UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2011
VERA BRADLEY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 001-34918 | 27-2935063 | |
| (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 2208 Production Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana | 46808 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(877) 708-8372
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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The information in Items 2.02 and 9.01 of this Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On March 15, 2011, Vera Bradley, Inc. issued an earnings press release for the quarterly and annual periods ended January 29, 2011. The press release, including attachments, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
The press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 contains financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The non-GAAP financial measures are adjusted operating income, adjusted income before income taxes, adjusted income tax expense, adjusted net income, and adjusted net income (or earnings) per share. The non-GAAP financial information should be considered supplemental to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Management, however, believes that these non-GAAP financial measures, when used in conjunction with the results presented in accordance with GAAP, may provide a more complete understanding of the Company’s core operating results and may facilitate a fuller analysis of the Company’s results, particularly in evaluating performance from one period to another. Management has chosen to provide this supplemental information to investors, analysts, and other interested parties to enable them to perform additional analyses of operating results and to illustrate the results of operations giving effect to the non-GAAP adjustments shown in the reconciliation. Management strongly encourages investors to review the Company’s consolidated financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and cautions investors that the non-GAAP measures used by the Company may differ from similar measures used by other companies, even when similar terms are used to identify such measures.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 Press Release dated March 15, 2011 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| Vera Bradley, Inc. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: March 15, 2011 | /s/ Jeffrey A. Blade | |
| Jeffrey A. Blade Executive Vice President – Chief Financial and Administrative Officer | ||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated March 15, 2011 | |