Information from the extraordinary general meeting of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB

Regulatory News:

On Tuesday 8 March H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB held an extraordinary general meeting under the chairmanship of lawyer Sven Unger regarding amendment of the articles of association.

The meeting approved the board of directors’ proposal that the articles of association be amended as regards the venue of the company’s general meetings, so that in future general meetings can also be held in Solna, where the Erling Persson Hall, Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet is situated.

§ 11 of the articles of association is thus worded as follows:

"General meetings shall be held in Stockholm or in Solna.”

The information in this press release is that which H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) is required to disclose under Sweden’s Securities Market Act. It was released for publication at 17.10 (CET) on 8 March 2016.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was founded in Sweden in 1947 and is quoted on Nasdaq Stockholm. H&M’s business idea is to offer fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way. In addition to H&M, the group includes the brands & Other Stories, Cheap Monday, COS, Monki and Weekday as well as H&M Home. The H&M Group has more than 3,900 stores in 61 markets including franchise markets. In 2015, sales including VAT were SEK 210 billion and the number of employees is more than 148,000. For further information, visit hm.com (http://about.hm.com/en/About.html).

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