Birks Group Inc. filings document a foreign private issuer engaged in luxury jewelry, timepiece, gift, retail, wholesale, and e-commerce operations. Form 6-K reports and annual-report materials cover operating results, management discussion and analysis, consolidated financial statements, retail sales drivers, gross profit, cash flow, and risk factors tied to the company’s branded jewelry, third-party watches, store network, and online sales.
The filing record also covers governance and capital-structure matters, including annual meeting votes, Class A voting shares, Class B multiple voting shares, director elections, auditor appointment matters, executive leadership changes, employment and consulting arrangements, and supply-chain compliance reporting under Canada’s forced-labour and child-labour legislation.
Birks Group Inc. director Paola Farnesi has reported her initial beneficial holding through deferred share units. The Form 3 shows Class A voting shares underlying 40,909 cash-settled Deferred Share Units (DSUs), held directly. The DSUs have a stated exercise price of $0.0000 and are settled in cash rather than stock.
According to the disclosure, these DSUs may be exercised after departure from the Board, with cash value based on the company’s stock price on the departure date multiplied by the number of DSUs. This filing records an existing compensation-related position and does not reflect any open-market buy or sell transaction.
Birks Group Inc. executive Maryame El Bouwab, Vice President of Merchandising and Planning, filed an initial ownership report showing a direct holding of 50,000 Class A voting shares. This Form 3 does not report any new buy or sell transactions; it establishes her existing ownership position.
Birks Group Inc. director Emilio Benedetto Imbriglio reported his existing equity-linked holdings on a Form 3. He holds cash-settled Deferred Share Units (DSUs) tied to 75,904 underlying Class A voting shares. These DSUs are settled in cash, not stock, based on the share price at his board departure date.
The DSUs are designed to pay out after his departure from the board, with the cash value calculated as the stock price on the departure date multiplied by the number of DSUs. The filing does not reflect any new share purchases or sales, but rather discloses his current deferred compensation-linked position.
Birks Group Inc. filed a Form 3 showing the initial beneficial ownership of its Interim President and COO, Davide Barberis Canonico. The filing lists deferred share units tied to the company’s Class A voting shares rather than new market transactions.
He holds 110,588 share-settled deferred share units, each exercisable for one Class A voting share, and 75,904 cash-settled deferred share units, which pay cash equal to the stock’s value at departure times the units. Footnotes state these DSUs become exercisable after departure from the Board, with settlement tied to December 31 following that departure.
Birks Group Inc. executive Niccolo Rossi di Montelera has filed an initial ownership report showing deferred share units tied to Class A voting shares. The filing lists 110,588 share-settled deferred share units, each exercisable for one Class A voting share after departure from the board and by December 31 of the following year. It also shows 75,904 cash-settled deferred share units, which provide a cash payment equal to the stock price on the departure date times the number of units, generally after departure and by December 31 of the year after leaving the board.
Birks Group Inc. director Deborah Shannon Trudeau filed an initial ownership report showing exposure to cash-settled deferred share units linked to Class A voting shares. The filing lists underlying securities equivalent to 75,904 Class A shares, held directly.
These deferred share units are designed to be settled in cash after her departure from the board, with the cash amount based on the company’s stock price on the departure date and payable on December 31 of the year following that departure. The report does not reflect any recent share purchases or sales, but rather documents her existing deferred equity-based compensation position.
Birks Group Inc. director Maria Eugenia Giron Davila filed an initial ownership report showing cash-settled deferred share units linked to 71,456 Class A voting shares held directly. These DSUs are designed to be settled in cash based on the share price at board departure.
According to the disclosures, DSUs may be exercised for a cash amount equal to the stock price on the departure date multiplied by the number of DSUs. Settlement is scheduled by December 31 of the year after her departure from the board.
Birks Group Inc. executive Aldo Battista, Vice President of Accounting and Treasury, has filed a Form 3, which is an initial statement of beneficial ownership of company securities. This filing establishes his reporting status as a company officer under insider ownership rules but does not list any reportable transactions.
Birks Group Inc. VP and CFO Katia Fontana filed an initial ownership report showing she directly holds 30,700 Class A voting shares. This Form 3 does not report any recent purchases or sales; it simply establishes her existing equity position as an executive officer.
Birks Group Inc. executive Marco Pasteris, VP Finance, has filed an initial ownership report showing direct holdings of 1,000 Class A voting shares. This Form 3 does not report any new buy or sell transactions; it simply records his existing position in the company.