---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-044844"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRA"
cik: "0001495320"
company_name: "Vera Bradley, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T03:52:50.777734+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vera Bradley extends shareholder rights plan by one year to October 2026

## Summary
- Amendment extends Rights Plan expiration from Oct 11, 2025 to Oct 11, 2026.
- All other terms and conditions of the existing Rights Plan remain unchanged.
- Board cites risk of open-market accumulations and need to protect shareholder interests.
- Rights Plan was originally adopted on October 11, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-044844
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRA
- cik: 0001495320
- company_name: Vera Bradley, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/0001628280-25-044844-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/vra-20251010.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-044844
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-044844.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-044844.txt

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