Document:

exv4w2

Exhibit 4.2

 

V.F. CORPORATION

 

Second Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of August 24, 2011

 

(Second Supplemental to the Indenture Dated as of October 15, 2007)

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

 

 

     SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “Second Supplemental
Indenture”), between V.F. Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the “Company”), and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking
association, as Trustee (herein called “Trustee”);

RECITALS:

     WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated
as of October 15, 2007 (the “Base Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of the
Company’s unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein and therein called
the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;

     WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into
an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form and terms of any series of
Securities;

     WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture permits the form of Securities of any series to be
established in an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture;

     WHEREAS, Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture permits certain terms of any series of Securities
to be established pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture;

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to
provide for the establishment of two new series of Securities under the Base Indenture, the form
and substance of such Securities and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth
as provided in the Base Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture;

     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terns, have been done;

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities of both series
established by this Second Supplemental Indenture by the holders thereof (the “Noteholders”), it is
mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all such Noteholders, as follows:

 

 

ARTICLE 1

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application 

     Section 1.01. Relation to Base Indenture. This Second Supplemental Indenture constitutes a
part of the Base Indenture (the provisions of which, as modified by this Second Supplemental
Indenture, shall apply to the Notes) in respect of the Notes but shall not modify, amend or
otherwise affect the Base Indenture insofar as it relates to any other
series of Securities or modify, amend or otherwise affect in any manner the terms and
conditions of the Securities of any other series.

     Section 1.02. Definitions.  For all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the
capitalized terms used herein (i) which are defined in this Section 1.02 have the respective
meanings assigned hereto in this Section 1.02 and (ii) which are defined in the Base Indenture (and
which are not defined in this Section 1.02) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the
Base Indenture. For all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture:

     (a) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or Section refers to an
Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Second Supplemental Indenture;

     (b) The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this
Second Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision; and

     (c) The terms defined in this Section 1.02(c) have the meanings assigned to them in this
Section and include the plural as well as the singular:

     “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each
of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could
result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the
occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the
Floating Rate Notes or the Fixed Rate Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible
downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event
otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have
occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below
Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event
hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would
otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request
that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance composed of or
arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the
applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating
Event). The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of a Below Investment Grade Rating Event
unless it has received actual notice thereof.

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     “Business Day” is any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed.

     “Calculation Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect
sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in
one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the
Company or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including,
without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that
term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting
Stock; (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are
not Continuing Directors; (4) the consummation by the Company of a consolidation with, or merger
with or into, any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) or the
consummation by any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of a
consolidation with, or merger with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a
transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or
exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting
Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitutes, or is converted
into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person immediately after
giving effect to such transaction; or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company.

     “Change of Control Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

     “Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

     “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the
issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with
the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors
at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the
Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director).

     “Daily Interest Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., and any successor thereto.

     “Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).

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     “Fixed Rate Note Interest Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).

     “Fixed Rate Note Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c).

     “Fixed Rate Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Floating Rate Note Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

     “Floating Rate Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

     “Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any
successor rating categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under
any successor rating categories of S&P); and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent
under any successor rating categories of Fitch); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating
from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

     “London Business Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 12, 2011
by and among the Company, VF Enterprises, Inc. and The Timberland Company, as amended.

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

     “Notes” means the Fixed Rate Notes together with the Floating Rate Notes.

     “Outside Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.

     “Rating Agency” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or
S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within
the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange

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Act, selected by the Company as a replacement
agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and any successor thereto.

     “Special Mandatory Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.

     “Special Mandatory Redemption Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.

     “Special Mandatory Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.

     “three-month LIBOR,” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

     “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any person, capital stock of any class or kind the
holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election
of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such person, even if the right so to vote
has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

ARTICLE 2

General Terms and Conditions of the Fixed Rate Notes

     Section 2.01. Terms of Fixed Rate Notes. Pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base
Indenture, there is hereby established a series of Securities, the terms of which shall be as
follows:

     (a) Designation. The Securities of this series shall be known and designated as the “3.500%
Notes due 2021” (the “Fixed Rate Notes”) of the Company. The CUSIP number of the Fixed Rate Notes
is 918204 AV0. If Additional Securities are issued pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture,
and if such Additional Securities are not fungible with the Fixed Rate Notes for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, such Additional Securities will have a separate CUSIP number.

     (b) Form and Denominations. The Fixed Rate Notes will be issued only in fully registered
form, and the authorized denominations of the Fixed Rate Notes shall be $2,000 principal amount and
any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Fixed Rate Notes will initially be issued
in the form of one or more Global Securities substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto,
with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the same.
The Fixed Rate Notes will be denominated in U.S. dollars and payments of principal and interest
will be made in U.S. dollars.

     (c) Maturity Date. The principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the Fixed
Rate Notes shall be payable in full on September 1, 2021, or if such

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day is not a Business Day, the
following Business Day (the “Fixed Rate Note Maturity Date’’).

     (d) Interest. Interest payable on any Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date, the Fixed Rate
Note Maturity Date or, if applicable, the Redemption Date (as defined in the Base Indenture) shall
be the amount accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Fixed Rate Note Interest
Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including
the original issue date of August 24, 2011, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with
respect to the Fixed Rate Notes) to but excluding such Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date, Fixed
Rate Note Maturity Date or, if applicable, Redemption Date, as the case may be (each, a “Fixed Rate
Note Interest Period”). The Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.500% per year
from the original issue date thereof to the Fixed Rate Note Maturity Date. Interest on the Fixed
Rate Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year,
beginning on March 1, 2012 (each such date, a “Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date”). The amount
of interest payable for any semi-annual Fixed Rate Note Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full semi-annual Fixed Rate Note
Interest Period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event any Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date on or
before the Fixed Rate Note Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest
payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no interest
shall accrue as a result of such postponement.

     In the event the Fixed Rate Note Maturity Date or a Redemption Date for the Fixed Rate Notes
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the related payments of principal, premium, if any,
and interest may be made on the next succeeding date that is a Business Day (and no additional
interest will accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after the Fixed Rate Note
Maturity Date). Interest due on the Fixed Rate Note Maturity Date or a Redemption Date (in each
case, whether or not a Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date) will be paid to the Person to whom
principal of such Fixed Rate Notes is payable.

     (e) To Whom Interest is Payable. Interest shall be payable to the Person in whose name the
Fixed Rate Notes are registered at the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the
Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date, or in the event the Fixed Rate Notes cease to be held in the
form of one or more Global Securities, at the close of business on the date 15 days prior to that
Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day.

     (f) Sinking Fund; Noteholder Repurchase Right. The Fixed Rate Notes shall not be subject to
any sinking fund or analogous provision or be redeemable at the option of the Noteholders.

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     (g) Forms. The Fixed Rate Notes shall be substantially in the form of Annex A attached
hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the
same.

     (h) Registrar, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent and Place of Payment. The Company hereby
appoints U.S. Bank National Association as Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent and Paying
Agent with respect to the Fixed Rate Notes. The Fixed Rate Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer and for exchange at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose in the City of New York, New York and at any other office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose. The Place of Payment for the Fixed Rate Notes shall be the Paying
Agent’s office in New York, New York.

     (i) Defeasance. Until the Fixed Rate Note Maturity Date, the Fixed Rate Notes will be subject
to Sections 13.02 and 13.03 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

General Terms and Conditions of the Floating Rate Notes

     Section 3.01. Terms of Floating Rate Notes. Pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base
Indenture, there is hereby established a series of Securities, the terms of which shall be as
follows:

     (a) Designation. The Securities of this series shall be known and designated as the “Floating
Rate Notes due 2013” (the “Floating Rate Notes”) of the Company. The CUSIP number of the Floating
Rate Notes is 918204 AU2. If Additional Securities are issued pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base
Indenture, and if such Additional Securities are not fungible with the Floating Rate Notes for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, such Additional Securities will have a separate CUSIP number.

     (b) Form and Denominations. The Floating Rate Notes will be issued only in fully registered
form, and the authorized denominations of the Floating Rate Notes shall be $2,000 principal amount
and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Floating Rate Notes will initially be
issued in the form of one or more Global Securities substantially in the form of Annex B attached
hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the
same. The Floating Rate Notes will be denominated in U.S. dollars and payments of principal and
interest will be made in U.S. dollars.

     (c) Maturity Date. The principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the
Floating Rate Notes shall be payable in full on August 23, 2013, or if such day is not a Business
Day, the following Business Day (the “Floating Rate Note Maturity Date’’).

     (d) Interest. Interest payable on any Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date or the
Floating Rate Note Maturity Date shall be the amount accrued from, and including, the immediately
preceding Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date in respect of which

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interest has been paid or
duly provided for (or from and including the original issue date of August 24, 2011, if no interest
has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Floating Rate Notes) to but excluding such
Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date or Floating Rate Note Maturity Date, as the case may be
(each, a “Floating Rate Note Interest Period”). The Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a
rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate, as determined on the applicable Floating Rate Note
Interest Determination Date by the Calculation Agent, plus 0.75% (75 basis points) from the
original issue date thereof to the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date. The amount of interest for
each day that the Floating Rate Notes are outstanding (the “Daily Interest Amount”) shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent by dividing the interest rate in effect during the applicable
Floating Rate Note Interest Period by 360 and multiplying the result by the outstanding principal
amount of the Floating Rate Notes. The amount of interest to be paid on the Floating Rate Notes for
any Floating Rate Note Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest Amounts for
each day in such Floating Rate Note Interest Period. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on February 23, May 23, August 23 and November 23 of each year,
beginning on November 23, 2011 (each such date, a “Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date”). If
any Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date, other than the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date, is
not a Business Day, the interest payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day; provided, that if the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, the interest
payment due on such Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day. If the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the
principal amount of the Floating Rate Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be paid
on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the Floating
Rate Note Maturity Date or any day thereafter. Each payment of interest on the Floating Rate Notes
will include interest to, but excluding, as the case may be, the relevant Floating Rate Note
Interest Payment Date or Floating Rate Note Maturity Date. The rate of interest on the Floating
Rate Notes for the Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period will be
1.05844% and will be reset on the
next occurring Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date.

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date” means the second London Business Day
immediately preceding the applicable Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date. The Floating Rate Note
Interest Determination Date for the Initial Floating Rate Interest Period will be August 22, 2011.

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date” means the first day of each Floating Rate Note
Interest Period other than the Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period.

     The “Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period” shall be August 24, 2011 through November 22,
2011.

     “London Business Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (transacting
dealings in U.S. dollars) in London.

     The “three-month LIBOR,” for any Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date will be the
offered rate for deposits in the London interbank market in U.S. dollars having an index maturity
of three months, as such rate appears on the Reuters (or any

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 successor service) Page LIBOR 01 (or
such other page as may replace that page on that service, or any
successor service, for the purpose
of displaying such rates) as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Floating Rate Note
Interest Determination Date.

     The “Calculation Agent” shall be the agent appointed by the Company to calculate the interest
rate on the Floating Rate Notes and will initially be the Trustee. The Calculation Agent shall
calculate the interest rate in accordance with this Section 3.01(d). On or before each Floating
Rate Note Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the interest rate and
notify the Paying Agent. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall in the absence of
manifest error be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Noteholders of the
Floating Rate Notes. For so long as three-month LIBOR is required to be determined with respect to
the Floating Rate Notes, the Company shall have a Calculation Agent. In the event that the
Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act, the Calculation Agent fails to duly establish
three-month LIBOR for any Interest Period or the Company proposes to remove the Calculation Agent,
the Company shall appoint itself or another person that is a bank, trust company, investment
banking firm or other financial institution to act as the Calculation Agent.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate shall in no event be higher than the maximum
rate permitted by New York or other applicable state law, as such law may be modified by United
States law of general application.

     (e) To Whom Interest is Payable. Interest shall be payable to the Person in whose name the
Floating Rate Notes are registered at the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the
Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date, or in the event the Floating Rate Notes cease to be held
in the form of one or more Global Securities, at the close of business on the date 15 days prior to
that Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day.

     (f) Sinking Fund; Noteholder Repurchase Right. The Floating Rate Notes shall not be subject
to any sinking fund or analogous provision or be redeemable at the option of the Noteholders.

     (g) Forms. The Floating Rate Notes shall be substantially in the form of Annex B attached
hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the
same.

     (h) Registrar, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent and Place of Payment. The Company hereby
appoints U.S. Bank National Association as Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent and Paying
Agent with respect to the Floating Rate Notes. The Floating Rate Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer and for exchange at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose in the City of New York, New York and at any other office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose. The Place of Payment for the Floating Rate Notes shall be the Paying
Agent’s office in New York, New York.

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     (i) Defeasance. Until the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date, the Floating Rate Notes will be
subject to Sections 13.02 and 13.03 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE 4

Special Mandatory Redemption

     Section 4.01. Special Mandatory Redemption. In the event that the closing of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement has not occurred on or before March 12, 2012 (the
“Outside Date”) (such occurrence, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), the Company shall
redeem the Floating Rate Notes and the Fixed Rate Notes, unless, with respect to redemption of the
Fixed Rate Notes only, the Company has exercised its right to redeem all the Fixed Rate Notes on or
before the Outside Date, on the date that is 20 Business Days after the Outside Date (the “Special
Mandatory Redemption Date”), at a cash redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal
amount of Notes redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to but
excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”);
provided, however, that if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to
March 12, 2012, the Outside Date shall be deemed to be the date the Merger Agreement is terminated.

     Section 4.02. Notice of Special Mandatory Redemption Event. On the occurrence of a Special
Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly mail a notice to each Noteholder of the
Fixed Rate Notes and the Floating Rate Notes, with a copy to the Trustee. Such notice of
redemption shall state: (a) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, (b) the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price, (c) that, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price will become due and payable upon the Notes and that interest thereon will cease to
accrue on and after said date, and (d) the place or places where the Notes are to be surrendered
for payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price. Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.

     Section 4.03. Deposit of Special Mandatory Redemption Price; Notes Payable on Special
Mandatory Redemption Date. For purposes of Section 11.05 and 11.06 of the Base Indenture, the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be a “Redemption Date” and the Special Mandatory Redemption
Price shall be a “Redemption Price.”

ARTICLE 5

Change of Control Repurchase Event

     Section 5.01. Change of Control Repurchase Events. If a Change of Control Repurchase Event
with respect to the Floating Rate Notes or the Fixed Rate Notes occurs, unless, with respect to the
repurchase of the Fixed Rate Notes only, the Company has exercised its right to redeem all the
Fixed Rate Notes, the Company shall make an offer to each Noteholder of the Floating Rate Notes or
the Fixed Rate Notes to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of that
Noteholder’s Notes at a repurchase

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price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of
repurchase. Within 30 days following any such Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the
Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of an impending
Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice (a “Change of Control Notice”) to each
Noteholder of the Fixed Rate Notes or the Floating Rate Notes, with a copy to the Trustee,
describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control
Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Fixed Rate Notes or the Floating Rate Notes on the
payment date specified in the Change of Control Notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such Change of Control Notice is mailed. The Change of
Control Notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state
that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on
or prior to the payment date specified in the Change of Control Notice.

     The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under this Section 5.01 by virtue of such conflict.

     On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, with respect to the Fixed Rate Notes and the Floating Rate Notes:

	 	•	 	accept for payment all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer
(“Tendered Notes”);

	 	•	 	deposit with the Trustee a cash amount in immediately available funds equal to the
aggregate repurchase price in respect of all Tendered Notes; and

	 	•	 	deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Tendered Notes, together with
an officers’ certificate stating that such Tendered Notes have been properly accepted
by the Company and stating the aggregate principal amount of Tendered Notes being
purchased by the Company.

     The Trustee shall promptly mail to each Noteholder holding Tendered Notes the repurchase price
for the Tendered Notes, and the Trustee shall, to the extent necessary, promptly authenticate and
mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such Noteholder a new security equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Tendered Notes; provided, that each new security
will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

     The Company shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of
Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer

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made by the Company and such third party
purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

ARTICLE 6

Supplemental Indentures

     Section 6.01. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. As set forth in Section
9.01 of the Base Indenture, with the consent of the holders of a majority in the aggregate
principal amount of Notes of each series affected by such supplemental indenture at the time
outstanding, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Base Indenture or this
Second Supplemental Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders.

ARTICLE 7

Miscellaneous

     Section 7.01. Relationship to Existing Base Indenture. The Second Supplemental Indenture is
a supplemental indenture within the meaning of the Base Indenture. The Base Indenture, as
supplemented and amended by this Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified,
confirmed and approved and, with respect to the Notes, the Base Indenture, as supplemented and
amended by this Second
Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

     Section 7.02. Modification of The Existing Base Indenture. Except as expressly modified by
this Second Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Base Indenture shall govern the terms and
conditions of the Notes.

     Section 7.03. Governing Law. This instrument shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

     Section 7.04. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.

     Section 7.05. Trustee Makes No Representation. The recitals contained herein are made by
the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second
Supplemental Indenture (except for its execution thereof and its certificates of authentication of
the Notes).

     Section 7.06. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY

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IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     Section 7.07. Consequential Loss. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable
for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not
limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood
of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

     Section 7.08. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by,
directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed and attested all as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	V.F. CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Eric C. Wiseman 	 
	 	 	Eric C. Wiseman 	 
	 	 	Chairman, President and Chief

Executive Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Candace S. Cummings	 
	 	Candace S. Cummings	 
	 	Vice President — Administration

General Counsel and Secretary
	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Robert K. Shearer	 
	 	 	Robert K. Shearer 	 
	 	 	Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	/s/ Candace S. Cummings	 
	 	Candace S. Cummings	 
	 	Vice President — Administration

General Counsel and Secretary	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

    TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Christie Leppert	 
	 	 	Name: Christie Leppert	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President  	 

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ANNEX A

     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE
OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

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V.F. CORPORATION

			
	No. 1
	 	CUSIP No.: 918204 AV0

$500,000,000

     V.F. CORPORATION, a corporation duly incorporated and subsisting under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $500,000,000 on September 1, 2021
and to pay interest thereon from August 24, 2011, or from the most recent Fixed Rate Note Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 1 and
September 1 in each year, commencing March 1, 2012 , at the rate of 3.500% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this security shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Fixed Rate Note
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Business
Day next preceding the relevant Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date, or in the event the Notes
cease to be held in the form of one or more Global Notes, at the close of business on the date 15
days prior to that Fixed Rate Note Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Noteholder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Noteholders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

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     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under
its corporate seal.

Dated: August 24, 2011

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	V.F. CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Eric C. Wiseman 	 
	 	 	Chairman, President and Chief

Executive Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Patrick J. Guido 	 
	 	Vice President — Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Robert K. Shearer 	 
	 	 	Senior Vice President and

 Chief
Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Patrick J. Guido 	 
	 	Vice President — Treasurer 	 
	 

     This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signature 	 
	 	 	 	 

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[Reverse of Note]

     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 15,
2007 (herein called the “Base Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2011
(herein called the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the
“Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly
known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”),
and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Noteholders and of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of
the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$500,000,000. The Company may at any time issue additional notes under the Indenture in unlimited
amounts having the same terms as the Notes.

     The Notes of this series are subject to redemption, as a whole or from time to time in part,
upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to each Noteholder of Notes to be
redeemed at his address as it appears in the Securities Register, (1) on any date prior to June 1,
2021 (three months prior to their Stated Maturity) at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of
(i) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the Redemption Date or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent (as defined below), the
sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon
(not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued and paid as of the Redemption Date)
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus 20 basis points, plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date, and (2) on any date on and after June
1, 2021 at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Securities to be
redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date; provided that unless the
Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on or after the Redemption Date, interest will
cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity
will be computed as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) means the United
States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the
remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized in accordance with customary
financial practice in pricing new issues of corporate notes of comparable maturity to the remaining
term of the Notes. “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the
average of the Reference Treasury

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Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, provided, that if
three or more Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained, the highest and lowest of such
quotations shall be excluded from the calculation. “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer
appointed by the Company. “Reference Treasury Dealers” means (i) each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors;
provided, however, that, if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities
dealer (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary
Treasury Dealer; and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company. “Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any
Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

     The Notes do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

     In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series and
of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Noteholder hereof
upon the cancellation hereof.

     In the event that the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement has not
occurred on or before March 12, 2012 (the “Outside Date”) (such occurrence, the “Special Mandatory
Redemption Event”), the Company shall redeem the Notes, unless the Company has exercised its right
to redeem all the Notes on or before the Outside Date, on the date that is 20 Business Days after
the Outside Date (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), at a cash redemption price equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest on
the Notes redeemed to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “Special Mandatory
Redemption Price”); provided, however, that if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance
with its terms prior to March 12, 2012, the Outside Date shall be deemed to be the date the Merger
Agreement is terminated.

     On the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly mail a
notice to each Noteholder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee. Such notice of redemption
shall state: (a) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, (b) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price,
(c) that, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Special Mandatory Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon the Notes and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date, and (d) the place or places where the Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price. Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
For purposes of Section 11.05 and 11.06 of the Base Indenture, the Special Mandatory Redemption
Date shall be a “Redemption Date” and the Special Mandatory Redemption Price shall be a “Redemption
Price.”

     If a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Notes occurs, unless the Company
has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes, the Company shall make an offer to each Noteholder
of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (in integral

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multiples of $1,000) of that Noteholder’s
Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of
repurchase. Within 30 days following any such Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the
Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of
Control, the Company shall mail a notice (a “Change of Control Notice”) to each Noteholder of the
Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or
may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the
payment date specified in the Change of Control Notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such Change of Control Notice is mailed. The Change of
Control Notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state
that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on
or prior to the payment date specified in the Change of Control Notice.

     The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

     On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, with respect to the Notes:

     • accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly
tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer (“Tendered Notes”);

     • deposit with the Trustee a cash amount in immediately available funds equal to the aggregate
repurchase price in respect of all Tendered Notes; and

     • deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Tendered Notes, together with an
officers’ certificate stating that such Tendered Notes have been properly accepted by the Company
and stating the aggregate principal amount of Tendered Notes being purchased by the Company.

     The Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, shall promptly mail to each Noteholder of Tendered
Notes the repurchase price for the Tendered Notes, and the Trustee shall, to the extent necessary,
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such Noteholder a
new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Tendered Notes; provided, that
each new note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.

     The Company shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of
Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer

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made by the Company and such third party
purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Note or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each
case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Noteholders of
the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Noteholders of not less than 50% in principal amount of the Notes
at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Noteholders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Noteholders of all Notes of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Noteholder of this Note
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Noteholder and upon all future Noteholders of this Note
and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Noteholder of this Note
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Noteholder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Notes of this series, the Noteholders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Noteholders of a majority in
principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Noteholder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or
interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.

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     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Noteholder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Noteholder surrendering the same.

     No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

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ANNEX B

     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE
OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

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V.F. CORPORATION

			
	No. 1
	 	CUSIP No.: 918204 AU2

$400,000,000

     V.F. CORPORATION, a corporation duly incorporated and subsisting under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $400,000,000 on August 23, 2013 and
to pay interest thereon from August 24, 2011, or from the most recent Floating Rate Note Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly on February 23, May
23, August 23 and November 23 in each year, commencing November 23, 2011, at a rate per annum
determined in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Floating Rate Note
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Business
Day next preceding the relevant Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date, or in the event the Notes
cease to be held in the form of one or more Global Notes, at the close of business on 15th calendar
day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Floating Rate Note Interest Payment
Date, whether or not a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
will forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be
fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Noteholders of Notes of this series not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

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     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under
its corporate seal.

Dated: August 24, 2011

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	V.F. CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Eric C. Wiseman 	 
	 	 	Chairman, President and Chief

Executive Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Patrick J. Guido 	 
	 	Vice President — Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Robert K. Shearer 	 
	 	 	Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Patrick J. Guido 	 
	 	Vice President — Treasurer 	 
	 

     This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signature 	 
	 	 	 	 

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[Reverse of Note]

     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 15,
2007 (herein called the “Base Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2011
(herein called the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the
“Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly
known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”),
and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Noteholders and of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of
the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$400,000,000. The Company may at any time issue additional notes under the Indenture in unlimited
amounts having the same terms as the Notes.

     The Notes are not subject to redemption other than as set forth below.

     The Notes do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

          Interest payable on any Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date or the Floating Rate Note
Maturity Date shall be the amount accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Floating
Rate Note Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or
from and including the original issue date of August 24, 2011, if no interest has been paid or duly
provided for with respect to the Notes) to but excluding such Floating Rate Note Interest Payment
Date or Floating Rate Note Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, a “Floating Rate Note Interest
Period”). The Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate, as
determined on the applicable Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date by the Calculation
Agent, plus 0.75% (75 basis points) from the original issue date thereof to the Floating Rate Note
Maturity Date. The amount of interest for each day that the Notes are outstanding (the “Daily
Interest Amount”) shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent by dividing the interest rate in
effect during the applicable Floating Rate Note Interest Period by 360 and multiplying the result
by the outstanding principal amount of the Notes. The amount of interest to be paid on the Notes
for any Floating Rate Note Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest Amounts
for each day in such Floating Rate Note Interest Period. Interest on the Notes shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on February 23, May 23, August 23 and November 23 of each year, beginning on
November 23, 2011 (each such date, a “Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date”). If any Floating
Rate Note Interest Payment Date, other than the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date, is not a Business
Day, the interest payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day; provided, that if the next succeeding day that is a Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar month, the interest payment due on such Floating Rate Note Interest Payment
Date shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Floating Rate Note Maturity
Date is not a Business Day, the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon shall be paid

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on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall
accrue for the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date or any day thereafter. Each payment of interest on
the Notes will include interest to, but excluding, as the case may be, the relevant Floating Rate
Note Interest Payment Date or Floating Rate Note Maturity Date. The rate of interest on the Notes
for the Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period will be 1.05844% and will be reset on the
next occurring Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date.

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date” means the second London Business Day
immediately preceding the applicable Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date. The Floating Rate Note
Interest Determination Date for the Initial Floating Rate Interest Period will be August 22, 2011.
“Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date” means the first day of each Floating Rate Note Interest
Period other than the Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period. The “Initial Floating Rate Note
Interest Period” shall be August 24, 2011 through November 22, 2011. “London Business Day” means a
day on which commercial banks are open for business (transacting dealings in U.S. dollars) in
London. The “three-month LIBOR,” for any Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date will be
the offered rate for deposits in the London interbank market in U.S. dollars having an index
maturity of three months, as such rate appears on the Reuters (or any successor service) Page LIBOR
01 (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or any successor service, for the
purpose of displaying such rates) as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Floating
Rate Note Interest Determination Date. The “Calculation Agent” shall be the agent appointed by the
Company to calculate the interest rate on the Notes and will initially be the Trustee. The
Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate in accordance with the foregoing. On or before
each Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the
interest rate and notify the Paying Agent. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall in
the absence of manifest error be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the
Noteholders of the Notes. For so long as three-month LIBOR is required to be determined with
respect to the Notes, the Company shall have a Calculation Agent. In the event that the Calculation
Agent is unable or unwilling to act, the Calculation Agent fails to duly establish three-month
LIBOR for any Interest Period or the Company proposes to remove the Calculation Agent, the Company
shall appoint itself or another person that is a bank, trust company, investment banking firm or
other financial institution to act as the Calculation Agent.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate shall in no event be higher than the maximum
rate permitted by New York or other applicable state law, as such law may be modified by United
States law of general application.

     In the event that the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement has not
occurred on or before March 12, 2012 (the “Outside Date”) (such occurrence, the “Special Mandatory
Redemption Event”), the Company shall redeem the Notes on the date that is 20 Business Days after
the Outside Date (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), at a cash redemption price equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest on
the Notes redeemed to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “Special Mandatory
Redemption Price”); provided, however, that if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance
with its terms prior to March 12, 2012, the Outside Date shall be deemed to be the date the Merger
Agreement is terminated.

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     On the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly mail a
notice to each Noteholder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee. Such notice of redemption
shall state: (a) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, (b)
the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, (c) that, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date,
the Special Mandatory Redemption Price will become due and payable upon the Notes and that interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date, and (d) the place or places where the Notes
are to be surrendered for payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price. Notice of redemption
of the Notes shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company. For purposes of Section 11.05 and 11.06 of the Base Indenture,
the Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be a “Redemption Date” and the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price shall be a “Redemption Price.”

     If a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Notes occurs, the Company shall
make an offer to each Noteholder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples
of $1,000) of that Noteholder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased
to the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any such Change of Control Repurchase Event
or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of
an impending Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice (a “Change of Control Notice”) to
each Noteholder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or
transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering
to repurchase the Notes on the payment date specified in the Change of Control Notice, which date
will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such Change of Control
Notice is mailed. The Change of Control Notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation
of the Change of Control, state that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of
Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the Change of
Control Notice.

     The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

     On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, with respect to the Notes:

     • accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly
tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer (“Tendered Notes”);

     • deposit with the Trustee a cash amount in immediately available funds equal to the aggregate
repurchase price in respect of all Tendered Notes; and

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     • deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Tendered Notes, together with an
officers’ certificate stating that such Tendered Notes have been properly accepted by the Company
and stating the aggregate principal amount of Tendered Notes being purchased by the Company.

     The Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, shall promptly mail to each Noteholder of Tendered
Notes the repurchase price for the Tendered Notes, and the Trustee shall, to the extent necessary,
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such Noteholder a
new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Tendered Notes; provided, that
each new note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.

     The Company shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of
Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party
purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Note or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each
case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Noteholders of
the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Noteholders of not less than 50% in principal amount of the Notes
at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Noteholders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Noteholders of all Notes of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Noteholder of this Note
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Noteholder and upon all future Noteholders of this Note
and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Noteholder of this Note
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Noteholder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Notes of this series, the Noteholders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in

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respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Noteholders of a majority in
principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Noteholder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Noteholder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Noteholder surrendering the same.

     No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

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Exhibit 4.3

[Form
of Note]

     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY
NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN
WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

 

V.F. CORPORATION

			
	No. 1
	 	CUSIP No.: 918204 AU2

$400,000,000

     V.F. CORPORATION, a corporation duly incorporated and subsisting under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $400,000,000 on August 23, 2013 and
to pay interest thereon from August 24, 2011, or from the most recent Floating Rate Note Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly on February 23, May
23, August 23 and November 23 in each year, commencing November 23, 2011, at a rate per annum
determined in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Floating Rate Note
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Business
Day next preceding the relevant Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date, or in the event the Notes
cease to be held in the form of one or more Global Notes, at the close of business on 15th calendar
day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Floating Rate Note Interest Payment
Date, whether or not a Business Day. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
will forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be
fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Noteholders of Notes of this series not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under
its corporate seal.

Dated: August 24, 2011

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	V.F. CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Eric C. Wiseman 	 
	 	 	Chairman, President and Chief 
Executive Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Patrick J. Guido 	 
	 	Vice President — Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Robert K. Shearer 	 
	 	 	Senior Vice President and Chief 
Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Patrick J. Guido 	 
	 	Vice President — Treasurer 	 
	 

     This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signature 	 
	 	 	 	 

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[Reverse of Note]

     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 15,
2007 (herein called the “Base Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 24, 2011
(herein called the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the
“Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly
known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”),
and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Noteholders and of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of
the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$400,000,000. The Company may at any time issue additional notes under the Indenture in unlimited
amounts having the same terms as the Notes.

     The Notes are not subject to redemption other than as set forth below.

     The Notes do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

     Interest payable on any Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date or the Floating Rate Note
Maturity Date shall be the amount accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Floating
Rate Note Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or
from and including the original issue date of August 24, 2011, if no interest has been paid or duly
provided for with respect to the Notes) to but excluding such Floating Rate Note Interest Payment
Date or Floating Rate Note Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, a “Floating Rate Note Interest
Period”). The Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate, as
determined on the applicable Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date by the Calculation
Agent, plus 0.75% (75 basis points) from the original issue date thereof to the Floating Rate Note
Maturity Date. The amount of interest for each day that the Notes are outstanding (the “Daily
Interest Amount”) shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent by dividing the interest rate in
effect during the applicable Floating Rate Note Interest Period by 360 and multiplying the result
by the outstanding principal amount of the Notes. The amount of interest to be paid on the Notes
for any Floating Rate Note Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest Amounts
for each day in such Floating Rate Note Interest Period. Interest on the Notes shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on February 23, May 23, August 23 and November 23 of each year, beginning on
November 23, 2011 (each such date, a “Floating Rate Note Interest Payment Date”). If any Floating
Rate Note Interest Payment Date, other than the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date, is not a Business
Day, the interest payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day; provided, that if the next succeeding day that is a Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar month, the interest payment due on such Floating Rate Note Interest Payment
Date shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Floating Rate Note Maturity
Date is not a Business Day, the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon shall be paid on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall
accrue for the Floating Rate Note Maturity Date or any day thereafter. Each payment of interest on
the

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Notes will include interest to, but excluding, as the case may be, the relevant Floating Rate
Note Interest Payment Date or Floating Rate Note Maturity Date. The rate of interest on the Notes
for the Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period will be 1.05844% and will be reset on the
next occurring Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date.

     “Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date” means the second London Business Day
immediately preceding the applicable Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date. The Floating Rate Note
Interest Determination Date for the Initial Floating Rate Interest Period will be August 22, 2011.
“Floating Rate Note Interest Reset Date” means the first day of each Floating Rate Note Interest
Period other than the Initial Floating Rate Note Interest Period. The “Initial Floating Rate Note
Interest Period” shall be August 24, 2011 through November 22, 2011. “London Business Day” means a
day on which commercial banks are open for business (transacting dealings in U.S. dollars) in
London. The “three-month LIBOR,” for any Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date will be
the offered rate for deposits in the London interbank market in U.S. dollars having an index
maturity of three months, as such rate appears on the Reuters (or any successor service) Page LIBOR
01 (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or any successor service, for the
purpose of displaying such rates) as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Floating
Rate Note Interest Determination Date. The “Calculation Agent” shall be the agent appointed by the
Company to calculate the interest rate on the Notes and will initially be the Trustee. The
Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate in accordance with the foregoing. On or before
each Floating Rate Note Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the
interest rate and notify the Paying Agent. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall in
the absence of manifest error be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the
Noteholders of the Notes. For so long as three-month LIBOR is required to be determined with
respect to the Notes, the Company shall have a Calculation Agent. In the event that the Calculation
Agent is unable or unwilling to act, the Calculation Agent fails to duly establish three-month
LIBOR for any Interest Period or the Company proposes to remove the Calculation Agent, the Company
shall appoint itself or another person that is a bank, trust company, investment banking firm or
other financial institution to act as the Calculation Agent.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate shall in no event be higher than the maximum
rate permitted by New York or other applicable state law, as such law may be modified by United
States law of general application.

          In the event that the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement has not
occurred on or before March 12, 2012 (the “Outside Date”) (such occurrence, the “Special Mandatory
Redemption Event”), the Company shall redeem the Notes on the date that is 20 Business Days after
the Outside Date (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), at a cash redemption price equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest on
the Notes redeemed to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “Special Mandatory
Redemption Price”); provided, however, that if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance
with its terms prior to March 12, 2012, the Outside Date shall be deemed to be the date the Merger
Agreement is terminated.

          On the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly mail a
notice to each Noteholder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee. Such notice of redemption
shall state: (a) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, (b)

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the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, (c) that, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date,
the Special Mandatory Redemption Price will become due and payable upon the Notes and that interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date, and (d) the place or places where the Notes
are to be surrendered for payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price. Notice of redemption
of the Notes shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company. For purposes of Section 11.05 and 11.06 of the Base Indenture,
the Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be a “Redemption Date” and the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price shall be a “Redemption Price.”

     If a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Notes occurs, the Company shall
make an offer to each Noteholder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples
of $1,000) of that Noteholder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased
to the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any such Change of Control Repurchase Event
or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of
an impending Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice (a “Change of Control Notice”) to
each Noteholder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or
transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering
to repurchase the Notes on the payment date specified in the Change of Control Notice, which date
will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such Change of Control
Notice is mailed. The Change of Control Notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation
of the Change of Control, state that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of
Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the Change of
Control Notice.

     The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

     On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, with respect to the Notes:

     • accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly
tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer (“Tendered Notes”);

     • deposit with the Trustee a cash amount in immediately available funds equal to the aggregate
repurchase price in respect of all Tendered Notes; and

     • deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Tendered Notes, together with an
officers’ certificate stating that such Tendered Notes have been properly accepted by the Company
and stating the aggregate principal amount of Tendered Notes being purchased by the Company.

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     The Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, shall promptly mail to each Noteholder of Tendered
Notes the repurchase price for the Tendered Notes, and the Trustee shall, to the extent necessary,
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such Noteholder a
new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Tendered Notes; provided, that
each new note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.

     The Company shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of
Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party
purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Note or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each
case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Noteholders of
the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Noteholders of not less than 50% in principal amount of the Notes
at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Noteholders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Noteholders of all Notes of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Noteholder of this Note
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Noteholder and upon all future Noteholders of this Note
and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Noteholder of this Note
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Noteholder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Notes of this series, the Noteholders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Noteholders of a majority in
principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Noteholder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal

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hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Noteholder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Noteholder surrendering the same.

     No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

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