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: March 22, 2013
TIFFANY & CO.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-9494 | 13-3228013 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
727 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York | 10022 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 755-8000
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
Registrant makes various grants and awards of cash, stock and stock units, and provides various benefits, to its executive officers and other management employees pursuant to its 2005 Employee Incentive Plan and pursuant to various retirement plans, formal agreements and informal agreements. Registrant also maintains a share ownership policy for its executive officers and directors. As part of its annual review of compensation, the Compensation Committee of Registrants Board of Directors made various changes to, and approved new terms of, a Cash Incentive Award Agreement for certain Executive Officers and the Share Ownership Policy for Executive Officers and Directors. The forms of such agreement and policy are attached as exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
10.139d | Form of Fiscal 2013 Cash Incentive Award Agreement for certain Executive Officers adopted on March 21, 2013 under Registrants 2005 Employee Incentive Plan as Amended and Adopted as of May 18, 2006. |
10.152 | Share Ownership Policy for Executives Officers and Directors, Amended and Restated as of March 21, 2013. |
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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
TIFFANY & CO. | ||
BY: | /s/ Patrick B. Dorsey | |
Patrick B. Dorsey | ||
Senior Vice President, Secretary and | ||
General Counsel |
Date: March 22, 2013
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.139d | Form of Fiscal 2013 Cash Incentive Award Agreement for certain Executive Officers adopted on March 21, 2013 under Registrants 2005 Employee Incentive Plan as Amended and Adopted as of May 18, 2006. | |
10.152 | Share Ownership Policy for Executives Officers and Directors, Amended and Restated as of March 21, 2013. |
Exhibit 10.139d
CASH INCENTIVE AWARD AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made effective February 1, 2013 by and among Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation (the Company), Tiffany and Company, the New York subsidiary corporation of the Company (Tiffany) and (Executive).
Whereas, on March 17, 2005 the Board of Directors of the Company adopted, and on May 19, 2005 the stockholders of the Company duly approved, the Companys 2005 Employee Incentive Plan, as subsequently amended (the Plan); and
Whereas, the Stock Option Subcommittee of the Compensation Committee of the Company was appointed the Committee under the Plan by said Board of Directors; and
NOW THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing and in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, it is hereby AGREED as follows:
1. This Agreement is intended to be an Award Agreement under the Plan and is subject to all terms and conditions set forth in such Plan, including the Plan provisions limiting implied rights.
2. Executive agrees that he/she shall not be entitled to any cash bonus in respect of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2014 except as provided in this Agreement.
3. Tiffany agrees to pay, or, failing that, the Company shall pay, cash Incentive Award to Executive in respect of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2014 only as follows:
(a) Such award shall be paid, if at all, following the close of such fiscal year and after financial results have been determined and publicly announced, provided that Executive remains employed with Tiffany through the end of such fiscal year;
(b) No award shall be payable unless the following Performance Measure is achieved: the Companys consolidated net earnings for such fiscal year (as adjusted by the Committee pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Plan) equal or exceed $268.2 million;
(c) If the condition stated in subparagraph (b) is satisfied, a maximum Incentive Award of $[see Schedule of Maximum Awards attached] will be payable to you, subject to the discretion of the Committee to reduce such award; the Committee will not be limited in the exercise of such discretion.
4. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within said state.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, parties hereto have entered into this Agreement effective as of the date first stated above.
Tiffany & Co. | ||||
(the Company) | ||||
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[Name of Executive] | ||||
Tiffany and Company | ||||
(Tiffany) | ||||
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Schedule of Maximum Incentive Awards
Michael J. Kowalski $2,000,000
Frederic Cumenal $1,190,000
Beth O. Canavan $1,036,000
James N. Fernandez $1,190,000
Jon King $1,036,000
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Exhibit 10.152
Tiffany & Co.
Share Ownership Policy for Executive Officers and Directors
Adopted July 20, 2006, Amended and Restated March 15, 2007, Amended and Restated March 21, 2013
This Policy was adopted on July 20, 2006 (the Adoption Date) by the Board of Directors (the Board) of Tiffany & Co. (the Corporation) for those who were then, or who were subsequently designated, executive officers by the Board. This Policy was revised on March 15, 2007, to include directors of the Corporation. This Policy was further revised on March 21, 2013 to deal with pledging securities. This Policy applies to the ownership of the common stock of the Corporation (Common Stock).
Defined Terms:
Beneficial ownership shall have the same meaning as under Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act, provided that: (a) Qualifying Options shall be deemed beneficially owned but shall be valued only as provided for below; and (b)restricted stock units awarded under the Corporations 2005 Employee Incentive Plan will not be deemed beneficially owned until vested;
Disposition means any transaction which would cause the executive officer or director to cease to be the beneficial owner of Common Stock, provided, however, that any of the following transactions will not be deemed a Disposition: (i) any sale of Common Stock acquired on vesting of a restricted stock unit or exercise of an employee stock option to the extent necessary to satisfy the tax withholding obligations of the employer of the executive officer in respect of such vesting or exercise; (ii) any sale of Common Stock made under circumstances constituting a Financial Hardship; and (iii) any sale or transfer made pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order;
Financial Hardship means an immediate and heavy financial need of the executive officer or director (including that of his spouse or any dependent), as so determined by the Board on application from the executive officer or director, not in excess of the amount required to relieve such financial need, and only if, and to the extent, such need cannot be satisfied from other resources reasonably available to the executive officer or director (including assets of his or her spouse and minor children reasonably available to him or her);
Non-Compliance Date means, with respect to an executive officer or director, the most recent date on or after the Adoption Date on which that person was in non-compliance with this Policy;
Option Stock means Common Stock acquired on exercise of an employee or director stock option in excess of stock sold to satisfy the tax withholding obligations of the employer of the executive officer in respect of such exercise or the tax payment obligations of the director in respect of such exercise;
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Performance Stock means Common Stock acquired on vesting of a restricted stock unit in excess of stock sold to satisfy the tax withholding obligations of the employer of the executive officer in respect of such vesting;
Pledge means any arrangement by which (i) custody or record ownership of Common Stock has been provided to a third person by the beneficial owner and (ii) such third person may acquire beneficial ownership or dispose of such Common Stock on the satisfaction of a condition, i.e, default by the beneficial owner. A Pledge shall include custody of Common Stock in a margin account held or maintained at a brokerage firm.
Qualified Domestic Relations Order means a judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) made pursuant to a state domestic relations law (including community property law) that relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of an executive officer or director and which requires the executive officer or director to make a transfer or sale of Common Stock;
Qualifying Options mean vested options to purchase Common Stock issued under one of the Corporations stock option plans and having a strike price below the market value of the Common Stock; and
Significant Portfolio means for the executive officer or director in question, shares of Common Stock and/or Qualifying Options having a value equal to or greater than the multiple of annual salary set forth below, or in the case of directors, the multiple of annual retainer (exclusive of supplemental retainer for committee chairs), provided that at least 25% of such value shall be attributable to Common Stock:
Chief Executive Officer five times;
Director five times;
President four times;
Executive Vice Presidents three times; and
Senior Vice Presidents two times.
An executive officer who is also a director shall not be considered a director for purposes of this policy.
Basic Policy
It is the policy of the Board that each executive officer and each director will beneficially own and maintain beneficial ownership of a Significant Portfolio for so long as he or she remains an executive officer or director, as the case may be.
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Valuation
For purposes of this Policy, shares of Common Stock will be valued at market and Qualifying Options will be valued at one-half the difference between strike price and market price of the underlying Common Stock.
Shares of Common Stock that are subject to a Pledge shall not be deemed to have any value for purposes of this Policy except to the extent that the executive officer or director in question can demonstrate that the market value of the Pledged shares exceeds the amount of the secured obligation on the date of valuation.
Extended Time for Compliance
Each executive officer or director shall achieve compliance within five years of becoming subject to this Policy.
Changes in the market value of the Common Stock, changes in salary, or a Disposition pursuant to a Financial Hardship and/or a Qualified Domestic Relations Order may cause an executive officer or director who has complied with this Policy to fall out of compliance. Such an executive officer or director shall achieve compliance within two years after falling from compliance.
Restrictions on Disposition
An executive officer or director who does not beneficially own a Significant Portfolio shall not engage in any Disposition provided, however, that up to fifty percent of the aggregate of Option Stock and Performance Stock acquired after his or her Non-Compliance Date may be sold or otherwise transferred without violating this Policy.
Annual Review
The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board will review compliance and progress towards compliance with the Policy each year in May.
Other Matters
Nothing contained in this Policy shall compel any transaction or excuse compliance with applicable law or with the Corporations policies, including the Corporations policies with respect to trading on insider information or engaging in speculative transactions in the Common Stock. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to alter the terms of any stock option or other equity award grant made under the Corporations equity award plans.
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