0001181431-12-055595.txt : 20121026 0001181431-12-055595.hdr.sgml : 20121026 20121026111245 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-055595 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121026 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20121026 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121026 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SIGNET JEWELERS LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000832988 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-JEWELRY STORES [5944] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0129 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32349 FILM NUMBER: 121163228 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CLARENDON HOUSE STREET 2: 2 CHURCH STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM11 BUSINESS PHONE: 44-207-317-9700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O 15 GOLDEN SQUARE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1F9JG FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SIGNET GROUP PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931213 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RATNERS GROUP PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931213 8-K 1 rrd358805.htm Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- 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):  10/26/2012
 
SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  1-32349
 
Bermuda
  
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton
HM11
Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
441 296 5872
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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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Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
On October 26, 2012, Signet Jewelers Limited ("Signet") issued a press release announcing the retirement of Robert Blanchard as a Director of Signet. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

The information set forth in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

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.
 
           
SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED
 
 
Date: October 26, 2012
     
By:
 
/s/    Mark A Jenkins
               
Mark A Jenkins
               
Signet Company Secretary & Chief Legal Officer
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
EX-99.1
  
Press Release of Signet Jewelers Limited, dated October 26, 2012
EX-99 2 rrd358805_38642.htm PRESS RELEASE OF SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED, DATED OCTOBER 26, 2012 DC12698.pdf -- Converted by SEC Publisher 4.2, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

SIGNET BOARD CHANGES

Hamilton, Bermuda, October 26, 2012 - Signet Jewelers Limited (“Signet”) (NYSE and LSE: SIG), the largest specialty retail jeweler in the US and the UK, today announced that Robert Blanchard has indicated to the Board that it is his intention to retire as a director on February 2, 2013 at the end of the current fiscal year. He remains a Director of the Board until that time.

H. Todd Stitzer, Chairman, commented: “We thank Bob for his valuable contribution to Signet over the past 12 years that he has served as a director.”

Enquiries: Tim Jackson, Investor Relations Director, Signet Jewelers +1 (441) 296 5872

Signet operated 1,845 specialty retail jewelry stores at July 28, 2012, these included 1,323 stores in the US, where its store concepts include “Kay Jewelers”, “Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry” and a number of regional names. At the same date, Signet also operated 522 stores in the UK, where its store concepts are “H.Samuel,” “Ernest Jones,” and “Leslie Davis”. Further information on Signet is available at www.signetjewelers.com. See also www.kay.com, www.jared.com, www.hsamuel.co.uk, and www.ernestjones.co.uk.

This release contains statements which are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements, based upon management's beliefs and expectations as well as on assumptions made by and data currently available to management, appear in a number of places throughout this release and include statements regarding, among other things, Signet’s results of operation, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which Signet operates. The use of the words “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “believes,” “should,” “potential,” “may,” “forecast,” “objective,” “plan,” or “target,” and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to general economic conditions, the merchandising, pricing and inventory policies followed by Signet, the reputation of Signet and its brands, the level of competition in the jewelry sector, the cost and availability of diamonds, gold and other precious metals, regulations relating to consumer credit, seasonality of Signet’s business, financial market risks, deterioration in consumers’ financial condition, exchange rate fluctuations, changes in consumer attitudes regarding jewelry, management of social, ethical and environmental risks, security breaches and other disruptions to Signet’s information technology infrastructure and databases, inadequacy in and disruptions to internal controls and systems, changes in assumptions used in making accounting estimates relating to items such as extended service plans and pensions, and risks relating to Signet being a Bermuda corporation.

For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially, see the “Risk Factors” section of Signet’s Fiscal 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2012. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Signet undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.