---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-25-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T05:56:31.471672+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands shareholders elect eight directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2025 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected, including Scott H. Baxter and Shelley Stewart, Jr. (43.4M for, 1.9M against).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY ending Jan 3, 2026: 51.5M for, 113K against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 45.4M for, 1.2M against, 4.95M broker non-votes.
- Annual Meeting held April 24, 2025; results reflect standard procedural matters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-25-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096525000029/0001760965-25-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096525000029/ktb-20250424.htm

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