UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2025
Commission File Number 001-41836
Birkenstock Holding plc
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
1-2 Berkeley Square
London W1J 6EA
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Explanatory Note
On March 6, 2025, Birkenstock Holding plc (the "Company") announced its 2025 annual general meeting of shareholders and made available to its shareholders certain materials in connection with such meeting. Such materials are attached as exhibits to this Report on Form 6-K and incorporated by reference herein.
The information in Exhibit 99.1 hereto is also incorporated by reference into the Company’s registration statements on Form F-3 (File No. 333-284905), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 13, 2025, and Form S-8 (File No. 333-274968), filed with the SEC on October 13, 2023, in each case to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
The information in this Report on Form 6-K (including Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing or herein.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: March 6, 2025 |
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By:/s/ Johannes Liefke______________ |
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Name: Johannes Liefke |
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Title: Director Legal Affairs |
THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
If you are in any doubt as to the contents of this Document (as defined below) or the action you should take, you should consult an appropriately authorized independent financial adviser in your jurisdiction.
Birkenstock Holding plc
(Incorporated in Jersey with registered no. 148522)
Notice of 2025 Annual General Meeting
The details and instructions in connection with the Annual General Meeting of Birkenstock Holding plc (the “Company”) to be held at 12:00 p.m. British Summer Time on April 29, 2025, in its jurisdiction of incorporation at Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Jersey, Rue De L'Etau, St. Helier, Jersey JE2 3WF, Channel Islands, are set out in this notice of Annual General Meeting (this “Document”).
Shareholders are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend, speak and vote on their behalf at the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy in relation to the Annual General Meeting provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different ordinary share or ordinary shares held by that shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
Only those persons entered on the register of members of the Company as of February 24, 2025 (the “Record Date”) shall be entitled to attend or vote at, directly or via proxy, the Annual General Meeting in respect of the number of ordinary shares registered in their names at that time.
Whether or not you propose to attend the Annual General Meeting, you are encouraged to complete and submit the accompanying Form of Proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it. The Form of Proxy must be completed, signed, and returned so as to reach the Company’s proxy tabulator, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., at P.O. Box 43006, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3006, United States, or submitted by internet or telephone, by no later than 3:00 p.m. British Summer Time on April 28, 2025 (or, if the Annual General Meeting is adjourned by 48 hours or less, either in accordance with the above, by the chair of the meeting or the company secretary or any director at the original meeting, or at such address and by such time as the chair of the meeting may direct, or if the Annual General Meeting is adjourned by more than 48 hours, 24 hours before the adjourned meeting (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day (within the meaning of Article 96(4B) of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the “Jersey Companies Law”)) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting).
If you beneficially own ordinary shares in the Company via The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) system as of the Record Date, a separate instruction card will be sent to you by your broker or nominee so that you may give voting instructions to your broker or nominee in respect of your shares.
The return of a completed Form of Proxy will not prevent a shareholder from attending the Annual General Meeting and voting in person if such shareholder wishes to do so. However, if a shareholder does attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, any proxy appointment will be treated as revoked.
LETTER FROM OUR CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Birkenstock Holding plc
(Incorporated in Jersey with registered no. 148522)
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Directors: Alexandre Arnault J. Michael Chu – Chair of the Board of Directors Ruth Kennedy Nisha Kumar Anne Pitcher Oliver Reichert – Chief Executive Officer of the Birkenstock Group Nikhil Thukral |
Registered Office: Birkenstock Holding plc 47 Esplanade St Helier Jersey JE1 0BD Channel Islands |
March 6, 2025
Annual General Meeting – 2025
Dear Shareholder,
For Birkenstock, 2024 was in so many ways a very special and momentous year. Firstly, the brand celebrated its 250th year – an anniversary milestone shared only with very few and only the most well-recognized brands. And, of course, it was the fiscal year the company successfully completed its public offering on the NYSE – indeed now as the oldest company listed on this Exchange. Importantly, the company continued to deliver consistent strong performance against all key operating and financial metrics, including expanding its product categories supported by a significantly enhanced manufacturing capability, expanding its geographic presence, and expanding and deepening its customer reach across both its direct (digital and retail stores) and wholesale channels. As we look forward to the future, we take comfort in the global relevance and demand for this unique brand, all managed with care and thoughtfulness by a committed and special team of professionals.
There were so many accomplishments in the past fiscal year but we take particular note in the growth in our product offerings, with closed-toe silhouettes now representing about 33% of our sales, an increase of around one third compared to the previous year. These new products expand the usage occasions and are helping to transform our brand to be truly year-round. The strength in the customer demand is now global which has further fueled our growth. However, we believe we are just in the early stages of addressing these consumers as our brand awareness and market presence remains low.
Supporting this growth is our strong and proven distribution model that includes our own retail stores in key markets, our enhanced online and digital capabilities, along with strong and supportive wholesale partners who continue to provide us with the best and expanded shelf space. Our industry best-in-class full-priced sell-through is emblematic of the strength in the demand and in our brand, and the strong relationship with our wholesale partners.
As we enter 2025, we do so with continued excitement. Supported now by our fully operational new factory and the associated capacity, we are able to confidently move into new markets to support this growing demand. Accordingly, we expect to see continued significant growth opportunities in the APAC and the Middle east regions in particular, accompanied by sustained and quality growth in our historical core markets. Supporting this global growth is continued innovation in closed-toe products and offerings, now further augmented by a new professional and orthopedic line of products – expanding into a heretofore untapped and large channel for our brand and products.
The connectivity of our brand with customers is often lifelong and indeed generational. For 250 years we have been a trusted companion in people’s daily lives, supporting natural walking and well-being with every step. This authentic connection is special and serves as the foundation for the strong performance of our company.
Our first full year as a public company is reflective of the enduring strength of our brand and our well-developed business model. We make every pair of our products in our own factories and with our own people. We are in direct touch with our customers, and seek to surprise and delight them with new innovation and offerings and expanded usage occasions. We seek to grow our business in a careful and “engineered” manner ensuring strong and attractive, but disciplined growth for the future.
Notwithstanding our 250-years history, we are just at the beginning of our journey and are excited to have you as our partner.
We look forward to discussing these developments at our Annual General Meeting at 12:00 p.m. British Summer Time on April 29, 2025, in the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation at Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Jersey, Rue De L'Etau, St. Helier, Jersey JE2 3WF, Channel Islands.
Thank you for your continued support.
Yours sincerely,
J. Michael Chu
Chair of the Board of Directors
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Birkenstock Holding plc
(Incorporated in Jersey with registered no. 148522)
Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of Birkenstock Holding plc (the “Company”) will be held at 12:00 p.m. British Summer Time on April 29, 2025, in its jurisdiction of incorporation at Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Jersey, Rue De L'Etau, St. Helier, Jersey JE2 3WF, Channel Islands (the “Annual General Meeting”).
You will be asked to consider and vote upon the ordinary resolutions set out below. Voting on all resolutions at the Annual General Meeting will be by way of poll.
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1.To receive the Company’s annual report and consolidated accounts for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, together with the auditor’s report.
2.To re-appoint Nisha Kumar as a Class II director of the Company.
3.To re-appoint Nikhil Thukral as a Class II director of the Company.
4.To re-appoint EY GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (“EY”) as auditor of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2026.
March 6, 2025
By order of the board of directors (the “Board”)
Gen II Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited (formerly known as Crestbridge Corporate Services Limited), Company Secretary
Registered Office:
47 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey JE1 0BD, Channel Islands Registered in Jersey No. 148522
Important Notes
Entitlement to Attend and Vote
1.Registered holders: The Company, pursuant to its amended and restated articles of association (the “Articles”), specifies that only those persons entered on the register of members of the Company as of February 24, 2025 (the “Record Date”) shall be entitled to attend or vote at the Annual General Meeting in respect of the number of ordinary shares registered in their name at that time. Changes to entries on the register of members after the Record Date shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the Annual General Meeting. Except as discussed below under “2. Beneficial owners,” instructions in this notice relating to appointment of proxies and voting by proxy apply only to registered holders.
2.Beneficial owners: If you beneficially own our ordinary shares in “street name” through Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, as of the Record Date, you will receive a separate voting instruction card from your broker or nominee through whom you own your shares. You must follow any procedures or directions prescribed by your broker or nominee for the purposes of submitting your voting instructions; otherwise, your voting instructions may not be accepted by your broker or nominee. Your broker or nominee will submit your voting instructions according to your completed voting instruction card, and Cede & Co., the registered holder of your shares, or its appointed proxy, will vote your ordinary shares according to such voting instructions. Your voting instructions must be received by your broker or nominee, so as to subsequently reach the Company’s proxy tabulator, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., at P.O. Box 43006, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3006, United States, or be submitted by internet, by no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 28, 2025. You may also obtain a legal proxy from your broker or nominee to vote at the Annual General Meeting on behalf of the record holder, together with a proof of such record holder with respect to the holding of the ordinary shares at the Record Date.
Appointment and Instruction of Proxies
3.Appointment of proxies: Shareholders are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend and to speak and vote on their behalf at the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy in relation to the Annual General Meeting provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different ordinary share or ordinary shares held by that shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
4.Voting by proxy: A Form of Proxy which may be used to make such appointment and give proxy instructions accompanies this notice. To be valid, any Form of Proxy must be received by post at Computershare Trust Company, N.A., at P.O. Box 43006, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3006, United States, or submitted by internet or telephone, by no later than 3:00 p.m. British Summer Time on April 28, 2025 (or, if the Annual General Meeting is adjourned by 48 hours or less, either in accordance with the above, by the chair of the meeting or the company secretary or any director at the original meeting, or at such address and by such time as the chair of the meeting may direct, or, if the Annual General Meeting is adjourned by more than 48 hours, 24 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day (within the meaning of Article 96(4B) of the Jersey Companies Law)) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting). You can vote by internet by going to www.investorvote.com/BIRK.
5.Effect of returning executed proxy without instructions: If you are a registered holder and submit proxy voting instructions but do not direct how your ordinary shares should be voted on each item, the person(s) named as proxy or proxies (provided the person(s) named are not any of our directors) will vote or abstain from voting at their discretion. If you appoint any of our directors as your proxy on any resolution, they will vote in favor of the resolution. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as they think fit in relation to any other matter which is put before the Annual General Meeting.
6.Authorized signatories voting by proxy: In the case of a shareholder which is a body corporate, the Form of Proxy must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an agent or officer authorized for that purpose.
7.Powers of attorney for voting by proxy: Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the Form of Proxy is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the Form of Proxy.
8.Joint shareholders: If more than one of the joint holders of an ordinary share tenders a vote on the same resolution, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote shall be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s), seniority being determined by the order in which the names stand in the register in respect of the relevant share.
9.Revocation of proxy vote: If two or more valid but differing proxy appointments are received in respect of the same share, the one which is last received (regardless of its date or of the date of its execution) shall be treated as replacing and revoking the others as regards that share, and if the Company is unable to determine which was last received, none of them shall be treated as valid in respect of that share. Additionally, the return of a completed Form of Proxy will not prevent a shareholder from attending the Annual General Meeting and voting in person if they wish to do so; however, if a shareholder does attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, any proxy appointment will be treated as revoked.
10.Voting standard: Resolutions 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions. This means that, to pass, a simple majority of the votes cast must be in favor of resolutions 1, 2, 3 and 4.
11.Withheld votes: A vote withheld (also called an “abstention”) is not considered a “vote cast” and is therefore not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes for or against the resolution. However, the vote will count as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum.
12.Broker non-votes: A “broker non-vote” occurs when a broker or nominee of record holding ordinary shares for a beneficial owner does not have discretionary voting power for that particular item and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Brokers that hold ordinary shares in “street name” for clients typically have authority to vote (and are considered entitled to vote for purposes of a quorum) on “routine” proposals even when they have not received instructions from beneficial owners. Absent specific instructions from the
beneficial owner of the shares, however, brokers are not allowed to exercise their voting discretion with respect to any proposals that are considered non-routine. The only proposals that we believe may be considered routine are Proposals 1 and 4; however, we expect that they will not be treated as routine matters since our proxy statement is prepared in compliance with the Jersey Companies Law, and regulations promulgated thereunder, rather than the rules applicable to domestic U.S. reporting companies. If you hold your ordinary shares in “street name” and do not provide your broker with specific instructions regarding how to vote on any non-routine proposal, your broker will not be permitted to vote your ordinary shares on the proposal, resulting in a “broker non-vote.” A broker non-vote is not considered a “vote cast” and is therefore not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes for or against the resolution. However, the vote will count as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. Therefore, it is important for a shareholder that holds ordinary shares through a broker or nominee to instruct its broker or nominee how to vote its shares, if the shareholder wants its ordinary shares to count for all proposals.
Corporate Representatives
13.Authorization: A body corporate which is a member of the Company may, by resolution of its board or other governing body, authorize any person or persons to act as its representative or representatives at the Annual General Meeting. A body corporate shall be deemed to be present in person at the Annual General Meeting if one or more of its representatives is present at that meeting.
14.Evidence of authority: The Board or any director or the company secretary may (but is not bound to) require evidence of the authority of any such representatives. Any authorization in writing purporting to be signed by an officer of, or other person duly authorized for the purpose by, the body corporate shall be conclusive evidence of the authority of the representatives to act on behalf of the body corporate.
15.Joint authority: Where more than one person is authorized to represent a body corporate and more than one person purports to exercise a power on behalf of that body corporate, if each such person purports to exercise the power in the same way, the power is treated as exercised in that way; and if each such person does not purport to exercise the power in the same way, the power is treated as not exercised.
Voting
16.At the meeting voting on each resolution will be by way of a poll.
Communications
17.Members who have general queries about the Annual General Meeting should contact the Company at ir@birkenstock-holding.com. No other method of communication will be accepted. You may not use any electronic address provided either in this notice or any related documents (including the Form of Proxy) to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
Attendance
18.Quorum: The requisite quorum for the Annual General Meeting shall be present where one or more shareholders are present in person or by proxy who hold or represent ordinary shares conferring not less than a majority of the total voting rights of all the members entitled to vote at the general meeting, unless such shareholder is the chairperson of the Annual General Meeting.
19.Attendance in Person: Shareholders planning to attend the Annual General Meeting in person must register and obtain an admission ticket in advance, and bring such admission ticket to the Annual General Meeting to gain access. If you are a registered holder of our ordinary shares, please register by emailing ir@birkenstock-holding.com. You can find your admission ticket attached to your Form of Proxy. If you beneficially own our ordinary shares in “street name” through Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, as of the Record Date, then, in order to attend the Annual General Meeting and vote in person, you must obtain and provide when you request an admission ticket, a legal proxy from your broker or nominee, together with a proof of such record holder with respect to the holding of the ordinary shares at the Record Date. To register and request an admission ticket, please email ir@birkenstock-holding.com. Requests for registration and admission tickets will be processed in the order in which they are received and must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 21, 2025. If you are attending the Annual General Meeting in person, you will be required to present valid, government-issued photo identification, such as a driver’s license or passport, and an admission ticket to be admitted to the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders, or their proxies, intending to attend the Annual General Meeting in person are also requested, if possible, to arrive at the venue for the Annual General Meeting at least 20 minutes prior to the commencement of the Annual General Meeting at 12:00 p.m. British Summer Time on April 29, 2025, so that their shareholding may be checked against the Company’s register of members and attendances recorded. Such in-person registration procedures will close ten minutes before the Annual General Meeting begins. If you do not provide an admission ticket and government-issued photo identification or do not comply with the other registration procedures described above, you will not be admitted to the Annual General Meeting.
Other
20.Notice: A copy of this Document can be found at https://www.birkenstock-holding.com. Should you wish to request a further copy of this Document, please send your request to the Company at ir@birkenstock-holding.com.
21.Solicitation Costs: We are paying for the distribution of the proxy materials and solicitation of the proxies. As part of this process, we reimburse brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for forwarding proxy and solicitation materials to our shareholders. Proxy solicitation expenses that we will pay for include those for preparation, mailing, returning and tabulating the proxies. Our directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies on our behalf in person or by telephone, email or facsimile, but they do not receive additional compensation for providing those services.
EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Voting on all resolutions at the Annual General Meeting will be by way of a poll rather than a show of hands. This means that votes of both shareholders who have lodged proxies and shareholders who attend the meeting will be taken into account.
We will report final results by furnishing a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K promptly after the Annual General Meeting.
Resolution 1 – Annual Report and Accounts for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2024
As a company organized under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, for each fiscal year audited accounts and an independent auditor’s report on the financial statements to shareholders must be laid before an annual general meeting. Those to be laid before the Annual General Meeting are the consolidated accounts and auditor’s report in respect of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. The Jersey statutory accounts are substantially similar to the financial statements included in our Annual Report, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 18, 2024. In accordance with our obligations under Jersey law, we will provide our shareholders at the Annual General Meeting an opportunity to receive the accounts and auditor’s report. The Annual Report, containing the accounts and the independent auditor’s report of the Company, will be available for inspection prior to and during the Annual General Meeting. The vote on this resolution is an advisory vote only, and therefore, not binding on the Company or the Board. However, the Board will consider the voting results when making decisions regarding the future strategy and operations of the Company.
Resolutions 2 and 3 – Re-Appointment of Class II Directors
Under the Company’s Articles, the Board is divided into three classes of directors, designated as “Class I,” “Class II” and “Class III.”
In accordance with Article 25.2 of the Articles, at the second annual general meeting of the Company, each director in Class II, being Nisha Kumar and Nikhil Thukral, shall retire from office, but shall be eligible for re-appointment. If re-appointed, they shall be entitled to serve until the date of the Company’s 2028 annual general meeting.
Each re-appointment shall be considered as a separate resolution in accordance with Article 25.4 of the Articles. Biographical details of the director nominees up for re-appointment at the meeting are set out below.
Class II Director Nominees Whose Terms Expire at the Annual General Meeting
Nisha Kumar has been a director since October 2023. Ms. Kumar served as a managing director, chief financial officer and chief compliance officer of Greenbriar Equity Group L.P., a private equity firm, from 2011 to 2021, where she was also a member of the management and investment committees. Prior to Greenbriar, Ms. Kumar served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AOL, the global consumer internet company and a reporting segment of Time Warner, Inc. Ms. Kumar currently serves on the boards of directors and chairs the audit committees for RealTruck, a premier vertically integrated truck, Jeep® and off-road parts and accessories company in North America, the Legg Mason Partners Closed End Funds, owned by Franklin Templeton, and The India Fund, managed by Aberdeen Asset Management. Ms. Kumar received her AB degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges in Government and her MBA from Harvard Business School.
Nikhil Thukral has been a director since April 2021 (including service as a director of the Company’s immediate parent, BK LC Lux MidCo S.à r.l.). Mr. Thukral is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on the buyout fund and has been with L Catterton since 2004. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a vice president at MidOcean Partners, a New York and London based private equity firm. Prior to MidOcean, Mr. Thukral spent three years with DB Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Deutsche Bank and the predecessor entity to MidOcean. While at MidOcean and DB Capital, he helped originate, evaluate, and monitor both control and minority investments in middle market companies in the consumer products and general industrial sectors. Prior to joining DB Capital, Mr. Thukral was an associate in the healthcare group at JP Morgan and Co., where he focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising mandates for clients in the pharmaceutical and healthcare services sectors. Mr. Thukral graduated with a B.S. in Finance with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Information on our corporate governance and on compensation paid to our directors starts on page 82 of the Annual Report and Accounts. The Board currently consists of seven members. The Board has established an audit committee, which consists of Ruth Kennedy, Nisha Kumar and Anne Pitcher, with Nisha Kumar serving as the chairperson. As a “foreign private issuer,” the Company is entitled to rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Among other things, the Company takes advantage of the exemption from the requirement that the Company have a compensation committee and a corporate governance and nominating committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing each committee’s purpose and responsibilities.
Resolution 4 – Re-Appointment of Auditor
Under Jersey law, a company that is required to appoint an auditor must at each annual general meeting appoint an auditor to hold office from the conclusion of that meeting to the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.
EY has expressed its willingness to continue in office as auditor, and resolution 4 approves the re-appointment of EY as auditors of the Company until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.
EY has served as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022. Our auditor’s fees for professional services are as follows:
Year Ended September 30,
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(1)“Audit fees” means the aggregate fees billed for each of the fiscal years for professional services rendered by EY for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of our interim financial statements. This also includes fees for services related to the offering of the Company’s securities, that can only be provided by the Company’s auditor, for example, the provision of comfort letters.
(2)“Audit related fees” means the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under audit fees.
(3)“Tax fees” means the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years for professional services rendered by EY for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
(4)“All other fees” includes the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years for non-audit services rendered which were not listed above.
In accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules issued by the SEC, our audit committee reviews and pre-approves all audit services and permissible non-audit services provided to us that are performed by EY. All of the above-listed services related to our Company and provided by EY have been pre-approved by the audit committee.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Board is not aware of any other business to be acted upon at the Annual General Meeting. However, if any other business properly comes before the Annual General Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote upon such matters in accordance with their best judgment.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Company’s filings with the SEC, including reports regarding the Company’s quarterly business and financial results, are available for viewing and downloading on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov as well as under the Financials section of the Company’s website at https://www.birkenstock-holding.com. Shareholders may download a copy of these documents without charge at https://www.birkenstock- holding.com.
The Company is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are applicable to foreign private issuers. The Company fulfills these requirements by filing reports with the SEC. As a foreign private issuer, the Company is exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy statements. The circulation of this notice should not be taken as an admission that the Company is subject to those proxy rules.
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