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Ad-hoc | 18 March 2020 21:46

HUGO BOSS AG: Effects expected on revenue and profit due to COVID-19

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HUGO BOSS AG: Effects expected on revenue and profit due to COVID-19

18-March-2020 / 21:46 CET/CEST

Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP – a service of EQS Group AG.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Metzingen, March 18, 2020. As a result of the rapid global spread of COVID-19 and in order to protect the public, HUGO BOSS has temporarily closed a large part of its own retail stores as well as many points-of-sale at important partners in Europe and North America. In the context of the Company’s social responsibility, HUGO BOSS thereby makes an important contribution to protect its employees and customers, to interrupt chains of infection and to contain the spread of COVID-19. At the same time, the Company also fully complies with the regulations of the respective authorities.

The resulting negative effect on the Group’s sales and earnings development is impossible to quantify at this stage. Therefore, a reliable prediction of the business performance in 2020 is not possible at this point in time. As a result, the outlook for the fiscal year 2020 that HUGO BOSS gave in the course of the release of full year 2019 results on March 5, 2020 is no longer valid.

In order to secure its financial flexibility and stability as well as to maintain its healthy balance sheet structure, HUGO BOSS has initiated extensive measures all aimed at protecting the Group’s free cash flow. This particularly includes suspending store renovations and new openings until further notice as well as significantly limiting inventory inflow. Besides that, the Group continues to focus on strengthening its two brands, BOSS and HUGO. Their great potential shall allow the Group to return to profitable growth quickly, as soon as the situation has normalized.

Contact:

Christian Stöhr, Head of Investor Relations, Phone: +49 7123 94-87563

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Language:	English
Company:	HUGO BOSS AG
	Dieselstraße 12
	72555 Metzingen
	Germany
Phone:	+49 (0)712 394-0
Fax:	+49 (0)712 394-80259
E-mail:	[email protected]
Internet:	www.hugoboss.com
ISIN:	DE000A1PHFF7
WKN:	A1PHFF
Indices:	MDAX
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID:	1001287