Jared A. Poff - 17 Oct 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Designer Brands Inc. (DBI)

Role: EVP, CFO & CAO
Signature: Katherine Alfano, Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: DBI
Transactions as of: 17 Oct 2025
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 21 Oct 2025, 16:39:23 UTC
Previous filing: 23 Jun 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Poff Jared A.	EVP, CFO & CAO	810 DSW DRIVE, COLUMBUS	Katherine Alfano, Attorney-in-Fact	21 Oct 2025	0001676475

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	DBI	Dividend Equivalent Rights	Award	$0	+4,932	+29%	$0.000000	22,028	17 Oct 2025	Class A Common Shares	4,932		Direct	F1

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The dividend equivalent rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) and become exercisable proportionately with the RSUs to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Issuer's Class A common stock.