{"id":479246,"date":"2021-04-20T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/legion-partners-issues-letter-to-genescos-board-regarding-its-decision-to-delay-the-companys-2021-annual-meeting\/"},"modified":"2021-04-20T17:33:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:33:07","slug":"legion-partners-issues-letter-to-genescos-board-regarding-its-decision-to-delay-the-companys-2021-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/legion-partners-issues-letter-to-genescos-board-regarding-its-decision-to-delay-the-companys-2021-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Legion Partners Issues Letter to Genesco\u2019s Board Regarding Its Decision to Delay the Company\u2019s 2021 Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwuline { text-decoration: underline }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Legion Partners Issues Letter to Genesco\u2019s Board Regarding Its Decision to Delay the Company\u2019s 2021 Annual Meeting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nLegion Partners Asset Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, \u201cLegion Partners\u201d or \u201cwe\u201d), which collectively with the other participants in its solicitation beneficially owns approximately 5.9% of the outstanding common shares of Genesco, Inc. (NYSE:GCO) (\u201cGenesco\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), today issued the below open letter to the Company\u2019s Board of Directors (the \u201cBoard\u201d) regarding the decision to delay the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the \u201cAnnual Meeting\u201d). Legion Partners has nominated a majority slate of highly-qualified and independent individuals for election to the Company\u2019s Board at the Annual Meeting. Learn more at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gcoforward.com&amp;esheet=52415335&amp;newsitemid=20210420006207&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.gcoforward.com&amp;index=1&amp;md5=cfe8b0cfaa322d710d5f3dd51cf2ccc4\">www.gcoforward.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\">\n***\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMembers of the Genesco Board,\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLegion Partners believes you have collectively demonstrated a flagrant disregard for corporate democracy and honest shareholder engagement by delaying the Annual Meeting until mid-July. It seems clear to us \u2013 and presumably all other shareholders \u2013 that the Board simply wants to buy itself time to carry out a self-directed refresh and develop some semblance of a strategic plan to try to avoid meaningful, investor-driven change. In our view, the Company\u2019s claim of wanting to provide shareholders <i>\u201csufficient time to make informed voting decisions\u201d<\/i> is nothing more than a smokescreen.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhile the Board may feel that a self-directed refresh will thwart our campaign for change, rushing to replace what we contend are stale and underqualified directors following a top five shareholder\u2019s nomination of candidates will not erase Genesco\u2019s history of poor governance and sustained financial underperformance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe question how this Board can expect any shareholder to view seemingly reactionary efforts as credible when it has allowed Genesco\u2019s governance and operations to steadily decline. Moreover, we believe the Board has gone a long way to further impugning its credibility by announcing this delay of the Annual Meeting through a sparse, post-market 8-K filing yesterday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRather than scramble to pack the Board, Genesco should be engaging with Legion Partners about a credible and substantial director refresh. It is long past time for a major shareholder to have significant input into the composition of this Board. Fortunately, we have invested considerable energy and time assembling a diverse slate of highly-qualified individuals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn closing, we urge the Board to promptly abandon its apparent entrenchment agenda in favor of prioritizing shareholders\u2019 best interests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSincerely,\n<\/p>\n<p>\nChris Kiper<br \/>\n<br \/>Managing Director<br \/>\n<br \/>Legion Partners Asset Management\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTed White<br \/>\n<br \/>Managing Director<br \/>\n<br \/>Legion Partners Asset Management\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\">\n***\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bwuline\">About Legion Partners<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nLegion Partners is a value-oriented investment manager based in Los Angeles, with a satellite office in Sacramento, California. Legion Partners seeks to invest in high-quality businesses that are temporarily trading at a discount, utilizing deep fundamental research and long-term shareholder engagement. Legion Partners manages a concentrated portfolio of North American small-cap equities on behalf of some of the world\u2019s largest institutional and high-net-worth investors.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nLegion Partners Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (\u201cLegion Partners Holdings\u201d), together with the other participants named herein, filed a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (\u201cSEC\u201d) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders of Genesco Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the \u201cCompany\u201d).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLEGION PARTNERS HOLDINGS STRONGLY ADVISES ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC&#8217;S WEB SITE AT <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcts.businesswire.com%2Fct%2FCT%3Fid%3Dsmartlink%26url%3DHTTP%253A%252F%252FWWW.SEC.GOV%26esheet%3D52415335%26lan%3Den-US%26anchor%3DHTTP%253A%252F%252FWWW.SEC.GOV%26index%3D2%26md5%3D0599e147e04401860c7fe999b7aa4d2a&amp;esheet=52415335&amp;newsitemid=20210420006207&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=HTTP%3A%2F%2FWWW.SEC.GOV&amp;index=2&amp;md5=31c227f5401d8aad3cdfb6a1ea99f2af\">HTTP:\/\/WWW.SEC.GOV<\/a>. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS&#8217; PROXY SOLICITOR.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be Legion Partners Holdings, Legion Partners, L.P. I, a Delaware limited partnership (\u201cLegion Partners I\u201d), Legion Partners, L.P. II, a Delaware limited partnership (\u201cLegion Partners II\u201d), Legion Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (\u201cLegion Partners GP\u201d), Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (\u201cLegion Partners Asset Management\u201d), Christopher S. Kiper, Raymond T. White, Marjorie L. Bowen, Thomas M. Kibarian, Margenett Moore-Roberts, Dawn H. Robertson, Georgina L. Russell and Hobart P. Sichel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs of the date hereof, Legion Partners I directly beneficially owns 841,197 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the \u201cCommon Stock\u201d). As of the date hereof, Legion Partners II directly beneficially owns 47,383 shares of Common Stock. As the general partner of each of Legion Partners I and Legion Partners II, Legion Partners GP may be deemed to beneficially own the 888,580 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in the aggregate by Legion Partners I and Legion Partners II. As the investment advisor of each of Legion Partners I and Legion Partners II, Legion Partners Asset Management may be deemed to beneficially own the 888,580 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in the aggregate by Legion Partners I and Legion Partners II. As of the date hereof, Legion Partners Holdings directly beneficially owns 100 shares of Common Stock and, as the sole member of each of Legion Partners Asset Management and Legion Partners GP, Legion Partners Holdings may also be deemed to beneficially own the 888,580 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in the aggregate by Legion Partners I and Legion Partners II. As a managing director of Legion Partners Asset Management and managing member of Legion Partners Holdings, each of Messrs. Kiper and White may be deemed to beneficially own the 888,580 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in the aggregate by Legion Partners I and Legion Partners II and 100 shares of Common Stock held of record by Legion Partners Holdings. As of the date hereof, none of Messrs. Kibarian and Sichel or Mses. Bowen, Moore-Roberts, Robertson and Russell own beneficially or of record any securities of the Company.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20210420006207r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210420006207\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210420006207\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nFor Investors:<br \/>\n<br \/>Kingsdale Advisors<br \/>\n<br \/>Michael Fein \/ Lydia Mulyk, 646 651.1640<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:mfein@kingsdaleadvisors.com\">mfein@kingsdaleadvisors.com<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:lmulyk@kingsdaleadvisors.com\">lmulyk@kingsdaleadvisors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nFor Media:<br \/>\n<br \/>Profile<br \/>\n<br \/>Greg Marose \/ Charlotte Kiaie, 347-343-2999<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:gmarose@profileadvisors.com\">gmarose@profileadvisors.com<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:ckiaie@profileadvisors.com\">ckiaie@profileadvisors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> California United States North America<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Retail Professional Services Fashion Finance<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legion Partners Issues Letter to Genesco\u2019s Board Regarding Its Decision to Delay the Company\u2019s 2021 Annual Meeting LOS ANGELES&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, \u201cLegion Partners\u201d or \u201cwe\u201d), which collectively with the other participants in its solicitation beneficially owns approximately 5.9% of the outstanding common shares of Genesco, Inc. (NYSE:GCO) (\u201cGenesco\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), today issued the below open letter to the Company\u2019s Board of Directors (the \u201cBoard\u201d) regarding the decision to delay the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the \u201cAnnual Meeting\u201d). Legion Partners has nominated a majority slate of highly-qualified and independent individuals for election to the Company\u2019s Board at the Annual Meeting. Learn more at www.gcoforward.com. *** Members of the Genesco Board, Legion &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/legion-partners-issues-letter-to-genescos-board-regarding-its-decision-to-delay-the-companys-2021-annual-meeting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Legion Partners Issues Letter to Genesco\u2019s Board Regarding Its Decision to Delay the Company\u2019s 2021 Annual Meeting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legion Partners Issues Letter to Genesco\u2019s Board Regarding Its Decision to Delay the Company\u2019s 2021 Annual Meeting - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/legion-partners-issues-letter-to-genescos-board-regarding-its-decision-to-delay-the-companys-2021-annual-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legion Partners Issues Letter to Genesco\u2019s Board Regarding Its Decision to Delay the Company\u2019s 2021 Annual Meeting - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Legion Partners Issues Letter to Genesco\u2019s Board Regarding Its Decision to Delay the Company\u2019s 2021 Annual Meeting LOS ANGELES&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, \u201cLegion Partners\u201d or \u201cwe\u201d), which collectively with the other participants in its solicitation beneficially owns approximately 5.9% of the outstanding common shares of Genesco, Inc. 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