Item 7.01.
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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On December 15, 2020, Registrant issued a news release announcing (i) that it had received, on December 14, 2020, the requisite consents from the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrants outstanding $250,000,000 3.800% senior notes due October 1, 2024 (the 2024 Notes) pursuant to its previously announced solicitation of consents and
(ii) that it amended its previously announced consent solicitation with respect to its outstanding $300,000,000 4.900% senior notes due October 1, 2044 (the 2044 Notes and, together with the 2024 Notes, the Affected
Notes) to extend the expiration time from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 14, 2020 to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 17, 2020, unless terminated or extended by Registrant. A copy of the news release is filed as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
As previously
announced, on October 28, 2020, Registrant, LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SE, a societas Europaea (European company) organized under the laws of France (LVMH), Breakfast Holdings Acquisition Corp. and Breakfast
Acquisition Corp. (Merger Sub), entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) which provides for, among other things, the acquisition by LVMH of Registrant through the merger of
Merger Sub with and into Registrant (the Merger), with Registrant continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of LVMH. Subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement and its approval by
Registrants stockholders, the Merger is expected to be completed early in the calendar year 2021.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the 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.
Additional Information and Where To Find It:
This
communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed acquisition of Registrant by LVMH pursuant to the Merger Agreement. In connection with the proposed acquisition, Registrant filed a definitive proxy statement on
Schedule 14A with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and mailed the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each stockholder entitled to vote at the special meeting relating to the proposed acquisition.
INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF REGISTRANT ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING REGISTRANTS DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRANT AND THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION. Investors and security holders are able to obtain copies of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC (when available) free of charge at the SECs
website at www.sec.gov or at Registrants website at investor.tiffany.com/financial-information or by writing to the Corporate Secretary at 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, Attn: Corporate Secretary (Legal Department).
Participants in Solicitation:
Registrant and its
directors, executive officers and certain of its employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Registrants stockholders in respect of the proposed acquisition. Information about the directors and executive
officers of Registrant is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 20, 2020, and the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed
acquisition on November 27, 2020. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations in connection with the proposed acquisition, and a description of any interests that they have in the proposed acquisition, by security
holdings or otherwise, may be contained in other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the proposed acquisition when they become available. These documents may be obtained for free at the SECs website at www.sec.gov or by
writing to the Corporate Secretary at 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, Attn: Corporate Secretary (Legal Department).
Forward-Looking
Statements:
Certain statements in this communication including, without limitation, statements relating to the proposed acquisition and conditions to
closing of the proposed acquisition, may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, each as amended. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, such as statements about the consummation of the proposed acquisition (and the anticipated benefits thereof) and about the
future plans,