Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(b) As previously reported, Pamela H. Cloud, Senior Vice President - Chief
Merchandising Officer, will be leaving Registrant's organization effective July
31, 2020 (the "Effective Date"). Ms. Cloud ceased to be an executive officer of
Registrant effective November 26, 2019. On April 2, 2020, Registrant and Tiffany
and Company on the one hand (together, the "Company"), and Ms. Cloud on the
other, entered into a Separation Agreement and Release ("Separation Agreement").
The Separation Agreement provides: (i) Ms. Cloud's employment may not be
terminated prior to the Effective Date, other than for cause, but she will not
be eligible for new equity or cash incentive awards after November 26, 2019;
(ii) the Company will continue to pay Ms. Cloud's base salary for a period of 15
months following the Effective Date (such period, the "Executive Severance
Period"); (iii) the Company will pay Ms. Cloud the COBRA cost of continuing
medical coverage for a period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the
earlier of (a) the end of the Executive Severance Period and (b) the date that
she becomes eligible for substantially similar health insurance coverage with a
subsequent employer; (iii) Ms. Cloud will be provided outplacement services;
(iv) the Compensation Committee of Registrant's Board of Directors will take
such action as may be necessary to effect the following with respect to equity
grants previously provided to Ms. Cloud that remain outstanding on the Effective
Date: (x) stock options will continue to vest following the Effective Date,
subject to the terms and conditions thereof, and will expire five years
following the Effective Date, but in no event later than the ten-year
anniversary of the grant date; (y) time-vesting restricted stock units that
ordinarily would have vested within 12 months of the Effective Date will vest on
the 60th day following the Effective Date and (z) performance-based restricted
stock units will continue to vest following the Effective Date, subject to the
terms and conditions thereof; and (v) the Retention Agreement, dated December
12, 2018, entered into by the Company and Ms. Cloud, providing for certain
severance benefits in the event of a change in control followed by certain
terminations of employment, is revoked and replaced by the terms of the
Separation Agreement.
The benefits described in the foregoing (ii) to (iv) are subject to, and
provided in exchange for: Ms. Cloud's (A) execution, delivery and non-revocation
of instruments effecting a release and waiver of claims in favor of the Company
and its affiliates, and (B) agreement to return property of the Company,
maintain the confidentiality of Company information and to cooperate in any
investigation or litigation to which the Company is or may become subject, and
(C) compliance with non-competition, no-hire and non-solicitation obligations
that shall remain effective until the earlier of (1) the final day of the
Executive Severance Period and (2) the occurrence of a change in control.
The foregoing summary of the Separation Agreement is not complete and is
qualified in its entirety by the Separation Agreement, a copy of which is filed
as Exhibit 10.29 to this Form 8-K/A and is incorporated herein by reference in
its entirety.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
10.29 Separation Agreement and Release, dated as of April 2, 2020, by and
among Tiffany & Co., Tiffany and Company and Pamela H. Cloud.
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