<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000895447-21-000020.txt : 20210315
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210315160559
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895447-21-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210315
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210315

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WEAVER DELORES B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001033311

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21360
		FILM NUMBER:		21741531

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO STAMFORD PLAZA
		STREET 2:		281 TRESSER BLVD P O BOX 1214
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06904-1214

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHOE CARNIVAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000895447
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-SHOE STORES [5661]
		IRS NUMBER:				351736614
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0202

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7500 EAST COLUMBIA STREET
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47715
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8128676471

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7500 EAST COLUMBIA STREET
		CITY:			EVANSVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47715
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 642,768 shares of common stock of Shoe Carnival, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) that the reporting person's spouse received from the J. Wayne Weaver 2018 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust for Leigh Anne Weaver as an annuity payment on April 27, 2020, in accordance with the terms of such trust, and 642,768 shares of common stock of the Company that the reporting person's spouse received from the J. Wayne Weaver 2018 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust for Bradley Wayne Weaver (the &quot;Bradley Weaver 2018 GRAT&quot;) as an annuity payment on April 27, 2020, in accordance with the terms of such trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents shares of common stock of the Company that the reporting person's spouse reacquired from the Bradley Weaver 2018 GRAT on April 28, 2020, in accordance with the terms of such trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents shares of common stock of the Company transferred by the reporting person's spouse to the J. Wayne Weaver 2020 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust for Leigh Anne Weaver (the &quot;Leigh Weaver 2020 GRAT&quot;) on May 13, 2020.  Leigh Anne Weaver is the sole trustee of the Leigh Weaver 2020 GRAT and, as sole trustee, has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by the Leigh Weaver 2020 GRAT.  The reporting person's spouse did not retain any voting or dispositive power over the shares held by the Leigh Weaver 2020 GRAT.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents shares of common stock of the Company that the reporting person's spouse received from the J. Wayne Weaver 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust for Leigh Anne Weaver as an annuity payment on September 8, 2020, in accordance with the terms of such trust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>By: W. Kerry Jackson For: Delores B. Weaver</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-15</signatureDate>
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