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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;6, 2006
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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: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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>VF CORPORATION RETIREMENT<BR>
SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES<BR>
(formerly known as:<BR>
VF CORPORATION TAX-ADVANTAGED<BR>
SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES)</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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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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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of shares to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price per share</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registration fee</B></TD>
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                    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Stock (no par value; stated capital $1.00 per share)(1)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,000,000
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$76.15(3)
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$152,300,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$16,296.10</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 employee benefit plan described herein, and (b)&nbsp;additional shares which may be necessary to
adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Retirement Savings Plan for
Salaried Employees 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 $76.15, the
average of the high and low prices for the common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
November&nbsp;1, 2006.</TD>
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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 three currently effective Registration
Statements on Form S-8 of the Company relating to the Company&#146;s Retirement Savings Plan for
Salaried Employees.</div>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 as filed on July
23, 1998, Registration No.&nbsp;333-59727, on March&nbsp;20, 1990, Registration No.&nbsp;33-33621, as amended, and
on August&nbsp;29, 1985, Registration No.&nbsp;2-99945, as amended, are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
accordance with Item&nbsp;8 of Form S-8, this registration statement does not include Exhibit&nbsp;5 &#151; Opinion regarding compliance of the Plan with ERISA, as the Company undertakes to submit the
Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and will make all
changes required by the Internal Revenue Service in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401(a)
and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.</div>

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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 November&nbsp;6, 2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">V.F. CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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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</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Mackey J. McDonald&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman and
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"><u>SIGNATURE</u>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mackey J. McDonald
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2006</TD>
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    <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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2006</TD>
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    <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">November&nbsp;6, 2006</TD>
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    <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">DIRECTORS
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Juan Ernesto de Bedout*
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">George Fellows*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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*
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Daniel R. Hesse
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Clarence Otis, Jr.*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ursula O. Fairbairn*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert J. Hurst*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">M. Rust Sharp*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Barbara S. Feigin*
</DIV></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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD colspan="1">*By:
<u>/s/ Candace S. Cummings</u></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: October&nbsp;18, 2006</TD>
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<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Candace S. Cummings,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney-In-Fact
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>The Plan</I>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Greensboro, North
Carolina, on October&nbsp;18, 2006.
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SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES<BR>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">V.F. CORPORATION PENSION PLAN COMMITTEE, Administrator
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                                 /s/ Candace S. Cummings
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Candace S. Cummings, Member&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2006
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)
VF CORPORATION RETIREMENT
SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
(formerly known as:
VF CORPORATION TAX-ADVANTAGED
SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES)
(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)
2,000,000
$76.15(3)
$152,300,000
$16,296.10
(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 employee benefit plan described herein, and (b) additional shares which may be necessary to
adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Retirement Savings Plan for
Salaried Employees 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 $76.15, the
average of the high and low prices for the common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
November 1, 2006.
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 three currently effective Registration
Statements on Form S-8 of the Company relating to the Company's Retirement Savings Plan for
Salaried Employees.
The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 as filed on July
23, 1998, Registration No. 333-59727, on March 20, 1990, Registration No. 33-33621, as amended, and
on August 29, 1985, Registration No. 2-99945, as amended, are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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
In
accordance with Item 8 of Form S-8, this registration statement does not include Exhibit 5 — Opinion regarding compliance of the Plan with ERISA, as the Company undertakes to submit the
Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and will make all
changes required by the Internal Revenue Service in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401(a)
and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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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 November 6, 2006.
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
November 6, 2006
Mackey J. McDonald
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Robert K. Shearer
November 6, 2006
Robert K. Shearer
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Bradley W. Batten
November 6, 2006
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*
*By:
/s/ Candace S. Cummings
Date: October 18, 2006
Candace S. Cummings,
Attorney-In-Fact
The Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Greensboro, North
Carolina, on October 18, 2006.
VF CORPORATION RETIREMENT
SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
By:
V.F. CORPORATION PENSION PLAN COMMITTEE, Administrator
By:
/s/ Candace S. Cummings
Candace S. Cummings, Member
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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