---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018840-22-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANF"
cik: "0001018840"
company_name: "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T13:46:39.818251+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abercrombie & Fitch Chair Terry Burman to retire; Nigel Travis named successor

## Summary
- Terry Burman steps down as Non-Executive Chair and will not stand for re-election at 2023 annual meeting.
- Nigel Travis, current independent director and Nominating Committee Chair, to become Chair effective Jan 28, 2023.
- Bylaws amended to clarify meeting postponement, enhance stockholder proposal and director nomination disclosures, and add exclusive forum provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018840-22-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANF
- cik: 0001018840
- company_name: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000056/0001018840-22-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000056/anf-20221116.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nigel Travis was appointed as Chairperson of the Board at ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: the Board appointed Nigel Travis, current Board member and Chair of the Board’s Nominating and Board Governance Committee, to succeed Mr. Burman as Chairperson of the Board, effective as of the Transition Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000056/0001018840-22-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  Terry Burman departed as Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of Directors at ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of Directors
  source text: Terry Burman notified Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (the “Company”) that he (i) will step down as Non-Executive Chairperson of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective as of the conclusion of the Company’s fiscal year ending January 28, 2023 (the “Transition Date”), and (ii) will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, in connection with his retirement as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000056/0001018840-22-000056-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/: Amended Bylaws to clarify meeting postponement, enhance stockholder proposal and nomination disclosure, eliminate stockholder list requirement, and add exclusive forum provisions (effective 2022-11-18).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-18
  source text: On November 18, 2022, the Board adopted the following amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective as of November 18, 2022: • Section 1.01 and Section 1.02 of the Bylaws have been amended to clarify that the Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual or special meetings of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000056/0001018840-22-000056-index.htm

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