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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2006
V. F. Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Pennsylvania
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 		  1-5256
(Commission File Number) 		  23-1180120
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
105 Corporate Center Boulevard
Greensboro, North Carolina
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 		 
27408
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 336-424-6000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.03.   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On April 25, 2006, the Board of Directors of VF Corporation (“VF”) amended Sections 2 and 3 of Article II and Sections 7 and 8 of Article V of the By-Laws of VF. The amendments increase the mandatory retirement age of directors from 70 to 72 and provide that the directors shall be elected to terms that expire “no later than”, rather than “at”, the third subsequent meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected. The amendments further specify that the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the chief executive officer of VF and that the President shall be the chief operating officer of VF.
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)   Exhibits.
       The following is furnished as an exhibit to this report:
         3.1    Amendments to the By-Laws of VF Corporation

 

 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  V.F. CORPORATION
      (Registrant)
 		  
         
     
  By:   /s/ Candace S. Cummings    
    Candace S. Cummings   
    Vice President — Administration, General Counsel and Secretary   
 
Date: April 25, 2006

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
3.1
  Amendment to the By-Laws of VF Corporation