Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Elects Two Members to its Board of Directors
NEW ALBANY, Ohio, May 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) today announced the election of two new independent board members, Susie Coulter and James A. Goldman,
effective May 20, 2020. Additionally, James Bachmann’s term on the Board of Directors ended immediately prior to the Company’s Annual Meeting after serving on the Board for nearly 17
years.
“Susie and Jim both bring extensive consumer retail, global business and executive leadership experience, that will complement and enhance our existing team. We are pleased to welcome Jim and Susie
to A&F and believe that their guidance and perspectives will help to continue to drive the Company and its brands forward,” said Terry Burman, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.’s Non-Executive
Chairman of the Board. “I’d also like to thank Jim Bachmann for his many years of dedicated service to A&F. We greatly appreciate his numerous contributions to the Company over the
years.”
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. regularly evaluates the composition of its Board to ensure that its directors possess the skills, experience and perspectives needed to guide the Company and help it
deliver value to all stakeholders. With these changes, the Company's Board will expand to 12 directors, five of whom are female. Independent directors now comprise 92% of the Board.
Susie Coulter, 54, is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bronty Beauty LLC, a beauty company specializing in all-natural skin care products. She has previously held senior executive roles with global retailers, as the President of Victoria’s Secret Beauty and as the President of Polo Ralph Lauren Retail Stores.
James (Jim) A. Goldman, 61, is currently a Senior Advisor at Eurazeo SE, a global investment firm. Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., and President of the Food & Beverage Division at Campbell Soup Company. Additionally, Mr. Goldman serves as a director at Domino’s Pizza, Inc., where he chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee.
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“project,” “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Except as may be required by applicable law, we undertake no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. The following factors, in addition to those disclosed in “ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS” of A&F’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020, in some cases have affected, and in the future could affect, the company’s financial performance and could cause actual results for fiscal 2020 and
beyond to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any of the forward- looking statements included in this Press Release or otherwise made by management: changes in global economic and
financial conditions, and the resulting impact on consumer confidence and consumer spending, as well as other changes in consumer discretionary spending habits could have a material adverse impact
on our business; failure to engage our customers, anticipate customer demand and changing fashion trends, and manage our inventory commensurately could have a material adverse impact on our
business; our failure to operate in a highly competitive and constantly evolving industry could have a material adverse impact on our business; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates could
have a material adverse impact on our business; our ability to attract customers to our stores depends, in part, on the success of the shopping malls or area attractions that our stores are located
in or around; the impact of war, acts of terrorism, mass casualty events or civil unrest could have a material adverse impact on our business; the impact of extreme weather, infectious disease
outbreaks, including COVID-19, and other unexpected events could result in an interruption to our business, as well as to the operations of our third-party partners, and have a material adverse
impact on our business; failure to successfully develop an omnichannel shopping experience, a significant component of our growth strategy, or failure to successfully invest in customer, digital
and omnichannel initiatives could have a material adverse impact on our business; our failure to optimize our global store network could have a material adverse impact on our business; our failure
to execute our international growth strategy successfully and inability to conduct business in international markets as a result of legal, tax, regulatory, political and economic risks could have a
material adverse impact on our business; failure to protect our reputation could have a material adverse impact on our business; if our information technology systems are disrupted or cease to
operate effectively it could have a material adverse impact on our business; we may be exposed to risks and costs associated with cyber-attacks, data protection, credit card fraud and identity
theft that could have a material adverse impact on our business; our reliance on our distribution centers makes us susceptible to disruptions or adverse conditions affecting our supply chain;
changes in the cost, availability and quality of raw materials, labor, transportation, and trade relations could have a material adverse impact on our business; we depend upon independent third
parties for the manufacture and delivery of all our merchandise, and a disruption of the manufacture or delivery of our merchandise could have a material adverse impact on our business; we rely on
the experience and skills of our executive officers and associates, and the failure to attract or retain this talent, or effectively manage succession could have a material adverse impact on our
business; fluctuations in our tax obligations and effective tax rate may result in volatility in our results of operations could have a material adverse impact on our business; our litigation
exposure, or any securities litigation and shareholder activism, could have a material adverse impact on our business; failure to adequately protect our trademarks could have a negative impact on
our brand image and limit our ability to penetrate new markets which could have a material adverse impact on our business; changes in the regulatory or compliance landscape could have a material
adverse impact on our business; and our credit facilities include restrictive covenants that limit our flexibility in operating our business and our inability to obtain credit on reasonable terms
in the future could have an adverse impact on our business.