HanesBrands Completes 4-for-1 Stock Split

March 4, 2015 | By Business Wire News

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.

HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI), a leading marketer of everyday basic apparel under world-class brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia, announced that it has executed its previously announced 4-for-1 stock split and the New York Stock Exchange will begin reporting the split-adjusted number of shares outstanding and per-share stock price today.

On March 3, 2015, HanesBrands stockholders received three additional shares of common stock for each share of common stock they owned. The shares were distributed as a stock dividend to shareholders of record Feb. 9, 2015.

“Hanes has generated significant value for shareholders through execution of its business strategies, stock price appreciation and quarterly cash dividends,” Hanes Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Noll said. “We have posted record results for sales, adjusted operating profit, and adjusted earnings per share the past two years and our guidance for 2015 would represent another year of record results. We are taking advantage of our powerful company-owned global supply chain, Innovate-to-Elevate product platforms and acquisitions.”

Hanes, which began paying quarterly cash dividends in June 2013, has increased its dividend rate twice and has since paid approximately $220 million in accumulative cash dividends to shareholders. On a split-adjusted basis, the company’s stock price closed at $31.99 on March 3, compared with its Sept. 6, 2006, opening on the NYSE at $4.95 per share.

For more information concerning the stock split, please visit the investors section of the Hanes corporate website, www.Hanes.com/investors.

HanesBrands, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a socially responsible leading marketer of everyday basic apparel under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia, including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, DIM, Bali, Maidenform, Flexees, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra, Nür Die, Lovable and Gear for Sports. More information about the company and its corporate social responsibility initiatives, including environmental, social compliance and community improvement achievements, may be found on the Hanes corporate website at www.Hanes.com/corporate.

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