WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC /DE/1/8/20240000110471falseJanuary 8, 202400001104712024-01-082024-01-08

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2024
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WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware001-0602438-1185150
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
9341 Courtland Drive N.E.,Rockford,Michigan49351
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (616) 866-5500
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading symbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 Par ValueWWWNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨ 


Item 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On January 8, 2024, Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release and posted an investor presentation to its website, www.wolverineworldwide.com, announcing preliminary, unaudited results for fiscal 2023 in advance of the Company’s presentation at the 2024 ICR Conference on January 8, 2024. The press release and investor presentation are furnished and attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto and are hereby incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference.

The Company plans to use its website to disseminate future investor and corporate presentations and does not intend to file or furnish a Form 8-K alerting investors each time a presentation is disseminated or updated. By filing this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of the information in this report or the investor presentation available on the Company’s website.

The information furnished 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 into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, although it may do so from time to time as its management believes is appropriate or as required by applicable law. Any such updating may be made through the filing of other reports or documents with the SEC, through press releases, by updating its website or through other public disclosure.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits:
99.1
99.2
104The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).
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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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 8, 2024
WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.
(Registrant)
  
  
 /s/ Michael D. Stornant
 Michael D. Stornant
 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


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