HanesBrands Announces 33% Increase in Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend and 4-for-1 Stock Split

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-- HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI), a leading marketer of everyday basic apparel under world-class brands in the Americas, Asia and Europe, today announced that its Board of Directors is raising the company’s quarterly cash dividend by 33 percent and has approved a 4-for-1 stock split to be executed in the form of a stock dividend issued to stockholders.

“Hanes is generating significant value for shareholders through earnings growth, a strong balance sheet and significant cash flow,” Hanes Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Noll said. “The board has confidence in the company’s successful business model, and the decision to significantly raise our quarterly cash dividend and split the stock is a reflection of the company’s continued strong financial performance and stock price appreciation.”

The board is raising the regular quarterly cash dividend to $0.40 per share on a pre-split basis, up from $0.30 per share. It is the second cash dividend increase in the two years since the company instituted a quarterly cash dividend. A year ago, the board increased the quarterly cash dividend by 50 percent.

The quarterly cash dividend and the stock dividend will both be payable March 3, 2015, to stockholders of record Feb. 9, 2015. In addition to the quarterly cash dividend on a pre-split basis, stockholders will receive three additional shares of common stock for each share of common stock they own.

The New York Stock Exchange is expected to begin reporting the adjusted number of shares outstanding and the split-adjusted per-share stock price on March 4, 2015. Upon completion of the split, the number of weighted average shares outstanding of Hanes common stock will increase from approximately 100 million to approximately 400 million.

In connection with the stock dividend and split, the board approved an article of amendment to the company’s charter to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 500 million to 2 billion.

For more information concerning the stock dividend, 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, Asia and Europe, 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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Contacts: HanesBrands, News Media, contact: Matt Hall, 336-519-3386,
or Analysts and Investors, contact: T.C. Robillard, 336-519-2115



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