UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
V.F. Corporation (“VF”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) on July 25, 2023. At the Meeting, VF shareholders voted on the election of ten directors, whether to approve the compensation of VF’s named executive officers, the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, and the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year.
The final voting results were as follows:
| 1. | With respect to the election of the nominees as directors of VF, each of the ten nominees were elected based on the votes cast as set forth opposite their names below: |
| Name of Director |
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Richard T. Carucci |
255,865,391 | 8,669,563 | 20,355,271 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Alex Cho |
275,360,163 | 4,757,737 | 4,772,325 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Juliana L. Chugg |
263,314,465 | 8,838,702 | 12,737,058 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Benno Dorer |
275,433,065 | 4,635,993 | 4,821,167 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Mark S. Hoplamazian |
272,075,552 | 8,714,500 | 4,100,173 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Laura W. Lang |
273,939,895 | 4,291,507 | 6,658,823 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| W. Rodney McMullen |
274,563,582 | 4,873,320 | 5,453,323 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Clarence Otis, Jr. |
244,250,305 | 11,659,822 | 28,980,098 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Carol L. Roberts |
279,993,888 | 3,334,788 | 1,561,549 | 48,574,107 | ||||
| Matthew J. Shattock |
267,571,384 | 4,118,864 | 13,199,977 | 48,574,107 |
| 2. | With respect to the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, the votes were cast for the proposal as set forth below: |
Votes For: 252,560,110
Votes Against: 31,835,744
Votes Abstaining: 494,371
Broker Non-Votes: 48,574,107
| 3. | With respect to the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, the votes were cast for the proposal as set forth below: |
Votes For One Year: 280,597,132
Votes For Two Years: 308,410
Votes For Three Years: 3,561,605
Votes Abstaining: 423,078
Broker Non-Votes: 48,574,107
VF will continue to include an advisory vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year (the frequency selected by the majority of VF’s shareholders) until the next advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, which will occur no later than VF’s 2029 annual meeting of shareholders.
| 4. | With respect to the proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year, the votes were cast for the proposal as set forth below: |
Votes For: 306,500,293
Votes Against: 26,417,671
Votes Abstaining: 546,368
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
Effective July 17, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), the VF Board of Directors (the “Board”), upon the recommendation of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of the Board (the “Governance Committee”), determined that Benno Dorer, who had served as VF’s Interim President and CEO from December 5, 2022 to the Effective Date, is independent in accordance with the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the independence standards in VF’s Corporate Governance Principles. As of the Effective Date, Mr. Dorer was appointed as Chair of the Governance Committee and a member of the Talent and Compensation Committee of the Board and the Executive Committee of the Board, respectively, and ceased to serve as an ex officio member of the Finance Committee of the Board.
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 | ||
| By: | /s/ Jennifer S. Sim | |
| Name: Jennifer S. Sim | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||
Date: July 27, 2023