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Delaware
1-7562
94-1697231
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Two Folsom Street
San Francisco,
California
94105
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(415) 427-0100
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d)
On November 9, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of The Gap, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Elisabeth (Lisa) B. Donohue to serve as a director of the Company and as a member of the Board's Compensation and Management Development Committee, with such appointments effective the same day.
In connection with Ms. Donohue’s appointment to the Board, she received Company stock units with an initial aggregate value of $170,000 (based on the then-current fair market value of the Company's common stock) upon the effective date of her appointment. The terms of the stock units will be consistent with the stock units for the Company's other non-employee directors, as described under the heading "Compensation of Directors" in the proxy statement for the Company's 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, which description is incorporated herein by reference. Ms. Donohue will also receive a pro rata portion of the current $90,000 and $12,000 annual cash retainer amounts for fiscal 2021 that the Company pays to non-employee directors for service as a director and as a member of the Board’s Compensation and Management Development Committee, respectively.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Donohue and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director, and she has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 9, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Elisabeth B. Donohue to serve as a director of the Company. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report.
The information provided pursuant to Item 7.01, including the exhibits furnished herewith, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
