Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-based Compensation

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Stock-based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2014
Stock-based Compensation

Note I – Stock-based Compensation

During the first three months of 2014, VF granted options to employees and nonemployee members of VF’s Board of Directors to purchase 2,777,130 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $56.79 per share. The exercise price of each option granted was equal to the fair market value of VF Common Stock on the date of grant. Employee stock options vest in equal annual installments over three years. Options granted to members of VF’s Board of Directors become exercisable one year from the date of grant. The grant date fair value of each option award is calculated using a lattice option–pricing valuation model, which incorporates a range of assumptions for inputs as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended March
2014

Expected volatility

   23% to 29%

Weighted average expected volatility

   26%

Expected term (in years)

   5.5 to 7.3

Dividend yield

   2.1%

Risk-free interest rate

   0.1% to 2.7%

Weighted average fair value at date of grant

   $12.00

Also during the first three months of 2014, VF granted 576,544 performance-based restricted stock units (“RSU”) to employees that enable them to receive shares of VF Common Stock at the end of a three year period. Each RSU has a potential final value ranging from zero to two shares of VF Common Stock. The number of shares earned by participants, if any, is based on achievement of a three year profitability goal and annually established performance goals set by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Shares are issued to participants in the year following the conclusion of each three year performance period. The fair market value of VF Common Stock at the date the units were granted was $56.79 per share.

The actual number of performance-based restricted stock units earned may also be adjusted upward or downward by 25% of the target award, based on how VF’s total stockholder return (“TSR”) over the three year period compares to the TSR for companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The grant date fair value of the TSR-based adjustment related to the 2014 RSU grants was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation technique that incorporates option-pricing model inputs, and was $1.41 per share.

 

VF granted 12,595 nonperformance-based restricted stock units to members of the Board of Directors during the first quarter of 2014. These units vest upon grant and will be settled in shares of VF Common Stock one year from the date of grant. The fair market value of VF Common Stock at the date the units were granted was $56.79 per share.

VF granted 17,000 nonperformance-based restricted stock units to employees during the first quarter of 2014. These units vest four years from the date of grant and each RSU entitles the holder to one share of VF Common Stock. The fair market value of VF Common Stock at the date the units were granted was $58.89 per share.

VF granted 87,000 restricted shares of VF Common Stock to employees during the first quarter of 2014. These shares generally vest four years from the date of grant. The fair market value of VF Common Stock at the date the units were granted was $58.89 per share.