Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 2019

 

 

V. F. Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   1-5256   23-1180120

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

105 Corporate Center Boulevard

Greensboro, North Carolina

  27408
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 336-424-6000

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of VF Corporation (“VF”) has increased the size of the Board to twelve members and elected Veronica Wu as a director, effective March 12, 2019, to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders in 2019. Ms. Wu will serve on the Finance and Nominating and Governance Committees of the Board. Ms. Wu, 48, is the founder of Hone Capital, a venture firm launched in 2015.

A copy of VF’s press release announcing the election of Ms. Wu to the Board is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following is furnished as an exhibit to this report:

 

99   

V.F. Corporation press release dated March 14, 2019.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

V.F. CORPORATION

(Registrant)

March 14, 2019

   

By:

 

/s/ Laura C. Meagher

     

Laura C. Meagher

     

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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