-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, N7XncTjhOBY9hZIhnuFLeEUJCRpE95deEm0Hoy94/X39+stSfBUc9guyzkbG94e9 0A7JJgYFXPhS9t7epjW7cQ== 0000950152-08-004586.txt : 20080612 0000950152-08-004586.hdr.sgml : 20080612 20080612163816 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950152-08-004586 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080612 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080612 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001018840 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651] IRS NUMBER: 311469076 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12107 FILM NUMBER: 08896122 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6301 FITCH PATH CITY: NEW ALBANY STATE: OH ZIP: 43054 BUSINESS PHONE: 6145776500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6301 FITCH PATH CITY: NEW ALBANY STATE: OH ZIP: 43054 8-A12B/A 1 l32053ae8va12bza.htm ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. 8-A12B/A ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. 8-A12B/A
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-A/A
(Amendment No. 2)
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
     
Delaware
(State or Incorporation or Organization)
  31-1469076
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
     
6301 Fitch Path, New Albany, OH
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  43054
(Zip Code)
     
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. þ
  If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: N/A
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
     
Title of Each Class to be so
Registered
  Name of Each Exchange on Which
Each Class is to be Registered
     
Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
  New York Stock Exchange
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
NONE
(Title of Each Class)
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Description of Securities to be Registered.
     The Board of Directors of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (the “Company”) has approved an amendment to the Company’s existing Rights Agreement dated as of July 16, 1998 (as amended on April 21, 1999) to extend the final expiration date on which the Rights are exercisable to July 16, 2018.
     The Amendment is attached hereto as an exhibit and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such exhibit.
Item 2. Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No   Document Designation
 
   
4.01
  Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2008, by and between Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and National City Bank, as rights agent.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
         
  ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO.
 
 
Dated: June 12, 2008  By:   /s/ David S. Cupps    
    David S. Cupps   
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
4.01
  Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2008, by and between Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and National City Bank, as rights agent.

 

EX-4.1 2 l32053aexv4w1.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1
EXHIBIT 4.01
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
     AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of June 11, 2008 to the Rights Agreement dated as of July 16, 1998 (the “Rights Agreement”) between Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and National City Bank, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”).
W  I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H
     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Rights Agreement to extend the Final Expiration Date of the Rights to July 16, 2018;
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, on June 11, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to the Rights Agreement;
     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     SECTION 1. Extension of Final Expiration Date. The definition of “Final Expiration Date” in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
          ““Final Expiration Date” means the close of business on July 16, 2018.”
     SECTION 2. No Further Amendment. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as the same was in effect immediately prior to the date of this Amendment.
     SECTION 3. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to any applicable conflicts of law rules, except that the rights and obligations of the Rights Agent shall be governed by the law of the state of New York.
     SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
 
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
             
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO.
 
           
By: /s/ David Cupps
   
     
Name:    David Cupps
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
           
 
           
NATIONAL CITY BANK
 
           
By: /s/ Pamela Fisher    
     
Name:   Pamela Fisher
Title:   Vice President – Shareholder Services

 

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