effective January 17, 2022 after 35 years of service with the company and will be succeeded by Chuck Knight as chief financial officer. Knight's appointment as chief financial officer will be effective as of January 17, 2022. Mr. Knight previously served in various roles with The Vitamin Shoppe, first as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer from 2018 to 2019, and then as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer from 2019 to 2020.