---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-041779"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRA"
cik: "0001495320"
company_name: "Vera Bradley, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-09T13:09:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T13:10:16.536125+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vera Bradley shareholders re-elect six directors, approve equity plan amendment adding 3M shares

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected; Robert J. Hall received 4.9M withhold votes vs 12.4M for.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor with 21.3M for vs 1.3M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 13.4M for, 3.9M against.
- 2020 Equity Plan amended to add 3,000,000 shares; approved with 11.5M for, 5.2M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-041779
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRA
- cik: 0001495320
- company_name: Vera Bradley, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-09T13:09:23+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026041779/0001628280-26-041779-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026041779/vra-20260604.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Vera Bradley, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2027
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026041779/0001628280-26-041779-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vera Bradley, Inc. shareholders approved Approval to add an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock to the 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: approved an amendment to the 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan to add an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock to the plan
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026041779/0001628280-26-041779-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vera Bradley, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: elected Ian Bickley, Ivan Brockman, Kristina Cashman, Robert J. Hall, Andrew Meslow, and Jessica Rodriguez to serve as Directors of the Company’s Board of Directors for a one-year term
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026041779/0001628280-26-041779-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vera Bradley, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Company's Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828026041779/0001628280-26-041779-index.htm

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