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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>V.F. CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Pennsylvania</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction <BR>
of Incorporation or Operation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>23-1180120</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>105 Corporate Center Blvd.<BR>
Greensboro, North Carolina 27408</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1996 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Candace S. Cummings, Esq.<BR>
Vice President &#151; Administration, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
V.F. Corporation<BR>
P.O. Box 21488<BR>
Greensboro, North Carolina 27420<BR>
(336)&nbsp;424-6000</B><BR>
(Name, Address And Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of shares to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per share</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering price</B></TD>
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<TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common
Stock (no par value; stated capital<BR>$1.00 per share)
(1)
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">88.64</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">886,400,000</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">27,213</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, this registration statement registers an indeterminate number of rights (the
&#147;Rights&#148;) to purchase Series&nbsp;A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of a
certain Rights Agreement between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights
Agent, as amended. No separate consideration will be received for the Rights, which initially will
trade together with the Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of: (a)&nbsp;interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the 1996 Stock Compensation Plan, and (b)&nbsp;additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the 1996 Stock Compensation Plan for any future
stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the
registrant.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The price and fee are computed based upon $88.64, the
average of the high and low prices for the common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
May&nbsp;16, 2007.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being filed in
order to register additional shares of Common Stock, no par value, stated capital $1.00 per share,
of V.F. Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), with respect to four currently effective Registration
Statements on Form S-8 of the Company relating to the Company&#146;s 1996 Stock Compensation
Plan.</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on August&nbsp;4, 1997,
Registration No.&nbsp;333-32789, as amended, the contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed
on July&nbsp;30, 1999, Registration No.&nbsp;333-84193, as amended, the contents of Registration Statement on
Form S-8 as filed on August&nbsp;14, 2001, Registration
No.&nbsp;333-67502, as amended, and the contents of
the Registration Statement on form S-8 as filed on August&nbsp;25, 2004, Registration No.&nbsp;333-118547, as
amended, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD>1996 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated February&nbsp;6, 2007
(Appendix&nbsp;B to the Company&#146;s 2007 proxy statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;22, 2007).</TD>
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    <TD>Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Greensboro, North Carolina, on May&nbsp;18, 2007.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">V.F. CORPORATION<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Mackey J. McDonald
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Mackey J. McDonald&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mackey J. McDonald
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mackey J. McDonald<BR>
Chairman and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert K. Shearer
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert K. Shearer<BR>
Senior Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bradley W. Batten
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bradley W. Batten<BR>
Vice President &#151; Controller and<BR>
Chief Accounting Officer</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>DIRECTORS</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Juan Ernesto de Bedout *
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">George Fellows*
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Mackey J. McDonald*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward E. Crutchfield*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Daniel R. Hesse
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Clarence Otis, Jr.*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ursula O. Fairbairn*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert J. Hurst*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">M. Rust Sharp*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Barbara S. Feigin*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">W. Alan McCollough *
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Raymond G. Viault *</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Eric C. Wiseman*</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">*By:&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><U>/s/ Candace S. Cummings </U>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: May&nbsp;18, 2007</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Candace S. Cummings,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Attorney-In-Fact</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
V.F. CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Pennsylvania
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Operation)
23-1180120
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
105 Corporate Center Blvd.
Greensboro, North Carolina 27408
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
1996 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Candace S. Cummings, Esq.
Vice President — Administration, General Counsel and Secretary
V.F. Corporation
P.O. Box 21488
Greensboro, North Carolina 27420
(336) 424-6000
(Name, Address And Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of shares to be registered
registered (2)
offering price per share
aggregate offering price
registration fee
Common
Stock (no par value; stated capital
$1.00 per share)
(1)
10,000,000
$
88.64
(3)
$
886,400,000
$
27,213
(1)
In addition, this registration statement registers an indeterminate number of rights (the
"Rights") to purchase Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of a
certain Rights Agreement between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights
Agent, as amended. No separate consideration will be received for the Rights, which initially will
trade together with the Common Stock.
(2)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of: (a) interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the 1996 Stock Compensation Plan, and (b) additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the 1996 Stock Compensation Plan for any future
stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the
registrant.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The price and fee are computed based upon $88.64, the
average of the high and low prices for the common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
May 16, 2007.
Explanatory Note
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being filed in
order to register additional shares of Common Stock, no par value, stated capital $1.00 per share,
of V.F. Corporation (the "Company"), with respect to four currently effective Registration
Statements on Form S-8 of the Company relating to the Company's 1996 Stock Compensation
Plan.
The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on August 4, 1997,
Registration No. 333-32789, as amended, the contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed
on July 30, 1999, Registration No. 333-84193, as amended, the contents of Registration Statement on
Form S-8 as filed on August 14, 2001, Registration
No. 333-67502, as amended, and the contents of
the Registration Statement on form S-8 as filed on August 25, 2004, Registration No. 333-118547, as
amended, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
*4.1
1996 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated February 6, 2007
(Appendix B to the Company's 2007 proxy statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 22, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney
*
Incorporated by reference.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 18, 2007.
V.F. CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald
Mackey J. McDonald
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
DATE
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald
May 18, 2007
Mackey J. McDonald
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Robert K. Shearer
May 18, 2007
Robert K. Shearer
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Bradley W. Batten
May 18, 2007
Bradley W. Batten
Vice President — Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
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DIRECTORS
Juan Ernesto de Bedout *
George Fellows*
Mackey J. McDonald*
Edward E. Crutchfield*
Daniel R. Hesse
Clarence Otis, Jr.*
Ursula O. Fairbairn*
Robert J. Hurst*
M. Rust Sharp*
Barbara S. Feigin*
W. Alan McCollough *
Raymond G. Viault *
Eric C. Wiseman*
*By:
/s/ Candace S. Cummings
Date: May 18, 2007
Candace S. Cummings,
Attorney-In-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
5.1
Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney