Information from the 2009 AGM of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB

Information from the 2009 AGM of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB

On Monday 4 May H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB held its Annual General Meeting under
the chairmanship of lawyer Sven Unger. The AGM approved the dividend of SEK
15.50 per share in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal. The record
day is 7 May 2009. The dividend is expected to be paid out by Euroclear Sweden
AB (formerly VPC) on 12 May 2009.

The AGM discharged the members of the Board and the Managing Director from
liability for the 2007/2008 financial year. 

Regular Board members Mia Brunell Livfors, Lottie Knutson, Sussi Kvart, Bo
Lundquist, Stig Nordfelt, Stefan Persson and Melker Schörling were re-elected by
the meeting. Fred Andersson did not stand for re-election and Karl-Johan
Persson, who will take up the position of Managing Director and CEO of H&M on 1
July 2009, left the Board at the AGM. The Board of Directors thus comprises
seven members elected by the AGM, compared with nine in the previous year.
Stefan Persson was re-elected as Chairman of the Board.

The regular members appointed previously by the trade unions are Margareta
Welinder and Marianne Norin-Broman, with Tina Jäderberg and Agneta Ramberg as
deputy members.

The AGM approved the proposal from the Election Committee that the Board fees
for members elected by the AGM be left unchanged: Chairman of the Board SEK
1,350,000; members elected by the AGM SEK 375,000; members of the Auditing
Committee an extra SEK 75,000; and the chairman of the Auditing Committee an
extra SEK 125,000. As a result, the total Board fees amount to SEK 3,875,000.
This is a decrease of SEK 375,000 compared with the previous year.

The AGM approved the proposal from the Election Committee that the authorized
auditing firm Ernst & Young AB be elected as the company's auditor for a 4-year
mandate period, i.e. until the end of the Annual General Meeting to be held in
2013.

The AGM approved the Election Committee's proposed principles for the Election
Committee and elected the members of the Election Committee for the period up to
the next AGM. The members of the Election Committee, which is based on
shareholdings as at 27 February 2009, are Stefan Persson, Lottie Tham, Staffan
Grefbäck (representing Alecta), Jan Andersson (representing Swedbank Robur
Fonder) and Peter Lindell (representing AMF Pension).

The AGM approved the resolution proposed by the Board concerning guidelines for
remuneration to senior executives.  


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 17:00 (CET) on 4 May 2009.

Contacts:
Nils Vinge, Head of Investor Relations				+46 (0)8-796 52 50
Kristina Stenvinkel, Head of Communications				+46 (0)8-796 54 40

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
quoted on NASDAQ OMX Nordic. Today there are around 1,700 stores on 34 markets.
H&M has more than 70,000 employees and achieved sales including VAT in 2008 of
SEK 104,041 million. For further information visit www.hm.com.