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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:13:20.249558+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands declares $0.53 quarterly dividend, amends bylaws, reports voting results

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share declared, payable June 18, 2026 to holders of record June 8, 2026.
- Bylaws amended: advance notice deadlines for shareholder proposals/nominations changed to 90-120 days; non-compliant Rule 14a-19 nominations disregarded.
- All six director nominees elected; say-on-pay approved with ~94.6% support; auditor ratified; advisory vote on executive compensation set for annual frequency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096526000024/0001760965-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096526000024/ktb-20260423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-26-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Kontoor Brands, Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws effective April 23, 2026, updating shareholder meeting provisions, advance notice deadlines, Rule 14a-19 compliance, proxy card color, and inspectors of election (effective 2026-04-23).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-04-23
  source text: On April 23, 2026, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Kontoor Brands, Inc. (the "Company") approved and adopted amendments to the Company’s amended and restated bylaws (as amended and restated, the "Amended and Restated Bylaws"), which became effective immediately following the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "2026 Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096526000024/0001760965-26-000024-index.htm

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