Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Incentive Equity Awards Granted
During the six months ended September 2024, VF granted stock options to employees and nonemployee members of VF's Board of Directors to purchase 6,415,325 shares of its Common Stock at a weighted average exercise price of $13.08 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 and become exercisable 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:
  Six Months Ended September 2024
Expected volatility
37% to 53%
Weighted average expected volatility 47%
Expected term (in years)
5.5 to 7.3
Weighted average dividend yield 2.2%
Risk-free interest rate
3.80% to 5.43%
Weighted average fair value at date of grant $5.22
During the six months ended September 2024, VF granted 1,510,938 performance-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") to executives that enable them to receive shares of VF Common Stock at the end of a three-year performance cycle. The weighted average fair market value of VF Common Stock at the dates the units were granted was $16.51 per share. Each performance-based RSU has a potential final payout ranging from zero to two and one-quarter shares of VF Common Stock. The number of shares earned by participants, if any, is based on the achievement of financial targets and relative total shareholder return ("TSR") 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 financial targets are based on the average, for the three years of the performance cycle, of the annual levels of achievement of VF's total revenue, weighted 50%, and the average, for the three years of the performance cycle, of the annual levels of achievement of VF's gross margin, weighted 50%. Furthermore, the actual number of shares earned may be adjusted upward or downward by 25% of the target award, based on how VF's TSR over the three-year period compares to the TSR for companies included in the
Standard & Poor's 600 Consumer Discretionary Sector Index, resulting in a maximum payout of 225% of the target award. The grant date fair value of the TSR-based adjustment related to the performance-based RSU grants was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation technique that incorporates option-pricing model inputs, and was $2.05 per share.
During the six months ended September 2024, VF granted 92,384 nonperformance-based stock units 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 weighted average fair market value of VF Common Stock at the dates the units were granted was $16.42 per share.
In addition, VF granted 3,249,172 nonperformance-based RSUs to employees during the six months ended September 2024. These units generally vest over periods 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 $16.58 per share.