H&M Hennes & Mauritz

Regulatory Filings • Nov 16, 2015

16 November, 2015

Sales development in October 2015

The H&M group's sales including VAT increased by 12 percent in local currencies in October 2015 compared to the same month last year.

	Financial year
	2011/2012	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015
December	13	8	10	15
January	12	5	15	14
February	13	5	11	15
March	26	-4	13	10
April	-1	11	17	10
May	12	9	19	10
June	13	13	12	14
July	11	9	17	16
August	6	14	19	1
September	15	7	8	11
October	4	11	14	12
November	7	21	10
Full year	11	9	14

Sales development per month in percent in local currencies:

The total number of stores amounted to 3,807 on 31 October 2015 compared to 3,437 on 31 October 2014.

Percentage sales development for the month of November and total revenue in SEK for the fourth quarter (September to November) will be published in a separate press release at 08.00 (CET) on 15 December 2015. The Full-year Report, covering the period 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015, will be published on 28 January 2016.

Karl-Johan Persson, CEO

Contact: Communications and Press Department +46-8-796 53 00

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 08.00 (CET) on 16 November 2015.

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 3,800 stores in 61 markets including franchise markets. In 2014, sales including VAT were SEK 177 billion and the number of employees is more than 132,000. For further information, visit hm.com.