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):         November 9, 2017


 

Tapestry, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland

 

1-16153

 

52-2242751

(State of
incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


10 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


(212) 594-1850
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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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.

At the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2017 Annual Meeting”) of Tapestry, Inc. (the “Company”) held on November 9, 2017, the Company’s stockholders, upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), approved the Amended and Restated Coach, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of September 20, 2017) (the “Amended Stock Incentive Plan”), which was previously adopted by the Board, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders. The Amended Stock Incentive Plan (i) authorizes 7,500,000 additional shares of Tapestry’s common stock for issuance, increasing the number of shares available for awards from 54,900,000 to 62,400,000 and (ii) includes additional language confirming the Company’s current practice that no dividends or dividend equivalents will be payable with respect to any shares underlying an award until the award (or applicable part of the award) has vested.  

A more detailed summary of the Amended Stock Incentive Plan and can be found in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2017 (the “Proxy Statement”). The foregoing and the summary in the Proxy Statement are not complete summaries of the terms of the Amended Stock Incentive Plan and are qualified by reference to the text of the Amended Stock Incentive Plan, which is filed as Appendix B to the Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended September 30, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2017.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On November 9, 2017, the Company held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  Stockholders were asked to vote with respect to seven proposals.  A total of 253,460,714 votes were cast as follows:

Proposal Number 1 – Election of Directors: Each of the candidates listed received the number of votes set forth next to his/her respective name.  In addition, there were 23,521,010 broker non-votes for each candidate with respect to this proposal.

Name

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstaining

David Denton 228,800,024 547,450 592,230
Andrea Guerra 228,788,777 559,034 591,893
Susan Kropf 226,578,392 2,771,949 589,363
Annabelle Yu Long 228,149,290 1,199,615 590,799
Victor Luis 228,502,278 841,335 596,091
Ivan Menezes 227,757,010 1,592,158 590,536
William Nuti 202,190,479 27,155,611 593,614
Jide Zeitlin 227,111,319 2,229,149 599,236


Proposal Number 2 – Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018:

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-votes
251,009,731 1,736,877 714,106 0

Proposal Number 3 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting:

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-votes
224,523,035 4,127,336 1,289,333 23,521,010

Proposal Number 4 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting:

1 Year   2 Year   3 Years   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-votes
212,689,388 536,682 16,282,258 431,376 23,521,010

After considering these results, and consistent with its own recommendation, the Board has determined to continue to provide the Company’s stockholders with an annual advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation until the next vote on the frequency of such advisory votes.

Proposal Number 5 – Approval of the Amended and Restated Coach, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of September 20, 2017):

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-votes
203,823,182 25,559,868 556,654 23,521,010

Proposal Number 6 – Consideration of proposal entitled “Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions”:

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-votes
18,923,114 208,266,468 2,750,122 23,521,010

Proposal Number 7 – Consideration of proposal regarding risk disclosure on the Company’s use of fur:

Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Broker Non-votes
11,497,858 208,659,513 9,782,333 23,521,010


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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   November 13, 2017

 

Tapestry, Inc.

 

 

By:

/s/ Nancy Axilrod

Nancy Axilrod

General Counsel and Assistant Secretary