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Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, without par value	VRA	NASDAQ Global Select Market

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 1, 2024, Vera Bradley, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Ian Bickley has been elected to join its Board of Directors.

Mr. Bickley served as a key architect and leader at Tapestry, Inc. (formerly, Coach, Inc.) (NYSE: TPR), overseeing the company’s global expansion and growing Coach’s international sales from less than $20 million to more than $2 billion. As President of the International Group for Coach, and President of Global Business Development for all Tapestry brands, Mr. Bickley established an exceptional track record in building and revitalizing brands, developing omni-channel businesses, and managing and integrating a global multi-brand portfolio.

In addition to his appointment to the Vera Bradley, Inc. Board of Directors, Mr. Bickley is currently an independent director and member of the Audit Committee and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee on the Boards of Directors at Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), and as an independent director on the Board at Brilliant Earth (NASDAQ: BRLT) where he chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. Previously, he served as an independent director on the Board at Natura & Co., where he served on the Strategy Committee.

As a director of the Company, Mr. Bickley will receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation practices described in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 26, 2024. This compensation generally consists of an annual cash retainer in the amount of $49,500, annual retainers for committee service, and an annual equity grant with a value of $85,000.


99.1						Press Release Dated November 1 , 2024
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.


12420 Stonebridge Road, Roanoke, Indiana						46783
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)						(Zip Code)