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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 5, 2010
 
POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
001-13057
  
13-2622036
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
     
650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
     
(212) 318-7000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
     
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 5.07.                      SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
 
 
(a)  
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (the “Company”) was held on August 5, 2010.
 
(b)  
The shareholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director to serve until the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, adopted the Company’s 2010 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan and ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 2, 2011.
 
 
1. 
Election of Directors:
 
Each person duly elected as a director received the number of votes indicated beside his or her name below.  Class A directors are elected by the holders of Class A common stock and Class B directors are elected by holders of Class B common stock.  Shares of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share and shares of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share.
 
 
Class A Directors
 
Number of Votes For
 
Number of Votes Withheld
 
Non-Votes
 
Frank A. Bennack
 
44,927,930
 
2,827,084
 
3,291,154
 
Joel L. Fleishman
 
42,154,252
 
5,600,762
 
3,291,154
 
Steven P. Murphy
 
45,253,171
 
2,501,843
 
3,291,154
 

 
Class B Directors
 
Number of Votes For
 
Number of Votes Withheld
 
Non-Votes
 
Ralph Lauren
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 
Roger N. Farah
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 
Jackwyn L. Nemerov
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 
John R. Alchin
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 
Arnold H. Aronson
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 
Joyce F. Brown
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 
Hubert Joly
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 
Robert C. Wright
 
317,800,210
 
0
 
0
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. 
Adoption of the Company’s 2010 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan:
 
 
 
Number of Votes For
 
Number of Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Non-Votes
 
Adoption of the Company’s  2010 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
 
354,346,539
 
10,024,996
 
1,183,701
 
3,291,154
 

 
 
3. 
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 2, 2011:
 
 
 
Number of Votes For
 
Number of Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Non-Votes
 
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 2, 2011
 
368,075,401
 
711,534
 
59,455
 
0
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
  POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION  
       
Date:  August 10, 2010
By:
/s/ Tracey T. Travis  
    Name:  Tracey T. Travis  
    Title: 
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer