0001193125-13-122442.txt : 20130323 0001193125-13-122442.hdr.sgml : 20130323 20130322171947 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-122442 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130322 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130322 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130322 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TIFFANY & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000098246 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-JEWELRY STORES [5944] IRS NUMBER: 133228013 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09494 FILM NUMBER: 13712131 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 727 FIFTH AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122305321 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 727 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 8-K 1 d508526d8k.htm FORM 8-K 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: 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)

Registrant’s 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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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 Registrant’s 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 Registrant’s 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 Registrant’s 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.
EX-10.139D 2 d508526dex10139d.htm EX-10.139D EX-10.139d

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 Company’s 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 Company’s 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”)

 

   

 

[Name of Executive]    
    Tiffany and Company
    (“Tiffany”)
   

 

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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EX-10.152 3 d508526dex10152.htm EX-10.152 EX-10.152

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 Corporation’s 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 Corporation’s 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 Corporation’s policies, including the Corporation’s 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 Corporation’s equity award plans.

 

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