---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-029006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RL"
cik: "0001037038"
company_name: "RALPH LAUREN CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T02:15:38.262647+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ralph Lauren EVP & Chief Commercial Officer resigns after conduct investigation

## Summary
- Howard Smith, EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, resigned effective April 2, 2022, stepping down immediately.
- Resignation follows Audit Committee investigation into allegations of personal conduct that violated Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
- Resignation unrelated to financial reporting or business performance.
- Regional leaders will report on interim basis directly to President & CEO Patrice Louvet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-029006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RL
- cik: 0001037038
- company_name: RALPH LAUREN CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000110465922029006/0001104659-22-029006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000110465922029006/tm228143d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-029006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-029006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-029006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Howard Smith resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at RALPH LAUREN CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
  source text: Howard Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of the Ralph Lauren Corporation, has resigned, effective April 2, 2022, and will step down from his role immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000110465922029006/0001104659-22-029006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.