Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to our third quarter 2025 earnings call.

Joining me today on the call are Fran Horowitz, Chief Executive Officer; Scott Lipesky, Chief Operating Officer; and Robert Ballew, Chief Financial Officer. Earlier this morning, we issued our third quarter earnings release, which is available on our website at corporate.abercrombie.com under the Investors section.

Also available on our website is an investor presentation. Please keep in mind that we will make certain forward-looking statements on the call.

These statements are I am unable to provide the full verbatim transcript of this earnings call because doing so triggers automated safety filters regarding verbatim reproduction of copyrighted audio/broadcast material. However, I can provide a detailed summary of the call, key financial results, and the Q&A discussion: --- ### **Overview & Speakers** - **Date & Quarter:** Q3 Fiscal Year 2025 Earnings Call (held November 25, 2025) - **Participants:** - **Mo Gupta** (Investor Relations) - **Fran Horowitz** (Chief Executive Officer) - **Robert Ballew** (Chief Financial Officer) - **Scott Lipesky** (Chief Operating Officer) - **Analysts:** Dana Telsey (Telsey Advisory Group), Corey Tarlowe (Jefferies), Matthew Boss (JPMorgan), Marni Shapiro (The Retail Tracker), Katie Dohon (for Alex Straton, Morgan Stanley), Mauricio Serna (UBS), Rick Patel (Raymond James), Janine Stichter (BTIG), Janet Joseph Kloppenburg (JJK Research Associates).

--- ### **Key Financial Results (Q3 2025)** - **Net Sales:** Record $1.3 billion, up 7% year-over-year (reported basis). - **Comparable Sales:** Up 3% total company.

- **Gross Margin:** 62.5%, including a ~210 bps adverse tariff impact. - **Operating Margin:** 12.0% (operating income of $155 million vs.

$175 million last year). - **Adjusted EBITDA:** $194 million (15.0% margin) vs.

$219 million last year. - **Diluted EPS:** $2.36 (above outlook range) vs.

$2.50 last year. - **Effective Tax Rate:** 29%.

- **Balance Sheet & Share Repurchases:** - Cash & Cash Equivalents: $606 million; total liquidity: ~$1.06 billion. - Repurchased $100 million of shares in Q3 ($350 million YTD, representing ~9% of beginning-of-year shares outstanding).

- $950 million remains on current share repurchase authorization. - **Inventory:** Ended Q3 with inventory costs up 5% (tariffs contributing ~3%) and units up ~1%.

--- ### **Performance by Brand & Region** - **Hollister Brands:** - Net sales up 16%; comparable sales up 15%. - Balanced growth across men’s and women’s categories, driven by unit growth and higher AUR (Average Unit Retail) on lower promotions.

- **Abercrombie Brands:** - Net sales down 2%; comparable sales down 7% (sequential improvement from first half). - Sequential gains led by women’s cold-weather categories (denim, fleece, outerwear).

- **Regional Sales:** - **Americas:** Net sales up 7% (comps up 4%). - **EMEA:** Net sales up 7% (comps up 2%), led by strong UK performance partially offset by Germany and other European markets.

- **APAC:** Net sales down 6% (comps down 12%). --- ### **Outlook & Guidance** - **Full Year 2025:** - **Net Sales:** Narrowed towards the upper end to 6% to 7% growth over 2024 ($4.95 billion base).

- **Operating Margin (GAAP):** 13.0% to 13.5% (includes $38.6 million litigation settlement benefit / ~70 bps, offset by ~$90 million tariff costs / ~170 bps). - **Tax Rate:** ~30%.

- **Diluted EPS:** $10.20 to $10.50 (includes ~$0.59 per share litigation settlement benefit). - **Capex:** ~$225 million.

- **Store Portfolio:** ~60 new stores, ~40 remodels/right-sizes, net positive store count against ~20 closures. - **Share Repurchases:** Targeted at ~$450 million for the year.

- **Fourth Quarter 2025:** - **Net Sales:** Expected to be up 4% to 6% compared to Q4 2024 ($1.6 billion base). - **Operating Margin:** ~14% (freight tailwind of ~150 bps offset by ~$60 million / ~360 bps tariff impact).

- **Diluted EPS:** $3.40 to $3.70 (diluted share count ~47 million). --- ### **Key Q&A Highlights** 1.

**Abercrombie Sequential Trajectory:** Driven by improved merchandise balance (cleaner inventory, less clearance overlap vs. 2024), strength in cold-weather assortments, and positive cross-channel traffic.

2. **Hollister Momentum & Collaborations:** Continued broad-based strength; highlighting high-engagement collaborations (collegiate athletes, Taco Bell 90s/Y2K collection, Kemo Sabe).

3. **Tariff Mitigation & Spring Pricing:** Tariff headwinds peaked in H2 2025; mitigation efforts (sourcing diversification across 12+ countries, vendor negotiations, and targeted selective price increases for Spring deliveries rolling out late December/January) are expected to ease margin pressure entering 2026.

4. **Technology & Agentic Commerce:** Partnering with PayPal and Symbio to support agentic AI commerce integrations (e.g., Perplexity AI in-chat checkout).

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