According to the principles adopted for H&M's Election Committee at the Annual General Meeting held on 3 May 2006, H&M is to have an Election Committee comprising one member representing each of the five biggest shareholders in terms of the number of votes as of 31 August 2006 plus the Chairman of the Board.

The Election Committee now comprises the following members:

-- Stefan Persson, Chairman of the Board of H&M, representing Stefan Persson

-- Lottie Tham, representing Lottie Tham

-- Tomas Nicolin, representing Alecta

-- Mats Lagerqvist, representing Robur fonder

-- Bjorn Lind, representing SEB fonder

-- Joachim Spetz, representing Handelsbanken fonder

The term of office of the Election Committee is until a new Election Committee is appointed.

Proposals from shareholders for the Election Committee may be sent either to individual members of the Election Committee or directly to the company for forwarding to the Committee, by e-mail to valberedningen@hm.com or alternatively to the following postal address: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Attn. Carola Echarti-Ardehn, Salenhuset/HO, 106 38 Stockholm, Sweden.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) was established in Sweden in 1947. The company's business concept is to offer fashion and quality at the best price. H&M is listed on the Stockholm exchange's O-list and has over 1,200 stores in 23 countries. H&M has over 50,000 employees and turnover in 2005 including VAT was SEK 71,886 million. H&M has a wide product range that is divided into a number of concepts for women, men, teenagers, children and cosmetics. The company's clothing collections are created by its own designers, pattern makers and buyers. For further information visit www.hm.com.

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