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: March 21 2014
 
 
 
TIFFANY & CO.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-9494
 
13-3228013
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
200 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
 
 
 
10010
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 755-8000  
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 





Item 2.02      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 21, 2014, Registrant issued a news release announcing its unaudited earnings and results of operations for the fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2014. A copy of the March 21, 2014 news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

The above information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the above information in this report shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.

Item 5.03      Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On March 20, 2014, Registrant’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) resolved to amend section 2.02 of Registrant’s Amended and Restated By-laws (the “ By-laws ”) to provide that director nominees must be younger than 74 years of age (rather than 72 years of age, as set forth in the By-laws prior to such amendment) when elected or appointed to the Board. As so amended, Section 2.02 of the By-laws now reads as follows:

SECTION 2.02. Qualifications and Number of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be ten (10), but such number as determined by the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased and subsequently again from time to time increased or decreased by an amendment to these By-Laws, provided that no decrease to such number by action of the Board of Directors shall in itself effect the removal of any sitting director. In order to qualify for election or appointment, directors shall be younger than 74 years when elected or appointed, provided that the Board of Directors may, by specific resolution, waive the provisions of this sentence with respect to an individual director whose continued service is deemed uniquely important to the Corporation.

A copy of the full text of the By-laws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 to this Form 8-K.

Item 8.01      Other Events.

Registrant makes various grants and awards of cash, stock and stock units, and provides various benefits, to its executive officers and other management employees pursuant to its 2005 Tiffany & Co. Employee Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, and pursuant to various retirement plans, formal agreements and informal agreements. As part of its ongoing review of compensation practices and arrangements, the Compensation Committee of the Board adopted new grant and award terms as follows: Time-Vesting Restricted Stock Unit Grants, Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grants, Form of Non-Competition and Confidentiality Covenants, and Cash Incentive Award Agreement (fiscal 2014) for certain Executive Officers, and adopted a revised Share Ownership Policy for Executive Officers and Directors. The forms of such agreements and terms are attached hereto, respectively, as Exhibits 10.28p, 10.28q, 10.28r, 10.139d and 10.152 to this Form 8-K.

In connection with the appointment of Ralph Nicoletti as Registrant’s Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer, effective April 2, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board made the following equity and non-equity grants to him, each under the 2005 Tiffany & Co. Employee Incentive Plan, as amended and restated: (i) a special one-time grant of time-vesting restricted stock units, with a grant date fair value of $1,500,000, scheduled to vest on the three-year anniversary of the grant date; (ii) a grant of performance-based restricted stock units, with a grant date fair value of $1,500,000, scheduled to vest in March 2017, following the completion of the three-year performance period, contingent on certain performance goals being met; (iii) a grant of time-vesting stock options with a grant date fair value of $750,000, scheduled to vest ratably over four years, on each anniversary date of the grant; and (iv) a non-equity annual incentive award equal to $1,050,000, scheduled to vest in March 2015, contingent on certain performance goals being met.

At a meeting of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, held on March 20, 2014, the Committee adopted revised Corporate Governance Principles for Registrant, which reflect, among other items, the Committee’s decision to increase the maximum age for director nominees and appointees. The amended and restated Corporate Governance Principles are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.153 to this Form 8-K.

On March 21, 2014, Registrant issued a news release announcing that the Board approved a new stock repurchase program. Registrant’s previous stock repurchase program had expired at the end of January 2014. This new program, which expires on March 31, 2017, authorizes Registrant to repurchase up to $300 million of its Common Stock through open market transactions. Purchases are discretionary and will be made from time to time based on market conditions and Registrant’s

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liquidity needs. A copy of the March 21, 2014 news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)        Exhibits

3.2
Restated By-laws of Registrant, as last amended March 20, 2014.

10.28p
Terms of Time-Vesting Restricted Stock Unit Grant to Executive Officers as adopted on November 20, 2013 under Registrant's 2005 Employee Incentive Plan.

10.28q
Terms of 2014 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grants to Executive Officers as adopted on January 16, 2014 for use with grants made that same date under Registrant's 2005 Employee Incentive Plan.

10.28r
Form of Non-Competition and Confidentiality Covenants for use in connection with Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grants to Registrant’s Executive Officers, and Time-Vesting Restricted Unit Awards and Certain Non-Qualified Retirement Contributions made to other officers of Registrant’s affiliated companies pursuant to the Registrant’s 2005 Employee Incentive Plan and Pursuant to the Tiffany and Company Deferral Plan.

10.139d
Form of Fiscal 2014 Cash Incentive Award Agreement for certain executive officers as adopted on March 19, 2014 under Registrant's 2005 Employee Incentive Plan.

10.152
Share Ownership Policy for Executive Officers and Directors, Amended and Restated as of March 20, 2014.

10.153
Corporate Governance Principles, amended and restated as of March 20, 2014.

99.1
News Release dated March 21, 2014.

99.2
News Release dated March 21, 2014.


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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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
TIFFANY & CO.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Patrick B. Dorsey
 
 
Patrick B. Dorsey
 
 
Senior Vice President, Secretary
 
 
and General Counsel
Date: March 21, 2014
 
 


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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
Description        

3.2
Restated By-laws of Registrant, as last amended March 20, 2014.

10.28p
Terms of Time-Vesting Restricted Stock Unit Grant to Executive Officers as adopted on November 20, 2013 under Registrant's 2005 Employee Incentive Plan.

10.28q
Terms of 2014 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grants to Executive Officers as adopted on January 16, 2014 for use with grants made that same date under Registrant's 2005 Employee Incentive Plan.

10.28r
Form of Non-Competition and Confidentiality Covenants for use in connection with Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grants to Registrant’s Executive Officers, and Time-Vesting Restricted Unit Awards and Certain Non-Qualified Retirement Contributions made to other officers of Registrant’s affiliated companies pursuant to the Registrant’s 2005 Employee Incentive Plan and Pursuant to the Tiffany and Company Deferral Plan.

10.139d
Form of Fiscal 2014 Cash Incentive Award Agreement for certain executive officers as adopted on March 19, 2014 under Registrant's 2005 Employee Incentive Plan.

10.152
Share Ownership Policy for Executive Officers and Directors, Amended and Restated as of March 20, 2014.

10.153
Corporate Governance Principles, amended and restated as of March 20, 2014.

99.1
News Release dated March 21, 2014.

99.2
News Release dated March 21, 2014.

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Exhibit 3.2
RESTATED BY-LAWS
AS LAST AMENDED September 19, 2013
-of-
TIFFANY & CO., a Delaware Corporation
(herein called the "Corporation")
-oo0oo-

ARTICLE I
Stockholders

SECTION 1.01 . Annual Meeting . The Board of Directors by resolution shall designate the time, place and date of the annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may come before it.

SECTION 1.02 . Notice of Meetings of Stockholders . Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, written notice of the meeting shall be given (unless that notice shall be waived) which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The written notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

SECTION 1.03 . Quorum . At all meetings of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.

When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

The stockholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum and at any such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of voting stock shall be represented, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting had a quorum been there present.





SECTION 1.04 . Method of Voting .
A. The vote upon any question before the meeting need not be by ballot. Except as expressly provided otherwise by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or this Section 1.04, at a meeting at which a quorum is present, each matter other than the election of directors shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter.
        
B. At each meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast; provided, that if as of the record date for such meeting the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors, not exceeding the authorized number of directors as fixed by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. For purposes of this Section 1.04, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a director must exceed the number of shares voted “against” that director. If, for any cause, the Board of Directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected thereafter at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.

SECTION 1.05 . Voting Rights of Stockholders and Proxies . Each stockholder of record entitled to vote in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock entitled to vote standing in his name on the books of the Corporation, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

SECTION 1.06 . Ownership of its Own Stock . Shares of its own capital stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the right of any corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

SECTION 1.07 . Conduct of Meetings . Each meeting of the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or such other person as the Board of Directors may designate as chairman of such meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting. In the conduct of a meeting of the stockholders, all of the powers and authority vested in a presiding officer by law or practice shall be vested in the chairman of the meeting.

SECTION 1.08 . Notice of Business and Nominations .

    

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A. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) pursuant to a notice of meeting or by otherwise properly bringing the matter before an annual meeting of stockholders or (2) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.08.

B. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (2) of the foregoing paragraph A., the stockholder must comply with the following provisions (1) through (4) of this paragraph B.

(1) The stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, as hereinafter provided. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days prior to and not more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.

(2) Such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

(3) If the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, solicits or participates in the solicitation of proxies in support of such proposal or nominees, the stockholder must have timely indicated its, or such beneficial owner’s, intention to do so as provided in provision (4)(c)(iii) below.
    
(4) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth the following information: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all information relating to such person as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such person’s written consent to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such business, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial

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owner, and (iii) whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to solicit or participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of such proposal or nominee or nominees.

C. Notwithstanding anything in paragraph B.(1) of this Section 1.08 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased above the number in effect at the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this By-law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10 th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
    
D. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to a notice of meeting issued by or at the direction of a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to such a notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board or (2) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this paragraph D., who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in the following sentence. The stockholder’s notice must include the information required in paragraphs B.(3) and B. (4) of this Section 1.08 and must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th day prior to such special meeting or the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting and not earlier than the 120 th day prior to such special meeting.

E. Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.08 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.08. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and the duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these By-laws, to declare that such defective proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.

F. For purposes of this Section 1.08, “public announcement “ shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones New Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a documents publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

    

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G. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.08, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 1.08. Nothing in this Section 1.08 shall be deemed to excuse any stockholder from the obligation to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act with respect to proposals offered for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy statement.

H. Paragraphs A. through G. of this Section 1.08 shall not apply with respect to the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders which shall be governed by the following special provisions:

At the 1998 annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph H. For business to be properly brought before such meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, which written notice must be received by the Secretary of the Corporation not less than 60 days in advance of such meeting or, if later, the fifteenth day following the first public disclosure of the date of such meeting (by mailing of notice of the meeting or otherwise). A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (3) the class, series and number of shares of the Corporation that are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (4) any material interest of the stockholder in such business. In addition, the stockholder making such proposal shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at such meeting of the stockholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph H. The Chairman of such meeting shall direct that any business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be considered.

ARTICLE II

Directors

SECTION 2.01 . Management of Business . The business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.
        
The Board of Directors, in addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon it herein, by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or otherwise, is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers as may be exercised by the Corporation, except as

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expressly provided otherwise by the statutes of the State of Delaware, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or by these By-laws.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Directors, by resolution or resolutions, may create and issue, whether or not in connection with the issue and sale of any shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation, rights or options entitling the holders thereof to purchase from the Corporation any shares of its capital stock of any class or classes or any other securities of the Corporation, such rights or options to be evidenced by or in such instrument or instruments as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The terms upon which, including the time or times, which may be limited or unlimited in duration, at or within which, and the price or prices at which, any such rights or options may be issued and any such shares or other securities may be purchased from the Corporation upon the exercise of any such right or option shall be such as shall be fixed and stated in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the creation and issue of such rights or options, and, in every case, set forth or incorporated by reference in the instrument or instruments evidencing such rights or options. In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the directors as to the consideration for the issuance of such rights or options and the sufficiency thereof shall be conclusive. In case the shares of stock of the Corporation to be issued upon the exercise of such rights or options shall be shares having a par value, the price or prices so to be received therefor shall not be less than the par value thereof. In case the shares of stock to be issued shall be shares of stock without par value, the consideration therefor shall be determined in the manner provided in Section 153 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 2.02. Qualifications and Number of Directors . Directors need not be stockholders. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be ten (10), but such number as determined by the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased and subsequently again from time to time increased or decreased by an amendment to these By-Laws, provided that no decrease to such number by action of the Board of Directors shall in itself effect the removal of any sitting director. In order to qualify for election or appointment, directors shall be younger than 74 years when elected or appointed, provided that the Board of Directors may, by specific resolution, waive the provisions of this sentence with respect to an individual director whose continued service is deemed uniquely important to the Corporation.

SECTION 2.03 . Election and Term . The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, and each director shall be elected to hold office until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.

SECTION 2.04 . Resignations . Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, if any, or if no time is specified therein, then upon receipt of such notice by the Corporation; and, unless otherwise provided therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 2.05 . Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a

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majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until their successors shall be elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as herein provided in the filling of other vacancies.

SECTION 2.06 . Quorum of Directors . At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board, but not less than two directors, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that when a board of one director is authorized, then one director shall constitute a quorum. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors except as provided in Section 2.05 hereof.

A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting of the directors to another time and place. Notice of any adjournment need not be given if such time and place are announced at the meeting.

SECTION 2.07 . Annual Meeting . The newly elected Board of Directors shall meet immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders in each year at the same place, within or without the State of Delaware, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary.

SECTION 2.08 . Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be fixed by the Board and no notice thereof shall be necessary.

SECTION 2.09 . Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer , the President, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice-President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be fixed by the person or persons calling the meeting and stated in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held upon notice to the directors or waiver thereof. Unless waived, notice of each special meeting of the directors, stating the time and place of the meeting, shall be given to each director by delivered letter, by transmitted facsimile, by electronic mail, by telegram or by personal communication either over the telephone or otherwise, in each such case not later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, or by mailed letter deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid not later than the seventh day prior to the meeting.

SECTION 2.10 . Action Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in a writing or writings and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.


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SECTION 2.11 . Compensation . Directors shall receive such fixed sums and expenses of attendance for attendance at each meeting of the Board or of any committee and/or such salary as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

SECTION 2.12 . Committees . Whereas by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, the Corporation has elected to be governed by paragraph (2) of Section 141(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions, designate one or more committees (and may discontinue any of same at any time) each to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The members of each committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. Subject to any limitations on the delegation of power and authority to such committee in the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation or under applicable law, a committee may be delegated and may exercise such powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation (and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it) as may be delegated to such committee by such a resolution of the Board of Directors. Subject to a resolution of the Board of Directors to the contrary, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting of the committee and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such present member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at such meeting of the committee in the place of such absent or disqualified member. Regular meetings of any such committee may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be fixed by such committee and no notice thereof shall be necessary. Special meetings of any such committee may be called at any time by any officer of the Corporation or any member of any such committee. Special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be fixed by the person calling the meeting and stated in the notice or waiver of the meeting. A majority of the members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority present at which there is a quorum shall be the act of such committee. Notice of each special meeting of a committee shall be given (or waived) in the same manner as notice of a directors' meeting. Each committee shall keep written minutes of its meetings and report such minutes to the Board of Directors at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE III

Officers

SECTION 3.01 . Number . The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. The officers shall be a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a President, a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and such number of Vice-Presidents (including Vice-Presidents designated by the Board of Directors as Senior Vice President and Executive Vice Presidents ) , Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers, if any, as the Board may from time to time determine.

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The Board may choose such other agents as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 3.02 . Terms of Office . Each officer shall hold his office until his successor is chosen and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time by written notice to the Corporation.

SECTION 3.03 . Removal . Any officer may be removed from office at any time by the Board of Directors with or without cause.

SECTION 3.04 . Authority . The powers and duties of the officers of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board, or by one of the committees of the Board. The Secretary, or some other officer designated by resolution of the Board or by one of the committees of the Board, shall record all of the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and directors in a book to be kept for that purpose .

SECTION 3.05 . Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation . Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President , the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or any Vice-President and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

ARTICLE IV

Capital Stock

SECTION 4.01 . Stock Certificates . Shares of stock in the Corporation may be represented by uncertificated shares, but every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or a Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. Where such certificate is signed (1) by a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (2) by a registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, the signatures of the officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of issue.

SECTION 4.02 . Transfers . Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed

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by the laws of the State of Delaware and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, through such procedures for the transfer of uncertificated shares as are authorized by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.03 . Registered Holders . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any security of the Corporation in registered form, the Corporation shall treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and to otherwise exercise all the rights and powers of an owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, any security, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 4.04 . New Certificates . The Corporation shall issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, if the owner: (1) so requests before the Corporation as notice that the shares of stock represented by that certificate have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser; (2) files with the Corporation a bond sufficient (in the judgment of the directors) to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or theft of that certificate or the issuance of a new certificate; and (3) satisfies any other requirements imposed by the directors that are reasonable under the circumstances. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the directors, it is proper so to do.

ARTICLE V

Miscellaneous

SECTION 5.01 . Offices . The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and/or without the State of Delaware.

SECTION 5.02 . Seal . The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal Delaware."

SECTION 5.03 . Checks . All checks or demands for money shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

SECTION 5.04 . Fiscal Year . The fiscal year shall begin the first day of February in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of January of the following year.

SECTION 5.05 . Waivers of Notice: Dispensing with Notice . Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or of these By-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

    

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Attendance of a person at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or of these By-laws, to any person with whom communication is made unlawful by any law of the United States of America, or by any rule, regulation, proclamation or executive order issued under any such law, then the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person; and any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person or without giving or without applying for a license or permit to give any such notice to any such person with whom communication is made unlawful as aforesaid, shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been given as provided under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or of these By-laws. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any of the other sections of this title, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

SECTION 5.06 . Loans to and Guarantees of Obligations of Employees and Officers . The Corporation may lend money to or guaranty any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the Corporation or of a subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the corporation or a subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the Corporation. Nothing in this Section contained shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the Corporation at common law or under any other statute.

SECTION 5.07 . Amendment of By-laws . These By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any meeting of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.08 . Section Headings and Statutory References . The headings of the Articles and Sections of these By-laws, and the references in brackets to relevant sections of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part of these By-laws.

ARTICLE VI

SECTION 6.01 . Indemnification of Directors and Officers . The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,

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administrative or investigative (including without limitation an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided, however, that in the event of any action, suit or proceeding initiated by and in the name of (or by and in the name of a nominee or agent for) a person who would otherwise by entitled to indemnification under this Section 6.01, such person shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder only in the event such action, suit or proceeding was initiated on the authorization of the Board of Directors. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

The right of indemnity provided herein shall not be exclusive and the Corporation may provide indemnification to any person, by agreement or otherwise, on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may approve. Any agreement for indemnification of any director, officer, employee or other person may provide indemnification rights which are broader or otherwise different from those set forth herein.

No repeal or modification of this Article or of relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable laws shall affect or diminish in any way the rights of any person to indemnification under the provisions hereof with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of, or relating to, any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such repeal or modification.

SECTION 6.02 . Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.


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Exhibit 10.28p
RESTRICTED
STOCK GRANT
TERMS
Cliff-Vesting
TIFFANY & CO.
a Delaware Corporation
(the “ Parent ”)
TERMS OF RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT
(Non-Transferable)
under the
2005 EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN
(the “ Plan ”)
Terms Adopted November 20, 2013

1. Introduction and Terms of Grant . Participant has been granted (the “ Grant ”) Stock Units which shall be settled by the issuance and delivery of Shares of Common Stock. The Grant has been made under the Plan by the Stock Option Subcommittee of the Parent Board (the “ Committee ”). The name of the “ Participant ”, the “ Grant Date ” and the number of “ Stock Units ” granted are stated in the attached “ Notice of Grant ”. The other terms and conditions of the Grant are stated in this document and in the Plan. If the Participant has the title of Vice President, Group Vice President, Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President, President or Chief Executive Officer this Grant will be void unless the Participant executes and delivers to the Parent those certain Non-Competition and Confidentiality Covenants in the form approved by the Committee, such delivery to be made prior to or within 180 days after the Grant Date.

2. Grant and Adjustment . Subject to the terms and conditions stated in this document, Participant has been granted Stock Units by the Parent. As of the Grant Date, each Stock Unit has a Settlement Value of one Share, but the number of Shares which shall be issued and delivered pursuant to the Grant on the settlement of each Stock Unit (the “ Settlement Value ”) shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2(c) of the Plan, to adjust for, among other corporate developments, stock splits and stock dividends. References to Settlement Values in this document shall be deemed reference to Settlement Values as so adjusted. As anticipated in Section 4.7 of the Plan, Shares that have not been issued and delivered to a Participant shall be represented by Stock Units.

3. Maturity Date - Vesting . Unless otherwise provided in paragraphs 4 or 5 below, 100% of the Stock Units will “mature” and vest on the Maturity Date as such term is defined in the Committee’s resolution authorizing the Grant. Following the Maturity Date, the Settlement Value of the Stock Unit in Shares shall be issued and delivered within thirty (30) days to or for the account of Participant. As provided for in Section 7 below, the Parent may make such delivery to a Service Provider. If the Stock Units fail to mature and vest on or before Participant’s Date of Termination they shall be void and shall not confer upon the owner of such Stock Unit any rights, including any right to any Share . In the event that as of the Maturity Date the Settlement Value will result in a fractional Share, the Parent will not be obligated to issue such fractional Share, and the Parent will not be required to settle any remaining fractional interest in cash.

4. Effect of Termination of Employment on Vesting . A Stock Unit shall not mature and will be deemed to have “ expired ” and shall not be settled for Shares if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs before the Maturity Date, unless the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of death, Disability, or an Involuntary Termination, in which case 100% of the Stock Units will “mature” and vest on the Date of Termination and the Settlement Value of the Stock Unit in Shares shall be issued and delivered within thirty (30) days of the Date of Termination to or for the account of Participant.





5 . Effect of Change in Control . 100% of the Stock Units will “mature” and vest upon (i) a Change of Control Date for a Terminating Transaction, or (ii) failing maturity as provided in (i) above, (ii) upon Participant’s Involuntary Termination following a Change of Control Date, and the Settlement Value of the Stock Units in Shares shall be issued and delivered within thirty (30) days of the Change of Control Date or the Date of Termination, as applicable, to or for the account of Participant.

6. No Dividends or Interest . No dividends or interest shall accrue or be payable upon any Stock Unit. Until a Share is issued and delivered it shall not be registered in the name of the Participant.

7. Withholding for Taxes. All distributions of Shares shall be subject to withholding of all applicable taxes as computed by the Employer, and the Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Parent to provide the Parent (or Employer) with funds necessary for such withholding before the Shares are delivered. Without limitation to the Parent’s right to establish other arrangements, the Parent may: (i) designate a single broker or other financial services provider (“ Services Provider ”) to establish trading accounts for Participants (each a “ Participant’s Trading Account ”); (ii) deliver Shares to Participant’s Trading Account; (iii) provide Services Provider with information concerning the applicable tax withholding rates for Participant; (iv) cause Services Provider to sell, on behalf of Participant, sufficient Shares to cover the Parent’s tax withholding obligations with respect to any delivery of Shares to Participant (a “ Covering Sale ”); and (v) cause Services Provider to remit funds resulting from such Covering Sale to Parent or any Related Company that is the employer of Participant. Participant may, by written notice to the Parent addressed to the Parent’s Secretary, and given no less than ten (10) business days before an applicable Maturity Date, elect to avoid such a Covering Sale, by delivering with such notice a bank-certified check payable to the Parent (or other type of check or draft payable to the Parent and acceptable to the Secretary) in the estimated amount of any such withholding required, such estimate to be provided by the Employer. The Committee may approve other methods of withholding, as provided for in the Plan, before the Shares are delivered.

8. Transferability . The Stock Units are not transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and shall not be otherwise transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of in any way, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor shall it be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to transfer the Stock Units otherwise than as permitted herein or to assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the Stock Units otherwise than as permitted herein, or upon the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the Grant, the Grant shall immediately terminate and become null and void.

9. Definitions . For the purposes of the Grant, certain words and phrases are defined in the Definitional Appendix attached. Except where the context clearly implies or indicates the contrary, a word, term, or phrase used in the Plan shall have the same meaning in this document.

10. Heirs and Successors . The terms of the Grant shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Parent and its successors and assigns, and upon any person acquiring, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, all or substantially all of the Parent’s assets and business.

11. Administration . The authority to manage and control the operation and administration of the Grant shall be vested in the Committee, and the Committee shall have all powers with respect to the Grant as it has with respect to the Plan. Any interpretation of the Grant by the Committee and any decision made by it with respect to the Grant are final and binding.

12. Plan Governs . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the terms of the Grant shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which may be obtained by the Participant from the office of the Secretary of the Parent.


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13. Section 409A . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any benefits and payments provided under these Terms that are payable or provided to Participant in connection with a termination of employment that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall not commence in connection with Participant’s termination of employment unless and until Participant has also incurred a “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h) (“ Separation from Service ”), unless Employer reasonably determines that such amounts may be provided to Participant without causing Participant to incur additional tax obligations under Code Section 409A. For the avoidance of doubt, it is intended that payments comply with or satisfy, to the greatest extent possible, the exemptions from the application of Code Section 409A. However, if Employer determines that these payments constitute deferred compensation and Participant is, on the termination of his service, a “ specified Participant ” of Employer, as such term is defined in Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then, solely to the extent necessary to avoid the incurrence of the adverse personal tax consequences under Code Section 409A, the timing of the payments shall be delayed until the earlier to occur of: (i) the date that is six months and one day after Participant’s Separation from Service) or (ii) the date of Participant’s death that occurs after Participant’s Separation from Service. This Section 13 shall be administered, construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A. In no event shall Employer have any liability or obligation with respect to taxes for which Participant may become liable as a result of the application of Code Section 409A. In addition to the provisions regarding Code Section 409A set forth above, the following shall apply:
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, these Terms are intended to be interpreted and applied so that the payments and benefits set forth herein either shall either be exempt from the requirements of Code Section 409A, or shall comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be exempt from or in compliance with Code Section 409A.
If Participant notifies Employer that Employee believes that any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation or benefit, including equity compensation or benefits provided herein or at any time during his employment with Employer) would cause Employee to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A or Employer independently makes such determination, Employer shall, after consulting with Employee, reform such provision (or award of compensation or benefit) to attempt to comply with or be exempt from Code Section 409A through good faith modifications to the minimum extent reasonably appropriate. To the extent that any provision hereof (or award of compensation or benefit) is modified in order to comply with Code Section 409A, such modification shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to Employee and Employer without violating the provisions of Code Section 409A.


[continued]

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Appendix I -- Definitions
    
Affiliate ” shall mean any Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, any other Person, directly or indirectly.
    
Cause ” shall mean a termination of Participant’s employment which is the result of:

Participant’s conviction or plea of nolo contendere to a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude which would tend to subject Employer, Parent or any Tiffany Affiliate to public criticism or to materially interfere with Participant’s continued service to Employer or Parent;

Participant’s willful and material violation of Employer’s Business Conduct Policy - Worldwide, as it may be amended from time to time;

Participant’s willful failure, or willful refusal to attempt, to perform substantially all such proper and achievable directives issued by the CEO or the Parent Board (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness, or any such refusal made in good faith because Participant believes such directives to be illegal, unethical or immoral) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Participant on behalf of Employer, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which Participant has not substantially performed his duties, and which performance is not substantially corrected by Participant within ten (10) business days of receipt of such demand;

Participant’s fraud or theft with regard to Parent or any Tiffany Affiliate;

Participant’s willful failure to reasonably cooperate in any investigation of alleged misconduct by Participant or by any other Participant of Parent, Employer or any Tiffany Affiliate;

Participant’s willful and material breach of any non-competition or confidentiality covenants that Participant has entered into with Employer ;

Participant’s alcoholism or illicit drug use that materially interferes with Participant’s job performance or his ability to perform his services hereunder or that has a material adverse effect on the reputation of Employer, Parent or any Tiffany Affiliate or their respective products, trademarks or goodwill.

No act or failure to act on Participant’s part will be considered “willful” for the purposes of this definition unless done, or omitted to be done, by Participant not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interests of Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participant shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to Participant a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-fourths (3/4 th ) of the entire membership of the Parent Board at a meeting called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to

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Participant and an opportunity for Participant, together with Participant’s counsel, to be heard before the Parent Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Parent Board, Cause exists as set forth above.

Change in Control. ” A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(i)
any Person, or any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, excluding Parent or any of its Affiliates, a trustee or any fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Parent or any of its Affiliates, an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly by stockholders of Parent in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Parent representing Thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of Parent’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of Parent;

(ii)
if the Incumbent Directors cease to constitute a majority of the Parent Board; provided, however, that no person shall be deemed an Incumbent Director if he or she was appointed or elected to the Parent Board after having been designated to serve on the Parent Board by a Person who has entered into an agreement with Parent to effect a transaction described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this definition ;

(iii)
there occurs a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction involving Parent, in each case with respect to which the stockholders of Parent immediately prior to such transaction do not, immediately after such transaction, own more than Fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Parent or other corporation resulting from such transaction, as the case may be;

(iv)
all or substantially all of the assets of Parent or Employer are sold, liquidated or distributed, except to an Affiliate of Parent.

Change in Control Date ” shall mean the date on which a Change of Control occurs except that a Change of Control which constitutes a Terminating Transaction will be deemed to have occurred as of fourteen days prior to the date scheduled for the Terminating Transaction.

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor provisions thereto.

Common Stock ” shall mean the common stock of Parent.

    

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Date of Termination ” shall mean, with respect to Participant, the first day occurring on or after the Grant Date on which Participant’s employment with Employer terminates for any reason; provided that a termination of employment shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a transfer of the employment of Participant from one Employer to another Employer; and further provided that the Participant’s employment shall not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a leave of absence from the Employer approved by Employer or required by applicable law. If, as a result of a sale or other transaction, Employer ceases to be an Affiliate of Parent, the occurrence of such transaction shall be treated as a Terminating Transaction; provided that such transaction constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

Disability ” shall mean termination of Participant’s employment because Parent Board has determined, after due consideration of an opinion of a qualified physician: that Participant has become disabled because of a mental or physical illness or incapacity; that Participant remains so disabled; and that the nature of Participant’s disability is such that Participant is unable to perform, on a full-time basis, services of the character contemplated by his/her employment. The Parent Board may not make such determination in (i) above unless and until Participant shall have, because of a mental or physical illness or incapacity, failed to render for 120 or more successive days or for shorter periods aggregating 120 days or more during any 365-day period (with or without reasonable accommodation) services of the character contemplated by these Terms.

Employer ” shall mean Tiffany and Company, or any other Affiliate of Parent that employs Participant and any successor to its business and/or assets by operation of law or otherwise.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor provisions thereto.

Good Reason ” means Participant’s resignation from employment with Employer for “Good Reason” shall mean any one or more of the following actions taken without Participant’s consent:
a material adverse change in Participant’s duties, authority or responsibilities;
a material adverse change in Participant’s reporting responsibility;
a failure of any successor to Employer or Parent (whether direct or indirect and whether by merger, acquisition, consolidation, asset sale or otherwise) to assume in writing any obligations arising out of these Terms or any other agreement between Employer or Parent and Participant;
any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by Employer or Parent of these Terms or any other agreement between Participant and Employer (for this purpose, a “material breach” by Employer or Parent shall include any reduction in Participant’s Base Salary or in his Target Incentive Award (but, for the avoidance of doubt, any actual pay-out of an Incentive Award for a given Fiscal Year which is less than the Target Incentive Award shall not constitute Good Reason, provided that such lower pay-out is based upon the failure to meet Performance Goals or a good faith determination by the Compensation Committee that Parent’s financial performance or Participant’s personal

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performance did not warrant a pay-out equal to or greater than the Target Incentive Award));
Parent’s failure to comply with the terms of any equity award granted to or required by contract to be granted to Participant; and
Employer requires Participant to be based at an office or location other than one located in New York, New York.

Notwithstanding any provision of these Terms to the contrary, termination of employment by Participant will not be for Good Reason unless (y) Participant notifies Employer in writing of the existence of the condition which Participant believes constitutes Good Reason within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of such condition, and (z) Employer fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice, provided that Participant’s right to terminate under Section 7 (f) (vii) must be exercised within ninety (90) days following the expiration of Term as set forth in Section 7 (f) (vii).
        
Incumbent Directors ” shall mean those individuals who were members of the Parent Board as of the Grant Date and those individuals whose later appointment to such Board, or whose later nomination for election to such Board by the stockholders of Parent, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those members of such Board who either were members of such Board as of the Grant Date, or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved.

Involuntary Termination ” means either (i) a termination of Participant’s employment by Employer without Cause or (ii) Participant’s resignation of employment with the Employer for Good Reason.

Notice of Termination ” shall mean a written notice indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Participant’s employment under the provision so indicated.

Parent ” shall mean Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation, and any successor to its business and/or assets by operation of law or otherwise.

Parent Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of Parent.
    
Person ” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, business trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

Terminating Transaction ” shall mean any one of the following:

(i)
a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Parent with one or more Persons as a result of which the Parent goes out of existence or becomes a subsidiary of another Person; or

    

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(ii)
upon the acquisition of substantially all of the property or more than eighty percent (80%) of the then outstanding stock of the Parent by another Person;

provided that none of the foregoing transactions will be deemed to be a Terminating Transaction, if as of a date at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date scheduled for such transaction provisions have been made in writing in connection with such transaction for the assumption of the Grant or the substitution for the Grant of a new grant covering the publicly-traded stock of a successor Person, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares; and further provided that of the foregoing transactions will be deemed to be a Terminating Transaction unless such event constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.


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Exhibit 10.28q
2014
PERFORMANCE-
BASED RESTRICTED
STOCK GRANT
TERMS
TIFFANY & CO.
a Delaware Corporation
(the “Parent”)
TERMS OF PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT
(Non-Transferable)
under the
2005 EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN
(the “Plan”)
Terms Adopted January 15, 2014

1. Introduction and Terms of Grant . Participant has been granted (the “Grant”) Stock Units which shall be settled by the issuance and delivery of Shares of the Parent’s Common Stock. The Grant has been made under the Plan by the Stock Option Subcommittee of the Parent Board (the “Committee”). The name of the “Participant”, the “Grant Date”, the number of “Stock Units” granted, the “Performance Period”, the “Earnings Threshold”, the “Earnings Target”, the “Earnings Maximum” and the “ROA Target” are stated in the attached “Notice of Grant”. The other terms and conditions of the Grant are stated in this document and in the Plan. Certain initially capitalized words and phrases used in this document are defined in the Definitions Appendix attached and elsewhere in this document or in the Plan. Reference to Stock Units in this document is reference to all or part of the Stock Units which are subject to the Grant, and not to other Stock Units that have been granted or that may be granted in the future.

2. Grant and Adjustment . Subject to the terms and conditions stated in this document, Participant has been granted Stock Units by the Parent. As of the Grant Date, each Stock Unit has a Settlement Value of one Share, but the number of Shares which shall be issued and delivered pursuant to the Grant on the settlement of each Stock Unit (the “Settlement Value”) shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2(c) of the Plan, to adjust for, among other corporate developments, stock splits and stock dividends. References to Settlement Values in this document shall be deemed reference to Settlement Values as so adjusted. As anticipated in Section 4.7 of the Plan, Shares that have not been issued and delivered to a Participant shall be represented by Stock Units.

3. Performance Vesting . Unless otherwise provided in sections 4 or 5 below, the Performance Portion (as defined below) of the Stock Units will vest three business days following the public announcement of the Parent’s audited, consolidated financial results for the last fiscal year in the Performance Period (the “Maturity Date”). A Stock Unit that has vested is herein referred to as a “Vested Unit.” Within thirty (30) days following the Maturity Date, but in no event later than December 31 of the calendar year in which the last day of the Performance Period occurs, the Settlement Value of each Vested Unit shall be issued and delivered to or for the account of Participant in Shares. As provided for in Section 7 below, the Parent may make such delivery to a Service Provider. In all circumstances, a Stock Unit which fails to vest on or before the Maturity Date shall be void and shall not confer upon the owner of such Stock Unit any rights, including any right to any Share . In the event that any provision of this document would otherwise result in the issuance of a fractional Share, the Parent will not be obligated to issue such fractional Share.

The “Performance Portion” shall be a percentage of the Stock Units calculated as hereinafter provided (provided that the Performance Portion shall never exceed 100% of the Stock Units):
    
(a)
The Performance Portion shall be 0% of the Stock Units if the Earnings Threshold is not attained over the Performance Period.





(b)
Subject to reduction pursuant to subsection (c) below, if the Earnings Threshold has been attained over the Performance Period, the Performance Portion shall be 100% of the Stock Units.

(c)
If the Earnings Threshold has been attained over the Performance Period the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, have the right to reduce the Performance Portion to 0% of the Stock Units or any percentage of the Stock Units less than 100%. The Committee may exercise such discretion on any date that occurs following the close of the Performance Period and prior to the Maturity Date. The Committee has provided guidance to Participant with respect to factors, including the Earnings Target, the Earnings Maximum and the ROA Target, that the Committee intends to apply in effecting such a reduction, but the Committee shall not be limited in its discretion to those factors.

“Earnings” means the Company’s consolidated earnings per share on a diluted basis, as reported in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, aggregated over the Performance Period and as adjusted by the Committee as provided for below and in the Plan.

The “Earnings Threshold”, “Earnings Target” and “Earnings Maximum” are expressed in the Notice of Grant as functions of Earnings, as so defined.

“ROA” means the Company’s consolidated return on average assets in each of the fiscal years in the Performance Period, expressed as a percentage, and then averaged over the entire Performance Period. In each of the fiscal years average assets will be computed by averaging total assets at the beginning and at the end of the fiscal year; net earnings for such fiscal years shall be divided by average assets. Both total assets and net earnings shall be as reported in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The “ROA Target” is expressed in the Notice of Grant as a function of ROA, as so defined.

Each of Earnings and ROA is a “Performance Goal”. In determining whether the Earnings Threshold has been met the Committee shall appropriately adjust any evaluation of attainment of a Performance Goal to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a Performance Period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs, and (v) extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in said Annual Report for the applicable year.

4. Effect of Termination of Employment on Vesting . Except as provided in this Section 4, no Stock Units shall vest if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs before the conclusion of the Performance Period:

(a)
if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of death or Disability within the last fiscal year of the Performance Period, Stock Units shall vest as provided in Section 3 above as though the Participant’s Date of Termination had not occurred before the conclusion of the Performance Period;

(b)
if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of death or Disability within the second fiscal year of the Performance Period, 34% of Stock Units shall vest on the date of such death or Disability;


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(c)
if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of death or Disability within the first fiscal year of the Performance Period, 17% of Stock Units shall vest on the date of such death or Disability;

(d)
if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of Cause , no Stock Units shall vest;

(e)
if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of Participant’s voluntary resignation , no Stock Units shall vest; and

(f)
if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs at the initiative of the Participant’s employer (but not for Cause) the Committee reserves the right to vest the Stock Units as follows, but may condition such vesting upon Participant’s release of the Parent and its affiliates from all claims, Participant’s agreement to reasonable non-competition covenants or both:

(i)
If the Date of Termination occurs in the last fiscal year of the Performance Period, the percentage of the Stock Units the Committee may elect to vest will be based on the Company’s cumulative performance during the first and second fiscal year of the Performance Period, as compared to the Earnings Threshold, Earnings Target, and Earnings Maximum expressed in the Notice of Grant. For purposes of this Section 4(f)(i), the Earnings Threshold, Earnings Target, and Earnings Maximum shall be pro-rated for the cumulative two-year period (66.67%), and applied in a manner consistent with the guidance provided by the Committee as referenced in Section 3(c) above. Achievement of the ROA Target shall not be considered as a factor in determining the number of units to vest.

(ii)
If the Date of Termination occurs in the second fiscal year of the Performance Period, the percentage of the Stock Units the Committee may elect to vest will be based on the Company’s cumulative performance during the first fiscal year of the Performance Period, as compared to the Earnings Threshold, Earnings Target, and Earnings Maximum expressed in the Notice of Grant. For purposes of this Section 4(f)(i), the Earnings Threshold, Earnings Target, and Earnings Maximum shall be pro-rated for the cumulative two-year period (33.33%), and applied in a manner consistent with the guidance provided by the Committee as referenced in Section 3(c) above. Achievement of the ROA Target shall not be considered as a factor in determining the number of units to vest.

(iii)
For the avoidance of doubt no vesting shall occur pursuant to Sections 4(f)(i) and (ii) above if the Date of Termination occurs before the start of the Performance Period, or during the first fiscal year of the Performance Period.

5 . Effect of Change in Control on Vesting .

(a)
In the event of a Change in Control, Stock Units will convert to Time-Based Restricted Stock Units as follows:

(i)
If the Change in Control occurs in the first or second fiscal year of the Performance Period, then 55% Stock Units shall convert to Time-Based Restricted Stock Units;


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(ii)
If the Change in Control occurs in the last fiscal year of the Performance Period, the percentage of the Target award number of Stock Units to convert to Time-Based Restricted Stock Units will be based on the Company’s cumulative performance during the first and second fiscal year of the Performance Period, as compared to the Earnings Threshold, Earnings Target, and Earnings Maximum expressed in the Notice of Grant. For purposes of this Section 5(a)(ii), the Earnings Threshold, Earnings Target, and Earnings Maximum shall be pro-rated for the cumulative two-year period (66.67%), and applied in a manner consistent with the guidance provided by the Committee as referenced in Section 3(c) above. Achievement of the ROA Target shall not be considered as a factor in determining the number of units converted to Time-Based Restricted Stock Units.

(b)
The vesting of the Time-Based Restricted Stock Units converted as described in Section 5(a):

(i)
Will be accelerated to the Date of Termination if the Participant is subject to Involuntary Termination prior to the Maturity Date.
 
(ii)
Will occur on the Maturity Date, if Vesting has not otherwise been accelerated as provided above.

(c) For the avoidance of doubt no conversion or vesting shall occur pursuant to Sections 5(a) and (b) above if the Change of Control Date occurs before the start of the Performance Period.

(d)
In the event of vesting pursuant to this Section 5, the Settlement Value of each Vested Unit shall, within thirty days after vesting, be issued and delivered to or for the account of Participant in Shares. As provided for in Section 7 below, the Parent may make such delivery to a Service Provider.

6. No Dividends or Interest . No dividends or interest shall accrue or be payable upon any Stock Unit. Until a Share is issued and delivered it shall not be registered in the name of the Participant.

7. Withholding for Taxes. All distributions of Shares shall be subject to withholding of all applicable taxes as computed by the Tiffany and Parent finance department, and the Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Parent to provide the Parent (or any Related Company) with funds necessary for such withholding before the Shares are delivered. Without limitation to the Parent’s right to establish other arrangements, the Parent may: (i) designate a single broker or other financial services provider (“Services Provider”) to establish trading accounts for Participants (each a “Participant’s Trading Account”); (ii) deliver Shares to Participant’s Trading Account; (iii) provide Services Provider with information concerning the applicable tax withholding rates for Participant; (iv) cause Services Provider to sell, on behalf of Participant, sufficient Shares to cover the Parent’s tax withholding obligations with respect to any delivery of Shares to Participant (a “Covering Sale”); and (v) cause Services Provider to remit funds resulting from such Covering Sale to Parent or any Related Company that is the employer of Participant. As a condition to distribution the Parent may require the Participant to provide the Services Provider with such signed applications, authorizations, powers and other documents necessary to accomplish the foregoing. Participant may, by written notice to the Parent addressed to the Parent’s Secretary, and given no less than ten (10) business days before the Maturity Date or other applicable vesting date, elect to avoid such a Covering Sale by delivering with such notice a bank-certified check

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payable to the Parent (or other type of check or draft payable to the Parent and acceptable to the Secretary) in the estimated amount of any such withholding required, such estimate to be provided by the Tiffany and Company finance department. The Committee may approve other methods of withholding, as provided for in the Plan, before the Shares are delivered.

8. Transferability . The Stock Units are not transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and shall not be otherwise transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of in any way, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor shall it be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to transfer the Stock Units otherwise than as permitted herein or to assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the Stock Units otherwise than as permitted herein, or upon the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the Grant, the Grant shall immediately terminate and become null and void.

9. Definitions . For the purposes of the Grant, certain words and phases are defined in the Definitional Appendix attached. Except where the context clearly implies or indicates the contrary, a word, term or phrase used in the Plan shall have the same meaning in this document.

10. Heirs and Successors . The terms of the Grant shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Parent and its successors and assigns, and upon any person acquiring, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, all or substantially all of the Parent’s assets and business. Participant may designate a beneficiary of his/her rights under the Grant by filing written notice with the Secretary of the Parent. In the event of the Participant’s death prior to the full maturity of the Grant, the Shares will be delivered to such Beneficiary to the extent that it was matured on the Participant’s Termination Date. If the Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary, or if the designated Beneficiary dies before the Participant, any Shares issuable hereunder will be delivered to the Participant’s estate.

11. Administration . The authority to manage and control the operation and administration of the Grant shall be vested in the Committee, and the Committee shall have all powers with respect to the Grant as it has with respect to the Plan. Any interpretation of the Grant by the Committee and any decision made by it with respect to the Grant is final and binding.

12. Clawback Provisions .Notwithstanding any other provisions in these terms to the contrary, each Vested Unit hereunder, which has been issued and delivered to or for the account of Participant, shall be subject to deductions and clawback as may be required under any applicable law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement, or any policy adopted by the Company, including but not limited to the Policy for Recovery of Incentive-based Compensation Erroneously Awarded to Executive Officers, adopted by the Parent Board on September 18, 2013.

13. Plan Governs . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the terms of the Grant shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which may be obtained by the Participant from the office of the Secretary of the Parent.

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Appendix I -- Definitions
    
Affiliate ” shall mean any Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, any other Person, directly or indirectly.
    
Cause ” shall mean a termination of Participant’s employment which is the result of:

(i)
Participant’s conviction or plea of nolo contendere to a felony or any other crime involving financial impropriety or which would tend to subject Employer or any of its Affiliates to public criticism or materially interfere with Participant’s continued service to Employer;

(ii)
Participant’s willful violation of the Code of Conduct;

(iii)
Participant’s willful failure or refusal to perform substantially all such proper and achievable directives issued by Participant’s superior (other than any such failure resulting from Participant’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness, any such actual or anticipated failure resulting from a resignation by Participant for Good Reason, or any such refusal made by Participant in good faith because Participant believes such directives to be illegal, unethical or immoral) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Participant on behalf of Employer, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which Participant has not substantially performed Participant’s duties, and which performance is not substantially corrected by Participant within ten (10) days of receipt of such demand;

(iv)
Participant’s gross negligence in the performance of Participant’s duties and responsibilities materially injurious to the Employer;

(v)
Participant’s willful breach of any material obligation that Participant has to Parent or Employer under any written agreement that Participant has with either Parent or Employer;

(vi)
Participant’s fraud or dishonesty with regard to Employer or any of its Affiliates;

(vii)
Participant’s failure to reasonably cooperate in any investigation of alleged misconduct by Participant or by any other employee of Parent, Employer or any Affiliate of Parent or Employer;

For purposes of the previous sentence, no act or failure to act on Participant’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by Participant in bad faith toward, or without reasonable belief that Participant’s action or omission was in the best interests of, Parent, Employer or an Affiliate of Parent or Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participant shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause with respect to items (i) through (vii)

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unless and until there shall have been delivered to Participant a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-fourths (3/4 th ) of the entire membership of the Employer Board at a meeting called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to Participant and an opportunity for Participant, together with Participant’s counsel, to be heard before such Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of such Board, Cause exists as set forth in any of items (i) through (vii) above.

Change in Control. ” A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(i)
any Person, or any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, excluding Parent or any of its Affiliates, a trustee or any fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Parent or any of its Affiliates, an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly by stockholders of Parent in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Parent representing Thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of Parent’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of Parent;

(ii)
if the Incumbent Directors cease to constitute a majority of the Parent Board; provided, however, that no person shall be deemed an Incumbent Director if he or she was appointed or elected to the Parent Board after having been designated to serve on the Parent Board by a Person who has entered into an agreement with Parent to effect a transaction described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this definition;

(iii)
there occurs a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction involving Parent, in each case with respect to which the stockholders of Parent immediately prior to such transaction do not, immediately after such transaction, own more than Fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Parent or other corporation resulting from such transaction, as the case may be;

(iv)
all or substantially all of the assets of Parent or Employer are sold, liquidated or distributed, except to an Affiliate of Parent.

Change in Control Date ” shall mean the date on which a Change in Control occurs.

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor provisions thereto.

    

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Code of Conduct ” shall mean Parent’s (i) Code of Business and Ethical Conduct for Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and All Other Officers of the Parent and (ii) Business Conduct Policy - Worldwide, as amended from time to time prior to the Change of Control Date and as in effect as of the Change of Control Date.

Common Stock ” shall mean the common stock of Parent.

Date of Termination ” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, the first day occurring on or after the Grant Date on which Participant’s employment with Employer terminates for any reason; provided that a termination of employment shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a transfer of the employment of Participant between Employers; and further provided that the Participant’s employment shall not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a leave of absence from the Employer approved by Employer or required by applicable law. If, as a result of a sale or other transaction, Employer ceases to be an Affiliate of Parent, the occurrence of such transaction shall be treated as the Participant’s Date of Termination caused by the Participant being discharged by Employer.

Disability ” shall mean Participant’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness which causes Participant to be absent from the full-time performance of Participant’s duties with Employer for six (6) consecutive months provided, however, that Participant shall not be determined to be subject to a Disability for purposes of this Award unless Participant fails to return to full-time performance of Participant’s duties with Employer within thirty (30) days after written Notice of Termination due to Disability is given to Participant.

Employer ” shall mean the Affiliate of Parent that employs Participant from time to time, and any successor to its business and/or assets by operation of law or otherwise.

Employer Board ” shall mean the board of directors (or other highest governing authority other than the shareholders) of Employer.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor provisions thereto.

Good Reason ” means Participant’s resignation from employment with Employer as a result of any of the following:

(i)
a meaningful and detrimental alteration in Participant’s position or the nature or status of Participant’s responsibilities (including reporting responsibilities) from those in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date;

(ii)
a material failure by Employer to pay Participant a bonus or incentive award commensurate with the bonus paid others at Participant’s job level (expressed as a percentage of target bonus) unless such failure is justified by clear and objective deficiencies of the business units for which Participant is responsible;


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(iii)
the relocation of the office of Employer where Participant was employed immediately prior to the Change in Control Date to a location which is more than 50 miles away or should Employer require Participant to be based more than 50 miles away from such office (except for required travel on the Employer’s business to an extent substantially consistent with Participant’s customary business travel obligations in the ordinary course of business prior to the Change in Control Date); or

(iv)
a Substantial Change.
        
Incumbent Directors ” shall mean those individuals who were members of the Parent Board as of January 15, 2009 and those individuals whose later appointment to such Board, or whose later nomination for election to such Board by the stockholders of Parent, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those members of such Board who either were members of such Board as of January 15, 2009, or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved.

Involuntary Termination ” means (i) Participant’s termination of employment by Employer without Cause or (ii) Participant’s resignation of employment with the Employer for Good Reason.

Notice of Termination ” shall mean a written notice indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Participant’s employment under the provision so indicated.

Parent ” shall mean Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation, and any successor to its business and/or assets by operation of law or otherwise.

Parent Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of Parent.
    
Person ” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, business trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

Retirement ” shall mean the occurrence of the Participant’s Date of Termination after age 65 or the occurrence of the Participant’s Date of Termination after age 55 pursuant to the retirement practices of Employer.

“Substantial Change” means any material change in the terms or conditions of Participant’s employment (including in salary or target bonus) following a Change of Control Date that is less favorable to Participant than those in effect previous to the Change of Control Date other than (i) a change that has been made on an across-the-board basis for substantially all of Employer’s employees or (ii) a change in equity-based compensation (including the reduction or elimination thereof) resulting from the Change in Control.

    

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“Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit s means a stock unit that shall not mature, and which shall be deemed to have “expired,” upon the Participant’s Date of Termination, if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs before the Maturity Date, provided, however, that if such Date of Termination occurs pursuant to an Involuntary Termination or by reason of death or Disability, in which case the Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit s will “mature” and vest on the Date of Termination, and the Settlement Value of the Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit in Shares shall be issued and delivered within thirty (30) days of the Date of Termination to or for the account of Participant.


    




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Exhibit 10.28r


NON-COMPETITION AND CONFIDENTIALITY COVENANTS

THIS INSTRUMENT is made and given this ___ day of _________ 2014 by __________(“ Participant ”) to and for the benefit of Tiffany and Company, a New York corporation and its Affiliates (as defined below) with reference to the following facts and circumstances:

A.
Participant wishes to receive Equity Awards which might be granted to Participant in the future or which have been granted to Participant on the condition that Participant executes and delivers this instrument;
  
B.
Participant wishes to have Excess DCRB Contributions made on his behalf by Tiffany pursuant to the terms of the Deferral Plan;

C.
Participant is willing to make the promises set forth in this instrument, and to execute and deliver this instrument, in order to be eligible to (i) receive Equity Awards in the future and to have the benefit of Equity Awards which have been granted to Participant on the condition that Participant executes and delivers this instrument and (ii) to have the benefit of Excess DCRB Contributions;

D.
Participant understands that Equity Awards and any Excess DCRB Contributions and Investment Fund performance credited to such contributions in a Participant’s Deferred Benefit Accounts may be forfeited if Participant breaches the covenants contained in this instrument;

E.
Participant understands that the Proceeds of Equity Awards may become due and payable by Participant to Tiffany and Company if Participant breaches the covenants contained in this instrument;

F.
Participant agrees that the receipt of one or more Equity Awards is full and fair and consideration for the covenants made in this instrument.

NOW THEREFORE, Participant hereby agrees as follows:

1.      Defined Terms . The initially capitalized words and phrases set forth below shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

“Affiliate” shall mean, with reference to any Person, any second Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, any such first Person, directly or indirectly.

“Board” means the board of directors of Tiffany and Company, a New York corporation.





“Cause” means a termination of Participant’s employment, involuntary on Participant’s part, which is the result of:

(i)
Participant’s conviction or plea of no contest to a felony involving financial impropriety or a felony which would tend to subject the Company or any of its Affiliates to public criticism or materially interfere with Participant’s continued service to the Company or its Affiliate;

(ii)
Participant’s willful and unauthorized disclosure of material Confidential Information which disclosure actually results in substantive harm to the Company’s or its Affiliate’s business or puts such business at an actual competitive disadvantage;

(iii)
Participant’s willful failure or refusal to perform substantially all such proper and achievable directives issued by Participant’s superior (other than: (A) any such failure resulting from Participant’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness, or (B) any such refusal made by Participant in good faith because Participant believes such directives to be illegal, unethical or immoral) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Participant on behalf of Company, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which Participant has not substantially performed Participant’s duties, and which performance is not substantially corrected by Participant within ten (10) days of receipt of such demand;

(iv)
Participant’s commission of any willful act which is intended by Participant to result in his personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or which could reasonably be expected by him to materially injure the reputation, business or business relationships of the Company or any of its Affiliates;

(v)
A theft, fraud or embezzlement perpetrated by Participant upon Company or any of its Affiliates.

Change in Control means a change in control of Parent of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, whether or not Parent is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, however, that, anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(i)
any Person, or any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, excluding Parent or any of its Affiliates, a trustee or any fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Parent or any of its Affiliates, an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or a

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corporation owned, directly or indirectly by stockholders of Parent in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Parent representing Thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of Parent’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of Parent;

(ii)
ten (10) days following the “Shares Acquisition Date” if any Person has in fact become and then remains an “Acquiring Person” under the Rights Plan;

(iii)
if the Parent Board should resolve to redeem the “Rights” under the Rights Plan in response to a proposal by any Person to acquire, directly or indirectly, securities of Parent representing Fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of Parent’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of Parent;

(iv)
if the Incumbent Directors cease to constitute a majority of the Parent Board; provided, however, that no person shall be deemed an Incumbent Director if he or she was appointed or elected to the Parent Board after having been designated to serve on the Parent Board by a Person who has entered into an agreement with Parent to effect a transaction described in clauses (i), (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) or (ix) of this definition;

(v)
there occurs a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction involving Parent, in each case with respect to which the stockholders of Parent immediately prior to such transaction do not, immediately after such transaction, own more than Fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Parent or other corporation resulting from such transaction, as the case may be;

(vi)
all or substantially all of the assets of Parent are sold, liquidated or distributed, except to an Affiliate of Parent;

(vii)
all or substantially all of the assets of Tiffany and Company are sold, liquidated or distributed, except to an Affiliate of Parent;

(viii)
any Person, or any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, excluding Parent or any of its Affiliates, a trustee or any fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Parent or any of its Affiliates, an underwriter temporally holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly by stockholders of Parent in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the General

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Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Tiffany and Company representing Fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of Tiffany and Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of Tiffany and Company; or

(ix)
there is a “change of control” or a “change in the effective control” of Parent within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the Regulations.

“Change in Control Date” shall mean the date on which a Change of Control occurs.

“Confidential Information” means all information relating in any manner to Tiffany or its business, including but not limited to, contemplated new products and services, marketing and advertising campaigns, sales projections, creative campaigns and themes, financial information, budgets and projections, system designs, employees, management procedures and systems, employee training materials, equipment, production plans and techniques, product and materials specifications, product designs and design techniques, client information (including purchase history and client identifying information) and vendor information (including the identity of vendors and information concerning the capacity of or products or pricing provided by specific vendors); notwithstanding the foregoing, “Confidential Information” shall not include information that becomes generally publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure by Participant or that becomes available to Participant on a non-confidential basis from a Person that to the Participant’s knowledge, after due inquiry, is not bound by a duty of confidentiality.

“Covered Employee” means any person who, at any date relevant to this Agreement, is an employee of Tiffany or who was an employee of Tiffany during the one-year period previous to the date relevant to this Agreement.

“Deferral Plan” means the Tiffany and Company Amended and Restated Executive Deferral Plan as it may be further amended from time to time.

“Deferred Benefit Accounts” means Deferred Benefit Accounts under the Deferral Plan.

“Duration of Non-Competition Covenant” means the period beginning with Participant’s Termination Date and ending upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the second year anniversary of Participant’s Termination Date, (ii) Participant’s Change of Control Date or (iii) Participant’s 60 th birthday provided that, in no circumstance shall the Duration of this Covenant be less than six months.

“Equity Awards” means any grant of options to purchase, restricted shares of, stock units that may be settled in, or stock appreciation rights that may be measured by appreciation in the value of, the Common Stock of Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation, including any grants made under the terms of the 1998 Employee Incentive Plan or any plan

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adopted by Tiffany & Co. subsequent to the date of this instrument including grants made both before and after the date of this instrument.

“Excess DCRB Contributions” means the contribution described in Sections 3.3 and 3.4 of the Deferral Plan.

“Investment Fund” shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Deferral Plan.
 
“Jewelry” means jewelry (including but not limited to precious metal or silver jewelry or jewelry containing gemstones) and watches.

“Parent” means Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation.

“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, business trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

“Proceeds of Equity Award” means, in U.S. dollars, (i) with respect to an Equity Award of restricted stock or stock units, the value the shares on the date the Equity Award vests, and, (ii) with respect to an Equity Award that is an option to purchase or a stock appreciation right, the spread between the strike price and the market value for the underlying shares on the exercise date, in each of cases (i) and (ii) measured by the simple average of the high and low selling prices on the principal market on which the shares are traded as of vesting or exercise date, as the case may be, if such vesting or exercise date is a trading date; if such vesting or exercise date is not a trading date, then as of trading date next following the vesting or exercise date.

“Normal Retirement Age” means the later of (i) Participant’s 65th birthday or (ii) the 5th anniversary from his date of hire.

“Retail Jewelry Trade” means the operation of one or more retail outlets (including stores-within-stores, leased departments or concessions) selling Jewelry in any city in the world in which a TIFFANY & CO. store is located at the time in question; for the purpose of this definition, a retail outlet will not be deemed engaged in the Retail Jewelry Trade if less than 5% of the items displayed for sale in such outlet are Jewelry, so that, by way of example, an apparel store that offers Jewelry as an incidental item would not be deemed engaged in the Retail Jewelry Trade.

“Rights Plan” means the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement Dated as of September 22, 1998 by and between Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation, and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services L.L.C., as Rights Agent, as such Agreement may be further amended from time to time.


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“Termination Date” means the date Participant ceases to be an employee of Tiffany or its Affiliate.

“Tiffany” means Tiffany and Company, a New York corporation, and if the context so requires, Tiffany and Company and/or any Affiliate of Tiffany and Company, such term to be interpreted broadly so as to give rights equivalent to Tiffany and Company to any Affiliate of Tiffany and Company.

“Wholesale Jewelry Trade” means the sale of Jewelry or gemstones to the Retail Jewelry Trade, the development or design of Jewelry for sale to the Retail Jewelry Trade or the production of Jewelry for sale to the Retail Jewelry Trade regardless of where in the world such activities are conducted.

2.      Non-Competition . Participant agrees that for the Duration of the Non-Competition Covenant Participant will not directly or indirectly (whether as director, officer, consultant, principal, owner, member, partner, advisor, financier, employee, agent or otherwise):

(i) engage in, assist, have any interest in or contribute Participant’s knowledge and abilities to, any business or entity in the Retail Jewelry Trade or in the Wholesale Jewelry Trade or seeking to enter or about to become engaged in the Retail Jewelry Trade or the Wholesale Jewelry Trade (provided that this subsection shall not prohibit an investment by Participant not exceeding five percent of the outstanding securities of a publicly traded company);

(ii) employ, attempt to employ, or assist anyone in employing a Covered Employee (including by influencing any Covered Employee to terminate his/her employment with Tiffany or to accept employment with any Person); or

(iii) attempt in any manner to solicit jewelry purchases by any client of Tiffany or persuade any client of Tiffany to cease doing business or reduce the amount of business that such client has customarily done with Tiffany.

The provisions of Section 2(i) above shall not apply if Participant’s employment with Tiffany or Tiffany’s Affiliate is terminated by Tiffany or such Affiliate for reasons other than Cause or if, having reached Participant’s Normal Retirement Age or Participant’s Change of Control Date, Participant voluntarily resigns from such employment. The provisions of this Section 2 may be waived by the Board, in whole or in part, if deemed by the Board to be in the best interests of Tiffany and Company, provided, however, that if the Participant is, on or within six months prior to Participant’s Termination Date, an officer of Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation, then the provisions of this Section 2 may only be waived by the Compensation Committee (or its Stock Option Subcommittee) of the Board of Directors of said Tiffany & Co.

3.      Confidentiality . Participant acknowledges that Participant has had access to Confidential Information. Participant agrees not use to the detriment of Tiffany or disclose any Confidential Information. If the Participant is requested in any case by a court or governmental body to make any disclosure of Confidential Information, the

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Participant shall (i) promptly notify Tiffany in writing, (ii) consult with and assist Tiffany at Tiffany’s expense in obtaining an injunction or other appropriate remedy to prevent such disclosure, and (iii) use Participant’s reasonable efforts to obtain at the Company’s expense a protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to any Confidential Information that must be disclosed. Subject to the foregoing sentence, Participant may furnish that portion (and only that portion) of the Confidential Information that, in the written opinion of Participant’s counsel (the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to Tiffany), the Participant is legally compelled or otherwise required to disclose or else stand liable for contempt or suffer other material penalty. The obligations in this section shall continue beyond the Duration of the Non-Competition Covenant.

4.      Forfeiture of Equity Awards and Return of Proceeds of Equity Awards in the Event of Breach; Forfeiture of Vested DCRB Contributions . Should Participant breach Participant’s obligations under Section 2 above, Participant shall:

(i) forfeit and lose all rights under any Equity Award, whether or not such Equity Award shall have vested, and such Equity Award shall thereupon become null and void;

(ii) immediately pay to Tiffany and Company the Proceeds of Equity Award for (a) each grant of stock option or stock appreciation right that was exercised and (b) each grant of restricted stock or stock units that has vested, in both cases (a) and (b), within the following period: beginning 180 days prior to Participant’s Termination Date and including the entire period of the Duration of Non-Competition Covenant;

(iii) forfeit any Excess DCRB Contributions and Investment Fund performance credited to such contributions in Participant’s Deferred Benefit Accounts that would otherwise be payable to Participant or his Beneficiary under the Deferral Plan; and

(iv) promptly repay to Tiffany and Company any amounts paid from any Excess DCRB Contributions and Investment Fund performance credited to such contributions in Participant’s Deferred Benefit Accounts that have been paid to Participant or his Beneficiary under the Deferral Plan prior to such breach.

5.      Enforcement .

(i)      Participant agrees that the restrictions set forth in this instrument are reasonable and necessary to protect the goodwill of Tiffany. If any of the provisions set forth herein is deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable based upon duration, geographic scope or otherwise, Participant agrees that such provision shall be modified to make it enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(ii)      In the event of breach or threatened breach by Participant of the provisions set forth in this instrument, Participant acknowledges that Tiffany will be irreparably harmed and that monetary damages (including loss of the Benefit) shall be an insufficient remedy to Tiffany. Therefore, Participant consents to the enforcement of this instrument

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by means of temporary or permanent injunction and other appropriate equitable relief in any competent court, in addition to any other remedies Tiffany may have under this Agreement or otherwise.

6.      Procedure to Obtain Determination . Should Participant wish to obtain a determination that any proposed employment, disclosure, arrangement or association (each a “Proposed Transaction”) is not prohibited hereunder, Participant shall direct a written request to the Board. Such request shall fully describe the Proposed Transaction. Within 30 days after receipt of such request, the Board may (i) issue such a determination in writing, (ii) issue its refusal of such request in writing, or (iii) issue a written request for more written information concerning the Proposed Transaction. In the event that alternative (iii) is elected (which election may be made on behalf of the Board by the Legal Department of Tiffany and Company without action by the Board), any action on Participant’s request will be deferred for ten (10) days following receipt by said Legal Department of the written information requested. Failure of the Board to act within any of the time periods specified in this Section 6 shall be deemed a determination that the Proposed Transaction is not prohibited hereunder. A determination made or deemed made under this Section 6 shall be limited in effect to the Proposed Transaction described in the submitted materials and shall not be binding or constitute a waiver with respect to any other Proposed Transaction, whether proposed by such Participant or any other Person. In the event that Participant wishes to seek a determination that employment with a management consulting firm, an accounting firm, a law firm or some other provider of consulting services to a wide variety clients will not be prohibited hereunder should such firm, at some unspecified time, provide services to a Person in the Retail Jewelry Trade or the Wholesale Jewelry Trade, Participant may seek a determination hereunder; in submitting such a Proposed Transaction, the Participant should specify the extent that Participant will be involved in or can be excluded from involvement in the provision of such services. In a making any determination under this Section 6, the Board shall not be deemed to be acting as a fiduciary with respect to the Participant or any beneficiary of the Participant and shall be under no obligation to issue a determination that any Proposed Transaction is not prohibited hereunder.

7.      Arbitration and Equitable Relief .      Participant and Tiffany agree that any and all disputes arising out or relating to the interpretation or application of this instrument, including any dispute concerning whether any conduct is in violation of Section 2 or 3 above, shall be subject to arbitration in New York, New York, under the then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Arbitration proceedings shall be conducted by three arbitrators. Without limit to their general authority, the arbitrators shall have the right to order reasonable discovery in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The final decision of the arbitrators shall be binding and enforceable without further legal proceedings in court or otherwise, provided that either party to such arbitration may enter judgment upon the award in any court having jurisdiction. The final decision arising from the arbitration shall be accompanied by a written opinion and decision which shall describe the rational underlying the award and shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law. The cost of such arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties and each party to the arbitration shall bear its own

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attorneys fees. Notwithstanding any provision in this Section 7, the requirement to arbitrate disputes shall not apply to any action to enforce this instrument by means of temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate equitable relief.

8.      Miscellaneous Provisions .     

(a)      Tiffany may assign its rights to enforce this instrument to any of its Affiliates. Participant understands and agrees that the promises in this instrument are for the benefit of Tiffany (which term includes the Tiffany and Company and its Affiliates) and for the benefit of the successors and assigns of Tiffany and its Affiliates.

(b)      Any determination made by the Board under Section 6 above shall bind Tiffany and Company and its Affiliates.

(c)      The laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles, govern all matters arising out of or relating to this instrument and all of the prohibitions and remedies it contemplates, including, without limitation, its validity, interpretation, construction, performance and enforcement.

(d)      Each Person giving or making any notice, request, demand or other communication (each, a “Notice”) pursuant to this Instrument shall

(i)      give the Notice in writing; and

(ii)
use one of the following methods of delivery, each of which for purposes of this Agreement is a writing:

(A)
Personal delivery.
(B)
Registered or Certified Mail, in each case, return receipt requested and postage prepaid.
(C)
Nationally recognized overnight courier, with all fees prepaid.

(e)      Each Person giving a Notice shall address the Notice to the recipient (the “Addressee”) at the address given on the signature page of this Instrument or to a changed address designated in a Notice.

(f)      A Notice is effective only if the person giving the Notice has complied with subsections (d) and (e) and if the Addressee has received the Notice. A Notice is deemed to have been received upon receipt as indicated by the date on the signed receipt, provided, however, that if the Addressee rejects or otherwise refuses to accept the Notice, or if the Notice cannot be delivered because of a change in address for which no Notice was given, then upon such rejection, refusal or inability to deliver such Notice will be deemed to have been received. Despite the other clauses of this subsection (f), if any Notice is received after 5:00 p.m. on a business day where the Addressee is located, or on

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a day that is not a business day where the Addressee is located, then the Notice is deemed received at 9:00 a.m. on the next business day where the Addressee is located.

(g)      This instrument shall not be amended except by a subsequent written instrument that has been executed by Participant and on behalf of Tiffany by a duly authorized officer of Tiffany. Participant’s obligations under this instrument may not be waived, except pursuant to a writing executed on behalf of Tiffany or as otherwise provided in Section 6 above.

(h)      This instrument constitutes the final expression of Participant’s post-employment confidentiality and non-competition obligations. It is the complete and exclusive expression of those obligations and all prior and contemporaneous negotiations and agreement between the parties on those matters are expressly merged into and superseded by this Agreement.

(i)      Any reference in this instrument to the singular includes the plural where appropriate, and any reference in this instrument to the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders where appropriate. The descriptive headings of the sections of this instrument are for convenience only and do not constitute part of this instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been executed on the date first written above.


Participant



__________________________
Name:
    
Notice Address :

__________________________

__________________________

__________________________




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Accepted and agreed (as to Section 7)

Tiffany and Company



By:______________________
Name:
Title:

Notice Address :

The Board of Directors
Tiffany and Company
Care of:     
Legal Department
200 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10022     


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Exhibit 10.139d

CASH INCENTIVE AWARD AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT made effective February 1, 2014 by and among Tiffany & Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Tiffany and Company, the New York subsidiary corporation of the Company (“Tiffany”) and • (“Executive”).

Whereas, on March 17, 2005 the Board of Directors of the Company adopted, and on May 19, 2005 the stockholders of the Company duly approved, the Company’s 2005 Employee Incentive Plan, as subsequently amended (the “Plan”); and

Whereas, the Stock Option Subcommittee of the Compensation Committee of the Company was appointed the “Committee” under the Plan by said Board of Directors; and

NOW THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing and in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, it is hereby AGREED as follows:

1. This Agreement is intended to be an Award Agreement under the Plan and is subject to all terms and conditions set forth in such Plan, including the Plan provisions limiting implied rights.

2. Executive agrees that he/she shall not be entitled to any cash bonus in respect of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015 except as provided in this Agreement.

3. Tiffany agrees to pay, or, failing that, the Company shall pay, cash Incentive Award to Executive in respect of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015 only as follows:

(a)     Such award shall be paid, if at all, following the close of such fiscal year and after financial results have been determined and publicly announced, provided that Executive remains employed with Tiffany through the end of such fiscal year;

(b)     No award shall be payable unless the following Performance Measure is achieved:
the Company’s consolidated operating earnings for such fiscal year (as adjusted by the Committee pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Plan) equal or exceed $534 million ;

(c)    If the condition stated in subparagraph (b) is satisfied, a maximum Incentive Award of $•[see Schedule of Maximum Awards attached] will be payable to you, subject to the discretion of the Committee to reduce such award; the Committee will not be limited in the exercise of such discretion.

4. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within said state.

5. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, any Incentive Award or portion thereof paid to Executive under this Award Agreement, shall be subject to deductions and clawback as may be required under any applicable law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement, or any policy adopted by the Company, including but not

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limited to the Policy for Recovery of Incentive-based Compensation Erroneously Awarded to Executive Officers, adopted by the Parent Board on September 18, 2013.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, parties hereto have entered into this Agreement effective as of the date first stated above.
            


 
 
Tiffany & Co.
 
 
(the “Company”)
 
 
 
[Name of Executive]
 
 
 
 
Tiffany and Company
 
 
(“Tiffany”)
 
 
 


        



Schedule of Maximum Incentive Awards

Michael J. Kowalski -- $3,000,000
Frederic Cumenal -- $2,250,000
James N. Fernandez -- $1,190,000
Jon King -- $1,036,000
Pamela H. Cloud -- $660,000


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Exhibit 10.152
Tiffany & Co.
Share Ownership Policy for Executive Officers and Directors

Adopted July 20, 2006, Amended and Restated March 15, 2007, Amended and Restated March 21, 2013, Amended and Restated September 18, 2013, Amended and Restated March 20, 2014

This Policy was adopted on July 20, 2006 (the “ Adoption Date ”) by the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Tiffany & Co. (the “ Corporation ”) for those who were then, or who were subsequently designated, “ executive officers ” by the Board. This Policy was revised on March 15, 2007, to include directors of the Corporation. This Policy was further revised on March 21, 2013 to deal with pledging securities. This Policy was further revised on September 18, 2013 to remove the requirement to own a Significant Portfolio by any specific date, to eliminate the practice of counting vested options from the calculation of a Significant Portfolio and to specify the Restrictions on Disposition for executive officers and directors who do not own a Significant Portfolio. This Policy was further revised on March 20, 2014 to clarify the calculation of a Significant Portfolio. This Policy applies to the ownership of Common Stock.

Defined Terms :

For the purposes of this Policy the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them:

Acquisition Costs ” means the sum of the following costs incurred by a Covered Person to acquire Gross Incentive Stock: (i) tax withholding obligations of the employer of the executive officer associated with such Gross Incentive Stock; (ii) tax payments made by a director to the extent reasonably necessary to satisfy the income tax obligations of the director, both federal and state, associated with such Gross Incentive Stock; and (iii) payment to the Corporation of the stock option exercise price (“strike price”).

Annual Calculation Date ” means the close of trading on the first date on or after April 1 of each year on which the Common Stock trades on The New York Stock Exchange, provided that for the period September 18, 2013 through April 1, 2014 the Annual Calculation Date shall be September 18, 2013.

Beneficial Ownership ” shall have the same meaning as under Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include (A) Common Stock held by members of the Covered Person’s immediate family sharing the same household provided that the presumption of such beneficial ownership has not been rebutted by the Covered Person and (B) the Common Stock conversion value of restricted stock units issued under the Corporation’s 2008 Directors Equity Plan, which have vested but will not be delivered until retirement of the applicable director from the Corporation’s board of directors, but shall not include (X) the Covered Person’s right to acquire Common Stock through the exercise or conversion of any derivative security, including

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Common Stock issuable by the Company on the exercise of a stock option or the vesting of a restricted stock unit and (Y) shares of Common Stock that are subject to a Pledge.

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Corporation, $.01 par value, but the term Common Stock shall not refer to options to purchase Common Stock or restricted stock units prior to conversion to Common Stock.

Covered Person ” means a director or an executive officer of the Corporation.

director ” means a director of the Corporation but a director of the Corporation who is also an executive officer shall not be deemed a director for purposes of this policy.

Disposition ” means any transaction which would cause the Covered Person to cease to be the Beneficial Owner of Common Stock including any withholding of shares that would be issued by the Corporation to cover Acquisition Costs.

Financial Hardship ” means an immediate and heavy financial need of the Covered Person (including that of his spouse or any dependent), as so determined by the Board on application from the Covered Person, not in excess of the amount required to relieve such financial need, and only if, and to the extent, such need cannot be satisfied from other resources reasonably available to the executive officer or director (including assets of his or her spouse and minor children reasonably available to him or her).

Gross Incentive Stock ” means that number of shares of Common Stock deemed issued to a Covered Person as the result of (i) the exercise of a stock option issued to the Covered Person by the Corporation or (ii) the vesting of a restricted stock unit issued to the Covered Person by the Corporation; such a share will be “deemed issued” if it is actually issued to the Covered Person or to his or her brokerage account or if it is withheld by the Corporation to pay withholding taxes or the exercise or “strike price” associated with such exercise or vesting.

Pledge ” means any arrangement by which (i) custody or record ownership of Common Stock has been provided to a third person by the beneficial owner and (ii) such third person may acquire beneficial ownership or dispose of such Common Stock on the satisfaction of a condition, i.e , default by the beneficial owner. A Pledge shall include custody of Common Stock in a margin account held or maintained at a brokerage firm.

Qualified Domestic Relations Order ” means a judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) made pursuant to a state domestic relations law (including community property law) that relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a Covered Person and which requires the Covered Person to make a transfer or sale of Common Stock.

Significant Portfolio ” means for the Covered Person in question, shares of Common Stock beneficially owned having a value equal to or greater than the multiple of annual

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salary set forth below, or in the case of directors, the multiple of annual retainer (exclusive of supplemental retainer for committee chairs):

Chief Executive Officer - five times;
Director - five times;
President - four times;
Executive Vice Presidents - three times; and
Senior Vice Presidents - two times.

Significant Portfolio Owner ” a Covered Person will be deemed to be a Significant Portfolio Owner if he or she Beneficially Owned a Significant Portfolio as of the last Annual Calculation Date that has occurred prior to the date of any proposed Disposition; provided, however, that a Covered Person who did not Beneficially Own a Significant Portfolio as of the last Annual Calculation Date shall be deemed to be a Significant Portfolio Owner on any subsequent date before the next Annual Calculation Date if he or she then Beneficially Owns, on such subsequent date, a Significant Portfolio.

A. Basic Policy

It is the policy of the Board that each Covered Person will be subject to the Restrictions on Disposition set forth in Section C.

B. Valuation

For purposes of this Policy, shares of Common Stock will be valued at the mean of the high and low trading prices on The New York Stock Exchange on the last Annual Calculation Date. The Secretary of the Corporation will inform each Covered Person whether he or she is deemed a Significant Portfolio Owner as of each Annual Calculation Date.

C. Restrictions on Disposition

1. A Covered Person who is deemed a Significant Portfolio Owner will not engage in any Disposition that would cause him or her to cease to Beneficially Own a Significant Portfolio.

2. A Covered Person who is not deemed a Significant Portfolio Owner shall not engage in any Disposition except as follows:

(i)
a Disposition of Gross Incentive Stock, but not in excess of seventy-five percent (75%) of the Gross Incentive Stock deemed issued as a consequence of any vesting or exercise, such percentage to include shares sold or withheld to cover Acquisition Costs;

(ii)
a Disposition made under circumstances constituting a Financial Hardship; or


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(iii)
a Disposition made pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.

3. The following examples are offered by way of illustration and not for purposes of limitation:

Example 1 :
A Covered Person who is not a Significant Portfolio Owner exercises a stock option for 1,000 shares. He may sell up to 750 of the shares issued on exercise. If the proceeds of such sale are not sufficient to cover Acquisition Costs, he must pay any shortfall in Acquisition Costs out of pocket. He must retain 250 shares in his account to build a Significant Portfolio.

Example 2 :
A Covered Person who is not a Significant Portfolio Owner is granted 2,000 Performance-based Restricted Stock Units. 1,000 of these units vest at the end of the performance period; 500 of these units are withheld by the Corporation to cover Acquisition Costs and 500 are transferred to the account of the Covered Person. Covered Person may sell up to 250 shares (.75 x 1000 = 750-500= 250). He must retain 250 shares in his account to build a Significant Portfolio.

D. Other Matters

Nothing contained in this Policy shall compel any transaction or excuse compliance with applicable law or with the Corporation’s policies, including the Corporation’s policies with respect to trading on insider information or engaging in speculative transactions in the Common Stock. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to alter the terms of any stock option or other equity award grant made under the Corporation’s equity award plans.


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Exhibit 10.153

Tiffany & Co.
(a Delaware corporation)

Corporate Governance Principles

(as adopted by the full Board of Directors on January 15, 2004,
amended March 15, 2007, further amended and restated September 16, 2010, further amended and restated on March 17, 2011 and further amended and restated on March 20, 2014)

1.         Director Qualification Standards ; Size of the Board; Audit Committee Service .

a.      A majority of the directors shall meet the independence requirements set forth in Section 303A.01 and .02 of the New York Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Rules. A director shall not be deemed to have met such independence requirements unless the Board has affirmatively determined that it be so. In making its determination of independence, the Board shall broadly consider all relevant facts and circumstances and assess the materiality of each director’s relationship(s) with the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. If a director is determined by the Board to be independent, all relationships, if any, that such director has with the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries which were determined by the Board to be immaterial to independence shall be disclosed in the Corporation’s annual proxy statement.

b.      A director shall be younger than age 74 when elected or appointed and a director shall not be recommended for re-election by the stockholders if such director will be age 74 or older on the date of the annual meeting or other election in question, provided that the Board of Directors may, by specific resolution, waive the provisions of this sentence with respect to an individual director whose continued service is deemed uniquely important to the Corporation.

c.      A director need not be a stockholder to qualify as a director, but shall be encouraged to become a stockholder by virtue of the Corporation’s policies and plans with respect to stock options and stock ownership for directors and otherwise.

d.      Consistent with 1.a. above, candidates for director shall be selected on the basis of their business experience and expertise, with a view to supplementing the business experience and expertise of management and adding further substance and insight into board discussions and oversight of management. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become directors, and for recommending to the Board director nominees for the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

e.      From time to time, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will recommend to the Board the number of directors constituting the entire Board. Based upon that recommendation, the current nature of the Corporation’s business, and the talents and business experience of the existing roster of directors, the Board believes that ten directors is an appropriate number at this time.

f.      The Board shall be responsible for determining the qualification of an individual to serve on the Audit Committee as a designated “ audit committee financial expert ,” as required by applicable rules of the SEC under Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, to serve on the Audit Committee, a director must meet the standards for independence set forth in Section 301 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. To those ends, the Nominating/Corporate Governance

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Committee will coordinate with the Board in screening any new candidate for audit committee financial expert or who will serve on the Audit Committee and in evaluating whether to re-nominate any existing director who may serve in the capacity of audit committee financial expert or who may serve on the Audit Committee. If an Audit Committee member simultaneously serves on the audit committees of more than three public companies, then, in the case of each such Audit Committee member, the Board must determine that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such member to effectively serve on the Corporation’s Audit Committee and disclose such determination in the Corporation’s annual proxy statement.

g.      Any director who changes his or her employer or otherwise has a significant change in job responsibilities, or who accepts or intends to accept a directorship with another public company (or with any other organization that would require a significant time commitment) that he or she did not hold when such director was most recently elected to the Board, shall (1) advise the secretary of the Corporation of such change or directorship and (2) submit to the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, in care of the secretary, a signed letter, addressed to such Committee, resigning as a director of the Corporation effective upon acceptance of such resignation by such Committee but void ab initio if not accepted by such Committee within ten (10) days of receipt by the secretary. The secretary of the Corporation shall promptly advise the members of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of such advice and receipt of such letter. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall promptly meet and consider, in light of the circumstances, the continued appropriateness of such director’s membership on the Board and each committee of the Board on which such director participates. In some instances, taking into account all relevant factors and circumstances, it may be appropriate for the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee to accept such resignation, to recommend to the Board that the director cease participation on one or more committees, or to recommend to the Board that such director not be re-nominated to the Board.

h.      Subject to 1.b above, directors of the Corporation are not subject to term limits. However, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will consider each director’s continued service on the Board each year and recommend whether each director should be re-nominated to the Board. Each director will be given an opportunity to confirm his or her desire to continue as a member of the Board.

i.      The Corporation has amended its By-Laws to provide for majority voting in the election of directors. In uncontested elections, directors are elected by a majority of the votes cast, which means that the number of shares voted “for” a director must exceed the number of shares voted “against” that director. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee (or comparable committee of the Board) shall establish procedures for any director who is not elected to tender his or her resignation. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee's recommendation within 90 days following certification of the election results. In determining whether or not to recommend that the Board of Directors accept any resignation offer, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall be entitled to consider all factors believed relevant by such Committee’s members. Unless applicable to all directors, the director(s) whose resignation is under consideration is expected to recuse himself or herself from the Board vote. Thereafter, the Board will promptly disclose its decision regarding the director's resignation offer (including the reason(s) for rejecting the resignation offer, if applicable) in a Form 8-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the Board accepts a director's resignation pursuant to this process, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall recommend to the Board whether to fill such vacancy or reduce the size of the Board. If, for

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any reason, the Board of Directors is not elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected thereafter at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in the By-laws.

j.      Including service on the Board of Directors of the Corporation, no director shall serve on the board of directors (or any similar governing body) of more than six public companies.

2.         Attendance and Participation at Board and Committee Meetings .

a.      Directors shall be expected to attend six regularly scheduled board meetings in person, if practicable, or by telephone, if attendance in person is impractical. Directors should attempt to organize their schedules in advance so that attendance at all regularly scheduled board meetings will be practicable.

b.      For committees on which they serve, directors shall be expected to attend regularly scheduled meetings in person, if practicable, or by telephone, if attendance in person is impractical or if telephone participation is the expected means of participation. For committees on which they serve, directors should attempt to organize their schedules in advance so that attendance at all regularly scheduled committee meetings will be practicable.

c.      Directors shall attempt to make time to attend, in person or by telephone, specially scheduled meetings of the Board or those committees on which they serve.

d.      Directors shall, if practicable, review in advance all meeting materials provided by management, the other directors or consultants to the Board.

e.      Directors shall comply with the policies and procedures of the Board with respect to business conduct, ethics, confidential information and ownership of, and trading in, the Corporation’s securities.

f.      Nothing stated herein shall be deemed to limit the duties of directors under applicable law.

3.         Director Access to Management and Independent Advisors .

a.      Executive officers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries shall make themselves available, and shall arrange for the availability of other members of management, employees and consultants, so that each director shall have full and complete access with respect to the business, finances and accounting of the Corporation and its subsidiaries.

b.      The chief financial officer and the chief legal officer of the Corporation will regularly attend Board meetings (other than those portions of Board meetings that are reserved for independent or non-management directors or those portions in which the independent or non-management directors meet privately with the chief executive officer) and the Board encourages the chief executive officer to invite other executive officers and non-executive officers to Board meetings from time to time in order to provide additional insight into items being discussed and so that the Board may meet and evaluate persons with potential for advancement.

c.      If the charter of any Board committee on which a director serves provides for access to independent advisors, any executive officer of the Corporation is authorized to arrange

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for the payment of the reasonable fees of such advisors at the request of such a committee acting by resolution or unanimous written consent.

4.         Director Compensation.

a.      Directors shall be compensated in a manner and at a level sufficient to encourage exceptionally well-qualified candidates to accept service upon the Board and to retain existing directors. The Board believes that a meaningful portion of a director’s compensation should be provided in, or otherwise based upon appreciation in the market value of, the Corporation’s Common Stock. Compensation of the Directors shall be determined by the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

b.      In determining the form and amount of director compensation, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall retain an independent advisor to provide such Committee with advice, which shall include reference to data drawn from public company filings with respect to the fees and emoluments paid to outside directors by comparable public companies.

c.      Contributions to charities with which an independent or non-management director is affiliated will not be used as compensation to such a director and management will use special efforts to avoid any appearance of impropriety in connection with such contributions, if any.

d.      Management will advise the Board should the Corporation or any subsidiary wish to enter into any direct financial arrangement with any director for consulting or advisory services, or into any arrangement with any entity affiliated with such director by which the director may be indirectly benefited, and no such arrangement shall be consummated without specific authorization from the Board.

5.         Director Orientation and Continuing Education.

a.      Each executive officer of the Corporation shall meet with each new director and provide an orientation into the business, finance and accounting of the Corporation.

b.      Each director shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in pursuing continuing education with respect to his/her role and responsibilities to the stockholders and under law as a director.

6.         Management Succession.

a.      The Board, assisted by the Corporate Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, shall select, evaluate the performance of, retain or replace the chief executive officer and make such plans as are prudent for the succession of the executive officers. Such actions will be taken with (i) a view to the effectiveness and execution of strategies propounded by and decisions taken by the chief executive officer with respect to the Corporation’s long-term strategic plan and long-term financial returns and (ii) applicable legal and ethical considerations.

b.      In furtherance of the foregoing responsibilities, and in contemplation of the retirement, or an exigency that requires the replacement, of the chief executive officer, the Board shall, in conjunction with the chief executive officer, oversee the selection and evaluate the performance of the other executive officers.


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7.         Annual Performance Evaluation of the Board.

a.      The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee is responsible to assist the Board in the Board’s oversight of the Board’s own performance in the area of corporate governance.

b.      Annually, each director will participate in an assessment of the Board’s performance. The results of such self-assessment will be provided to each director.

8.         Matters for Board Review, Evaluation and/or Approval .

a.      The Board is responsible under the law of the State of Delaware to review and approve significant actions by the Corporation including major transactions (such as acquisitions and financings), declaration of dividends, issuance of securities and appointment of officers of the Corporation.

b.      The Board is responsible, either through its committees, or as guided by its committees, for those matters which are set forth in the respective charters of the Audit, Nominating/Corporate Governance, Compensation and Corporate Social Responsibility Committees or as otherwise set forth in the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange.

c.      The following matters, among others, will be the subject of Board deliberation on such occasions as the Board may determine necessary or desirable but as least as often as required by applicable law or by the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange:

i.      the Board will review and if acceptable approve the Corporation’s operating plan for each fiscal year, as developed and recommended by management;

ii.      the directors will review actual performance against the operating plan;

iii.      the Board will review and if acceptable approve the Corporation’s multi-year strategic plan, as developed and recommended by management;

iv.      the charters of all Board Committees will be reviewed and, if necessary, modified, by the Board;

v.      the delegation of authority to officers and employees for day-to-day operating matters of the Corporation and its subsidiaries will be reviewed and if acceptable approved by the Board; and
    
vi.      the Corporation’s policies with respect to the payment of dividends and the repurchase of the Corporation’s securities will be reviewed and if acceptable approved by the Board.
    
9.         Management’s Responsibilities.

Management is responsible to operate the Corporation with the objective of achieving the Corporation’s operating and strategic plans and building value for stockholders on a long-term basis. In executing those responsibilities management is expected to act in accordance with the

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policies and standards established by the Board (including these principles), as well as in accordance with applicable law and for the purpose of maintaining the value of the trademarks and business reputation of the Corporation’s subsidiaries. Specifically, the chief executive officer and the other executive officers are responsible for:

a.      producing, under the oversight of the Board and the Audit Committee, financial statements for the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries that fairly present the financial condition, results of operation, cash flows and related risks in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, for making timely and complete disclosure to investors, and for keeping the Board and the appropriate committees of the Board informed on a timely basis as to all matters of significance;

b.      developing and presenting the strategic plan, proposing amendments to the plan as conditions and opportunities dictate and for implementing the plan as approved by the Board;

c.      developing and presenting the annual operating plans and budgets and for implementing those plans and budgets as approved by the Board;

d.      creating an organizational structure appropriate to the achievement of the strategic and operating plans and recruiting, selecting and developing the necessary managerial talent;

e.      creating a working environment conducive to integrity, business ethics and compliance with applicable legal and Corporate policy requirements;

f.      developing, implementing and monitoring an effective system of internal controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance that: the Corporation’s transactions are properly authorized; the Corporation’s assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use; and the Corporation’s transactions are properly recorded and reported. Such internal controls and procedures also shall be designed to permit preparation of financial statements for the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and any other legally required criteria applicable to such statements; and

g.      establishing, maintaining and evaluating the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures. The term “ disclosure controls and procedures ” means controls and other procedures of the Corporation that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation in the reports filed by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Act ”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation in the reports it files under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management, including its principal executive and financial officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. To assist in carrying out this responsibility, management has established a Disclosure Control Committee, whose membership is responsible to the Audit Committee, to the chief executive officer and to the chief financial officer, and includes the following officers or employees of the Corporation: the president, the chief legal officer, the head of finance, the chief information officer, the controller, the head of internal audit & financial controls, the investor relations officer and the treasurer.

10.         Meeting Procedures .

    

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a.      The Board shall determine whether the offices of chairman of the board and chief executive officer shall be held by one person or by separate persons, and whether the person holding the office of chairman of the board shall be “independent” or not. An “ independent ” director meets the requirements for “independence” as referenced in item 1.a above. “ Non-management ” directors include those who are independent and those who, while not independent, are not currently employees of the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries.

b.      The chairman of the board will establish the agenda for each Board meeting but the chairman of the board will include in such agenda any item submitted by the presiding independent director (see item 11.c below). Each Board member is free to suggest the inclusion of items on the agenda for any meeting and the chairman of the board will consider them for inclusion.

c.      Management shall be responsible to distribute information and data necessary to the Board’s understanding of all matters to be considered and acted upon by the Board; such materials shall be distributed in writing to the Board sufficiently in advance so as to provide reasonably sufficient time for review and evaluation. To that end, management has provided each director with access to a secure website where confidential and sensitive materials may be viewed. In circumstances where practical considerations do not permit advance circulation of written materials, reasonable steps shall be taken to allow more time for discussion and consideration, such as extending the duration of a meeting or circulating unanimous written consent forms, which may be considered and returned at a later time.

d.      The chairman of the board shall preside over meetings of the Board.

e.      If the chairman of the board is not independent, the independent directors may select from among themselves a “ presiding independent director” ; failing such selection, the chairman of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall be the presiding independent director. The presiding independent director shall be identified as such in the Corporation’s annual proxy statement to facilitate communications by stockholders and employees with the non-management directors.

f.      The non-management directors shall meet separately from the other directors in regularly scheduled executive session, without the presence of management directors and executive officers of the Corporation. The presiding independent director shall preside over such meetings.

g.      At least once per year the independent directors shall meet separately from the other directors in a scheduled executive session, without the presence of management directors, non-management directors who are not independent and executive officers of the Corporation. The presiding independent director shall preside over such meetings.

11.         Committees .

a.      The Board shall have an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee which shall have the respective responsibilities described in the charters of each committee. The membership of each such committee shall consist only of independent directors.

b.      The Board may, from time to time, appoint one or more additional committees, such as a Dividend Committee and a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

    

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c.      The chairman of each Board committee, in consultation with the appropriate members of management and staff, will develop the committee’s agenda. Management will assure that, as a general rule, information and data necessary to the committee’s understanding of the matters within the committee’s authority and the matters to be considered and acted upon by a committee are distributed to each member of such committee sufficiently in advance of each such meeting or action taken by written consent to provide a reasonable time for review and evaluation.

d.      At each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the chairman of each committee or his or her delegate shall report the matters considered and acted upon by such committee at each meeting or by written consent since the preceding regularly scheduled Board meeting.

e.      The secretary of the Corporation, or any assistant secretary of the Corporation, shall be available to act as secretary of any committee and shall, if invited, attend meetings of the committee and prepare minutes of the meeting for approval and adoption by the committee.

12.         Reliance .

Any director of the Corporation shall, in the performance of such person’s duties as a member of the Board or any committee of the Board, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation or upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence.

13.         Reference to Corporation’s Subsidiaries .

Where the context so requires, reference herein to the Corporation includes reference to the Corporation and/or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation whose financial results are consolidated with those of the Corporation for financial reporting purposes and reference to a subsidiary of the Corporation shall be reference to such a subsidiary.


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EXHIBIT 99.1


TIFFANY & CO.
NEWS RELEASE
Fifth Avenue & 57 th  Street
 
 
 
Contact:
New York, N.Y. 10022
 
 
 
           Mark L. Aaron
 
 
 
 
         212-230-5301
 
 
 
 
                          mark.aaron@tiffany.com

TIFFANY REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR RESULTS;
MANAGEMENT PROVIDES ITS 2014 FINANCIAL OUTLOOK


New York, N.Y., March 21, 2014 - Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2014. Worldwide net sales rose 5% in the quarter and 6% in the year. A net loss in the fourth quarter was due to a recorded charge that related to a
ruling in an arbitration proceeding (see below and “Non-GAAP Measures”); however, excluding that and specific charges recorded in the first quarter, net earnings increased 6% in the fourth quarter and 15% in the full year, reflecting the sales growth and improved operating margins. In addition, management provided its initial forecast for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015.

Michael J. Kowalski, chairman and chief executive officer, said, “We are proud of our performance this past year. Sales and operating earnings (excluding the arbitration-related charge) rose to record levels. Sales growth was led by fine and statement jewelry, new or expanded jewelry collections including the ATLAS, ZIEGFELD, and HARMONY collections, and continuing strength in our iconic jewelry designs. Tiffany's marketing communications more effectively engaged global consumers wherever they shopped, our distribution network was expanded by 14 additional stores, and everywhere the store experience was enhanced by improved visual merchandising. And we made important additions to our management team to strengthen our ability to capitalize on the global growth opportunities before us.”

In the three months (“fourth quarter”) ended January 31, 2014:
Worldwide net sales increased 5% to $1.3 billion. On a constant-exchange-rate basis that excludes the effect of translating foreign-currency-denominated sales into U.S. dollars (see “Non-GAAP Measures”), worldwide net sales increased 9%, and comparable store sales rose 6% as a result of increased sales in all regions.

In the quarter, the Company recorded a net pretax charge of $473 million ($293 million after tax, or $2.27 per diluted share) related to an adverse arbitration ruling (see the Company’s news release issued on December 22, 2013: “Award Issued in Arbitration

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Between The Swatch Group Ltd. and Tiffany & Co.”) which resulted in a net loss of $104 million, or $0.81 per diluted share. Excluding the charge (see “Non-GAAP Measures”), net earnings rose to $190 million, or $1.47 per diluted share, from $180 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, a year ago.

In the 12 months (“full year”) ended January 31, 2014:
Worldwide net sales increased 6% to $4.0 billion. On a constant-exchange-rate basis, worldwide net sales rose 10% and comparable store sales rose 6% due to growth in all regions.

Net earnings were $181 million, or $1.41 per diluted share. Excluding the aforementioned charge in the fourth quarter, as well as expenses of $9 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, that had been recorded in this year’s first quarter for specific staff and occupancy reductions (see “Non-GAAP Measures”), net earnings increased 15% to $481 million, or $3.73 per diluted share, from $416 million, or $3.25 per diluted share, in the prior year.

Net sales highlights were as follows:
In the Americas region, total sales rose 6% to $659 million in the fourth quarter and 5% to $1.9 billion in the full year. On a constant-exchange-rate basis, total sales rose 7% in the quarter and 5% in the full year; comparable store sales increased 7% in the quarter due to growth in most markets, and rose 3% in the full year led by growth in New York flagship store sales as well as modest growth in branch store sales.

Total sales in the Asia-Pacific region increased 8% to $275 million in the fourth quarter and 17% to $945 million in the full year. On a constant-exchange-rate basis, total sales rose 11% in the quarter and 18% in the full year; comparable store sales increased 4% in the quarter due to growth in Greater China and most other markets, and increased 11% in the year due to broad-based sales growth across the region.

Tiffany’s business in Japan performed well throughout the year. A negative translation effect from a substantially weaker yen versus the U.S. dollar resulted in total sales declining 12% to $169 million in the fourth quarter and 9% to $579 million in the full year. However, on a constant-exchange-rate basis, total sales increased 8% in the fourth quarter and 11% in the full year, with 8% and 10% growth in comparable store sales.

In Europe, total sales increased 10% to $161 million in the fourth quarter and rose 9% to $470 million in the full year. On a constant-exchange-rate basis, total sales rose 7% in both the quarter and full year; comparable store sales rose 2% in the quarter and 4% in the year due to growth in most countries.

Other sales increased 47% to $35 million in the fourth quarter and 53% to $111 million in the full year. On a constant-exchange-rate basis, total Other sales also increased 47% and

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53% in those respective periods, partly due to increases of 23% and 14% in comparable store sales of five TIFFANY & CO. stores in the United Arab Emirates, which were converted from independently-operated to Company-operated in July 2012, as well as wholesale sales of diamonds not meeting the Company's requirements.

Tiffany added 14 stores (net) in 2013. At January 31, 2014, the Company operated 289 stores (121 in the Americas, 72 in Asia-Pacific, 54 in Japan, 37 in Europe and five in the U.A.E.), versus 275 stores (115 in the Americas, 66 in Asia-Pacific, 55 in Japan, 34 in Europe and five in the U.A.E.) a year ago.

Other financial highlights:
Gross margin (gross profit as a percentage of net sales) increased 1.4 points to 60.5% in the fourth quarter and rose 1.1 points to 58.1% in the full year. Gross margin in both periods largely benefited from reduced product cost pressures, as well as price increases taken earlier in the year. In addition, a sales mix shift in the full year toward higher-priced, lower gross margin products offset some of those benefits.

SG&A (selling, general and administrative) expenses rose 7% in the fourth quarter and 6% in the full year, with the increases in both periods largely reflecting incremental fixed and variable labor costs and higher store-related expenses. The translation effect from a stronger U.S. dollar reduced SG&A expense growth by 3% in both the quarter and full year.

Interest and other expenses, net were $8 million in the fourth quarter and $49 million in the full year, versus $14 million and $54 million in the respective periods last year. Interest and other expenses, net in the quarter and full year included $7 million associated with a foreign currency transaction gain related to the payment of the arbitration award (see “Non-GAAP Measures”).

The Company had an income tax benefit in the fourth quarter due to the effect of the arbitration award. The effective income tax rate was 28.8% in the full year. Excluding the above-mentioned charges, the effective income tax rates were 36.1% in the fourth quarter and 34.8% in the full year, versus 35.0% and 35.3% in the prior year.

Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were $367 million at January 31, 2014, compared with $506 million a year ago reflecting the Company’s $473 million cash payment tied to the aforementioned adverse arbitration ruling. Short-term and long-term debt totaled $1.0 billion at January 31, 2014 versus $959 million a year ago. As a percentage of stockholders' equity, total debt was 37% at both January 31, 2014 and January 31, 2013.


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Net inventories increased 4% in the full year to $2.3 billion at January 31, 2014. Finished goods inventories and combined raw material and work-in-process inventories increased at similar rates. On a constant-exchange-rate basis, net inventories rose 6% over last year.

Capital expenditures were $221 million in 2013, versus $220 million in the prior year.

The Company incurred a “free cash outflow” (net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures) in the full year (see “Non-GAAP Measures”), which was entirely due to the $473 million arbitration award payment.

Mr. Kowalski added, “Looking forward to 2014, our management team is enthusiastic and focused on delivering healthy rates of sales and earnings growth. We are excited about our new product, marketing communications, and store expansion plans for the coming year, and look forward to delivering the promise of the Blue Box to an ever-growing global audience.”

Outlook for 2014:
For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015, management forecasts net earnings to be in a range of $4.05 - $4.15 per diluted share. This forecast is based on the following assumptions, which are approximate and may or may not prove valid:
a)
Worldwide net sales increasing by a high-single-digit percentage in U.S. dollars and on a constant-exchange-rate basis, with all regions expected to achieve growth in their total sales and comparable store sales.
b)
Adding 13 Company-operated stores and closing four existing stores: opening four in the Americas, five in Asia-Pacific, two in Japan, and one each in Europe and Russia, while closing one each in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Japan and the U.A.E.
c)
Earnings from operations as a percentage of net sales ("operating margin") increasing due to a higher gross margin and SG&A expense growth less than sales growth.
d)
Interest and other expenses, net of $65 - $70 million with the increase over 2013 reflecting the interest cost on higher average levels of net-debt.
e)
An effective income tax rate of 35%.
f)
A 6% increase in net inventories.
g)
Capital expenditures increasing to $270 million, with the increase over 2013 largely reflecting incremental investments in certain information technology systems.
h)
Free cash flow (cash flow from operating activities less capital expenditures) of at least $400 million.


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Today’s Conference Call:
The Company will conduct a conference call today at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to review actual results and the outlook. Please click on http://investor.tiffany.com (“Events and Presentations”).

Next Scheduled Announcement:
The Company expects to report first quarter results on Wednesday May 21 st . For notifications of future announcements, please register at http://investor.tiffany.com (“E-Mail Alerts”).

Tiffany & Co. operates jewelry stores and manufactures products through its subsidiary corporations. Its principal subsidiary is Tiffany and Company. The Company operates TIFFANY & CO. retail stores in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Japan and Europe, as well as in the United Arab Emirates and Russia. It also engages in direct selling through Internet, catalog and business gift operations. For more information, please visit www.tiffany.com or call the shareholder information line at 800-TIF-0110.

This document contains certain “forward-looking” statements concerning the Company’s objectives and expectations with respect to sales, products, store openings and closings, operating margin, interest and other expenses, the effective income tax rate, net earnings, inventories, growth opportunities, capital expenditures and free cash flow. Actual results might differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Information concerning risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is set forth in the Company’s Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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TIFFANY & CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Unaudited)

NON-GAAP MEASURES

The Company reports information in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). The Company's management does not, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company presents such non-GAAP financial measures in reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate the Company's operating results.

Net Sales

The Company's reported net sales reflect either a translation-related benefit from strengthening foreign currencies or a detriment from a strengthening U.S. dollar. Internally, management monitors and measures its sales performance on a non-GAAP basis that eliminates the positive or negative effects that result from translating sales made outside the U.S. into U.S. dollars (“constant-exchange-rate basis”). Management believes this constant-exchange-rate basis provides a more representative assessment of sales performance and provides better comparability between reporting periods. The following table reconciles sales percentage increases (decreases) from the GAAP to the non-GAAP basis versus the previous year:  
 
Fourth Quarter 2013 vs. 2012
 
Full Year 2013 vs. 2012
 
GAAP 
Reported
 
Translation
Effect
 
Constant-
Exchange-
Rate Basis
 
GAAP 
Reported
 
Translation
Effect
 
Constant-
Exchange-
Rate Basis
Net Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Worldwide
5%
 
(4)%
 
9%
 
6%
 
(4)%
 
10%
Americas
6%
 
(1)%
 
7%
 
5%
 
—%
 
5%
Asia-Pacific
8%
 
(3)%
 
11%
 
17%
 
(1)%
 
18%
Japan
(12)%
 
(20)%
 
8%
 
(9)%
 
(20)%
 
11%
Europe
10%
 
3%
 
7%
 
9%
 
2%
 
7%
Other
47%
 
—%
 
47%
 
53%
 
—%
 
53%
Comparable Store Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Worldwide
2%
 
(4)%
 
6%
 
3%
 
(3)%
 
6%
Americas
6%
 
(1)%
 
7%
 
3%
 
—%
 
3%
Asia-Pacific
1%
 
(3)%
 
4%
 
10%
 
(1)%
 
11%
Japan
(11)%
 
(19)%
 
8%
 
(10)%
 
(20)%
 
10%
Europe
5%
 
3%
 
2%
 
6%
 
2%
 
4%
Other *
23%
 
—%
 
23%
 
14%
 
—%
 
14%
* Represents sales in five TIFFANY & CO. stores in the United Arab Emirates, which were converted from independently-operated to Company-operated in July 2012, and became comparable in the third quarter of 2013.

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Net Earnings

The accompanying press release presents net earnings and highlights expenses tied to certain items in the text. Management believes excluding such items presents the Company's results on a more comparable basis to the corresponding period in the prior year, thereby providing investors with an additional perspective to analyze the results of operations of the Company at January 31, 2014. The following tables reconcile certain GAAP amounts to non-GAAP amounts:
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
GAAP
 
Arbitration award   a
 
Non-GAAP
 
Quarter Ended January 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) earnings from operations
$
(167,333
)
 
$
480,211

 
$
312,878

 
As a % of sales
(12.9
)%
 
 
 
24.1
%
 
Interest and other expenses, net
8,135

 
7,489

 
15,624

 
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
(71,869
)
 
179,319

 
107,450

 
Effective tax rate
41.0
 %
 
 
 
36.1
%
 
Net (loss) earnings
(103,599
)
 
293,403

 
189,804

 
As a % of sales
(8.0
)%
 
 
 
14.6
%
 
Diluted (loss) earnings per share
(0.81
)
 
2.27

b  
1.47

b  
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
GAAP
 
Arbitration award   a
 
Specific cost-reduction initiatives c
(decrease)/increase
 
Non-GAAP
Year Ended January 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SG&A expenses
$
1,555,903

 
$

 
$
(9,379
)
 
$
1,546,524

Earnings from operations
304,329

 
480,211

 
9,379

 
793,919

As a % of sales
7.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
19.7
%
Interest and other expenses, net
49,463

 
7,489

 

 
56,952

Provision for income taxes
73,497

 
179,319

 
3,594

 
256,410

Effective tax rate
28.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
34.8
%
Net earnings
181,369

 
293,403

 
5,785

 
480,557

As a % of sales
4.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
11.9
%
Diluted earnings per share
1.41

 
2.28

 
0.04

 
3.73

a
Amounts associated with the award issued in arbitration between the Swatch Group Ltd. and the Company.
b
Calculated using weighted-average diluted shares of 129,283,000 which includes 1,091,000 of incremental shares based upon the assumed exercise of stock options and unvested restricted stock units.
c  
Expenses associated with specific cost reduction initiatives which included severance related to staffing reductions and subleasing of certain office space for which only a portion of the Company's future rent obligations will be recovered.

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Free Cash Flow. Internally, management monitors its cash flow on a non-GAAP basis. The ability to generate free cash flow demonstrates how much cash the Company has available for discretionary and non-discretionary items after deduction of capital expenditures. The Company's operations require regular capital expenditures for the opening, renovation and expansion of stores and distribution and manufacturing facilities as well as ongoing investments in information technology. Management believes this provides a more representative assessment of operating cash flows. The following table reconciles GAAP net cash provided by operating activities to non-GAAP free cash flow:
 
Years Ended January 31,
 
( in thousands)
2014

2013

Net cash provided by operating activities
               $
154,652

               $
328,290

Less: Capital expenditures
(221,452
)
(219,530
)
Free cash (outflow) inflow
               $
(66,800
)
               $
108,760


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TIFFANY & CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)

 
Three Months Ended January 31,
 
Years Ended January 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Net sales
$
1,298,284

 
$
1,235,769

 
$
4,031,130

 
$
3,794,249

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of sales
512,675

 
504,954

 
1,690,687

 
1,630,965

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross profit
785,609

 
730,815

 
2,340,443

 
2,163,284

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
472,731

 
440,458

 
1,555,903

 
1,466,067

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arbitration award expense
480,211

 

 
480,211

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) earnings from operations
(167,333
)
 
290,357

 
304,329

 
697,217

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and other expenses, net
8,135

 
14,054

 
49,463

 
53,641

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) earnings from operations before
income taxes
(175,468
)
 
276,303

 
254,866

 
643,576

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
(71,869
)
 
96,660

 
73,497

 
227,419

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) earnings
$
(103,599
)
 
$
179,643

 
$
181,369

 
$
416,157

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
(0.81
)
 
$
1.42

 
$
1.42

 
$
3.28

Diluted
$
(0.81
)
 
$
1.40

 
$
1.41

 
$
3.25

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average number of common shares:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
128,192

 
126,857

 
127,835

 
126,737

Diluted
128,192

 
127,992

 
128,867

 
127,934


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TIFFANY & CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, in thousands)

 
January 31,
2014
 
January 31,
2013
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
$
367,035

 
$
506,201

Accounts receivable, net
188,814

 
173,998

Inventories, net
2,326,580

 
2,234,334

Deferred income taxes
101,012

 
79,508

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
244,947

 
157,548

 
 
 
 
Total current assets
3,228,388

 
3,151,589

 
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
855,095

 
818,838

Other assets, net
668,868

 
660,423

 
 
 
 
 
$
4,752,351

 
$
4,630,850

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Short-term borrowings
$
252,365

 
$
194,034

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
342,090

 
295,424

Income taxes payable
31,976

 
30,487

Merchandise and other customer credits
70,309

 
66,647

 
 
 
 
Total current liabilities
696,740

 
586,592

 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
751,154

 
765,238

Pension/postretirement benefit obligations
268,112

 
361,246

Other long-term liabilities
220,512

 
209,732

Deferred gains on sale-leasebacks
81,865

 
96,724

Stockholders’ equity
2,733,968

 
2,611,318

 
 
 
 
 
$
4,752,351

 
$
4,630,850



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Exhibit 99.2
TIFFANY & CO.
NEWS RELEASE
Fifth Avenue & 57 th  Street
 
 
 
Contact:
New York, N.Y. 10022
 
 
 
           Mark L. Aaron
 
 
 
 
         212-230-5301
 
 
 
 
                          mark.aaron@tiffany.com


TIFFANY ANNOUNCES STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM;
BOARD AUTHORIZES $300 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS

New York, N.Y., March 21, 2014 - Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a new stock repurchase program. The previous program expired at the end of January 2014.

Effective immediately, this new program authorizes the repurchase of up to $300 million of Tiffany’s Common Stock through open market transactions. Purchases are discretionary and will be made from time to time based on market conditions and the Company’s liquidity needs. The program will expire on March 31, 2017.

Michael J. Kowalski, chairman and chief executive officer, said, “Based on Tiffany’s financial performance and our favorable long-term outlook for earnings and cash flow, we believe that share repurchases are an appropriate way to return a portion of excess capital to stockholders, as well as to mitigate the dilutive effect on earnings per share from stock-based compensation.”

Tiffany & Co. operates jewelry stores and manufactures products through its subsidiary corporations. Its principal subsidiary is Tiffany and Company. The Company operates TIFFANY & CO. retail stores in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Japan and Europe, as well as in the United Arab Emirates and Russia. It also engages in direct selling through Internet, catalog and business gift operations. For more information, please visit www.tiffany.com or call the shareholder information line at 800-TIF-0110.

This document contains certain “forward-looking” statements concerning the Company’s objectives and expectations. Actual results might differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Information concerning risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is set forth in the Company’s Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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