{"url_path":"/sec/gco/10-k/2026/item-13","section_key":"item-13","section_title":"Item 13 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K/A","doc_date":"2026-06-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/0001193125-26-251478-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-251478","cik":"0000018498","ticker":"GCO","issuer_name":"GENESCO INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/0001193125-26-251478-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000018498","primary_entity_name":"GENESCO INC"},"word_count":280,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE\n\nCertain Relationships and Related Transactions\n\nThe Company is not aware of any related-party transactions since the beginning of the last fiscal year between the Company and any of its directors, executive officers, 5% shareholders or their family members that are required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K (“Item 404”) under the Exchange Act.\n\nEach year, the Company requires its directors and executive officers to complete a comprehensive questionnaire, one of the purposes of which is to disclose any related-party transactions with the Company, including any potential Item 404 transactions.\n\nThe Board has adopted a written policy which provides that any transaction between the Company and any of its directors, nominees for director, executive officers, or significant shareholders or affiliates thereof, must be in the best interest of the Company and must be approved and ratified by the audit committee or, in certain circumstances, the Board. Any member of the audit committee or the Board, if necessary, will recuse himself or herself and abstain from voting on the approval or ratification of the related party transaction. The Company does not have a history of engaging in related party transactions with its directors or executive officers or their respective related persons or affiliates.\n\nDirector Independence\n\nThe Board has determined that Ms. Barsh, Mr. Bilunas, Ms. Bojanowski, Mr. Lambros, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Martinez, Ms. Meixelsperger and Mr. Sandfort are each independent under applicable SEC and NYSE rules. No arrangement or understanding exists between any director or executive officer of the Company and any other person pursuant to which any of them were selected as a director or executive officer.\n\n \n\n \n\n43"}