---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-22-003192"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RL"
cik: "0001037038"
company_name: "RALPH LAUREN CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:13:55.586754+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ralph Lauren elects Wei Zhang to board; board size increases to 13

## Summary
- Wei Zhang, former President of Alibaba Pictures Group, joins board effective Nov. 9, 2022.
- Board expanded from 12 to 13 members with Zhang's election as Class B director.
- Zhang appointed to Finance Committee and Nominating, Governance, Citizenship and Sustainability Committee.
- Darren Walker reclassified from Class B to Class A director, effective same date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-22-003192
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RL
- cik: 0001037038
- company_name: RALPH LAUREN CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014222003192/0000950142-22-003192-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014222003192/eh220305580_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-003192
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-003192.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-22-003192.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wei Zhang was elected as Class B director at RALPH LAUREN CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class B director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ralph Lauren Corporation (the “Company”) elected Wei Zhang as a Class B director on the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014222003192/0000950142-22-003192-index.htm

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