---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018840-24-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANF"
cik: "0001018840"
company_name: "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T17:27:43.424276+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# A&F names Robert Ball CFO effective Nov 20; Lipesky remains COO

## Summary
- Robert Ball appointed CFO, effective Nov 20, 2024; he was SVP Corporate Finance, IR, Treasury.
- Scott Lipesky (CFO since 2017) continues as COO, a role he assumed in May 2023.
- Ball's base salary set at $500,000, target short-term incentive at 60% of base, recommended equity grant ~$750k for Fiscal 2025.
- Ball has nearly 22 years at A&F; previously CFO of Abercrombie & Fitch and abercrombie kids brands.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018840-24-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANF
- cik: 0001018840
- company_name: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884024000079/0001018840-24-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884024000079/anf-20241120.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018840-24-000079.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Ball was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed (i) Robert Ball as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884024000079/0001018840-24-000079-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Lipesky changed role as Chief Financial Officer at ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/.
  - Action: ceased to serve
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Scott Lipesky ceased to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884024000079/0001018840-24-000079-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/: Amended Bylaws to revise advance notice provisions for stockholder proposals and nominations, add proxy card color rule, and allow uncertificated shares (effective 2024-11-20).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-11-20
  source text: On the Effective Date, the Board adopted the following amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective as of the Effective Date: • Section 1.09 of the Bylaws has been amended to revise and clarify the scope of certain procedures and disclosure requirements set forth in the advance notice provisions for stockholder submissions of proposals regarding other business at annual meetings of stockholders (other than proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (“Stockholder Proposals”), including by providing definitions of certain terms to provide additional clarification regarding the background information and disclosures required by proposing stockholders and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined in the Bylaws) (the “Required Background Information and Disclosures”). • Section 1.10(E) was added to provide that any stockholder soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color othe
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884024000079/0001018840-24-000079-index.htm

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