<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-25-044849.txt : 20251014
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-25-044849
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251014
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251014

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vera Bradley, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001495320
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LEATHER & LEATHER PRODUCTS [3100]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				272935063
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34918
		FILM NUMBER:		251389497

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12420 STONEBRIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46783
		BUSINESS PHONE:		260-482-4673

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12420 STONEBRIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46783
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ibd9abf1e19ed441e9676a73b15bb0931_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FORM 8-A&#47;A</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">(Amendment No.1)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">       </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="padding-left:108pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">       </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">VERA BRADLEY, INC.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Indiana</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">27-2935063</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">12420 Stonebridge Road</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Roanoke, Indiana                                                                                     </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">46783                                                                                                                              (Zip Code)                                                                           </font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.726%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.803%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:42.171%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Title of each class<br>to be so registered<br></font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Name of each exchange on which<br>each class is to be registered<br></font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">NASDAQ Global Select Market</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">x</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A(d) or (e), check the following box.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#9744;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#9744;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Not Applicable</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(if applicable)</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act&#58;  </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(Title of class)</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Item&#8201;1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">          </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Description of the Registrant&#8217;s Securities to Be Registered.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On October 10, 2025, Vera Bradley, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent (the &#8220;Rights Agent&#8221;), executed Amendment No. 1 (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2024, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent (the &#8220;Rights Agreement&#8221;). The Amendment extends the expiration date of the Rights Agreement by amending the definition of &#8220;Final Expiration Date&#8221; as set forth in the Rights Agreement from October 11, 2025 to October 11, 2026.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The foregoing description of the Rights Agreement and the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Rights Agreement, which was attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on October 11, 2024, and the Amendment, which was attached as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 14, 2025, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Item&#8201;2. Exhibits.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.292%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:75.695%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.713%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532024000073/exhibit41.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">4.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.25pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532024000073/exhibit41.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Rights Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2024, by and between Vera Bradley, Inc. and Equinit</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532024000073/exhibit41.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">i</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000149532024000073/exhibit41.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"> Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Vera Bradley, Inc.&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 11, 2024).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/ex-4220251010.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">4.2</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.25pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/ex-4220251010.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2025, by and between Vera Bradley, Inc. and Equinit</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/ex-4220251010.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">i</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/ex-4220251010.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"> Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Vera Bradley, Inc.&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 1</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/ex-4220251010.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">4</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495320/000162828025044844/ex-4220251010.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">, 2025).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">SIGNATURE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:216pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">VERA BRADLEY, INC.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Date&#58; October 13, 2025</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">                                                </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> By&#58;   </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Mark C. Dely        </font></div><div style="text-indent:252pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">    Mark C. Dely</font></div><div style="text-indent:252pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">    Chief Administrative Officer</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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