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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) JUNE 15, 2006
POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-13057 13-2622036
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(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 318-7000
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE CRITERIA UNDER THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER ANNUAL
INCENTIVE PLAN AND THE 1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN GRANTS
On June 15, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (the "Company") (i) approved performance
measures and goals applicable to the payment of bonuses for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2007 under the Company's Executive Officer Annual Incentive
Plan, as amended and restated (the "Cash Plan"), and the vesting of performance
vesting restricted stock units granted on that date under the Company's 1997
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Stock Plan"), and
(ii) selected the following executive officers as participants under these
plans: Ralph Lauren, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Roger N. Farah,
President and Chief Operating Officer, Jackwyn Nemerov, Executive Vice
President, Tracey T. Travis, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
and Mitchell A. Kosh, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Legal.
The performance measure selected by the Compensation Committee for the
Cash Plan is income before income taxes, and the bonuses payable to the
executive officers participating in the Cash Plan, other than Mr. Lauren, are
subject to an up to 10% upward or downward adjustment based on Company expense
control during fiscal 2007, in each case subject to adjustment to exclude the
effect of certain events and transactions as permitted by the Cash Plan.
Achievement of the targeted performance goals would result in bonuses for Mr.
Lauren, Mr. Farah, Ms. Nemerov, Ms. Travis and Mr. Kosh of $11 million, $1.8
million, $900,000, $312,500 and $300,000, respectively. The maximum bonuses
achievable by Mr. Lauren and, subject to the potential up to 10% upward
adjustment, Mr. Farah, Ms. Nemerov, Ms. Travis and Mr. Kosh under the Cash Plan
if the performance goals are exceeded are $16.5 million, $2.7 million, $1.8
million, $625,000 and $600,000, respectively, with the actual amount paid
determined by reference to the amount, if any, by which the performance goals
are exceeded.
The Compensation Committee granted performance vesting restricted stock
units with two different performance measures to certain participants in the
Stock Plan. For the units vesting in their entirety based on the Company's
aggregate performance for the three-fiscal year period ending March 28, 2009
(the "Cliff Vesting Units"), the performance measure selected is net income.
For the units vesting in three equal tranches based on the Company's
performance in each of the fiscal years in the three-fiscal year period ending
March 28, 2009 (the "Pro Rata Units"), the performance measure selected is
income before income taxes. The Compensation Committee adopted aggregate net
income goals for the three-fiscal year period ending March 28, 2009 for
purposes of the Cliff Vesting Units and income before income tax goals for
fiscal 2007 for purposes of the Pro Rata Units. In each case, the Company's
performance is subject to adjustment to exclude the effect of certain events
and transactions as permitted by the Stock Plan.
Achievement of the targeted net income performance goals for the
three-fiscal year period ending on March 28, 2009 would result in the vesting
of 187,500, 19,775, 4,720 and 3,690 Cliff Vesting Units granted to Mr. Farah,
Ms. Nemerov, Ms. Travis and Mr. Kosh, respectively. The number of shares that
may be received in respect of the Cliff Vesting Units granted to Ms. Nemerov,
Ms. Travis and Mr. Kosh, if the performance goals are exceeded, may equal to up
to 150% of the number of units granted to them. Achievement of the targeted
income before income tax goals for each fiscal year in the three year period
ending March 28, 2009 would result in the vesting of 7,515, 1,800 and 1,410 Pro
Rata Units granted to Ms. Nemerov, Ms. Travis and Mr. Kosh, respectively. Mr.
Farah was not granted any Pro Rata Units. Each unit that vests is payable in a
share of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01.
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.
POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
Date: June 22, 2006 By: /s/ Mitchell A. Kosh
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Name: Mitchell A. Kosh
Title: Senior Vice President, Human
Resources and Legal