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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-020877"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GCO"
cik: "0000018498"
company_name: "GENESCO INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T19:20:32.590614+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genesco board approves amended bylaws to align with SEC Rule 14a-19 on director nominations

## Summary
- Amended bylaws require shareholders nominating directors to fully comply with Rule 14a-19, including proxy solicitation.
- New rules cap the number of director nominees a shareholder can propose at the number of seats up for election.
- Company may disregard proxies or votes if the shareholder fails to comply with Rule 14a-19 notice and filing requirements.
- Shareholders soliciting proxies from others must use a proxy card color other than white.
- Amendments effective October 27, 2022; redline of changes filed as Exhibit 3.2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-020877
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GCO
- cik: 0000018498
- company_name: GENESCO INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022020877/0000950170-22-020877-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022020877/gco-20221101.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  GENESCO INC: Amended bylaws to require compliance with Rule 14a-19 for director nominations, clarify consent requirements, limit number of nominees, allow disregarding non-compliant proxies, and require non-white proxy cards for shareholder solicitors (effective 2022-10-27).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-10-27
  source text: On October 27, 2022, the board of directors of Genesco, Inc. (the "Company") approved Second Amended and Restated Bylaws for the Company (the "Second Amended and Restated Bylaws"), effective immediately to: Director Nominations - Article II, Section 6 • Require that, to propose a nominee for election as a director at a meeting of the shareholders, a proposing shareholder must fully comply with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 14a-19"), including with respect to the solicitation of proxies;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022020877/0000950170-22-020877-index.htm

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