UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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):

June 4, 2013

Columbia Sportswear Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

14375 Northwest Science Park Drive

Portland, Oregon 97229

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(503) 985-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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:

(e) On June 4, 2013, at the Meeting described under Item 5.07 below, the shareholders of Columbia Sportswear Company (the “Company”) approved the Columbia Sportswear Company Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Compensation Plan”). By approving the Plan, our shareholders also re-approved the material terms of the performance goals for performance-based awards under the Compensation Plan for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Compensation Plan is administered by the Company’s Compensation Committee, which consists of three independent directors. The Compensation Committee determines which executive officers of Columbia are eligible to participate in the Compensation Plan for any year no later than 90 days after the beginning of the plan year. No later than 90 days after the beginning of each plan year, the Compensation Committee establishes performance goals for each participating executive officer and the related cash performance awards related to achievement of those goals. The Committee may use its discretion to reduce the amount payable to any eligible executive officer by up to 100 percent, based on factors it determines warrant such a reduction. The maximum amount payable under the Compensation Plan to any participant for a calendar year will not exceed $2 million.

The Compensation Plan will remain in effect until terminated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has the power to amend the Compensation Plan, in whole or in part, at any time, except that the Board of Directors does not have the right to change the performance goals established by the Compensation Committee under the Compensation Plan. The Compensation Committee may generally amend the Compensation Plan, with the approval of the Board of Directors, at any time.

The foregoing is a summary of the principal provisions of the Compensation Plan. The summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Compensation Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report. In addition, a more detailed summary of the Compensation Plan can be found on pages 45-47 of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 18, 2013, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

At the Meeting, 27,208,518 shares of common stock were represented in person or proxy, which constituted 79.36 percent of the 34,283,795 shares of the Company outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting as of April 3, 2013, the record date of the Meeting, and a quorum. Each share was entitled to one vote at the Meeting.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE

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.

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