Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
9 Months Ended
Dec. 26, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Incentive Equity Awards Granted
During the nine months ended December 2020, VF granted stock options to employees and nonemployee members of VF's Board of Directors to purchase 1,687,794 shares of its Common Stock at a weighted average exercise price of $55.79 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. Stock options granted to nonemployee members of VF's Board of Directors vest upon grant and become exercisable one year from the date of grant. All options have ten-year terms.
The grant date fair value of each option award was calculated using a lattice option-pricing valuation model, which incorporated a range of assumptions for inputs as follows:
  Nine Months Ended December 2020
Expected volatility
28% to 48%
Weighted average expected volatility 37%
Expected term (in years)
6.2 to 8.0
Weighted average dividend yield 2.4%
Risk-free interest rate
0.1% to 0.8%
Weighted average fair value at date of grant $15.79
During the nine months ended December 2020, VF granted 398,203 performance-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") to employees that enable them to receive shares of VF Common Stock at the end of a three-year performance cycle. Each performance-based RSU has a potential final payout ranging from zero to two shares of VF Common Stock. The number of shares earned by participants, if any, is based on achievement of three-year financial targets set by the Talent and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Shares will be issued to participants in the year following the conclusion of the three-year performance period. The weighted average fair market value of VF Common Stock at the dates the units were granted was $60.12 per share. The financial targets include 50% weighting based on VF's revenue growth over the three-year period compared to a group of industry peers and 50% weighting based on VF's total shareholder return ("TSR") over the three-year period compared to the TSR for companies included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Consumer Discretionary Index. The grant date fair value of the TSR portion of the performance-based RSU grants was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation technique that incorporates option-pricing model inputs, and was $81.60 per share. Additionally, the actual number of performance-based RSUs earned may be adjusted upward or downward by 25% of the target award, based on VF's gross margin performance over the three-year period.
Also during the nine months ended December 2020, VF granted 16,775 nonperformance-based RSUs to nonemployee members
of the Board of Directors. 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 $55.74 per share.
VF granted 30,500 nonperformance-based RSUs to certain key employees in international jurisdictions during the nine months ended December 2020. These units vest over periods of up to four years from the date of grant and each unit entitles the holder to one share of VF Common Stock. The weighted average fair market value of VF Common Stock at the dates the units were granted was $59.80 per share.
In addition, VF granted 269,836 nonperformance-based RSUs to employees during the nine months ended December 2020. These awards vest 50% over a two-year period and 50% over a four-year period from the date of grant and each unit entitles the holder to one share of VF Common Stock. The weighted average fair market value of VF Common Stock at the dates the units were granted was $55.90 per share.
VF granted 94,242 restricted shares of VF Common Stock to certain members of management during the nine months ended December 2020. These shares vest over periods of up to four years from the date of grant. The weighted average fair market value of VF Common Stock at the dates the shares were granted was $59.42 per share.