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Adidas AG*

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Canada Goose Holdings Inc.

The Columbia Sportswear Company

Deckers Outdoor Corporation

Gap, Inc.*

Levi Strauss and Company*

lululemon athletica, inc.*

Moncler S.p.A.

Nike, Inc.*

Puma SE

PVH Corporation*

Ralph Lauren Corporation*

Skechers USA, Inc.

Under Armour, Inc.*

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

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LOGO

VF CORPORATION

June 11, 2021

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

We are pleased to invite you to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of VF Corporation, to be held Tuesday, July 27, 2021, live via the Internet at www.proxydocs.com/VFC, commencing at 10:30 a.m., Mountain Daylight Time. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty related to the pandemic, and after careful consideration, our Board of Directors has determined to hold a virtual annual meeting in order to facilitate shareholder attendance and participation by enabling shareholders to participate from any location and at no cost. We believe this is the right choice for VF at this time, as it enables engagement with our shareholders, regardless of size, resources, or physical location while safeguarding the health of our shareholders, Board and management. Shareholders will not be able to attend the meeting in person.

At the meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on (i) the election of directors; (ii) approval of the compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement; (iii) ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022; and (iv) such other matters as may properly come before the meeting.

Your Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the persons nominated to serve as directors, “FOR” the approval of compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, and “FOR” the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm. Regardless of the number of shares you own or whether you plan to attend the virtual meeting, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the meeting.

On or about June 11, 2021, we will begin mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to all shareholders of record on our books at the close of business on May 28, 2021, the record date for the meeting, and will post our proxy materials on the website referenced in the Notice. As more fully described in the Notice, shareholders may choose to access our proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice or may request to receive a printed set of our proxy materials. In addition, the Notice and website provide information regarding how you may request to receive proxy materials in printed form by mail, or electronically by email, on an ongoing basis.

You may vote by attending the virtual meeting or you may vote your shares via the Internet, via a toll-free telephone number, or by signing, dating and mailing a completed proxy card, as explained on pages 2 and 3 of the attached proxy statement.

Your interest and participation in the affairs of VF are most appreciated.

Sincerely,

LOGO

Steven E. Rendle

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

LOGO

VF CORPORATION

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held July 27, 2021

June 11, 2021

To the Shareholders of VF CORPORATION:

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of VF Corporation will be held live via the Internet at www.proxydocs.com/VFC, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at 10:30 a.m., Mountain Daylight Time, for the following purposes:

to elect directors;

to vote on approval of the compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement;

to vote on ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022; and

to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournments thereof.

A copy of VF’s Annual Report for fiscal 2021 is included for your information.

Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 28, 2021 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.

To attend the meeting, Shareholders must register, using their control number and other information, at www.proxydocs.com/VFC. Upon completing registration, shareholders will receive further instructions by email, including links that will allow them to access the meeting, vote online during the meeting and, if they register prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, July 23, 2021, submit questions for the meeting. Shareholders will not be able to attend the meeting in person.

By Order of the Board of Directors

LOGO

Laura C. Meagher

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

You are urged to vote your shares via the Internet, through our toll-free telephone number,

or by signing, dating and promptly returning your completed proxy card.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


	Page
ABOUT THE MEETING		2

What is the purpose of the Meeting?		2

Who is entitled to vote at the Meeting?		2

What are the voting rights of shareholders?		2

Why will shareholders receive a one-page notice in the mail regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials instead of a full set of proxy materials?		2

How may shareholders attend the virtual meeting and ask questions at the virtual meeting?		2

How do shareholders access the proxy materials over the Internet?		2

How do shareholders vote?		3

What constitutes a quorum?		3

What are the Board’s recommendations?		3

What vote is required to approve each item?		4

Householding		4

Other Information		4

ITEM NO. 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS		5

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AT VF		12

Corporate Governance Principles		12

Related Party Transactions		13

Board of Directors		13

Board Committees and Their Responsibilities		14

Directors’ Compensation		18

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION		20

Compensation Discussion and Analysis		20

Compensation Committee Report		39

Summary Compensation Table		40

2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards		42

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2021		43

2021 Option Exercises and Stock Vested		44

2021 Pension Benefits Table		46

2021 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation		47

Potential Payments Upon Change in Control, Retirement or Termination of Employment		48

CEO Pay Ratio		51

2021 Equity Compensation Plan Information Table		52

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT		53

ITEM NO. 2 – PROPOSAL TO APPROVE COMPENSATION OF NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT		55

ITEM NO. 3 – RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM		56

Report of the Audit Committee		57

OTHER INFORMATION		58

Other Matters		58

Expenses of Solicitation		58

Shareholder Proposals and Nominations for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders		58

APPENDIX A – V.F. CORPORATION INDEPENDENCE STANDARDS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS		A-1

VF CORPORATION

PROXY STATEMENT

For the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of VF Corporation to be voted at VF’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July 27, 2021 and any adjournments of the meeting. All share and per share data included in this proxy statement, including performance goals under compensation plans set on a per share basis, have been adjusted to reflect (i) the impact of VF’s four-for-one stock split effected on December 20, 2013 and (ii) adjustments made in connection with the separation of VF’s Jeanswear and VF Outlet^TM business on May 22, 2019 (the “Spin-off”).

On or around June 11, 2021, we mailed a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to our shareholders of record as of May 28, 2021, the record date for the meeting. The Notice directs shareholders to a website where they can access our proxy materials, including this proxy statement and our Annual Report for fiscal 2021. Shareholders may also view instructions regarding how to vote online or by telephone. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Notice.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY

MATERIALS FOR THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD

ON JULY 27, 2021

This proxy statement and our Annual Report for fiscal 2021 are available at

www.proxydocs.com/VFC.

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ABOUT THE MEETING

What is the purpose of the meeting?

At the meeting, holders of VF Common Stock will vote on the matters described in the notice of the meeting on the front page of this proxy statement, including the election of directors, approval of the compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022 and such other matters as may properly come before the meeting.

Who is entitled to vote at the meeting?

Only shareholders of record on May 28, 2021, the record date for the meeting, are entitled to receive notice of and vote at the meeting.

What are the voting rights of shareholders?

Each share of VF Common Stock is entitled to one vote on each matter considered at the meeting.

Why will shareholders receive a one-page notice in the mail regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials instead of a full set of proxy materials?

In accordance with rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), we may furnish proxy materials, including this proxy statement and our Annual Report for fiscal 2021, to our shareholders by providing access to such documents on the Internet instead of mailing printed copies. Most shareholders will not receive printed copies of the proxy materials unless they request them. Instead, the Notice, which was mailed to most of our shareholders, will instruct you as to how you may access and review all of the proxy materials on the Internet. The Notice also instructs you as to how you may submit your proxy on the Internet. If you would like to receive a paper or email copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials in the Notice.

How may shareholders attend the virtual meeting and ask questions at the virtual meeting?

We are committed to ensuring that shareholders who attend the virtual meeting are afforded the same rights and opportunities to participate as they would at an in-person meeting, using online tools to ensure shareholder access and participation. To attend the meeting and vote during the live webcast of the meeting, you must first register at www.proxydocs.com/VFC, using your control number and other information, at www.proxydocs.com/VFC, and, to submit questions for the meeting, you must register and submit questions prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, July 23, 2021. Upon completing your registration, you will receive further instructions via email, including your unique link that will allow you to access the meeting and vote online during the meeting. Please be sure to follow instructions found on your proxy card or other information forwarded by your bank, broker or other nominee and subsequent instructions that will be delivered to you via email.

Beginning one hour prior to, and during, the meeting, support will be available to assist shareholders with any technical difficulties they may have accessing, hearing or participating in the virtual meeting. If participants encounter any difficulty accessing, or during, the virtual meeting, they should call the support team at the numbers listed on the emailed instructions.

Even if you plan to attend the virtual meeting, we encourage you to vote in advance by Internet, telephone or mail so that your vote will be counted even if you later decide not to attend the virtual meeting.

How do shareholders access the proxy materials over the Internet?

The Notice, proxy card or voting instruction card you receive will contain instructions on how to view our proxy materials for the meeting on the Internet and vote your shares, and will allow you to instruct us as to how to send our future proxy materials to you either by mail or by email. Our proxy materials are also available for viewing at: www.proxydocs.com/VFC. Choosing to receive your future proxy materials by email will save us the cost of printing and mailing documents to you, and

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ABOUT THE MEETING

will reduce the environmental impact of printing and mailing these materials. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by email, you will receive an email within the next year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your election to receive proxy materials by email will remain in effect until you revoke it.

How do shareholders vote?

Shareholders may vote at the meeting by attending the virtual meeting or by proxy. Proxies validly delivered by shareholders (by Internet, telephone or mail as described below) and received by VF prior to the meeting will be voted in accordance with the instructions contained therein. If a shareholder’s proxy card gives no instructions, it will be voted as recommended by the Board of Directors. A shareholder may change any vote by proxy before the proxy is exercised by filing with the Secretary of VF either a notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by registering to attend the virtual meeting, attending the virtual meeting and voting at the virtual meeting. Shareholders who vote by telephone or the Internet may also change their votes by re-voting by telephone or the Internet within the time periods listed below. A shareholder’s latest vote, including via the Internet or telephone, is the one that is counted.

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO VOTE BY PROXY:

BY INTERNET:

BY TELEPHONE:

BY MAIL:

Visit the website www.proxypush.com/VFC. To vote your shares, you must have the Notice or your proxy/voting instruction card in hand. The web site is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week;

Call toll-free 1-866-256-1151. To vote your shares, you must have your proxy/voting instruction card in hand. Telephone voting is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week; or

Mark your proxy/voting instruction card, date and sign it, and return it in the postage-paid (U.S. only) envelope provided (if you received a paper copy of the proxy materials). If the envelope is missing, please address your completed proxy/voting instruction card to Proxy Tabulator for VF Corporation, P.O. Box 8016, Cary, NC 27512-9903.

IF YOU VOTE BY INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO RETURN YOUR PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD.

If you are a beneficial owner, please refer to your proxy card or other information forwarded by your bank, broker or other holder of record to see which of the above choices are available to you.

What constitutes a quorum?

Shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all shareholders are entitled to cast must be present at the virtual meeting or present by proxy to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Abstentions and broker “non-votes” are counted as present for establishing a quorum. A broker non-vote occurs on an item when a broker is not permitted to vote on that item absent instruction from the beneficial owner of the shares and no instruction is given. At the close of business on May 28, 2021, there were 392,356,212 outstanding shares of VF Common Stock.

What are the Board’s recommendations?

Your Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the persons nominated to serve as directors; “FOR” the approval of compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement; and “FOR” the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022. If any other matters are brought before the meeting, the proxy holders will vote as recommended by the Board of Directors. If no recommendation is given, the proxy holders will vote in their discretion. At the date of this proxy statement, we do not know of any other matter to come before the meeting. Persons named as proxy holders on the form of proxy/voting instruction card are Steven E. Rendle, Chairman of the Board of Directors of VF and President and Chief Executive Officer of VF, and Laura C. Meagher, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of VF.

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ABOUT THE MEETING

What vote is required to approve each item?

Under our By-Laws and our Corporate Governance Principles, Directors are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in uncontested elections. This means that the number of votes cast “for” a Director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast “withheld” with respect to that nominee. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted as votes “for” or “withheld” with respect to a Director nominee. In an uncontested election, any nominee who does not receive a majority of votes cast “for” his or her election is required to tender his or her resignation promptly following the failure to receive the required vote. The Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee is then required to make a recommendation to the Board as to whether it should accept the resignation. The Board is required to decide whether to accept the resignation. In a contested election, the required vote would be a plurality of votes cast. Full details of this policy are set forth in our Corporate Governance Principles, available on our website, www.vfc.com, under “Policy on Majority Voting.” Approval of the compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022, or approval of any other matter to come before the meeting requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on such matter at the meeting. Withheld votes and abstentions will not be taken into account in determining the outcome of the approval of compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022, or approval of any other matter to come before the meeting (other than the election of directors, which is described above). Under current New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules, if the record holder of your shares (usually a bank, broker or other nominee) holds your shares in its name, your record holder is permitted to vote your shares on the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as VF’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022 in its discretion, even if it does not receive voting instructions from you. On all the other items referenced above, your record holder is not permitted to vote your shares without your instructions, and such uninstructed shares are considered broker non-votes and will not be taken into account when determining the outcome of the election of directors or the approval of the compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement.

Householding

Under SEC rules, a single Notice or set of annual reports and proxy statements may be sent to any household at which two or more VF shareholders reside if they appear to be members of the same family. Each shareholder receiving physical copies of the proxy materials continues to receive a separate proxy card. This procedure, referred to as “householding,” reduces the volume of duplicate information shareholders receive and reduces mailing and printing expenses for VF. Brokers with accountholders who are VF shareholders may be householding our proxy materials. As indicated in the notice previously provided by these brokers to our shareholders, a single Notice or annual report and proxy statement will be delivered to multiple shareholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from an affected shareholder. Once you have received notice from your broker that it will be householding communications to your address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate Notice or annual report and proxy statement, please notify your broker so that separate copies may be delivered to you. Shareholders who currently receive multiple copies of the Notice or annual report and proxy statement at their address who would prefer to receive a single copy should contact their broker or the Company’s Transfer Agent: Computershare, Inc., P.O. Box 505000 Louisville, KY 40233-5000; (800) 446-2617.

Other Information

A copy of VF’s Annual Report for fiscal 2021 accompanies this proxy statement. No material contained in the Annual Report is to be considered a part of the proxy solicitation material. VF’s mailing address is P.O. Box 13919, Denver, Colorado 80201.

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ITEM NO. 1

Election of Directors

VF’s Board of Directors has nominated the persons named below whose terms expire at the meeting to serve as directors. All nominees currently serve as directors on our Board and, if reelected, will serve a term of office until our 2022 annual meeting or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. The persons named in the accompanying form of proxy/voting instruction card intend to vote such proxy for the election as directors of the following nominees, subject to any explicit instructions of the shareholder set forth on the proxy/voting instruction card. If any nominee becomes unable or unwilling to serve as a director, the proxy holders will vote for such other person or persons as may be nominated by the Board of Directors. The nominees named below have indicated that they are willing to serve if reelected to the VF Board. It is the policy of VF that a substantial majority of the members of its Board of Directors should be independent. Currently, eleven of the nominees have been determined by the Board to be independent in accordance with standards adopted by the Board, as set forth in the Board’s Corporate Governance Principles and as attached hereto as Appendix A, and the Listing Standards of the NYSE, the securities exchange on which VF’s Common Stock is traded.

NAME

AGE

DIRECTOR
SINCE

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

AUDIT

COMMITTEE

TALENT AND
COMPENSATION

COMMITTEE

GOVERNANCE
AND CORPORATE
RESPONSIBILITY

COMMITTEE

FINANCE

COMMITTEE

Richard T. Carucci

2009

Retired; Former President, Yum! Brands, Inc.

Member

Chair

Juliana L. Chugg

2009

Retired; Former EVP, Chief Brands Officer, Mattel, Inc.

Member

Benno Dorer

2017

Senior Advisor, KKR & Co. Inc.

Member

Mark S. Hoplamazian

2015

President and Chief Executive Officer, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Member

Laura W. Lang

2011

Managing Director, Narragansett Ventures, LLC

Member

W. Alan McCollough

2000

Retired; Former Chairman, Circuit City Stores, Inc.

Member

W. Rodney McMullen

2016

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Kroger Co.

Member

Clarence Otis, Jr.

2004

Retired; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Chair

Member

Steven E. Rendle

2015

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, VF Corporation

Member

(ex officio)

Carol L. Roberts

2017

Retired; Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, International Paper Company

Member

Chair

Matthew J. Shattock

2013

Independent Chair of the Board, The Clorox Company

Chair

Member

Veronica B. Wu

2019

Founder, First Bight Ventures

Member

Number of Meetings Held in Fiscal 2021

Board – 10

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ITEM NO. 1

Election of Directors

IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR

The Board of Directors believes directors should possess backgrounds, qualifications, attributes and skills that, when taken together, provide VF with a broad range of experience. The Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee identifies potential candidates that are proposed by Board members, management, third-party search firms and our shareholders. The Board and the Committee consider the qualifications of Directors individually, and in the broader context of the Board’s overall composition and VF’s current and future needs. Candidates are selected for their character, judgment, business experience, acumen, independence and commitment to VF and service on the Board. Board members are selected to represent all shareholders and not any particular constituency. In accordance with VF’s Corporate Governance Principles, the Committee considers diversity of experience and background in selecting nominees, and includes qualified female, gender, and racially/ethnically diverse candidates in the initial list of candidates from which any new independent director nominee is chosen by the Board. The Committee considers this policy to have been effective to date in identifying and evaluating diverse candidates.

Any shareholder who wishes to recommend a candidate for consideration by the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee for nomination at an annual meeting should submit a written recommendation to the Secretary of VF. If the Committee does not recommend a nominee proposed by a shareholder for election as a director, then the shareholder seeking to propose the nominee would have to follow the formal nomination procedures set forth in VF’s By-Laws. VF’s By-Laws provide that a shareholder may nominate a person for election as a director if written notice of the shareholder’s intent to nominate a person for election as a director is received by the Secretary of VF (1) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 120 days before the anniversary of the date VF mailed its proxy materials for the prior year’s annual meeting, or (2) in the case of a special meeting at which directors are to be elected, no later than seven days following the day on which notice of the meeting was first mailed to shareholders. The notice must contain specified information about the shareholder and the nominee, including such information as would be required to be included in a proxy statement pursuant to the rules and regulations established by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Committee’s policy with regard to consideration of any potential director is the same for candidates recommended by shareholders and candidates identified by other means.

LOGO

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ITEM NO. 1

Election of Directors

NOMINEES

Our Board selected the nominees based on their experience, qualifications, attributes and skills and the belief that each can make unique and substantial contributions to VF. Together, our nominees bring to our Board a vast array of public company and multi-brand consumer product company experience, and domestic and international business experience. In addition, our nominees represent diverse viewpoints and bring a blend of historical and new perspectives about VF as a result of their varied lengths of tenure as our directors. Our Board believes, in totality, this mix of attributes among the nominees enhances our Board’s independent leadership and effectiveness in light of VF’s businesses and organizational complexities and long-term strategy, including its transformation to a purpose-led, performance-driven enterprise that is consumer-minded, retail-centric and hyper-digital.



RICHARD T. CARUCCI		Mr. Carucci served as President of Yum! Brands, Inc., a company that operates quick service restaurants globally, from 2012 until his retirement in 2014. He joined Yum! Brands (previously named Tricon Global Restaurants) in 1997 and held a series of finance, international, and general management positions prior to being appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Mr. Carucci previously served as a director of Kontoor Brands, Inc. (“Kontoor”) from May 2019 until April 2021. Skills and Qualifications: Mr. Carucci’s qualifications for election include his experience as a leader of a large global multi-brand publicly traded company serving retail consumers and his cybersecurity, information security, information technology and risk management experience as the President of a publicly traded company as well as an audit committee member of another public company board of directors.
Age: 63 Director Since: 2009 Committees: Audit Executive Governance and Corporate Responsibility (Chair)



JULIANA L. CHUGG		Ms. Chugg served as EVP, Chief Brands Officer of Mattel, Inc., a world-wide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products, from September 2015 until April 2018. She was previously a Partner of Noble Endeavors LLC from January 2015 until September 2015, served as a Senior Vice President of General Mills, Inc. and President of its Frozen Frontier Division until the end of 2014, and had previously held a progression of leadership roles with General Mills and Pillsbury since 1996. Ms. Chugg has served as a director of Kontoor since May 2019 and previously served as a director of H.B. Fuller Company from April 2007 until January 2013 and as a director of Caesars Entertainment Corporation from December 2018 to July 2020. (Also see footnote 2 to the “Common Stock Beneficial Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” table on page 53.) Skills and Qualifications: Ms. Chugg’s qualifications for election include her extensive experience leading major functions and divisions of large publicly traded multi-brand consumer products companies; her digital, privacy and technology experience as a member of the board of directors of a private company with significant sales through digital channels; and her service on other public company boards of directors.
Age: 53 Director Since: 2009 Committees: Executive Governance and Corporate Responsibility Talent and Compensation

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ITEM NO. 1

Election of Directors



BENNO DORER		Mr. Dorer has served as Senior Advisor with KKR & Co. Inc. since February 2021. He served as Executive Chair of the Board of The Clorox Company (“Clorox”) from September 2020 to February 2021. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Clorox from November 2014 to September 2020 and Chairman of the Board of Clorox from August 2016 to September 2020. Prior to joining Clorox in 2005, he worked for The Procter & Gamble Company in various marketing and sales roles in the U.S. and Europe since 1990. In addition, Mr. Dorer has been named to the board of directors of Origin Materials, Inc., effective as of the completion of Origin Materials’ previously announced merger with Artius Acquisition Inc. Skills and Qualifications: Mr. Dorer’s qualifications for election include his prior experience leading a global publicly traded multi-brand consumer products company, including oversight of cybersecurity and information security matters, risk management matters, environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters and digital, privacy and technology matters, and his service on that company’s board of directors.
Age: 56 Director Since: 2017 Committees: Audit Governance and Corporate Responsibility



MARK S. HOPLAMAZIAN		Mr. Hoplamazian has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation since December 2006, and has been a member of the board of directors of Hyatt Hotels Corporation since November 2006. Prior to his present position, Mr. Hoplamazian served as president of The Pritzker Organization (“TPO”), the principal financial and investment adviser for Pritzker family business interests. During his 17-year tenure with TPO, he served as adviser to various Pritzker family-owned companies, including Hyatt Hotels Corporation and its predecessors. Skills and Qualifications: Mr. Hoplamazian’s qualifications for election include his experience leading a global multi-branded hospitality company, including oversight of cybersecurity and information security matters, risk management matters, ESG matters and digital, privacy and technology matters; his supervision of the chief financial officer of a public company; and his service on the board of directors of another public company.
Age: 57 Director Since: 2015 Committees: Finance Talent and Compensation



LAURA W. LANG		Ms. Lang has been the Managing Director of Narragansett Ventures, LLC since January 2014. Ms. Lang was the Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc., a division of Time Warner, one of the largest branded media companies in the world, until 2013. From 2008 until she joined Time Inc. in 2012, Ms. Lang was Chief Executive Officer of Digitas, Inc., the largest digital agency in the world and a unit of Publicis Groupe S.A. In addition, she headed the company’s pure-play digital agencies, including Razorfish, Big Fuel, Denuo and Phonevalley. Ms. Lang has served as a director of Vroom, Inc. since May 2020. She also served as a director of Care.com, Inc. from August 2014 to June 2016. She previously served on the boards of directors of NutriSystem, Inc. from 2010 to 2012 and Benchmark Electronics, Inc. from 2005 to 2011. Skills and Qualifications: Ms. Lang’s qualifications for election include her leadership experience, digital, data, social and mobile expertise, cybersecurity and information security experience, risk management experience, privacy and technology experience, and her service on the boards of directors of other public companies.
Age: 65 Director Since: 2011 Committees: Finance Talent and Compensation

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W. ALAN MCCOLLOUGH		Mr. McCollough served as Chairman of the Board of Circuit City Stores, Inc., a specialty retailer of consumer electronics and related services, from 2002 until June 2006. He was also Chief Executive Officer of the company from June 2000 until his retirement from that position at the end of February 2006, and President of the company from 1997 until 2005. From 1997 to June 2000, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Circuit City, and in 2000, he was elected to the company’s board of directors. Mr. McCollough also serves as a director of LA-Z-Boy Incorporated and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Skills and Qualifications: Mr. McCollough’s qualifications for election include his extensive experience leading a large publicly traded consumer products company, his oversight of the chief financial officer of a public company, his service on the boards of directors of other public companies, and his risk management experience from his service on an audit committee of another public company board of directors.
Age: 71 Director Since: 2000 Lead Independent Director Committees: Executive Governance and Corporate Responsibility Talent and Compensation



W. RODNEY MCMULLEN		Mr. McMullen has served as Chief Executive Officer of The Kroger Co., one of the world’s largest food retailers, since January 2014 and Chairman of the Board since January 1, 2015. Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer from August 2009 to December 2013. Prior to that, Mr. McMullen was elected Vice Chairman in 2003, Executive Vice President in 1999, and Senior Vice President in 1997. Mr. McMullen previously served as a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation from 2001 through May 2020. Skills and Qualifications: Mr. McMullen’s qualifications for election include his experience leading a large publicly traded consumer products company, including oversight of cybersecurity and information security matters, risk management matters, ESG matters, and digital, privacy and technology matters, his oversight of the chief financial officer of a public company, and his service on the board of directors of another public company.
Age: 60 Director Since: 2016 Committees: Audit Governance and Corporate Responsibility



CLARENCE OTIS, JR.		Mr. Otis served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darden Restaurants, Inc., a large full-service restaurant company, until his retirement in 2014. Prior to that role, he served as the Executive Vice President of Darden Restaurants, Inc., and President of its Smokey Bones Restaurants division, from December 2002 until December 2004, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Darden Restaurants from April 2002 to December 2002 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Otis also serves as a director of Verizon Communications, Inc. and The Travelers Companies, Inc., and as a trustee of MFS Funds. (Also see footnote 2 to the “Common Stock Beneficial Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” table on page 53.) Skills and Qualifications: Mr. Otis’s qualifications for election include his extensive experience leading a large publicly traded multi-brand company serving retail customers, including oversight of cybersecurity and information security matters, ESG matters and risk management matters; his service as (and then supervision of) the chief financial officer of a public company; and his service on the boards of directors of other public companies.
Age: 64 Director Since: 2004 Committees: Audit (Chair) Executive Governance and Corporate Responsibility

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STEVEN E. RENDLE		Mr. Rendle has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of VF since October 2017. He has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of VF since January 2017. Mr. Rendle was elected a director of VF in June 2015. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer from June 2015 until December 2016. He served as Senior Vice President – Americas from April 2014 until June 2015 and as Vice President and Group President – Outdoor & Action Sports Americas from May 2011 until April 2014. Mr. Rendle joined VF in 1999 and has held a progression of leadership roles within VF since that time. Mr. Rendle has also served as a director of Best Buy Co., Inc. since March 2021. Skills and Qualifications: Mr. Rendle’s qualifications for election include his service as President and Chief Executive Officer of VF and in other leadership roles with VF, including oversight of cybersecurity and information security matters, risk management matters, ESG matters, and digital, privacy and technology matters for VF.
Age: 61 Director Since: 2015 Committees: Executive (Chair) Finance (ex officio)



CAROL L. ROBERTS		Ms. Roberts retired as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of International Paper in March 2017. During her 37-year career, Ms. Roberts served in a series of leadership positions culminating with her appointment as Chief Financial Officer in November 2011. Ms. Roberts has served on the board of directors of Alcoa Corporation since November 2016. Prior to that, Ms. Roberts served on the board of directors of Arconic, Inc., formerly known as Alcoa, Inc., from January 2014 through October 2016. Skills and Qualifications: Ms. Roberts’s qualifications for election include her experience as Chief Financial Officer of International Paper Company, including oversight of cybersecurity and information security matters, ESG matters, risk management matters, and digital, privacy and technology matters; her extensive experience as a leader in many operational roles within the company; and her service on the board of directors of another public company.
Age: 61 Director Since: 2017 Committees: Audit Executive Finance (Chair)



MATTHEW J. SHATTOCK		Mr. Shattock has served as the Independent Chair of the Clorox board of directors since February 2021, having served on the Clorox board of directors since 2018. He previously served as Non-Executive Chairman of Beam Suntory, Inc., a leading global distilled spirits company with some of the world’s most iconic premium spirits brands, more than 30 production and commercial facilities around the world and a global team of 4,400 employees, from April 2019 to December 2020. He led Beam as Chief Executive Officer from April 2009 until April 2019, first as an operating unit of Fortune Brands and then as a standalone public company until it was acquired by Suntory Holdings Limited in 2014. Previously, Mr. Shattock held various executive leadership roles during his six years at Cadbury, PLC, a global confectionary company, and prior to that in his 16 years at Unilever, PLC. Mr. Shattock also serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Domino’s Pizza Group, PLC, a FTSE 250 company headquartered in the U.K. Skills and Qualifications: Mr. Shattock’s qualifications for election include his experience leading a global multi-brand consumer products company, and his oversight of cybersecurity and information security matters, ESG matters, risk management matters, and digital, privacy and technology matters through service on the board of directors of other public companies.
Age: 58 Director Since: 2013 Committees: Executive Finance Talent and Compensation (Chair)

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VERONICA B. WU		Ms. Wu is a seasoned business executive and technology investor. She is the Founder of First Bight Ventures, a firm focused on early stage synthetic biology investments. She was also co-founder of MinervaTech Ventures until April 2021. Previously, she was the Founder of Hone Capital, a venture firm launched in 2015 to become one of the leading firms leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, until August 2020. Prior to Hone Capital, Ms. Wu served as Vice President of Tesla Motors overseeing its China Operations, and drove the launch of the company’s first car into the China market in 2014. Prior to Tesla, Ms. Wu led the launch of Apple’s Education and Enterprise business in China from 2006 to 2013, growing it from inception into a multi-billion dollar business. Previously, she held senior positions at Motorola and McKinsey & Company. Ms. Wu also joined the Global Advisory Board of CapGemini in October 2020. Skills and Qualifications: Ms. Wu’s qualifications for election include her extensive experience in technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and cybersecurity and information security matters, coupled with her deep knowledge of the Chinese consumer and the China digital marketplace.
Age: 50 Director Since: 2019 Committees: Audit Finance

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VF’s business is managed under the direction of its Board of Directors. Members of the Board are kept informed of VF’s business through discussions with the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and other officers, by reviewing VF’s annual business plan and other materials provided to them and by participating in meetings of the Board and its committees. In addition, to promote open discussion among the independent directors, those directors meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions without management present. During fiscal 2021, the independent directors met in executive session without management present six times. Since April 2016, VF has had a lead director structure, in which the independent directors annually elect a lead independent director whose duties include those described below. W. Alan McCollough, a member of each of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee, the Talent and Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee, was selected by the Board to serve as our lead independent director and has served in such position since April 2016.

Corporate Governance Principles

VF’s Board of Directors has a long-standing commitment to sound and effective corporate governance practices. A foundation of VF’s corporate governance is the Board’s policy that a substantial majority of the members of the Board should be independent. This policy is included in the Board’s written Corporate Governance Principles, which address a number of other important governance issues such as:

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qualifications for Board membership;

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mandatory retirement for Board members at the annual meeting of shareholders following attainment of age 72;

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a requirement that directors offer to submit their resignation to the Board for consideration upon a substantial change in principal occupation or business affiliation;

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Board leadership;

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a lead independent director, whose duties include presiding at meetings of the Board at which the chairman is not present, serving as a liaison between the chairman and the independent directors, approving meeting agendas and schedules, having authority to call meetings of the independent directors and being available for consultation and direct communication with major shareholders;

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committee responsibilities;

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Board consideration of majority shareholder votes;

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authority of the Board to engage outside independent advisors as it deems appropriate;

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inclusion of qualified female, gender, and racially/ethnically diverse candidates in the initial list of candidates from which any new independent director nominee is chosen by the Board;

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majority voting for directors in uncontested elections;

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succession planning for the chief executive officer; and

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annual Board self-evaluation.

In addition, the Board of Directors for many years has had in place formal charters stating the powers and responsibilities of each of its committees.

The Board believes that a rigorous evaluation process is an essential component of strong corporate governance practices. The lead independent director, or an independent director designated by the lead independent director, personally interviews all members of the Board and senior management to obtain candid feedback on the performance of the Board as a whole as well as individual director performance.

The Board’s Corporate Governance Principles, the Audit, Governance and Corporate Responsibility, Talent and Compensation and Finance Committee charters, code of business conduct and ethics applicable to the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, and the principal accounting officer as well as other employees and all directors of VF, and other corporate governance information are available on VF’s web site (www.vfc.com) and will be provided free of charge to any person upon request directed to the Secretary of VF at P.O. Box 13919, Denver, Colorado 80201.

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Corporate Governance Principles

Anyone wishing to communicate directly with one or more members of the Board of Directors or with the non-management members of the Board of Directors as a group (including the directors who preside at meetings or executive sessions of non-management directors) may contact the Chair of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee, c/o the Secretary of VF at the address set forth in the preceding sentence, or call the VF Ethics Helpline at 1-866-492-3370 or send an email message to corpgov@vfc.com. The Secretary forwards all such communications, other than solicitations and frivolous communications, to the Chair of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee.

Related Party Transactions

Since the beginning of VF’s last fiscal year, no financial transactions, arrangements, relationships, or any series of them, were disclosed or proposed through VF’s processes for review, approval or ratification of transactions with related persons in which (i) VF was or is to be a participant, (ii) the amount involved exceeded $120,000, and (iii) any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A related person means any person who was a director, nominee for director, executive officer or 5% owner of VF Common Stock, or an immediate family member of any such person. PNC Bank, N.A., which is one of three co-trustees under the Barbey Family Trust accounts (see footnote 2 to the “Common Stock Beneficial Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” table on page 53), is one of several lenders party to VF’s revolving credit facility. The credit facility was entered in the ordinary course of business, was made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable loans with persons not related to the lender, and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.

The VF Code of Business Conduct prohibits any associate, including officers and directors, of VF from owning any interest in (excluding publicly traded securities) or having any personal contract or agreement of any nature with suppliers, contractors, customers or others doing business with VF that might tend to influence a decision with respect to the business of VF. Each of the Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers must disclose to the General Counsel any material transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to such a conflict of interest, and the General Counsel must notify the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of any such disclosure. Conflicts of interest involving the General Counsel must be disclosed to the Chief Executive Officer, and the Chief Executive Officer must notify the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of any such disclosure.

In addition, all directors and persons subject to reporting under Section 16 of the Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are required to disclose any transaction between them, entities they own an interest in, or their immediate family members, and VF (other than transactions available to all employees generally or transactions of less than $100,000 in value) to the General Counsel. The General Counsel presents any items disclosed by any director to the full Board of Directors, and any item disclosed by an officer to the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee.

Board of Directors

Eleven of VF’s current directors are non-employee directors. Under the NYSE Corporate Governance Rules, no director qualifies as “independent” unless the Board of Directors affirmatively determines that the director has no material relationship with the company (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company). The Board has adopted categorical standards that are part of the Corporate Governance Principles to assist it in making determinations of independence, which are attached to this proxy statement as Appendix A. In evaluating the independence of directors, the Board considered transactions and relationships between each director and members of his or her immediate family. When considering commercial transactions that are made from time to time in the ordinary course of business between VF and certain entities affiliated with non-management directors, transactions are not considered to be a material transaction that would impair the independence of the relevant non-management director if the director is an executive officer or employee of another company that does business with VF in an amount which, in any single fiscal year for the past three fiscal years, is less than the greater of $1 million or 2% of such other company’s consolidated gross revenues.

The Board determined that eleven of VF’s twelve nominees for director are free of any material relationship with VF, other than their service as directors, and are “independent” directors both under the Listing Standards of the NYSE and

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the categorical standards adopted by the Board. The Board determined that Mses. Chugg, Lang, Roberts, and Wu and Messrs. Carucci, Dorer, Hoplamazian, McCollough, McMullen, Otis, and Shattock are independent directors, and that Mr. Rendle is not an independent director. The Board, in making its determination as to Mr. Hoplamazian’s independence, considered that he is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, which is a vendor to VF Corporation in the ordinary course of business. The Board, in making its determination as to Mr. McMullen’s independence, considered that he is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Kroger Co. which transacts business with VF in the ordinary course of business. The Board, in making its determination as to Ms. Chugg’s and Mr. Otis’s independence, considered that Ms. Chugg and Mr. Otis serve as two of the three Trustees under the Barbey Family Trust accounts (collectively, the “Trusts”).

Because all decisions of the Trustees require a majority vote, and thus none of the three Trustees individually controls the decision-making of the Trustees, the Trustees are not considered to separately beneficially own the VF Common Stock held by the Trusts (the “Trust Shares”). As a result, and after considering all other relevant factors related to their roles as Trustees, the Board determined that Ms. Chugg’s and Mr. Otis’s status as Trustees of the Trusts does not give rise to a material relationship with VF other than in their service as directors.

During fiscal 2021, VF’s Board of Directors held ten meetings. Under VF’s Corporate Governance Principles, directors are expected to attend all meetings of the Board, all meetings of committees of which they are members and the annual meetings of shareholders. Every current member of the Board, since the time of his or her election to the Board, attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and all committees on which he or she served during fiscal 2021, and every member of the Board who was a Board member in July 2020 attended the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in July 2020.

Board Committees and Their Responsibilities

The Board has Executive, Audit, Finance, Governance and Corporate Responsibility, and Talent and Compensation Committees. The Board has determined that each of the members of the Audit, Governance and Corporate Responsibility and Talent and Compensation Committees is independent. Each of these committees is governed by a written charter approved by the Board of Directors. Each is required to perform an annual self-evaluation, and each committee may engage outside independent advisors as the committee deems appropriate. A brief description of the responsibilities of the Audit, Finance, Governance and Corporate Responsibility and Talent and Compensation Committees follows.

Audit Committee: The Audit Committee monitors and makes recommendations to the Board concerning the financial reporting policies and procedures to be observed in the conduct of VF’s affairs. Its duties include:

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selecting the independent registered public accounting firm for VF;

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reviewing the scope of the audit to be conducted by the independent registered public accounting firm;

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meeting with the independent registered public accounting firm concerning the results of their audit and VF’s selection and disclosure of critical accounting policies;

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reviewing with management and the independent registered public accounting firm VF’s annual and quarterly statements prior to filing with the SEC;

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overseeing the scope and adequacy of VF’s system of internal controls over external financial reporting;

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reviewing the status of compliance with laws, regulations, and internal procedures, contingent liabilities and risks that may be material to VF;

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preparing a report to shareholders annually for inclusion in the proxy statement;

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serving as the principal liaison between the Board of Directors and VF’s independent registered public accounting firm;

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reviewing enterprise risk management matters and plans;

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reviewing health and safety matters; and

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overseeing and reviewing cybersecurity and information security matters.

As of the date of this proxy statement, the members of the Committee are Messrs. Otis (Chair), Carucci, Dorer, and McMullen, and Mses. Roberts and Wu. The Committee held ten meetings during fiscal 2021. The Board of Directors has

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determined that all of the members of the Committee are independent as independence for audit committee members is defined in the Listing Standards of the NYSE and the SEC regulations and that all are financially literate. The Board of Directors has further determined that Messrs. Carucci, Dorer, McMullen, and Otis, and Ms. Roberts qualify as “audit committee financial experts” in accordance with the definition of “audit committee financial expert” set forth in the SEC regulations and have accounting and related financial management expertise within the meaning of the Listing Standards of the NYSE. Messrs. Carucci, Dorer, McMullen, and Otis and Ms. Roberts acquired those attributes through acting as or actively overseeing a principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of a public company. Each of them has experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies with respect to the evaluation of financial statements.

Finance Committee: The Finance Committee monitors and makes recommendations to the Board concerning the financial policies and procedures of VF. The responsibilities of the Committee include reviewing and recommending to the Board, as appropriate, actions concerning:

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dividend policy;

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changes in capital structure, including debt or equity issuances;

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the financial aspects of proposed acquisitions or divestitures;

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VF’s annual capital expenditure budgets and certain capital projects; and

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the funding policy for VF’s benefit plans.

As of the date of this proxy statement, the members of the Committee are Messrs. Hoplamazian and Shattock and Mses. Lang, Roberts (Chair), and Wu. Mr. Rendle serves as an ex officio member of the Committee. The Committee held five meetings during fiscal 2021.

Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee: The responsibilities of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee include:

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recommending to the Board of Directors criteria for Board membership, screening potential candidates for director and recommending candidates to the Board of Directors;

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recommending to the Board a succession plan for the Chief Executive Officer (or delegating such responsibility to the full Board), and, in the event the Board conducts a search for a new Chief Executive Officer that will include candidates who are not then VF employees or directors, including qualified female, gender, and/or racially/ethnically diverse individuals in the list of candidates from which the new Chief Executive Officer is to be chosen;

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reviewing and evaluating strategies, programs, policies and practices relating to ESG issues and impacts to support the sustainable and responsible growth of VF’s businesses; and

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reviewing developments in corporate governance and making recommendations to the Board on governance policies and principles for VF.

The Committee annually evaluates each director to determine his or her fitness and appropriateness for continued service on the Board. As of the date of this proxy statement, the members of the Committee are Messrs. Carucci (Chair), Dorer, McCollough, McMullen, and Otis and Ms. Chugg. The Committee held five meetings during fiscal 2021.

Talent and Compensation Committee: The Talent and Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) has the authority to discharge the Board’s responsibilities relating to compensation of VF’s executives and to review and make recommendations to the Board concerning compensation and benefits for key employees. The responsibilities of the Compensation Committee include:

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reviewing and approving VF’s goals and objectives relative to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, evaluating him in light of these goals and objectives, and setting his compensation level based on this evaluation;

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annually reviewing the performance evaluations of the other executive officers of VF;

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annually recommending to the Board the salary of each named executive officer of VF and reviewing management’s recommendations regarding the salaries of other senior officers;

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making recommendations to the Board with respect to incentive compensation-based plans and equity-based plans;

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periodically reviewing all VF’s compensation and benefit plans insofar as they relate to key employees to confirm that such plans remain equitable and competitive;

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administering and interpreting VF’s management incentive compensation plans, in accordance with the terms of each plan;

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preparing a report to shareholders annually for inclusion in the proxy statement;

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reviewing VF’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis in the proxy statement and discussing with management;

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periodically reviewing the competitiveness and appropriateness of the compensation program for non-employee directors and recommending to the Board compensation to be paid to non-employee directors; and

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reviewing and recommending to the Board VF’s submissions to shareholders on executive compensation matters.

The Compensation Committee has the authority to retain or obtain the advice of any compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser. The Compensation Committee may only select a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser after taking into consideration the factors that affect the independence of such advisers as identified by the SEC and the NYSE. The Compensation Committee has retained Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (“FW Cook”) as its independent compensation consultant to assist the Compensation Committee in accomplishing its objectives. FW Cook has no relationship with VF other than providing services to the Compensation Committee.

The Chief Executive Officer makes his performance evaluation comments and recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding compensation for executives reporting directly to him. VF management purchases aggregate executive compensation data from Willis Towers Watson from its database of over 700 U.S.-based companies to assist the Chief Executive Officer in making those recommendations to the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has the authority to form and delegate authority to subcommittees as it deems appropriate. The role of the Compensation Committee, the compensation consultant and management in executive compensation is discussed in further detail in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 20. As of the date of this proxy statement, the members of the Compensation Committee are Messrs. Shattock (Chair), Hoplamazian, and McCollough and Mses. Chugg and Lang. The Compensation Committee held eight meetings during fiscal 2021.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

None of the members of the Compensation Committee (i) has ever been an officer or employee of VF, (ii) had any relationship requiring disclosure by VF under the rules and regulations established by the SEC, or (iii) is an executive officer of another entity at which one of VF’s executive officers serves on the board of directors. None of VF’s executive officers has served during fiscal 2021 as a director or a member of the compensation committee of another entity, one of whose executive officers serves as a member of the VF Board of Directors or Compensation Committee.

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

Steven E. Rendle serves as both Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of VF. The members of the Board possess considerable experience and unique knowledge of the challenges and opportunities VF faces, and the Board believes that the most effective leadership structure for VF is for Mr. Rendle to serve as both Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Further, the Board believes VF has a strong governance structure in place with sufficient processes to provide for independent discussion among directors and for independent evaluation of, and communication with, many members of senior management. These processes include the lead independent director structure adopted by the Board in 2016. The Board has concluded that VF and its shareholders are best served by not having a formal policy on whether the same individual should serve as both Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. The Board retains the flexibility to determine the appropriate leadership structure based on the circumstances at the time of the determination.

Since April 2016, W. Alan McCollough has served as lead director, and his duties include presiding at meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, serving as a liaison between the Chairman and the independent directors, approving meeting agendas and schedules, having authority to call meetings of the independent directors and being available for consultation and direct communication with major shareholders.

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RISK OVERSIGHT

BOARD OVERSIGHT OF RISK

The Board of Directors considers its role in risk oversight when evaluating VF’s Corporate Governance Principles and its leadership structure. Both the Corporate Governance Principles and the Board’s leadership structure facilitate the Board’s oversight of risk and communication with management. Our Chairman is focused on VF’s risk management efforts and ensures that risk matters are appropriately brought to the Board and/or its committees for their review. The Board executes oversight responsibility for risk both as a whole and through delegation to its committees, for example:

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the Audit Committee, consistent with the requirements of the NYSE and the Audit Committee charter, discusses guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and management is undertaken at VF and oversees the steps management takes to monitor and control VF’s material financial risk exposure. The Audit Committee reviews the status of compliance with laws, regulations and internal procedures, contingent liabilities and risks that may be material to VF, and the scope and status of systems designed to assure VF’s compliance with laws, regulations and internal procedures through receiving reports from management, legal counsel and third parties, as well as major legislative and regulatory developments which could materially impact VF’s contingent liabilities and risks;

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the Compensation Committee evaluates the risks and rewards associated with VF’s compensation philosophy and programs; and

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the Finance Committee oversees certain financial matters and risks relating to capital structure, acquisitions and divestitures and capital projects.

CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION SECURITY RISK OVERSIGHT

We place a high priority on securing confidential business information and data and the personal information we receive and store about our customers and employees. We have systems in place to securely receive and store that information and to detect, contain, and respond to data security incidents. We also have a cybersecurity and information security training and compliance program in place to support our teams who work in areas of cybersecurity and information security risk. As part of this program, VF associates who have access to confidential information receive training at least annually on cybersecurity and information security. VF also maintains a cybersecurity and information security risk insurance policy. VF has not experienced a material cybersecurity or information security breach in the last three years. Oversight responsibility in this area is shared by the Board, its Audit Committee, and management. Management receives a cybersecurity and information security maturity assessment from a third party assessor biannually to gain an independent view of our cybersecurity and information security program. The Board oversees VF’s cybersecurity and information security program and receives an annual update from VF senior leadership on cybersecurity and information security matters. To respond to the threat of security breaches and cyberattacks, VF maintains a program, overseen by VF’s Chief Information Security Officer, that is designed to protect and preserve the confidentiality, integrity and continued availability of all information owned by, or in the care of, VF. This program also includes a cyber incident response plan that provides controls and procedures for timely and accurate reporting of any material cybersecurity incident. The Audit Committee, which is tasked with oversight of certain risk issues, including cybersecurity and information security risk, receives an annual report from VF senior leadership, including the Chief Information Security Officer. The Audit Committee regularly briefs the Board on these matters, and the Board also receives periodic briefings on cyber threats to enhance our directors’ literacy on cybersecurity and information security issues.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE

The Board, together with management, has overseen our ongoing efforts to mitigate financial, human capital management and other risk exposures associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Audit Committee, which is tasked with oversight of health and safety matters, continues to assess measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and respond to health advisories and related governmental actions and regulations. We have modified our business practices, including temporary closing of offices and retail stores, instituting travel bans and restrictions and implementing health and safety measures including social distancing and quarantines. We have also implemented measures that are designed to ensure the health, safety and well-being of associates employed in our distribution, fulfillment and manufacturing centers around the world.

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Directors’ Compensation

The primary components of compensation for our non-employee directors are cash retainer, Lead Director and Committee Chair fees and equity-based grants of nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of VF Common Stock and restricted awards (restricted stock or restricted stock units (“RSUs”)) under VF’s 1996 Stock Compensation Plan. The Board sets directors’ compensation annually based on analysis of information provided by the independent compensation consultant to the Compensation Committee regarding director compensation at publicly traded companies of a size comparable to VF. The following describes our fiscal 2021 non-employee director compensation:



COMPENSATION ELEMENT		DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PROGRAM

Annual Retainer		$100,000

Annual Equity Retainer		Approximately $170,000¹(split approximately equally between options and RSUs)

Committee Fees		None

Lead Director Fee		$30,000

Committee Chair Fee		$20,000

Meeting Fee for Board meeting in excess of ten meetings during the year		$2,000 per meeting

Special Assignments in connection with Board or Committee Activity		$1,000 per day per assignment

Stock Ownership Guidelines		Stock ownership with a fair market value equal to five times the annual retainer²

¹	The actual dollar value for options and RSUs awarded to directors varies slightly due to sizing of equity awards, and for fiscal 2021 it was $169,947. Terms of the awards are described in the footnotes to the fiscal 2021 Independent Director Compensation table below.

²	All of the directors have met the guideline targets for director stock ownership except for Ms. Wu, who is in a five-year period to achieve the guideline ownership level.

In response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board approved, a 100 percent reduction to the retainer fees paid to non-employee directors effective April 1, 2020 through August 8, 2020. Effective August 9, 2020, retainer fees were fully restored to pre-pandemic amounts.

Mr. Rendle, the only director who is an employee of VF, does not receive any compensation in addition to his regular compensation for service on the Board and attendance at meetings of the Board or any of its committees. VF does not provide pension, medical or life insurance benefits to its non-employee directors.

Each non-employee director may elect to defer all or part of his or her retainer and fees into equivalent units of VF Common Stock under the VF Deferred Savings Plan for Non-Employee Directors. All VF Common Stock equivalent units receive dividend equivalents. Deferred sums, including VF Common Stock equivalent units, are payable in cash to the participant upon termination of service or such later date specified in advance by the participant. Eight directors elected to defer compensation in calendar year 2020 and eight directors elected to defer compensation in calendar year 2021.

VF reimburses non-employee directors for travel and lodging expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Directors traveling on VF business are covered by VF’s business travel accident insurance policy which generally covers all VF employees and directors. Directors are encouraged to attend formal training programs in areas relevant to the discharge of their duties as directors. VF reimburses expenses incurred by directors attending such programs. Directors are also eligible for discounts on VF products equal to discounts available to all employees of VF.

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Directors’ Compensation

FISCAL 2021 INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR COMPENSATION



DIRECTOR	FEES EARNED OR PAID IN CASH (1) ($)		RSU AWARDS (2) ($)		OPTION AWARDS (3) ($)		ALL OTHER COMPENSATION ($)	TOTAL ($)

Richard T. Carucci		$ 76,140		$ 85,004		$ 84,944	$ -0-	$	246,088

Juliana L. Chugg		63,450		85,004		84,944	-0-		233,398

Benno Dorer		63,450		85,004		84,944	-0-		233,398

Mark S. Hoplamazian		63,450		85,004		84,944	-0-		233,398

Laura W. Lang		63,450		85,004		84,944	-0-		233,398

W. Alan McCollough		82,485		85,004		84,944	-0-		252,433

W. Rodney McMullen		63,450		85,004		84,944	-0-		233,398

Clarence Otis, Jr.		76,140		85,004		84,944	-0-		246,088

Carol L. Roberts		76,140		85,004		84,944	-0-		246,088

Matthew J. Shattock		76,140		85,004		84,944	-0-		246,088

Veronica B. Wu		63,450		85,004		84,944	-0-		233,398

¹	Messrs. Carucci, Hoplamazian, McMullen, Otis, and Shattock and Mses. Chugg and Roberts elected to defer all of their cash compensation, and Ms. Wu elected to defer 50% of her cash compensation.

Each director serving in fiscal 2021 was awarded 1,525 RSUs on May 19, 2020. The value in this column is the grant date fair value ($55.74 per RSU) computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The assumptions used and the resulting weighted average value of RSUs granted during fiscal 2021 are summarized in Note 18 to VF’s consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 3, 2021. These RSUs, which are vested and non-forfeitable at grant, remained outstanding on April 3, 2021, and at that date each non-employee director granted RSUs in fiscal 2021 held a total of 1,525 RSUs. RSUs earn dividend equivalents and are settled in shares of VF Common Stock one year after the date of grant.

Each director serving in fiscal 2021 was awarded options to purchase 5,383 shares of VF Common Stock on May 19, 2020. The exercise price of the options is $55.74 per share. The value in this column is the grant date fair value ($15.78 per option) computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The valuation assumptions used and the resulting weighted average value of stock options granted during fiscal 2021 are summarized in Note 18 to VF’s consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 3, 2021. Options granted to non-employee directors have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of VF Common Stock at the date of grant, are non-forfeitable, have a stated term of ten years and become exercisable one year after the date of grant. Upon a director’s separation from the Board, options are exercisable for 36 months but not after the expiration of the option term. Options to purchase shares of VF Common Stock were outstanding at the end of fiscal 2021 for each current non-employee director as follows: Richard T. Carucci, 57,414; Juliana L. Chugg, 57,414; Benno Dorer, 24,775; Mark S. Hoplamazian, 36,536; Laura W. Lang, 57,414; W. Alan McCollough, 42,349; W. Rodney McMullen, 31,055; Clarence Otis, Jr., 49,985; Carol L. Roberts, 24,775; Matthew J. Shattock, 49,985; and Veronica B. Wu, 10,225.

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INTRODUCTION

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis explains VF’s executive compensation program, compensation philosophy and objectives, the components of executive compensation, and executive stock ownership. The focus of the analysis is on the Company’s named executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table (the “NEOs”):


NAME		TITLE

Steven E. Rendle		Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Scott A. Roe⁽¹⁾		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Kevin D. Bailey		Executive Vice President and Group President, APAC & Emerging Brands

Martino Scabbia Guerrini		Executive Vice President and Group President, EMEA

Stephen M. Murray⁽²⁾		Global Brand President, The North Face

⁽¹⁾	Mr. Roe retired as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective at the end of May 2021.

⁽²⁾	For fiscal 2021, Mr. Murray held the position of Executive Vice President and Group President – Americas ex Emerging Brands until October 12, 2020. On October 13, 2020, Mr. Murray was appointed as our Global Brand President, The North Face.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our Compensation Philosophy – VF’s Executive Compensation Program (the “Program”) is designed to:

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Enable VF to attract and retain talented executives

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Align our executives’ interests with those of shareholders by paying for performance

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Provide a high percentage of our executives’ total direct compensation in pay at risk and long-term equity-based compensation to reward performance over the short- and long-term and align the compensation of our executives with shareholder returns

Balance of Base Salary and At-Risk Pay for Performance Components – VF’s philosophy is that a significant portion of each executive’s total direct compensation should be at-risk, meaning subject to fluctuation based on VF’s financial performance and stock price performance. The at-risk components of total compensation targets are annual cash incentives and long-term equity compensation. The at-risk portion of target total compensation is progressively greater for higher level positions.

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VF intends to continue this strategy of compensating its executives through programs that substantially link compensation to VF’s performance, with a view to striking an appropriate balance between the long-term and short-term performance of VF, and between VF’s financial performance and shareholder return.

Fiscal 2021 Key Compensation Program Design Changes – Taking into consideration the significant impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on all industries, for fiscal 2021 the Talent and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) made key changes to VF’s compensation programs outlined below to appropriately drive business continuity and health as well as immediate and future growth. In addition, in consultation with its independent compensation consultant, the Committee delayed establishing the annual and long term incentive goals under VF’s Management Incentive Compensation Plan and VF’s Mid-Term Incentive Plan until the second quarter of fiscal 2021, to provide additional time to gain greater clarity of the potential impact of the pandemic on VF’s fiscal 2021 objectives. Finally, the Committee did not exercise discretion nor did it adjust any results for the impact of the pandemic to increase incentive compensation payouts for fiscal 2021.

FISCAL 2021

KEY COMPENSATION PROGRAM DESIGN CHANGES


Annual Cash Incentive Plan		Aligned weighting on metrics that measure VF’s achievement in executing VF’s Transformation and Enterprise Protection Strategies in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic • Added a relative Total Revenue metric indicating VF’s performance against a 16-Company Apparel/Footwear Peer Set • Added a total Digital Revenue metric • Eliminated Net Income metric for fiscal 2021 • Increased weighting of Free Cash Flow metric • Reduced maximum payout opportunity from 200% to 150%

Long Term Incentive Plan		Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (“PRSUs”) • Simplified plan by reducing the number of metrics from four to three • Moved to two core relative metrics to be measured over three fiscal years • Embedded Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) as one of the core metrics • Added a profitability modifier

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Our Governance Practices – Our executive compensation practices support good governance and mitigate excessive risk-taking. Below we highlight key compensation practices that we have implemented in our Program to promote the interests of shareholders and ensure responsible compensation and governance practices:

WHAT WE DO


Annual “say-on-pay” advisory vote for shareholders (approved by 91.4% of votes cast in 2020)		Pay-for-performance emphasis with a balance of short- and long-term incentives, using an array of key performance metrics

Alignment of executive compensation with shareholder returns through equity ownership and equity-based awards		Significant stock ownership guidelines for executives

Long-term incentive compensation tied to VF’s total shareholder return (“TSR”) relative to TSR of S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary companies		Claw-back provisions for cash and equity performance-based compensation

“Double trigger” required for severance under change-in-control agreements and for accelerated vesting of equity awards		Compensation consultant to the Committee is independent and free of conflicts

WHAT WE DO NOT DO


No excise tax gross-up payments		No back dating or re-pricing of stock options and stock appreciation rights
No hedging or pledging of VF Common Stock		No employment agreements for U.S.-based executive officers

At our 2020 Annual Meeting, shareholders showed strong support for our executive compensation program, with approximately 91% of the votes cast in favor of our advisory “say-on-pay” resolution.

Impact of COVID-19 and Enterprise Protection Strategy

Our business was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout fiscal 2021. COVID-19 also impacted some of VF’s suppliers, including third-party manufacturers, logistics providers and other vendors. Throughout fiscal 2021 we continued the enterprise preservation actions that we initiated during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. We also pivoted and accelerated our digital and consumer centric transformation, while we continued to strengthen our portfolio with the acquisition of Supreme Holdings, Inc. (“Supreme”), which closed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.

Our enterprise protection actions included: temporarily reducing our CEO’s base salary by 50 percent and the VF Executive Leadership Team’s base salaries by 25 percent; temporarily forgoing the cash retainer paid to VF’s Board of Directors; completing a $3 billion bond offering to establish a significant cash buffer to ensure near-term liquidity; temporarily suspending our share repurchase plan; and implementing cost controls to reduce discretionary spending.

As the global spread of COVID-19 continued, we remained first and foremost focused on a people-first approach that prioritized the health and well-being of our employees (while implementing no COVID-related furloughs or layoffs), customers, trade partners and consumers around the world. To help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and in response to health advisories and governmental actions and regulations, we modified our business practices, including the temporary closing of offices and retail stores, instituting travel bans and restrictions, implementing health and safety measures including social distancing and quarantines.

Our quick and decisive actions to ensure liquidity allowed us to continue investing through this disruptive period, highlighted by our acquisition of Supreme^®. Our aggressive control of inventory while prioritizing innovation allowed us to

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maintain brand momentum while positioning us for a return to profitable growth beginning in the fourth quarter and into fiscal 2022. Finally, our disciplined discretionary spending and the launch of Project Enable (a multi-year initiative designed to enable our ability to accelerate and advance our business model transformation and position ourselves to drive long-term growth for all of our brands) supported operating leverage moving forward and the ability to direct more investment dollars to our highest priority growth investments.

As the fiscal year came to a close, we saw a continuation of sporadic store closures in Europe and North America, while our APAC-based stores largely remained open since re-opening during the summer of calendar 2020. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in combination with reduced case counts has continued to have a positive impact on our return to growth.

Fiscal 2021 Financial and Operational Highlights

Despite the headwind created by the COVID-19 global pandemic, our business delivered solid results. However, revenue and profit measures were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The following are highlights for continuing operations:

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Full year fiscal 2021 revenue decreased 12% to $9.2 billion.

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Full year fiscal 2021 Direct-to-Consumer revenue was down 5%; e-commerce revenue increased 67%.

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Full year fiscal 2021 International revenue decreased 7%; Greater China revenue increased 24%.

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Full year fiscal 2021 gross margin decreased 260 basis points to 52.7%.

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Full year fiscal 2021 diluted earnings per share decreased 42% to $0.91.

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Full year fiscal 2021 operating cash flow was $1.2 billion.

In addition, consumer engagement with our brands remained strong, and the secular trends related to casualization, health and wellness, and the desire to get outdoors have positioned us for growth in fiscal 2022. While the consumer discretionary environment has proven to be somewhat more difficult than expected, the performance of our business demonstrates the resilience of our portfolio.

While the full extent of these headwinds was not contemplated, we were able to more than absorb these impacts as a result of the continued strength of our Digital and China businesses, as well as better than expected performance from our The North Face^® and Timberland^® brands globally.

Based on performance against the defined metric, the performance payout for VF’s Management Incentive Compensation Plan was at 120.7% of target for fiscal 2021. The performance payout under VF’s Mid-Term Incentive Plan for the fiscal 2019-2021 performance period was at 40% of target.

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Compensation Programs

COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES

The fundamental philosophy of our Programs is to pay for performance, through the alignment of our executives’ pay to the achievement of overall short- and long-term business strategies of VF. The Programs incorporates the following objectives:

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Motivate executives to accomplish VF’s short-term and long-term business objectives;

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Provide annual incentives to executives based on corporate, business group and individual performance;

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Provide executives with long-term equity-based compensation that aligns the interests of shareholders and executives, while retaining executives; and

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Offer total compensation that is competitive with other large U.S.-based companies with which VF may compete for executive talent.

Our Programs are designed to balance fixed and performance-based compensation components, and incentivize responsible achievement of multiple operating goals over one- and three-year periods. For the purpose of valuing total

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direct compensation, the performance-based elements are valued at their grant date at target levels. Such awards also provide for above- and below-target payout levels and thereby directly motivate executives to achieve VF’s business goals, reward them for achieving and exceeding these goals and reduce compensation below target levels if goals are not achieved. No awards will be earned if a minimum threshold level of performance is not achieved.

Following are the Elements of our Programs:



TYPE	COMPONENT	ELEMENT	TERMS	OBJECTIVE	PERFORMANCE/ VESTING PERIOD
Fixed Compensation	Annual Base Salary	Cash	• Fixed pay reflective of an executive’s role, responsibilities and individual performance • Reviewed annually	• Competitively compensate executives for their level of responsibility, skills, experience and sustained individual contribution	N/A
Performance- Based Compensation	Annual Incentive Awards	Cash	• Variable, performance-based cash compensation earned based on achieving pre-established annual goals • Annual payouts range from 0% to 150% of the targeted incentive opportunity	• Link compensation to annual operating and strategic performance objectives	One Year
	Long-term Equity Incentive Awards	Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (“PRSUs”)	• Variable, performance-based equity compensation earned based on achieving pre-established financial goals and relative total shareholder return over a three-year performance period; represents 50% of long-term equity incentive award opportunity • Payouts range from 0% to 225% of the targeted incentive opportunity • Generally vest three years from grant date • Dividend equivalent units accumulate during the vesting period, but remain subject to performance • Paid in shares of VF Common Stock upon vesting	• Link rewards to long-term operating performance and relative Total Shareholder Return • Link rewards to shareholder value creation through stock price growth • Aid in retention	Three Years
	Long-term Equity Incentive Awards	Stock Options	• Represents 50% of long-term equity incentive award opportunity • Generally vest one third each year for three years • Expire after ten years • Granted at fair market value	• Link rewards to shareholder value creation through stock price growth • Aid in retention	Up to Ten Years

In establishing the elements of executive compensation, the Committee, in consultation with its independent consultant, assesses whether the Program’s terms promote unnecessary risk-taking. In performing this assessment, the Committee reviews such compensation design elements as pay mix, performance metrics, performance goals and payout curves, payment timing and adjustments, equity incentives, stock ownership requirements, clawbacks and VF’s trading policies. After performing this analysis, the Committee has concluded that the Program does not promote excessive or unnecessary risk-taking.

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Compensation Decision-Making Process – Roles and Responsibilities

THE TALENT AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

VF’s Talent and Compensation Committee, composed entirely of independent directors, reviews all components of the Program annually to confirm that they are necessary and appropriate to promote VF’s strategic objectives while considering the competitive marketplace for executive talent. In addition, pertaining to their compensation related roles and responsibilities, the Committee:

• Reviews and approves VF’s goals and objectives relative to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, sets his compensation levels and formulates his compensation package

• Annually reviews the performance of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and reviews the evaluations of the other NEOs

• Reviews and approves the compensation packages for the other NEOs

• Approves base salary adjustments to the extent they are warranted by changes in market pay data, the executive’s performance, and other considerations

• Approves annual and long-term incentive award payouts based on performance achieved relative to the pre-established performance targets

• Evaluates and approves executive officer compensation to ensure that a significant portion is performance-based, while creating incentives for above-target performance and consequences for below-target performance

• Confirms that total compensation paid to each executive officer is appropriate based on comparing the Company’s financial performance relative to the peer group as measured by financial metrics including total shareholder returns and operating performance

• Reviews and establishes the peer group companies used as a reference to compare Company performance and executive officer compensation

• Continually monitors external compensation practices that meet high governance standards and considers their implementation as appropriate – receives regular reports on such practices from its independent compensation consultant, reviews the analysis of the Program by the leading proxy voting advisory firms, and receives feedback from VF shareholders through VF’s investor relations department

• Considers the results of the vote by VF shareholders on the annual advisory “say-on-pay” proposal in connection with the discharge of its responsibilities

• Reviews and approves executive compensation policies, such as share ownership requirements and prohibitions against pledging and hedging of VF shares

• Performs Total Compensation Review to understand the amounts of all elements of the executives’ compensation

• Annually reviews tally sheets summarizing all components of VF’s top executives’ compensation including current cash compensation (base salary and annual cash incentive awards) and assumed value of long-term equity incentive compensation (performance-based RSUs, service-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and stock options)

• Annually reviews the dollar value to the executive and the cost to VF of all perquisites and other benefits, payout obligations under VF’s Pension Plan and VF’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, aggregate balances under VF’s deferred compensation plans, and projected payout levels under several termination-of-employment scenarios, including termination with and without cause and termination after a change in control of VF

THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE CONSULTANT

The Compensation Committee retained FW Cook as its independent compensation consultant to assist the Committee in accomplishing its objectives for fiscal 2021. FW Cook is independent of VF, having no relationship with VF other than providing advisory services to the Committee. In reviewing FW Cook’s independence, the Committee has considered the six factor test prescribed under NYSE rules. The Committee has sole authority to retain or terminate the service of its compensation consultant and to establish the fees to be paid to the consultant.

• At the Compensation Committee’s instruction annually, independently prepare an analysis of compensation data relating to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and report to the Committee on the compensation data provided by management regarding the other NEOs

• At the Committee’s request, a representative of FW Cook attended all meetings and executive sessions of the Committee in fiscal 2021

• Advises the Committee on current executive compensation practices that meet high governance standards, as well as current market trends, regulatory issues and developments related to executive compensation and director compensation

• Periodically reviews the peer group of publicly traded apparel/retail and consumer products companies whose compensation data is used by the Committee in its process of establishing compensation targets (collectively, the “Peer Group”)

• Advises the Committee on the relationship between Chief Executive Officer pay and performance

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VF MANAGEMENT
As requested by the Compensation Committee, management is responsible for providing FW Cook with information to facilitate its role in advising the Committee and preparing information for each Committee meeting.
• The Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and Public Affairs and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer generally attend Compensation Committee meetings, except the executive sessions that are held as part of each meeting • Work with the Committee Chair to prepare the agenda for each meeting • The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer makes recommendations to the Committee regarding compensation for NEOs (other than himself) • The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer provides the Committee with a self-assessment based on achievement of the agreed-upon objectives and other leadership accomplishments		• Provide information on VF’s strategic objectives to the Committee and make recommendations to the Committee regarding business performance targets and objectives for all senior executives including the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer • In consultation with FW Cook, recommend for the Committee’s consideration the Peer Group whose compensation data is used by the Committee, based on management’s knowledge of the publicly traded companies with which VF is most likely to compete for top executives

COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION TARGETS AND THE ROLE OF THE PEER GROUP

In 2020, FW Cook and management each independently utilized data from the Willis Towers Watson (“Towers”) executive compensation database, which includes executive compensation data for over 800 U.S.-based companies (the “Comparison Data”), to assist in establishing compensation targets for fiscal 2021.

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The Comparison Data was provided by Towers on an aggregated basis: it reported actual salary levels and target levels of performance-based compensation and was adjusted to April 2020 using a three percent annual update factor.

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Towers used regression analysis to size-adjust the compensation data due to significant variance in size among the companies compared to VF’s approximate annual revenue range.

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Neither the Committee nor management receives or uses information on any subset of the Towers database and the Committee and management are not aware of the identities of the individual companies in the database.

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FW Cook utilized that data to recommend compensation targets for the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer utilized the data to recommend compensation targets for the other named executive officers.

In addition, the Committee utilizes the Peer Group to evaluate whether executive officer pay levels are reasonable on a relative basis.

PEER GROUP

The Committee reviewed the composition of the fiscal 2020 Peer Group and determined to make no changes to the Peer Group for fiscal 2021. The fiscal 2021 Peer Group constituent companies fall into the following business types:

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The Committee primarily identifies companies that are of comparable size (based on revenue and market capitalization), and meet a majority of several criteria, such as:

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having significant non-US (greater than 30%) revenue,

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having similar products and/or customers,

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having a significant number of brands (at least 10, excluding licensed brands to the extent possible),

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considers VF as a compensation peer,

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is a frequent peer of peers being listed as a compensation peer in at least four other current peer companies, and

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is a 2020 peer company identified by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading independent proxy advisory firm.

The Committee sets target total direct compensation (base salary, target annual cash incentive awards and target annual long-term equity incentive award values) for senior executives generally between the 50th and 75th percentile of the Comparison Data (subject to the fluctuation of foreign exchange rates for executives paid in currency other than the U.S. dollar). The Committee considers the scope of the executive’s duties, the executive’s experience in his or her role and individual performance relative to his or her peers to establish the appropriate point within that range of percentiles, or outside the range under circumstances that justify a deviation. For purposes of evaluating Chairman and CEO compensation data, the Committee excluded the anomalous compensation data for the CEO of Nordstrom, Inc.

For fiscal 2021, the target total direct compensation was within the 50th to 75th percentile range for each NEO. In general, the Committee believes that it should set total direct compensation targets for VF’s senior executives within this range to appropriately motivate and reward strong performance and retain top talent at a reasonable cost to VF as indicated by the available data. The Committee targets total direct compensation for each VF executive officer to be competitive with compensation paid to executives in comparable positions according to the Comparison Data based on targeted rigorous performance goals established by the Committee. Thus, the Committee balances the elements of total direct compensation – salary, annual cash incentives and long-term equity incentives – in this process. Benefits are set at levels intended to be competitive but are not included in the Committee’s evaluation of total direct compensation. The Committee may also provide retention awards, but these are not considered in VF’s total direct compensation for purposes of setting target levels of NEO compensation. No retention awards were granted to NEOs in fiscal 2021.

The components of the target total direct compensation opportunity set by the Committee annually for each executive are short-term cash compensation (annual base salary and target annual cash incentive award) and long-term equity incentive compensation (stock options and PRSUs under VF’s Mid-Term Incentive Plan). The Committee generally allocates between total cash compensation and equity compensation in a way intended to be competitive with the Comparison Data and the Peer Group. The Committee also considers historical compensation levels, relative compensation levels among VF’s senior executives, and VF’s corporate performance as compared to the performance of companies in the Peer Group.

The portions of fiscal 2021 target total direct compensation for each of the compensation elements for the NEOs were as follows:



EXECUTIVE	BASE SALARY	ANNUAL CASH INCENTIVE AWARD	LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE AWARDS	AT-RISK PORTION*

Mr. Rendle	10%	18%	72%	90%

Mr. Roe	21%	21%	58%	79%

Mr. Bailey	18%	18%	64%	82%

Mr. Scabbia Guerrini	21%	17%	62%	79%

Mr. Murray	19%	15%	66%	81%

* At-risk Portion includes Annual Cash Incentive Award and Long-term Equity Incentive Awards.

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Components of Total Direct Compensation

BASE SALARY

Base salary is designed to compensate executives for their level of responsibility, skills, experience and sustained individual contribution. Base salary is intended to be competitive as compared to salary levels for equivalent executive positions at companies in the Comparison Data and the Peer Group. The Committee believes that a competitive base salary provides the foundation for the total compensation package required to attract, retain and motivate executives in alignment with VF’s business strategies.

Target salary ranges and individual salaries for the named executive officers are reviewed by the Committee annually, as well as at the time of a promotion or other change in responsibilities. Each named executive officer is evaluated annually based on several components: key job responsibilities, key accomplishments and annual goals and objectives. The resulting performance evaluations are presented to the Committee to be used in assessing each component of total compensation for each NEO.

Annual base salary increases for each named executive officer are based on (i) an assessment of the individual’s performance, (ii) the competitive market salary range for the individual’s position, and (iii) VF’s overall merit increase budget for salaries. In addition, the Committee considers substantial increases in an executive’s responsibilities in setting base salary increases.

Generally, base salaries of the named executive officers are approved by the Committee members and all other independent members of the Board of Directors. For fiscal 2021, the base salaries for our NEOs remained unchanged from the prior year. Additionally, in response to the challenges presented by the pandemic and as part of our proactive Enterprise Protection Strategy, the base salary of our CEO was reduced by 50 percent and the base salaries of our other NEOs were reduced by 25 percent for a four-month period. Annual base salary rates from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021 for the NEOs, as well as the actual salary amounts paid to the NEOs in fiscal 2021, are set forth below:



EXECUTIVE	FY2020 BASE SALARY		FY2021 BASE SALARY		% CHANGE vs FY2020 BASE SALARY			FY2021 ACTUAL SALARY PAID

Mr. Rendle		$1,300,000		$1,300,000		0	%		$1,089,863

Mr. Roe		$ 875,000		$ 875,000		0	%		$ 804,281

Mr. Bailey		$ 630,000		$ 630,000		0	%		$ 579,082

Mr. Scabbia Guerrini		CHF 679,456		CHF 679,456		0	%		CHF 627,190

Mr. Murray		$ 625,000		$ 625,000		0	%		$ 574,486

ANNUAL CASH INCENTIVES

VF has a cash incentive plan for the named executive officers, the VF Management Incentive Compensation Plan (“MIC Plan”). The MIC Plan focuses executive attention on annual VF performance as measured by pre-established goals. The incentives are designed to motivate VF’s executives by providing payments for achieving and exceeding goals related to VF’s annual business plan and strategic priorities. The MIC Plan framework also applies to all eligible participants, including employees who are not named executive officers, and payouts as a percentage of target for all eligible participants are aligned with such payouts for the named executive officers.

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The Committee used the competitive external Comparison Data to assist it in establishing targeted dollar amounts to award each named executive under the MIC Plan. The Committee establishes each named executive’s targeted annual incentive opportunity under the MIC Plan after consideration of compensation data and the recommendations of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and FW Cook. The Committee also makes a general assessment as to the relative amounts of annual incentives for the NEOs to make sure they are, in the Committee’s judgment, fair and reasonable. For fiscal 2021, the annual cash incentive target amount for our NEOs remained unchanged from the prior year in alignment with our proactive Enterprise Protection Strategy, while the Committee reduced the maximum payout opportunity from 200% to 150% to further align VF’s incentive program with the interests of its stakeholders. The annual cash incentive targets from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021 for the NEOs, as well as the fiscal 2021 payout range, are set forth below:



EXECUTIVE	FY2020 ANNUAL CASH INCENTIVE TARGET AMOUNT		FY2021 ANNUAL CASH INCENTIVE TARGET AMOUNT⁽¹⁾		% CHANGE VS FY2020			FY2021 PAYOUT % OPPORTUNITY⁽²⁾

Mr. Rendle		$2,400,000		$2,400,000		0	%	0 – 150%

Mr. Roe		$ 875,000		$ 875,000		0	%	0 – 150%

Mr. Bailey		$ 600,000		$ 600,000		0	%	0 – 150%

Mr. Scabbia Guerrini		CHF 549,650		CHF 549,650		0	%	0 – 150%

Mr. Murray		$ 500,000		$ 500,000		0	%	0 – 150%

⁽¹⁾	The target award amounts are also set forth in the 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards table on page 42.

⁽²⁾	For fiscal 2021, the maximum payout opportunity was reduced from 200% to 150%.

Our Performance Goals – Under the MIC Plan, performance goals are set each year by the Committee. The pandemic caused worldwide uncertainty and disrupted the global pandemic as well as VF’s business strategy and value creation model. As a result, and taking into consideration the new challenges faced by VF in the midst of COVID-19 and in consultation with FW Cook, the Committee made design changes to VF’s MIC Plan and delayed establishing the annual goals under the MIC Plan until the second quarter of fiscal 2021, to provide additional time to gain greater clarity of the potential impact of the pandemic on VF’s fiscal 2021 objectives. The Committee replaced the Net Income goal with a new Total Digital Revenue goal to focus VF’s efforts on the strategic importance of VF’s digital transformation and e-commerce growth plans. A relative Total Revenue goal replaced the absolute Total Revenue goal, recognizing the importance of measuring VF’s market share of Total Revenue as compared to a 16-Company Apparel/Footwear Peer Set (the “Performance Peer Set”). The following companies comprise the Performance Peer Set:

*	Represents a Peer Group company for Compensation Data.

About the Performance Peer Set – For purposes of measuring relative business performance, the Committee chose the 16 apparel and/or footwear companies with which VF competes most for a share of consumer spending. Not all of the companies in the Performance Peer Set meet the size criteria (revenue and market capitalization) used in selecting the Peer Group and are therefore excluded from the Peer Group on that basis.

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Fiscal 2021 Performance Goals – In summary, the Committee chose the following goals as the most impactful drivers of VF’s strategic growth plans, its digital transformation plan and Enterprise Protection Strategy in response to the COVID-19 outbreak:



FISCAL 2021 GOAL	EXPLANATION	RATIONALE

Market Share of Total Revenue⁽¹⁾	Measures VF’s total revenue as a percentage of the Performance Peer Set.	Indicates the degree to which VF is successful in capturing market share growth within the apparel/footwear peers against which it is competing for consumers’ spend.
Digital Revenue⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	Measures total VF Digital Revenue performance against absolute targets.	Indicates the company’s progress against Digital growth and transformation objectives.
Free Cash Flow⁽³⁾	Measures cash from operations after accounting for operating expenses and capital expenditures.	Indicates the financial strength and resiliency of the company and allows it to return earnings to shareholders through dividends and pursue opportunities that enhance shareholder value.
Net Revenues of acquired businesses⁽⁴⁾	In years in which VF acquires a business or businesses the metric “Net revenues of acquired businesses” is applied as a modifier to the sum of the results achieved on each objective (excluding “Net revenues of acquired businesses”).	Indicates the success of the inorganic growth strategy of the company as part of its broader portfolio strategy.

Total Revenue⁽¹⁾	Measures Total Region Revenue performance against absolute targets.	Key measure of top line growth at the Region level indicating contribution to overall profitability.
Digital Revenue⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	Measures Total Region Digital Revenue performance against absolute targets.	Indicates the Region’s progress against Digital growth and transformation objectives.
Segment Profit⁽⁵⁾	Profitability measure that measures Operating Income plus other income (expense) as a percentage of total revenue.	A profitability measure at the region level that indicates the region’s ability to maintain appropriate levels of profit as a proportion of total revenue while managing controllable expenses.

Strategic Goals – Individual NEO	Individual goals and metrics focused on progress against key enterprise and/or regional transformational programs, portfolio/function optimization, and Inclusion and Diversity.	Performance goals approved by the Committee structured around key drivers of VF’s strategic growth plans and value creation model.

⁽¹⁾

Total Revenue and Digital Revenue are based on VF’s continuing operations and are measured on a constant currency basis, which is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the impact of translating foreign currencies into U.S. dollars. To calculate measures on a constant currency basis, the amounts in the current year for entities reporting in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in effect during the comparable period of the prior year, which represent the foreign exchange rates used in VF’s fiscal 2021 financial plan at the time the Committee set the targets. Additionally, Total Revenue, Digital Revenue and Market Share exclude the results related to the acquired Supreme^® business after the acquisition date.

⁽²⁾	In the event results achieved for Market Share of Total Revenue or Total Revenue fall below target, Digital Revenue performance will be capped at a maximum achievement level of 90%.

⁽³⁾

Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated based on VF’s cash flow provided by operating activities from continuing operations on a GAAP basis less capital expenditures, software purchases and the results related to the acquired Supreme^® business after the acquisition date.

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⁽⁴⁾	For fiscal 2021, the Net Revenues of Acquired Businesses reflect the net revenues from the acquired Supreme^® business after the acquisition date.

⁽⁵⁾

Segment Profit is a non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated based on VF’s income from continuing operations on a GAAP basis plus (or minus) other income (expense) as a percentage of Total Revenue. These measures are calculated on a constant currency basis, which is further explained above. Segment Profit also reflects the impact of other non-GAAP adjustments, which during fiscal 2021 include i) the results of the acquired Supreme^® business after the acquisition date as well as transaction and transaction-related costs primarily associated with the Supreme^® acquisition and ii) costs related to specified strategic business decisions primarily associated with the strategic review of the Occupational Workwear business, a transformation initiative for the Asia-Pacific regional operations, wind down activities in South America and other business model transformation initiatives.

The Committee established target performance goals as described below to determine the actual payouts to the executives. While it is the policy of the Committee to provide opportunities for annual incentive compensation for achievement of pre-established performance goals based primarily on financial measures, the Committee also retains discretion to pay bonuses apart from the MIC Plan reflecting its subjective assessment of the value of accomplishments of VF’s executive officers which, in the Committee’s view, cannot always be anticipated in advance or reflected in such pre-established goals.

As shown in the table below, the Committee established the performance goals for three different business performance elements for fiscal 2021. It then weighted the three elements for each executive, as applicable. As it does each year, the Committee chose weightings that are intended to strike an appropriate balance between aligning each executive’s individual objectives with VF’s overall corporate objectives while holding the executive accountable for performance in the executive’s particular area of responsibility.

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Mr. Murray’s performance goals during his prior role as EVP and Group President – Americas ex Emerging Brands were weighted 50% VF Enterprise Goals / 30% VF Region Goals / 20% Individual Strategic Goals. His performance goals as of his appointment as a Global Brand President, The North Face were 40% VF Enterprise Goals / 40% Global Brand Goals (including The North Face^® and Dickies^®) / 20% Individual Strategic Goals.

The choice of which objectives are used and the relative weightings given to each objective varies (i) among named executive officers depending upon the business for which each named executive officer is responsible and (ii) from time to time based on VF’s strategic business goals. In July 2020, target performance goals for fiscal 2021 for the named executive officers were set by the Committee after considering criteria and weighting recommended by management as well as advice from FW Cook. Also, in January 2021, target performance goals were set for Mr. Murray in connection with his new role as Global Brand President, The North Face.

The objectives for the VF Performance Targets and the Regional Performance Targets have different ranges of achievement. Each component of the objectives then

(1)

excludes the effects of adjustments related to impairment charges, pension curtailment or settlement charges, restructuring charges, other extraordinary items or non-recurring items, and required changes in accounting policies,

(2)

is calculated based on continuing operations, and

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(3)

using the Company’s long-standing methodology, excludes any difference between actual foreign exchange rates and the foreign exchange rates used in VF’s fiscal 2021 financial plan at the time the Committee set the targets.

The performance targets were set in alignment with VF’s strategy to deliver consistent, profitable growth that provides sustainable, long-term returns for VF’s shareholders while considering the shorter term reality of global industry disruption as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy. The targets reflected a number of factors, including the impacts of recent acquisitions and planned synergies, VF’s strategic growth plan and value creation model and long-term commitments to our shareholders as outlined in our strategic 2021 plan.

Fiscal 2021 Performance Summary – In determining the payout for fiscal 2021 performance, the Committee considered achievement against all pre-set enterprise, region and strategic goals as applicable to each NEO as described above, and determined to fund payout for fiscal 2021 performance at 120.5% for Mr. Rendle, 117.5% for Mr. Roe, 106.8% for Mr. Bailey, 110.5% for Mr. Scabbia Guerrini and 104.6% for Mr. Murray.

The following chart provides a summary of performance achievement against each enterprise and region goal as applied for each NEO:

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⁽¹⁾	Goals applicable to Mr. Murray in his role as EVP and Group President, Americas ex Emerging Brands (from March 29, 2020 through October 12, 2020).

⁽²⁾	Goals applicable to Mr. Murray in his role as Global Brand President, The North Face (from October 13, 2020 through April 3, 2021).

Refer to discussion above within the “Fiscal 2021 Performance Goals” section for additional details regarding the performance goals and how each measure is calculated.

Performance Against Individual Strategic Objectives – In determining the payout for fiscal 2021 performance for the portion of each NEO’s individual strategic goals, the Committee considered progress against key enterprise and/or regional transformational programs, portfolio/function optimization, and Inclusion and Diversity.

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Performance achievement is applied to each NEO’s weighting with overall performance results and earned annual incentives shown in the table below. Amounts may vary slightly due to rounding.

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⁽¹⁾	Mr. Murray’s fiscal 2021 earned Annual Incentive award was calculated on a pro-rata basis for his time in each role held by him in fiscal 2021.

The payments made to the named executive officers under the MIC Plan are set forth in the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table on page 40.

PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

Under VF’s Mid-Term Incentive Plan (“MTIP”), executives are awarded performance-based RSUs (“PRSUs”) that give them the opportunity to earn shares of VF Common Stock for performance achieved over three-year cycles. PRSUs provide long-term incentive compensation for executives with the objectives of providing a focus on long-term value and increasing stock ownership. PRSUs are designed to align the interests of VF’s executives with those of shareholders by encouraging the executives to enhance the value of VF Common Stock. In addition, through three-year performance periods, this component of the Program is designed to create an incentive for individual executives to remain with VF. MTIP awards are forfeitable upon an executive’s termination of employment, except for the following:

(i)

a pro rata portion of the award will be deemed earned in the event of death or disability,

(ii)

awards continue to accrue in full to the benefit of individuals who retire, provided that the individual was employed by VF for the first fiscal year of the cycle (subject to compliance with restrictive covenants),

(iii)

a pro rata portion of the award will be deemed earned in the event of a termination of the executive’s employment by VF without cause prior to a change in control, with pro-ration based on the part of the performance period in which the executive remained employed plus any period during which severance payments will be made, provided the individual was an active participant for the first full fiscal year of the cycle, and

(iv)

the full award at the higher of target performance or actual performance achieved through the date of termination will be deemed earned in the event of a termination by VF without cause or by the executive for good reason after a change in control of VF.

Dividend equivalents are paid on the shares actually paid out under the MTIP (no dividend equivalents are paid on any portion of the MTIP award not earned); at the payout date, the cash value of dividend equivalents is converted into additional shares.

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Fiscal 2021-2023 Award Cycle – For fiscal 2021, the Committee established the following three-year performance goals for the MTIP based on VF’s financial performance metrics as well as a relative performance metric to further align executive compensation with shareholder value creation.



FY2021 – FY2023 PERFORMANCE GOALS		WEIGHTING

3-Year Revenue CAGR vs Performance Peer Set		50%

3-Year TSR vs S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary*		50%

*	The TSR performance period for the fiscal 2021 award is from August 1, 2020 through March 31, 2023.

Payout under the fiscal 2021-2023 award cycle is calculated as follows:

The participant’s target number of PRSUs is multiplied by the payout percentage corresponding to the level of achievement against the three-year performance goals established at the beginning of the three-year performance cycle by the Committee (between 0% and 200% of the participant’s target award). The second component, a three-year Gross Margin Rate Improvement target, modifies performance by a maximum additional 25% or a maximum reduction of 25% on a straight-line interpolated basis.

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⁽¹⁾	Results will be calculated based on a straight-line interpolation between Min/Target/Max

⁽²⁾	+ / - percentage will be determined by interpolation with maximum +25% add-on and -25% maximum reduction

As a result of including this modifier, actual payouts may range from 0% to 225% of the targeted award. An additional number of shares equal to the dollar value of the dividends that would have accrued (without compounding) are added to the shares subject to the payout.

Award Cycles Preceding Fiscal 2021 – For award cycles preceding fiscal 2021 (specifically, fiscal 2019-2021 and fiscal 2020-2022), the Committee established the following three-year performance goals for the MTIP based on VF’s financial performance metrics as well as a relative performance metric to further align executive compensation with shareholder value creation.



THREE-YEAR PERFORMANCE GOALS		WEIGHTING

Earnings Per Share Growth		50%

Revenue Growth		30%

Gross Margin Growth		20%

Payout under the plan is calculated as follows:

The participant’s target number of PRSUs is multiplied by the payout percentage corresponding to the level of achievement against the three-year performance goals established at the beginning of the three-year performance cycle by the Committee (between 0% and 200% of the participant’s target award). The second component, a relative performance metric, will be based on VF’s total shareholder return (“TSR”), as compared to the TSR generated by the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary companies during the applicable three-year period. At the end of the three-year performance period, the payout for each participant will:

(i)

remain unchanged if VF’s TSR is between the 75^th and 25^th percentile of TSR of the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary companies over the period,

(ii)

increase in the amount of 25% of the participant’s target award if VF’s TSR is greater than or equal to the 75^th percentile of TSR of the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary companies over the period, or

(iii)

decrease in the amount of 25% of the participant’s target award if VF’s TSR is equal to or below the 25^th percentile of TSR of the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary companies over the period.

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As a result of including this relative performance metric, actual payouts may range from 0% to 225% of the targeted award. An additional number of shares equal to the dollar value of the dividends that would have accrued (without compounding) are added to the shares subject to the payout.

In May 2021, in determining the results for the fiscal 2019-2021 performance period, the Committee considered achievement against the three 3-year goals that were established at the beginning of the performance cycle. The global uncertainty and disruption driven by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a negative impact on both Revenue and EPS growth which declined during the final year of the performance cycle, resulting in below threshold achievement. During the same performance cycle, the Gross Margin rate increased and over-achieved above maximum threshold for a combined payout of 40%, as shown in the chart below. VF TSR for the performance period was between the 75^th and 25^th percentile of the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary companies. Therefore, no adjustment was made to the performance result shown below.

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The PRSU payout made in May 2021 for the 2019-2021 performance period is set forth on the 2021 Option Exercises and Stock Vested table on page 44. The PRSU target award amounts made to the named executive officers in July 2020 for the 2021-2023 performance period are set forth in the 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards table on page 42. The grant-date fair value of the PRSU target awards for the three-year performance period beginning in each of fiscal 2019, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021 is reflected in the Stock Awards column of the Summary Compensation Table on page 40.

STOCK OPTIONS

Stock options awarded under the 1996 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of February 10, 2015 (the “Stock Plan”), are intended to align executives’ and shareholders’ interests and focus executives on attainment of VF’s long-term goals. Stock options provide executives with the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in VF and to share in the appreciation of the value of the stock. They also provide a long-term incentive for the executive to remain with VF and promote shareholder returns. The Committee determines a value of options awarded to named executive officers as a component of the target total direct compensation.

Non-qualified stock options have a term of not greater than ten years and become exercisable not less than one year after the date of grant. Options are exercisable only so long as the option holder remains an employee of VF or its subsidiaries, except that, subject to earlier expiration of the option term, and to the specific terms and definitions contained in the

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Stock Plan, options generally remain exercisable for the period severance payments are made (if any) in the case of involuntary termination of employment, and for 36 months after death, retirement or termination of employment due to disability, provided that such continued vesting after retirement requires that the employee was employed by VF on the last day of the fiscal year in which the option was granted, as well as compliance with restrictive covenants in the event of retirement.

In addition, in accordance with the executives’ Change-in-Control Agreements described on page 37, upon an executive’s qualifying termination of employment following a change in control of VF, vesting of the options is accelerated and all of the options become exercisable by the executive.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

Time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) awarded under the Stock Plan consist of awards of the right to receive stock as determined by the Committee at the end of a specified restricted period. The Committee may award dividend equivalents relating to RSUs on terms and conditions as it determines; provided that such dividend equivalents may not be paid before the underlying RSUs vest. In fiscal 2021, no RSUs were granted to named executive officers.

RETENTION AND SPECIAL AWARDS

Retention awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units are made by the Committee from time to time to attract or retain key executives and are designed to reward long-term employment with VF. Awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units for retention purposes under the Stock Plan are not part of regular annual compensation and are not treated as part of total direct compensation as discussed above. In fiscal 2021, no special awards were granted to named executive officers.

POLICY FOR THE RECOVERY OF AWARDS OR PAYMENTS IN THE EVENT OF FINANCIAL RESTATEMENT

The Board of Directors has adopted a policy for the recovery of cash and equity performance-based compensation from executives (these are generally referred to as “recoupment” or “clawback” policies). The policy provides that the Board may require an executive to forfeit a performance-based award or repay performance-based compensation if VF is required to prepare an accounting restatement as a result of misconduct, if such executive knowingly caused or failed to prevent such misconduct. The award agreements for stock options and RSUs under the Stock Plan include provisions respecting such recovery, as does the MIC Plan.

POLICY REGARDING HEDGING OR PLEDGING OF VF COMMON STOCK

The Board of Directors has adopted a policy prohibiting VF’s directors, executive officers named in this proxy statement and certain other executives from engaging in transactions in derivative securities (including puts, calls, collars, forward contracts, equity swaps, exchange funds and the like) relating to VF securities (whether granted to the director or executive as part of the compensation of the director or executive or held, directly or indirectly, by the director or executive), transactions “hedging” the risk of ownership of VF securities and short sales of VF securities. In addition, VF’s directors, NEOs and certain other executives are prohibited from holding VF securities in margin accounts or pledging VF securities as collateral for loans.

Retirement and Other Benefits

The Committee believes that retirement and other benefits are important components of competitive compensation packages necessary to attract and retain qualified senior executives. The Committee reviews the amounts of the benefits annually along with other compensation components. However, the benefits do not affect the decisions the Committee makes regarding other compensation components, which are generally structured to achieve VF’s short-term and long-term financial objectives. Mr. Scabbia Guerrini, who is not a U.S. resident, does not participate in VF’s Pension Plan, Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan or Executive Deferred Savings Plan described below. His benefits are described in footnote 5 to the 2021 Pension Benefits Table on page 46.

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PENSION BENEFITS

VF sponsors and maintains the VF Corporation Pension Plan (the “Pension Plan”), a tax-qualified defined benefit plan that covers most of VF’s U.S.-based employees who were employed by VF on or before December 31, 2004, including Messrs. Rendle and Roe. The purpose of the Pension Plan is to provide retirement benefits for those employees who qualify for such benefits under the provisions of the Pension Plan. The Pension Plan is discussed in further detail under the caption “Pension Benefits” on page 45. The Pension Plan was closed to new participants at the end of 2004. Effective December 31, 2018, the Pension Plan ceased to recognize any future service performance and any eligible compensation paid for purposes of calculating participant accrued benefits under the Pension Plan (i.e., no additional benefits accrue after such date). As of December 31, 2018, Messrs. Rendle and Roe were the only NEOs who participated in the Pension Plan, and none of our other NEOs have ever participated in the Pension Plan.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

Messrs. Rendle and Roe participate in a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”). The SERP is an unfunded, nonqualified plan for eligible participants primarily designed to restore benefits lost under the Pension Plan due to the maximum legal limit of pension benefits imposed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The SERP was closed to new participants at the end of 2004. Effective December 31, 2018, the SERP ceased to recognize any future service performance and any eligible compensation paid for purposes of calculating participant accrued benefits under the SERP (i.e., no additional benefits accrue after such date). As of December 31, 2018, Messrs. Rendle and Roe were the only NEOs who participated in the SERP, and none of our other NEOs have ever participated in the SERP.

401K PLAN

During fiscal 2021, U.S.-based named executive officers were permitted to participate in the VF Retirement Savings Plan (the “401k Plan”). The 401k Plan is a broad-based tax-qualified defined contribution plan available to most U.S.-based employees of VF. The 401k Plan is described in further detail under the caption “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” on page 47.

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION

VF’s U.S.-based senior executives, including the U.S.-based named executive officers, are permitted to defer compensation and receive a limited amount of matching credits under the VF Corporation Executive Deferred Savings Plan. This plan enables executives to save for retirement on a tax-deferred basis. Nonqualified deferred compensation is discussed in further detail under the caption “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” on page 47.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

VF provides a number of benefit plans to all eligible employees, including the named executive officers. These benefits include programs such as medical, dental, life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage and a merchandise discount on most VF products. The named executive officers are also eligible for financial counseling and an annual executive physical.

CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENTS

VF has entered into Change-in-Control Agreements (the “Agreements”) with certain VF senior executives, including the named executive officers, that provide the executives with certain severance benefits in the event their employment with VF is terminated by VF or by the executive for good reason, as defined in the Agreements, subsequent to a change in control of VF. The Agreements are designed to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of such executives to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of the potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a change in control of VF. VF believes that change-in-control arrangements are an important component of a competitive compensation package necessary to attract and retain qualified senior executives. The Agreements are described and quantified below in the “Potential Payments Upon Change in Control, Retirement or Termination of Employment” section on page 48.

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Total payments to be made to an executive in the event of termination of employment upon a change in control of VF may constitute excess “parachute payments” (as that term is defined in the Code). During 2011, the Committee eliminated the gross up feature.

Under the terms of the Agreements, the executives would also be entitled to supplemental benefits, such as accelerated rights to exercise stock options, accelerated lapse of restrictions on restricted stock and RSUs, lump sum payments under the VF SERP, and continued life and medical insurance for specified periods after qualifying termination. Upon a change in control of VF, VF would also pay all reasonable legal fees and related expenses incurred by the executive as a result of the termination of his or her employment or in obtaining or enforcing any right or benefit provided by the Agreements.

PAYMENTS UPON SEPARATION

None of the named executive officers have contractual rights to receive separation payments if they terminate their employment or are terminated with or without cause prior to a change in control of VF.

Tax Considerations

Section 162(m) of the Code generally limits the deductibility by VF for Federal income tax purposes of annual compensation in excess of $1 million paid to certain executive officers, subject to a transition rule for compensation payable pursuant to a written binding contract that was in effect on November 2, 2017, that is not materially modified after that date. When designing VF’s executive compensation programs, the Committee believes that it needs to consider all relevant factors that attract, retain and reward talent. The Committee has not adopted a policy requiring all compensation to be tax-deductible. Therefore, the Committee will continue to maintain the flexibility to award compensation that may not be tax-deductible. In addition, the Committee reserves the right to modify compensation that was initially intended to be exempt from Section 162(m) if it determines that such modifications are consistent with VF’s business needs.

EXECUTIVE STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES

It is VF’s policy to strongly encourage stock ownership by VF senior management. This policy closely aligns the interests of management with those of shareholders. Senior executives are subject to share ownership guidelines that require them to accumulate, over a five-year period, and then retain, shares of VF Common Stock having a market value ranging from one to six times current annual base salary, depending upon the position. The Chief Executive Officer, the other named executive officers, and other senior executives are required to accumulate VF Common Stock having market values as follows:

Stock Ownership Guidelines



OFFICER		VF COMMON STOCK HAVING A MARKET VALUE OF

President and Chief Executive Officer		Six times annual base salary

Chief Financial Officer and Other NEOs		Three times annual base salary

Other Senior Executives		Two times annual base salary

An executive has five years to reach the target. If an executive’s guideline ownership level increases because of a tier change or salary increase, a new five-year period to achieve the incremental guideline ownership level begins with each such change. Once achieved, the ownership of the guideline amount should be maintained for as long as the executive is subject to the guideline.

Credit will be given for direct holdings by the executive or an immediate family member residing in the same household and the 401(k) plan. No credit will be given for restricted stock, restricted stock units, or shares of stock beneficially owned by someone other than the executive or immediate family member residing in the same household, unexercised stock options, or other similar forms of ownership of stock. Shares held in trust are reviewed for credit by the Committee. Until a senior executive has met the targeted ownership level, whenever he or she exercises a stock option

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he or she must retain shares equal to 50% of the after-tax value of each option exercised; 50% of the after-tax vested time-vested restricted stock units; and 50% of the after-tax vested performance-based restricted stock units. As of April 3, 2021, all of the named executive officers have met the guideline, except for Mr. Murray who is in a five-year period to achieve the guideline ownership level.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management and the Committee’s independent compensation consultant. Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement and VF’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 3, 2021.

Matthew J. Shattock, Chair

Juliana L. Chugg

Mark S. Hoplamazian

Laura W. Lang

W. Alan McCollough

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Summary Compensation Table

VF changed its fiscal year from the Saturday closest to December 31 of each year to the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year, effective for the fiscal year that began on April 1, 2018 and ended on March 30, 2019 (“fiscal 2019”). The following table sets forth all compensation paid or awarded to our NEOs during fiscal year 2021 (“fiscal 2021”), fiscal year 2020 (“fiscal 2020”) and fiscal 2019. Totals may not add up due to rounding.


NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION	YEAR	SALARY ($) (1)			STOCK AWARDS ($) (2)			OPTION AWARDS ($) (3)			NON-EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN COMPENSATION ($) (4)			CHANGE IN PENSION VALUE AND NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION EARNINGS ($) (5)			ALL OTHER COMPENSATION ($) (6)			TOTAL ($)

Steven E. Rendle,	2021		$	1,089,863		$	5,911,008		$	4,646,721		$	2,892,000		$	899,800		$	343,014		$	15,782,405
Chairman, President and	2020			1,300,000			4,771,419			4,441,401			2,328,000			3,006,500			753,271			16,600,591
Chief Executive Officer	2019			1,200,000			4,007,664			3,793,137			4,500,000			4,120,125			221,595			17,842,521

Scott A. Roe,⁽⁷⁾	2021			804,281			1,588,994			1,249,129			1,028,125			559,400			129,569			5,359,498
Executive Vice President and	2020			875,000			1,247,156			1,160,828			822,500			1,625,100			292,799			6,023,383
Chief Financial Officer	2019			850,000			1,220,929			1,155,532			1,700,000			2,556,075			108,075			7,590,611

Kevin D. Bailey,^{(1) (8)}	2021			579,082			1,334,766			1,049,260			640,800			-0-			613,727			4,217,635
Executive Vice President and	2020			630,000			1,030,224			958,952			774,000			-0-			622,749			4,015,925
Group President, APAC & Emerging Brands	2019			600,000			530,856			502,416			954,850			-0-			450,610			3,038,732

Martino Scabbia Guerrini,⁽¹⁾	2021			679,519			1,334,766			1,049,260			658,038			123,578			32,503			3,877,665
Executive Vice President and	2020			688,412			1,030,224			958,952			500,092			109,917			30,395			3,317,993
Group President, EMEA	2019			653,331			530,856			502,416			682,574			98,207			30,284			2,497,668

Stephen M. Murray,^{(1) (9)}	2021			574,486			1,334,766			1,049,260			523,075			2,808			36,894			3,521,289
Global Brand President, The North Face	2020			604,581			1,030,224			958,952			477,000			8,604			68,023			3,147,384

As part of VF’s proactive Enterprise Protection Strategy, VF temporarily reduced salaries for a four-month period from April through the beginning of August 2020. Mr. Rendle’s salary was reduced by 50% and the other NEOs’ base salaries were reduced by 25%. The cash compensation for Mr. Bailey is paid in U.S. dollars, other than certain perquisites which were paid in Hong Kong dollars in fiscal 2019, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021. The perquisites compensation was converted into U.S. dollars at the average daily exchange rate for each respective period, as follows: in fiscal 2019, 0.1275 U.S. dollars to the Hong Kong dollar, in fiscal 2020, 0.1279 U.S. dollars to the Hong Kong dollar and in fiscal 2021, 0.12899 U.S. dollars to the Hong Kong dollar. The cash compensation for Mr. Scabbia Guerrini is paid in Swiss francs. His cash compensation was converted into U.S. dollars at the average daily exchange rate for each respective period, as follows: in fiscal 2019, 1.0095 U.S. dollars to the Swiss franc, in fiscal 2020, 1.0132 U.S. dollars to the Swiss franc and in fiscal 2021, 1.0834 U.S. dollars to the Swiss franc. Mr. Murray worked in the U.K. and was paid in British pounds sterling for part of fiscal 2020. The cash compensation paid to him in fiscal 2020 in pounds sterling was converted to U.S. dollars at the average daily exchange rate for fiscal 2020 of 1.2723 U.S. dollars to British pounds sterling.

The amounts shown for the restricted stock units in this column include the aggregate grant date fair value of the restricted stock unit awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The valuation assumptions used are summarized in Note 18 to VF’s consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 3, 2021. Awards of performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) for the three-year performance periods of 2019 through 2021, 2020 through 2022, and 2021 through 2023 were made to the named executive officers in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, under the Mid-Term Incentive Plan generally described in footnote 3 to the 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table on page 42. The grant date fair value of the PSUs granted in fiscal 2021 is the sum of two separate valuations, with one portion being the target payout based on the probable outcome of financial performance goals and the remaining portion being the fair value of the award based on relative total shareholder return. To calculate this, we (i) multiply the average of the high and the low price of VF Common Stock on the date of the award ($60.11) by 50% of the target number of PSUs to determine the portion of fair value based on the financial performance goal, and (ii) use a Monte Carlo simulated fair value to determine the portion of fair value based on relative total shareholder return ($81.60 per PSU at target) and multiply it by 50% of the target number of PSUs. Assuming achievement of the financial performance goals at the maximum level, including the Gross Margin Improvement modifier, the grant date fair value of the PSU awards granted in 2020 with respect to fiscal 2021 compensation would have been as follows: Mr. Rendle, $9,671,970; Mr. Roe, $2,600,014; Mr. Bailey, $2,184,031; Mr. Scabbia Guerrini, $2,184,031; and Mr. Murray, $2,184,031 (these amounts include the relative total shareholder return portion of grant date fair value, but that portion of fair value is not based on an assumed probable level of performance so does not change when fair value is shown assuming maximum performance). Dividend equivalents (without compounding) accrue on these PSUs subject to the same performance-based vesting requirements as apply to the PSUs.

For a discussion of the performance goals applicable to the PSU awards, as well as vesting, forfeiture and other terms, see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis on pages 20 – 39.

Options to purchase shares of VF Common Stock are granted under the Stock Plan. The terms of options granted under the Stock Plan are described in footnote 1 to the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2021 table on page 43. The values of the option awards in this column are the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and were estimated

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

using a lattice option-pricing model, which incorporates a range of assumptions for inputs between the grant date of the option and date of expiration. The valuation assumptions used and the resulting weighted average value of stock options granted during fiscal 2021 is summarized in Note 18 to VF’s consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 3, 2021.

⁴	The amounts in this column represent cash awards earned under the VF MIC Plan. The general operation of the VF MIC Plan in fiscal 2021 is described in footnote 2 to the 2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards table on page 42.

⁵

The amounts reported in this column represent the aggregate positive change in the actuarial present value of the named executive officers’ accumulated benefits under all defined benefit and actuarial pension plans (including supplemental plans) in fiscal 2021, fiscal 2020, and fiscal 2019. For both Messrs. Rendle and Roe, the increase in value in fiscal 2021 is due to interest and changes in assumptions, primarily due to changes in discount rates. Mr. Bailey does not participate in the defined benefit plans. Fiscal 2021 amounts in this column for Mr. Scabbia Guerrini were valued in Swiss francs and converted to U.S. dollars at the average daily exchange rate for fiscal 2021 of 1.0834 U.S. dollars to the Swiss franc. The amount in this column for Mr. Murray’s benefits under VF’s U.K. Pension Plan was valued in British pounds sterling and converted to U.S. dollars at the average daily exchange rate for fiscal 2021 of 1.3056 U.S. dollars to British pounds sterling. See “Pension Benefits” on page 45 for a detailed discussion of VF’s pension benefits.

⁶

This amount includes VF’s matching contribution under the VF Executive Deferred Savings Plan in fiscal 2021 as follows: Mr. Rendle, $190,830; Mr. Roe, $82,478; Mr. Bailey, $65,504; and Mr. Murray, $18,778. For Messrs. Rendle, Roe, and Bailey, the amount also includes VF’s payment of the cost of financial planning services, and for Messrs. Rendle and Roe, the amount also includes VF’s payment of the cost of an annual physical. This amount also includes VF’s matching contribution under the VF 401k Plan as follows: Mr. Rendle, $15,480; Mr. Roe, $16,010; Mr. Bailey, $16,209; and Mr. Murray, $16,581. For Messrs. Roe and Murray, this amount also includes VF’s payment of the cost of tax preparation services in the amount of $1,500 and $1,500, respectively, and a related tax gross-up payment in the amount of $1,187 and $36, respectively. For Mr. Bailey, this amount includes a cost of living allowance in the amount of $10,692, a housing allowance in the amount of $96,743, a transportation allowance of $3,745, a relocation expense reimbursement of $69,506, and estimated foreign (Hong Kong) tax payments of $348,711. Certain amounts in this column for Mr. Bailey were paid in Hong Kong dollars and converted to U.S. dollars at the average daily exchange rate for fiscal 2021 of 0.12899 U.S. dollars to the Hong Kong dollar. For Mr. Scabbia Guerrini, this amount includes a transportation allowance of $6,501 and a representation allowance of $26,002. Amounts in this column for Mr. Scabbia Guerrini were paid in Swiss francs and converted to U.S. dollars at the average daily exchange rate for fiscal 2021 of 1.0834 U.S. dollars to the Swiss franc. This amount includes personal use of company aircraft in fiscal 2021 by Mr. Rendle of $129,648 and Mr. Roe of $21,756. The cost of the personal use of aircraft was calculated based on the aggregate incremental cost to VF based on an hourly charge for VF’s aircraft that includes fuel, maintenance, salaries, ramp fees and landing fees. Family members of executives and their invited guests occasionally fly on VF aircraft as additional passengers on business flights. In those cases, there is no aggregate incremental cost to VF for the family member or guest, although taxable income is imputed to the individual.

⁷	Mr. Roe retired as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective at the end of May 2021.

⁸

Mr. Bailey was an expatriate on assignment in Hong Kong from February 2017 through July 2020 and received expatriate compensation and benefits that are available on the same basis to all U.S. employees on foreign assignments. VF’s tax equalization policy is designed to ensure that an international assignee’s income tax burden while on foreign assignment is approximately the same as the assignee’s home-based income tax, regardless of the assignment location. A final determination as to the exact amount of Mr. Bailey’s tax equalization payments for fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2021 will not be available until his calendar 2018 through calendar 2021 tax equalization settlements are finalized. As a result, VF may make tax equalization payments and adjustments at a later date.

⁹	Mr. Murray was not a named executive officer for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2019.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

2021 Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table sets forth all grants of plan-based awards made to our NEOs during fiscal 2021. For further discussion regarding the grants, see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis on pages 20 – 39.

NAME

DATE OF
BOARD
APPROVAL
OF
AWARDS (1)

GRANT
DATE OF
EQUITY
AWARDS (1)

ESTIMATED POSSIBLE PAYOUTS

UNDER NON-EQUITY INCENTIVE

PLAN AWARDS (2)

ESTIMATED FUTURE
PAYOUTS

UNDER EQUITY INCENTIVE

PLAN AWARDS (3)

ALL
OTHER
STOCK
AWARDS:
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
OF
STOCK
OR

UNITS

(#)

ALL

OTHER
OPTION
AWARDS:
NUMBER
OF
SECURITIES
UNDER-
LYING
OPTIONS

(#)

EXERCISE
OR BASE
PRICE OF
OPTION
AWARDS
(1)

($/SH)

GRANT
DATE

FAIR

VALUE
OF

STOCK

AND

OPTION
AWARDS

($)

THRESHOLD
($)

TARGET

($)

MAXIMUM
($)

THRESHOLD
(#)

TARGET
(#)

MAXIMUM
(#)

Mr. Rendle

5/11/2020

SEC Form DEF 14A filed by V.F. Corporation