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FILED AS OF DATE:		20240531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BUCKLE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000885245
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				470366193
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0201

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12951
		FILM NUMBER:		241008562

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2407 W 24TH ST
		CITY:			KEARNEY
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68847
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3082368491

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1480
		CITY:			KEARNEY
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68848-1480
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i6bd3162994084999a0a04739c927c475_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM SD</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Specialized Disclosure Report</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE BUCKLE, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:330.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:163.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:163.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr 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1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Commission</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">incorporation or organization)&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">File Number)</font></td></tr></table></div><div 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Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Conflict Minerals Disclosure&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;padding-left:6.91pt">The Buckle, Inc. (&#34;Buckle&#34;) is a retailer of medium to better-priced casual apparel, footwear, and accessories for fashion-conscious young men and women. As of May 31, 2024, Buckle operated 440 retail stores in 42 states throughout the United States under the names &#34;Buckle&#34; and &#8220;Buckle Youth.&#34; Buckle markets a wide selection of mostly brand name casual apparel including denims, other casual bottoms, tops, sportswear, outerwear, accessories, and footwear. Buckle emphasizes personalized attention to its customers and provides customer services such as free hemming, free gift-packaging, easy layaways, the Buckle private label credit card, and a guest loyalty program. Most stores are located in regional shopping malls and lifestyle centers. In recent years, however, Buckle has successfully relocated several of its stores in smaller and middle markets from enclosed malls into power center locations, with continued plans for pursuing more relocation opportunities in the future. The majority of Buckle's central office functions, including purchasing, pricing, accounting, advertising, and distribution, are performed from its corporate offices and distribution center in Kearney, Nebraska. Buckle&#8217;s men&#8217;s buying team is located in Overland Park, Kansas. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">All references herein to &#8220;Buckle&#8221; refer to The Buckle, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Buckle Brands, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Buckle makes the following disclosures regarding its due diligence efforts and their results&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Buckle has conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;) regarding any conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by Buckle (collectively &#8220;Conflict Minerals&#8221;) to determine whether any of those Conflict Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country or are from recycled or scrap sources derived therefrom. In accordance with Buckle&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Policy, and in efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of its Conflict Minerals, Buckle&#8217;s suppliers were required to complete, based on the information each supplier was able to obtain from its own suppliers and factories, the Responsible Minerals Initiative&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Based on the results of Buckle&#8217;s RCOI conducted for calendar year 2023, Buckle has no reason to believe that its necessary Conflict Minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold) originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country or may not be from scrap or recycled sources derived therefrom. As such, a Conflict Minerals report and independent private sector audit was not required. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;padding-left:6.34pt">The disclosure provided in this Form SD is publicly available on Buckle&#8217;s website at www.buckle.com. The information on Buckle&#8217;s website is not, and will not be, deemed to be a part of this Form SD or any other filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission unless Buckle expressly incorporates such information.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">ITEM 1.02.  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