UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended January 3, 2009

or

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to

Commission file number: 001-32891

Hanesbrands Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share and related
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

Name of each exchange on which registered:
New York Stock Exchange

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes  þ  No  o

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes  o  No  þ

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  þ  No  o

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  þ

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  o  No  þ

     As of June 27, 2008, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $2,604,038,549 (based on the closing price of the common stock of $27.75 per share on that date, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange and, for purposes of this computation only, the assumption that all of the registrant’s directors and executive officers are affiliates and that beneficial holders of 5% or more of the outstanding common stock are not affiliates).

     As of February 2, 2009, there were 93,576,662 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     Part III of this Form 10-K incorporates by reference to portions of the registrant’s proxy statement for its 2009 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

				Page
Forward-Looking Statements				2
Where You Can Find More Information				3
PART 1
Item 1		Business		4
Item 1A		Risk Factors		16
Item 1B		Unresolved Staff Comments		27
Item 1C		Executive Officers of the Registrant		27
Item 2		Properties		28
Item 3		Legal Proceedings		29
Item 4		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders		29
PART II
Item 5		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities		30
Item 6		Selected Financial Data		32
Item 7		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		33
Item 7A		Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		87
Item 8		Financial Statements and Supplementary Data		88
Item 9		Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		88
Item 9A		Controls and Procedures		88
Item 9B		Other Information		89
PART III
Item 10		Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		89
Item 11		Executive Compensation		89
Item 12		Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		89
Item 13		Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		89
Item 14		Principal Accounting Fees and Services		89
PART IV
Item 15		Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules		90
Signatures				91
Index to Exhibits				E-1
Financial Statements				F-1
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Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks

     We own or have rights to use the trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in conjunction with the operation of our business. Some of the more important trademarks that we own or have rights to use that appear in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include the Hanes, Champion, C9 by Champion, Playtex, Bali, L’eggs, Just My Size, barely there , Wonderbra, Stedman, Outer Banks, Zorba, Rinbros and Duofold marks, which may be registered in the United States and other jurisdictions. We do not own any trademark, trade name or service mark of any other company appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “believe,” “will,” “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “continue” or similar expressions. In particular, information appearing under “Business,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements inherently involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these statements. Where, in any forward-looking statement, we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is based on the current plans and expectations of our management and expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. The following include some but not all of the factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated:

	•		our ability to execute our consolidation and globalization strategy, including migrating our production and manufacturing operations to lower-cost locations around the world;
	•		our ability to successfully manage social, political, economic and other conditions affecting our foreign operations and supply chain sources, such as disruption of markets, changes in import and export laws, currency restrictions and currency exchange rate fluctuations;
	•		current economic conditions;
	•		consumer spending levels;
	•		the risk of inflation or deflation;
	•		financial difficulties experienced by any of our top customers or groups of customers;
	•		our debt and debt service requirements that restrict our operating and financial flexibility and impose interest and financing costs;
	•		the financial ratios that our debt instruments require us to maintain;
	•		future financial performance, including availability, terms and deployment of capital;
	•		dramatic changes in the volatile market price of cotton, the primary material used in the manufacture of our products;
	•		the impact of increases in prices of other materials used in our products, such as dyes and chemicals;
	•		the impact of increases in prices of oil-related materials and other costs, such as energy and utility costs;
	•		our ability to effectively manage our inventory and reduce inventory reserves;
	•		loss of or reduction in sales to any of our top customers, especially Wal-Mart, or group of customers;
	•		the highly competitive and evolving nature of the industry in which we compete;
	•		our ability to keep pace with changing consumer preferences;
	•		our ability to continue to effectively distribute our products through our distribution network as we continue to consolidate our distribution network;
	•		our ability to comply with environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations;
	•		costs and adverse publicity arising from violations of labor laws by us or any of our third-party manufacturers;

	•		our ability to attract and retain key personnel;
	•		new litigation or developments in existing litigation; and
	•		possible terrorist attacks and ongoing military action in the Middle East and other parts of the world.

     There may be other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. We can give no assurances that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if any of them does, what impact they will have on our results of operations and financial condition. You should carefully read the factors described in the “Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of certain risks that could, among other things, cause our actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements.

     All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, other than as required by law.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You can inspect, read and copy these reports, proxy statements and other information at the public reference facilities the SEC maintains at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.

     We make available free of charge at www.hanesbrands.com (in the “Investors” section) copies of materials we file with, or furnish to, the SEC. You can also obtain copies of these materials at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can obtain information on the operation of the public reference facilities by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a website at www.sec.gov that makes available reports, proxy statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with it. By referring to our website, www.hanesbrands.com, we do not incorporate our website or its contents into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

PART I

apparel and accessory brands that women know best and was number one for the fifth consecutive year as the most preferred men’s, women’s and children’s apparel brand of consumers in Retailing Today magazine’s “Top Brands Study.” Additionally, we had five of the top ten intimate apparel brands preferred by consumers in the Retailing Today study — Hanes, Playtex, Bali, Just My Size and L’eggs .

     Our products are sold through multiple distribution channels. During the year ended January 3, 2009, approximately 44% of our net sales were to mass merchants, 18% were to national chains and department stores, 9% were direct to consumers, 11% were in our International segment and 18% were to other retail channels such as embellishers, specialty retailers, warehouse clubs and sporting goods stores. We have strong, long-term relationships with our top customers, including relationships of more than ten years with each of our top ten customers. The size and operational scale of the high-volume retailers with which we do business require extensive category and product knowledge and specialized services regarding the quantity, quality and planning of product orders. We have organized multifunctional customer management teams, which has allowed us to form strategic long-term relationships with these customers and efficiently focus resources on category, product and service expertise. We also have customer-specific programs such as the C9 by Champion products marketed and sold through Target stores.

     Our ability to react to changing customer needs and industry trends is key to our success. Our design, research and product development teams, in partnership with our marketing teams, drive our efforts to bring innovations to market. We seek to leverage our insights into consumer demand in the apparel essentials industry to develop new products within our existing lines and to modify our existing core products in ways that make them more appealing, addressing changing customer needs and industry trends. Examples of our recent innovations include:

	•		Hanes no ride up panties, specially designed for a better fit that helps women stay “wedgie-free” (2008).
	•		Hanes Lay Flat Collar Undershirts and Hanes No Ride Up Boxer briefs , the brand’s latest innovation in product comfort and fit (2008).
	•		Bali Concealers bras, the first and only bra with revolutionary concealing petals for complete modesty (2008).
	•		Hanes Comfort Soft T-shirt (2007).
	•		Bali Passion for Comfort bra, designed to be the ultimate comfort bra, features a silky smooth lining for a luxurious feel against the body (2007).
	•		Hanes All-Over Comfort Bra , which features stay-put straps that don’t slip, cushioned wires that don’t poke and a tag-free back (2006).

     One of our key initiatives is to globalize our supply chain by balancing across hemispheres into “economic” clusters with fewer, larger facilities. During the year ended January 3, 2009, in furtherance of our efforts to execute our consolidation and globalization strategy, we approved actions to close 11 manufacturing facilities and three distribution centers and eliminate approximately 6,800 positions in Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. The production capacity represented by the manufacturing facilities has been relocated to lower cost locations in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin. The distribution capacity has been relocated to our West Coast distribution facility in California in order to expand capacity for goods we source from Asia. In addition, approximately 200 management and administrative positions were eliminated, with the majority of these positions based in the United States. We also have recognized accelerated depreciation with respect to owned or leased assets associated with manufacturing facilities and distribution centers which we closed during 2008 or anticipate closing in the next several years as part of our consolidation and globalization strategy. The continued implementation of this strategy, which is designed to improve operating efficiencies and lower costs, has resulted and is likely to continue to result in significant costs in the short-term and to generate savings as well as higher inventory levels for the next 12 to 15 months. As further plans are developed and approved, we expect to recognize additional restructuring costs as we eliminate duplicative functions within the organization and transition a significant portion of our manufacturing capacity to lower-cost locations. As a result of this strategy, we expect to incur approximately $250 million in restructuring and related charges over the three year period following the spin off from Sara Lee on September 5, 2006, approximately half of which is expected to be noncash. As of January 3, 2009, we have recognized approximately $209 million and announced approximately $219 million in restructuring and related charges related to this strategy since September 5, 2006.

     We were spun off from Sara Lee on September 5, 2006. In connection with the spin off, Sara Lee contributed its branded apparel Americas and Asia business to us and distributed all of the outstanding shares of our common stock to its stockholders on a pro rata basis. References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to our assets, liabilities, products, businesses or activities of our business for periods including or prior to the spin off are generally intended to refer to the historical assets, liabilities, products, businesses or activities of the contributed businesses as the businesses were conducted as part of Sara Lee and its subsidiaries prior to the spin off.

Our Brands

     Our portfolio of leading brands is designed to address the needs and wants of various consumer segments across a broad range of apparel essentials products. Each of our brands has a particular consumer positioning that distinguishes it from its competitors and guides its advertising and product development. We discuss some of our most important brands in more detail below.

      Hanes is the largest and most widely recognized brand in our portfolio. In 2008, Hanes was number one for the fifth consecutive year on the Women’s Wear Daily “Top 100 Brands Survey” for apparel and accessory brands that women know best and was number one for the fifth consecutive year as the most preferred men’s, women’s and children’s apparel brand of consumers in Retailing Today magazine’s “Top Brands Study.” The Hanes brand covers all of our product categories, including men’s underwear, kids’ underwear, bras, panties, socks, t-shirts, fleece and sheer hosiery. Hanes stands for outstanding comfort, style and value. According to Millward Brown Market Research, Hanes is found in over 85% of the United States households that have purchased men’s or women’s casual clothing or underwear in the 12-month period ended December 31, 2008.

      Champion is our second-largest brand. Specializing in athletic and other performance apparel, the Champion brand is designed for everyday athletes. We believe that Champion ’s combination of comfort, fit and style provides athletes with mobility, durability and up-to-date styles, all product qualities that are important in the sale of athletic products. We also distribute products under the C9 by Champion brand exclusively through Target stores.

      Playtex , the third-largest brand within our portfolio, offers a line of bras, panties and shapewear, including products that offer solutions for hard to fit figures. Bali is the fourth-largest brand within our portfolio. Bali offers a range of bras, panties and shapewear sold in the department store channel. Our brand portfolio also includes the following well-known brands: L’eggs , Just My Size , barely there , Wonderbra , Outer Banks and Duofold. These brands serve to round out our product offerings, allowing us to give consumers a variety of options to meet their diverse needs.

Our Segments

     Our operations are managed in five operating segments, each of which is a reportable segment for financial reporting purposes: Innerwear, Outerwear, International, Hosiery and Other. These segments are organized principally by product category and geographic location. Management of each segment is responsible for the operations of these businesses but share a common supply chain and media and marketing platforms. For more information about our segments, see Note 21 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Innerwear

     The Innerwear segment focuses on core apparel essentials, and consists of products such as women’s intimate apparel, men’s underwear, kids’ underwear, socks, thermals and sleepwear, marketed under well-known brands that are trusted by consumers. We are an intimate apparel category leader in the United States with our Hanes , Playtex , Bali , barely there, Just My Size , Wonderbra and Duofold brands. We are also a leading manufacturer and marketer of men’s underwear and kids’ underwear under the Hanes , Champion, C9 by Champion and Polo Ralph Lauren brand names. Our direct-to-consumer retail operations are included within the Innerwear segment. The retail operations include our value-based (“outlet”) stores, internet operations and catalogs which sell products from our portfolio of leading brands. As of January 3, 2009 and December 29, 2007, we had 213 and 216 outlet stores, respectively. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our Innerwear segment were $2.4 billion, representing approximately 56% of total segment net sales.

Outerwear

     We are a leader in the casualwear and activewear markets through our Hanes , Champion and Just My Size brands, where we offer products such as t-shirts and fleece. Our casualwear lines offer a range of quality, comfortable clothing for men, women and children marketed under the Hanes and Just My Size brands. The Just My Size brand offers casual apparel designed exclusively to meet the needs of plus-size women. In addition to activewear for men and women, Champion provides uniforms for athletic programs and includes an apparel program, C9 by Champion , at Target stores. We also license our Champion name for collegiate apparel and footwear. We also supply our t-shirts, sportshirts and fleece products primarily to wholesalers, who then resell to screen printers and embellishers, through brands such as Hanes , Champion , Outer Banks and Hanes Beefy-T . Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our Outerwear segment were $1.2 billion, representing approximately 28% of total segment net sales.

International

     International includes products that span across the Innerwear, Outerwear and Hosiery reportable segments and are marketed primarily under the Hanes, Wonderbra, Champion, Stedman, Playtex, Zorba, Rinbros, Kendall, Sol y Oro, Ritmo and Bali brands. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our International segment were $460 million, representing approximately 11% of total segment net sales and included sales in Latin America, Asia, Canada and Europe. Canada, Europe, Japan and Mexico are our largest international markets, and we also have sales offices in India and China.

Hosiery

     We are the leading marketer of women’s sheer hosiery in the United States. We compete in the hosiery market by striving to offer superior values and executing integrated marketing activities, as well as focusing on the style of our hosiery products. We market hosiery products under our L’eggs, Hanes and Just My Size brands. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our Hosiery segment were $228 million, representing approximately 5% of total segment net sales. We expect the trend of declining hosiery sales to continue consistent with the overall decline in the industry and with shifts in consumer preferences.

Other

     Our Other segment consists of sales of nonfinished products such as yarn and certain other materials in the United States and Latin America that maintain asset utilization at certain manufacturing facilities and are expected to generate break even margins. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 in our Other segment were $22 million, representing less than 1% of total segment net sales. Net sales from our Other segment are expected to continue to decline and to ultimately become insignificant to us as we complete the implementation of our consolidation and globalization efforts.

Design, Research and Product Development

     At the core of our design, research and product development capabilities is a team of more than 300 professionals. We have combined our design, research and development teams into an integrated group for all of our product categories. A facility located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the center of our research, technical design and product development efforts. We also employ creative design and product development personnel in our design center in New York City. During the years ended January 3, 2009 and December 29, 2007, the six months ended December 30, 2006 and the year ended July 1, 2006, we spent approximately $46 million, $45 million, $23 million and $55 million, respectively, on design, research and product development.

Customers

     In the year ended January 3, 2009, approximately 88% of our net sales were to customers in the United States and approximately 12% were to customers outside the United States. Domestically, almost 83% of our net sales were wholesale sales to retailers, 9% were direct to consumers and 8% were wholesale sales to third-party embellishers. We have well-established relationships with some of the largest apparel retailers in the world. Our

largest customers are Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., or “Wal-Mart,” Target Corporation, or “Target,” and Kohl’s Corporation, or “Kohl’s,” accounting for 27%, 16% and 6%, respectively, of our total sales in the year ended January 3, 2009. As is common in the apparel essentials industry, we generally do not have purchase agreements that obligate our customers, including Wal-Mart, to purchase our products. However, all of our key customer relationships have been in place for ten years or more. Wal-Mart and Target are our only customers with sales that exceed 10% of any individual segment’s sales. In our Innerwear segment, Wal-Mart accounted for 32% of sales and Target accounted for 13% of sales during the year ended January 3, 2009. In our Outerwear segment, Target accounted for 30% of sales and Wal-Mart accounted for 21% of sales during the year ended January 3, 2009.

     Due to their size and operational scale, high-volume retailers such as Wal-Mart require extensive category and product knowledge and specialized services regarding the quantity, quality and timing of product orders. We have organized multifunctional customer management teams, which has allowed us to form strategic long-term relationships with these customers and efficiently focus resources on category, product and service expertise.

     Smaller regional customers attracted to our leading brands and quality products also represent an important component of our distribution. Our organizational model provides for an efficient use of resources that delivers a high level of category and channel expertise and services to these customers.

     Sales to the mass merchant channel accounted for approximately 44% of our net sales in the year ended January 3, 2009. We sell all of our product categories in this channel primarily under our Hanes , Just My Size , Playtex and C9 by Champion brands. Mass merchants feature high-volume, low-cost sales of basic apparel items along with a diverse variety of consumer goods products, such as grocery and drug products and other hard lines, and are characterized by large retailers, such as Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart, which accounted for approximately 27% of our net sales during the year ended January 3, 2009, is our largest mass merchant customer.

     Sales to the national chains and department stores channel accounted for approximately 18% of our net sales during the year ended January 3, 2009. These retailers target a higher-income consumer than mass merchants, focus more of their sales on apparel items rather than other consumer goods such as grocery and drug products, and are characterized by large retailers such as Kohl’s, JC Penney Company, Inc. and Sears Holdings Corporation. We sell all of our product categories in this channel. Traditional department stores target higher-income consumers and carry more high-end, fashion conscious products than national chains or mass merchants and tend to operate in higher-income areas and commercial centers. Traditional department stores are characterized by large retailers such as Macy’s and Dillard’s, Inc. We sell products in our intimate apparel, hosiery and underwear categories through department stores.

     Sales to the direct to consumer channel, which are included within the Innerwear segment, accounted for approximately 9% of our net sales in the year ended January 3, 2009. We sell our branded products directly to consumers through our 213 outlet stores, as well as our catalogs and our web sites operating under the Hanes , OneHanesPlace , Just My Size and Champion names. Our outlet stores are value-based, offering the consumer a savings of 25% to 40% off suggested retail prices, and sell first-quality, excess, post-season, obsolete and slightly imperfect products. Our catalogs and web sites address the growing direct to consumer channel that operates in today’s 24/7 retail environment, and we have an active database of approximately three million consumers receiving our catalogs and emails. Our web sites have experienced significant growth and we expect this trend to continue as more consumers embrace this retail shopping channel.

     Sales in our International segment represented approximately 11% of our net sales during the year ended January 3, 2009, and included sales in Latin America, Asia, Canada and Europe. Canada, Europe, Japan and Mexico are our largest international markets, and we also have sales offices in India and China. We operate in several locations in Latin America including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Central America. From an export business perspective, we use distributors to service customers in the Middle East and Asia, and have a limited presence in Latin America. The brands that are the primary focus of the export business include Hanes underwear and Bali , Playtex , Wonderbra and barely there intimate apparel. As discussed below under “Intellectual Property,” we are not permitted to sell Wonderbra and Playtex branded products in the member states of the EU, several other European countries, and South Africa.

     Sales in other channels represented approximately 18% of our net sales during the year ended January 3, 2009. We sell t-shirts, golf and sport shirts and fleece sweatshirts to third-party embellishers primarily under our Hanes , Hanes Beefy-T and Outer Banks brands. Sales to third-party embellishers accounted for approximately 8% of our net sales during the year ended January 3, 2009. We also sell a significant range of our underwear, activewear and socks products under the Champion brand to wholesale clubs, such as Costco, and sporting goods stores, such as The

Sports Authority, Inc. We sell primarily legwear and underwear products under the Hanes and L’eggs brands to food, drug and variety stores. We sell products that span across our Innerwear, Outerwear and Hosiery segments to the U.S. military for sale to servicemen and servicewomen.

Inventory

     Effective inventory management is a key component of our future success. Because our customers do not purchase our products under long-term supply contracts, but rather on a purchase order basis, effective inventory management requires close coordination with the customer base. Through Kanban sales and production planning, inventory management, product scheduling, demand prioritization and related initiatives that facilitate just-in-time production and ordering systems, we seek to ensure that products are available to meet customer demands while effectively managing inventory levels. We also employ various other types of inventory management techniques that include collaborative forecasting and planning, vendor-managed inventory, key event management and various forms of replenishment management processes. We have demand management planners in our customer management group who work closely with customers to develop demand forecasts that are passed to the supply chain. We also have professionals within the customer management group who coordinate daily with our larger customers to help ensure that our customers’ planned inventory levels are in fact available at their individual retail outlets. Additionally, within our supply chain organization we have dedicated professionals who translate the demand forecast into our inventory strategy and specific production plans. These individuals work closely with our customer management team to balance inventory investment/exposure with customer service targets.

Seasonality and Other Factors

     Our operating results are subject to some variability. Generally, our diverse range of product offerings helps mitigate the impact of seasonal changes in demand for certain items. Sales are typically higher in the last two quarters (July to December) of each fiscal year. Socks, hosiery and fleece products generally have higher sales during this period as a result of cooler weather, back-to-school shopping and holidays. Sales levels in any period are also impacted by customers’ decisions to increase or decrease their inventory levels in response to anticipated consumer demand. Our customers may cancel orders, change delivery schedules or change the mix of products ordered with minimal notice to us. For example, we experienced a shift in timing by our largest retail customers of back-to-school programs from June to July in 2008. Our results of operations are also impacted by fluctuations and volatility in the price of cotton and oil-related materials and the timing of actual spending for our media, advertising and promotion expenses. Media, advertising and promotion expenses may vary from period to period during a fiscal year depending on the timing of our advertising campaigns for retail selling seasons and product introductions.

Marketing

     Our strategy is to bring consumer-driven innovation to market in a compelling way. Our approach is to build targeted, effective multimedia advertising and marketing campaigns to increase awareness of our key brands. Driving growth platforms across categories is a major element of our strategy as it enables us to meet key consumer needs and leverage advertising dollars. We believe that the strength of our consumer insights, our distinctive brand propositions and our focus on integrated marketing give us a competitive advantage in the fragmented apparel marketplace.

     In 2008, we launched a number of new advertising and marketing initiatives:

	•		We launched new “Look Who” advertising in June featuring Michael Jordan and Charlie Sheen to support our new Hanes Lay Flat Collar Undershirts and Hanes No Ride Up Boxer briefs . The campaign includes television advertising as well as online and video game advertising.
	•		We introduced our new Hanes No Ride Up Panty with television advertising featuring Sarah Chalke in another new “Look Who” advertising campaign.
	•		Building on the 10-year strategic alliance with The Walt Disney Company that we entered into in October 2007, we introduced a line of apparel inspired by the Champion items worn by characters in Walt Disney Pictures’ “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” to coincide with the opening of that movie in October 2008.

     We also continued some of our existing advertising and marketing initiatives:

	•		Our alliance with The Walt Disney Company includes a number of features. Hanes is the presenting sponsor of the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, one of the most popular attractions at Disney-Hollywood Studios in Florida. Hanes has a customizable apparel venue in Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World Resort that enables guests to design and personalize their own custom t-shirts and other items. Champion has naming rights for the stadium at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex, the nation’s premier amateur sports venue. In addition to Champion Stadium, Champion has brand placement and promotional opportunities throughout the complex. We have in-store promotional and brand building opportunities at eight ESPN Zone restaurants and stores located across the country. Hanes and Champion have category exclusivity for select apparel at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., Walt Disney World Resort and Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex Stadium, both in Florida, and eight ESPN Zone stores. Our products, including t-shirts and tanks and fleece sweatshirts, sweatpants, hoodies and other family fleece, including infant and toddler items, are co-labeled, including Disneyland Resort by Hanes , Walt Disney World by Hanes , Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex by Champion and ESPN Zone by Champion.
	•		We continued our “How You Play” national advertising campaign for Champion that we launched in 2007. The campaign, which is the first campaign for our Champion brand since 2003, includes print, out-of-home and online components and is designed to capture the everyday moments of fun and sport in a series of cool and hip lifestyle images.
	•		We continued the “Live Beautifully” campaign for our Bali brand, launched in the Spring of 2007. The print, television and online ad campaign features Bali bras and panties from its Passion for Comfort , Seductive Curve and Cotton Creations lines.
	•		We continued our innovative and expressive advertising and marketing campaign called “Girl Talk,” launched in September 2007, in which confident, everyday women talk about their breasts, in support of our Playtex 18 Hour and Playtex Secrets product lines.

Distribution

     As of January 3, 2009, we distributed our products for the U.S. market from a total of 22 distribution centers. These facilities include 20 facilities located in the U.S. and two facilities located in regions where we manufacture our products. We internally manage and operate 16 of these facilities, and we use third-party logistics providers who operate the other six facilities on our behalf. International distribution operations use a combination of third-party logistics providers, as well as owned and operated distribution operations, to distribute goods to our various international markets.

     We are in the process of consolidating our distribution network to fewer larger facilities and have reduced the number of distribution centers from the 48 that we maintained at the time of the spin off to 36 as of January 3, 2009. In late 2008 we began preparing to ship products from a new 1.3 million square foot distribution center in Perris, California, and on January 13, 2009 began shipping products from this facility to our customers.

Manufacturing and Sourcing

     During the year ended January 3, 2009, approximately 66% of our finished goods sold were manufactured through a combination of facilities we own and operate and facilities owned and operated by third-party contractors who perform some of the steps in the manufacturing process for us, such as cutting and/or sewing. We sourced the remainder of our finished goods from third-party manufacturers who supply us with finished products based on our designs. We believe that our balanced approach to product supply, which relies on a combination of owned, contracted and sourced manufacturing located across different geographic regions, increases the efficiency of our operations, reduces product costs and offers customers a reliable source of supply.

      Finished Goods That Are Manufactured by Hanesbrands

     The manufacturing process for finished goods that we manufacture begins with raw materials we obtain from third parties. The principal raw materials in our product categories are cotton and synthetics. Our costs for cotton

yarn and cotton-based textiles vary based upon the fluctuating cost of cotton, which is affected by, among other factors, weather, consumer demand, speculation on the commodities market and the relative valuations and fluctuations of the currencies of producer versus consumer countries and other factors that are generally unpredictable and beyond our control. We attempt to mitigate the effect of fluctuating raw material costs by entering into short-term supply agreements that set the price we will pay for cotton yarn and cotton-based textiles in future periods. We also enter into hedging contracts on cotton designed to protect us from severe market fluctuations in the wholesale prices of cotton. In addition to cotton yarn and cotton-based textiles, we use thread and trim for product identification, buttons, zippers, snaps and lace.

     Fluctuations in crude oil or petroleum prices may also influence the prices of items used in our business, such as chemicals, dyestuffs, polyester yarn and foam. Alternate sources of these materials and services are readily available. After they are sourced, cotton and synthetic materials are spun into yarn, which is then knitted into cotton, synthetic and blended fabrics. We spin a significant portion of the yarn and knit a significant portion of the fabrics we use in our owned and operated facilities. To a lesser extent, we purchase fabric from several domestic and international suppliers in conjunction with scheduled production. These fabrics are cut and sewn into finished products, either by us or by third-party contractors. Most of our cutting and sewing operations are located in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin.

     Rising fuel, energy and utility costs may have a significant impact on our manufacturing costs. These costs may fluctuate due to a number of factors outside our control, including government policy and regulation and weather conditions.

     We continue to consolidate our manufacturing facilities and currently operate 52 manufacturing facilities, down from 70 at the time of our spin off. In making decisions about the location of manufacturing operations and third-party sources of supply, we consider a number of factors, including local labor costs, quality of production, applicable quotas and duties, and freight costs. During the second quarter of 2008, we added three company-owned sewing plants in Southeast Asia — two in Vietnam and one in Thailand — giving us four sewing plants in Asia. In October 2008, we acquired a 370-employee embroidery facility in Honduras. For the past eight years, these operations have produced embroidered and screen-printed apparel for us. This acquisition better positions us for long-term growth in these segments. During the fourth quarter of 2008, we commenced production at our 500,000 square foot socks manufacturing facility in El Salvador. This facility, co-located with textile manufacturing operations that we acquired in 2007, provides a manufacturing base in Central America from which to leverage our production scale at a lower cost location. We also continued construction of a textile production plant in Nanjing, China, which will be our first company-owned textile production facility in Asia. We expect production to commence in the fourth quarter of 2009. The Nanjing textile facility will enable us to expand and leverage our production scale in Asia as we balance our supply chain across hemispheres.

Finished Goods That Are Manufactured by Third Parties

     In addition to our manufacturing capabilities, we also source finished goods we design from third-party manufacturers, also referred to as “turnkey products.” Many of these turnkey products are sourced from international suppliers by our strategic sourcing hubs in Hong Kong and other locations in Asia.

     All contracted and sourced manufacturing must meet our high quality standards. Further, all contractors and third-party manufacturers must be preaudited and adhere to our strict supplier and business practices guidelines. These requirements provide strict standards covering hours of work, age of workers, health and safety conditions and conformity with local laws. Each new supplier must be inspected and agree to comprehensive compliance terms prior to performance of any production on our behalf. We audit compliance with these standards and maintain strict compliance performance records. In addition to our audit procedures, we require certain of our suppliers to be Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production, or “WRAP,” certified. WRAP is a recognized apparel certification program that independently monitors and certifies compliance with certain specified manufacturing standards that are intended to ensure that a given factory produces sewn goods under lawful, humane, and ethical conditions. WRAP uses third-party, independent certification firms and requires factory-by-factory certification.

Trade Regulation

     We are exposed to certain risks of doing business outside of the United States. We import goods from company-owned facilities in Asia, Central America, the Caribbean Basin and Mexico, and from suppliers in those areas and in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. These import transactions had been subject to constraints imposed

by bilateral agreements that imposed quotas that limited the amount of certain categories of merchandise from certain countries that could be imported into the United States and the EU.

     Effective on January 1, 2005, the United States and other World Trade Organization, or “WTO,” member countries, with few exceptions, removed quotas on textile and apparel goods from WTO member countries including China. However in the middle of 2005, several countries, including the United States, imposed special safeguard quotas on some Chinese textile and apparel goods pursuant special provisions contained in China’s Accession Agreement to the WTO. These quotas expired at the end of 2008. Under different provisions of U.S. law, similar safeguard quotas may be re-imposed against China or imposed against other countries in the future. Our management evaluates the possible impact of these and similar actions on our ability to import products from China. If such safeguards were to be re-imposed, we do not expect that these restraints would have a material impact on us.

     Our management monitors new developments and risks relating to duties, tariffs and quotas. Changes in these areas have the potential to harm or, in some cases, benefit our business. In response to the changing import environment resulting from the elimination of quotas, management has chosen to continue its balanced approach to manufacturing and sourcing. We attempt to limit our sourcing exposure through geographic diversification with a mix of company-owned and contracted production, as well as shifts of production among countries and contractors. We will continue to manage our supply chain from a global perspective and adjust as needed to changes in the global production environment.

     We also monitor a number of international security risks. We are a member of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, or “C-TPAT,” a partnership between the government and private sector initiated after the events of September 11, 2001 to improve supply chain and border security. C-TPAT partners work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to protect their supply chains from concealment of terrorist weapons, including weapons of mass destruction. In exchange, U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides reduced inspections at the port of arrival and expedited processing at the border.

Competition

     The apparel essentials market is highly competitive and rapidly evolving. Competition generally is based upon price, brand name recognition, product quality, selection, service and purchasing convenience. Our businesses face competition today from other large corporations and foreign manufacturers. These competitors include Berskhire Hathaway Inc. through its subsidiary Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Warnaco Group Inc., Maidenform Brands, Inc. and Gildan Activewear, Inc. in our Innerwear business segment and Gildan Activewear, Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. through its subsidiaries Russell Corporation and Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Nike, Inc., adidas AG through its adidas and Reebok brands and Under Armour Inc. in our Outerwear business segment. We also compete with many small manufacturers across all of our business segments, including our International segment. Additionally, department stores and other retailers, including many of our customers, market and sell apparel essentials products under private labels that compete directly with our brands. We also face intense competition from specialty stores that sell private label apparel not manufactured by us such as Victoria’s Secret, Old Navy and The Gap.

     Our competitive strengths include our strong brands with leading market positions, our high-volume, core essentials focus, our significant scale of operations and our strong customer relationships.

	•		Strong Brands with Leading Market Positions. According to NPD, our brands hold either the number one or number two U.S. market position by sales value in most product categories in which we compete, for the 12 month period ended November 30, 2008. According to NPD, our largest brand, Hanes , is the top-selling apparel brand in the United States by units sold, for the 12 month period ended November 30, 2008.
	•		High-Volume, Core Essentials Focus. We sell high-volume, frequently replenished apparel essentials. The majority of our core styles continue from year to year, with variations only in color, fabric or design details, and are frequently replenished by consumers. We believe that our status as a high-volume seller of core apparel essentials creates a more stable and predictable revenue base and reduces our exposure to dramatic fashion shifts often observed in the general apparel industry.
	•		Significant Scale of Operations. According to NPD, we are the largest seller of apparel essentials in the United States as measured by sales value for the 12 month period ended November 30, 2008. Most of our products are sold to large retailers that have high-volume demands. We believe that we are able to leverage

our significant scale of operations to provide us with greater manufacturing efficiencies, purchasing power and product design, marketing and customer management resources than our smaller competitors.

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Strong Customer Relationships. We sell our products primarily through large, high-volume retailers, including mass merchants, department stores and national chains. We have strong, long-term relationships with our top customers, including relationships of more than ten years with each of our top ten customers. We have aligned significant parts of our organization with corresponding parts of our customers’ organizations. We also have entered into customer-specific programs such as the C9 by Champion products marketed and sold through Target stores.

Intellectual Property

Overview

     We market our products under hundreds of trademarks and service marks in the United States and other countries around the world, the most widely recognized Hanes, Champion, C9 by Champion, Playtex, Bali, L’eggs, Just My Size, barely there , Wonderbra, Stedman, Outer Banks, Zorba, Rinbros and Duofold. Some of our products are sold under trademarks that have been licensed from third parties, such as Polo Ralph Lauren men’s underwear, and we also hold licenses from various toy and media companies that give us the right to use certain of their proprietary characters, names and trademarks.

     Some of our own trademarks are licensed to third parties, such as Champion for athletic-oriented accessories. In the United States, the Playtex trademark is owned by Playtex Marketing Corporation, of which we own a 50% share and which grants to us a perpetual royalty-free license to the Playtex trademark on and in connection with the sale of apparel in the United States and Canada. The other 50% share of Playtex Marketing Corporation is owned by Playtex Products, Inc., an unrelated third-party, which has a perpetual royalty-free license to the Playtex trademark on and in connection with the sale of non-apparel products in the United States. Outside the United States and Canada, we own the Playtex trademark and perpetually license such trademark to Playtex Products, Inc. for non-apparel products. In addition, as described below, as part of Sara Lee’s sale in February 2006 of its European branded apparel business, an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., or “Sun Capital,” has an exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to manufacture, sell and distribute apparel products under the Wonderbra and Playtex trademarks in the member states of the EU, as well as several other European nations and South Africa. We also own a number of copyrights. Our trademarks and copyrights are important to our marketing efforts and have substantial value. We aggressively protect these trademarks and copyrights from infringement and dilution through appropriate measures, including court actions and administrative proceedings.

     Although the laws vary by jurisdiction, trademarks generally remain valid as long as they are in use and/or their registrations are properly maintained. Most of the trademarks in our portfolio, including our core brands, are covered by trademark registrations in the countries of the world in which we do business, with registration periods generally ranging between seven and 10 years depending on the country. Trademark registrations can be renewed indefinitely as long as the trademarks are in use. We have an active program designed to ensure that our trademarks are registered, renewed, protected and maintained. We plan to continue to use all of our core trademarks and plan to renew the registrations for such trademarks for as long as we continue to use them. Most of our copyrights are unregistered, although we have a sizable portfolio of copyrighted lace designs that are the subject of a number of registrations at the U.S. Copyright Office.

     We place high importance on product innovation and design, and a number of these innovations and designs are the subject of patents. However, we do not regard any segment of our business as being dependent upon any single patent or group of related patents. In addition, we own proprietary trade secrets, technology, and know how that we have not patented.

Shared Trademark Relationship with Sun Capital

     In February 2006, Sara Lee sold its European branded apparel business to an affiliate of Sun Capital. In connection with the sale, Sun Capital received an exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to manufacture, sell and distribute apparel products under the Wonderbra and Playtex trademarks in the member states of the EU, as well as Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Morocco, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia-Montenegro, South Africa, Switzerland, Ukraine, Andorra, Albania, Channel Islands, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion and French Guyana, which we refer to as the “Covered Nations.” We

are not permitted to sell Wonderbra and Playtex branded products in the Covered Nations, and Sun Capital is not permitted to sell Wonderbra and Playtex branded products outside of the Covered Nations. In connection with the sale, we also have received an exclusive, perpetual royalty-free license to sell DIM and UNNO branded products in Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, Canada and, for DIM products, Japan. We are not permitted to sell DIM or UNNO branded apparel products outside of these countries and Sun Capital is not permitted to sell DIM or UNNO branded apparel products inside these countries. In addition, the rights to certain European-originated brands previously part of Sara Lee’s branded apparel portfolio were transferred to Sun Capital and are not included in our brand portfolio.

Licensing Relationship with Tupperware Corporation

     In December 2005, Sara Lee sold its direct selling business, which markets cosmetics, skin care products, toiletries and clothing in 18 countries, to Tupperware Corporation, or “Tupperware.” In connection with the sale, Dart Industries Inc., or “Dart,” an affiliate of Tupperware, received a three-year exclusive license agreement which expires in June 2009 to use the C Logo , Champion U.S.A ., Wonderbra , W by Wonderbra , The One and Only Wonderbra , Playtex , Just My Size and Hanes trademarks for the manufacture and sale, under the applicable brands, of certain men’s and women’s apparel in the Philippines, including underwear, socks, sportswear products, bras, panties and girdles, and for the exhaustion of similar product inventory in Malaysia. Dart also received a ten-year, royalty-free, exclusive license to use the Girls’ Attitudes trademark for the manufacture and sale of certain toiletries, cosmetics, intimate apparel, underwear, sports wear, watches, bags and towels in the Philippines. The rights and obligations under these agreements were assigned to us as part of the spin off.

     In connection with the sale of Sara Lee’s direct selling business, Tupperware also signed two five-year distributorship agreements providing Tupperware with the right, which is exclusive for the first three years of the agreements, to distribute and sell, through door-to-door and similar channels, Playtex , Champion , Rinbros , Aire , Wonderbra , Hanes and Teens by Hanes apparel items in Mexico that we have discontinued and/or determined to be obsolete. The agreements also provide Tupperware with the exclusive right for five years to distribute and sell through such channels such apparel items sold by us in the ordinary course of business. The agreements also grant a limited right to use such trademarks solely in connection with the distribution and sale of those products in Mexico.

     Under the terms of the agreements, we reserve the right to apply for, prosecute and maintain trademark registrations in Mexico for those products covered by the distributorship agreement. The rights and obligations under these agreements were assigned to us as part of the spin off.

Corporate Social Responsibility

     We have a formal corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) program that consists of five initiatives: a global business practices ethics program for all employees worldwide; a facility compliance program that seeks to ensure company and supplier plants meet our labor and social compliance standards; a product safety program; a global environmental management system that seeks to reduce the environmental impact of our operations; and a commitment to corporate philanthropy which seeks to meet the “fundamental needs” of the communities in which we live and work. We employ over 20 full-time CSR personnel across the globe to manage our program.

     In February 2008, we joined the Fair Labor Association and will undergo the Fair Labor Association’s two-year implementation process for accreditation of our global social compliance program. The Fair Labor Association works with industry, civil society organizations and colleges and universities to protect workers’ rights and improve working conditions in factories around the world. Participating companies in the Fair Labor Association are required to fulfill 10 company obligations, including conducting internal monitoring of facilities, submitting to independent monitoring audits and verification, and managing and reporting information on their compliance efforts. The Fair Labor Association conducts unannounced independent external monitoring audits of a sample of a participating company’s plants and suppliers and publishes the results of those audits (and any corrective action plans that may be needed) for the public to review.

     We incorporate Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or “LEED”-based practices into many remodeling and new construction projects for our facilities around the world. In May 2008, we earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s sustainability certification for our Bentonville, Arkansas sales office. The LEED certification was the first in Bentonville and the first for commercial interiors in Arkansas. The approximately 10,000 square-foot office, which opened in August 2007 to support our business with Wal-Mart, features advanced lighting, heating and cooling systems, natural light for every workspace, energy-efficient appliances, and low-

emission construction materials such as paint, adhesives, sealants, carpet, coatings and furniture. LEED for Commercial Interiors is the tenant-improvement category of the U.S. Green Building Council’s nationally accepted LEED Green Building Rating System. The category honors tenants without whole-building control who follow rigorous sustainability guidelines to design or improve their interior space. The LEED-certification process took seven months and required a third-party commissioning agent to verify the achievement of U.S. Green Building Council standards, including the performance of lighting and ventilation systems.

     In addition, our new distribution center in Perris, California was built to stringent standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council, and we will seek certification for the building from the Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, which would make it the largest LEED-certified warehouse in Southern California and one of the biggest in the world. Sustainable features of this distribution center include reduction of energy usage through extensive use of natural skylighting, motion-detection lighting, a design that does not require heating or air conditioning for a comfortable working environment, reduction of water usage compared with typical warehouses of its size through low-water bathroom fixtures and low-water landscaping, innovative site grading techniques and use of locally produced concrete and steel and many other LEED concepts such as use of paints, carpets and other materials with low volatile organic compound content, an organic-focused pest control program that minimizes chemical pesticide use, location near public transportation to reduce the parking lot size and reliance on automobile transportation, preferred parking for low-emission and low-energy vehicles, and on-site bicycle storage and shower and changing room facilities.

Environmental Matters

     We are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations that govern our activities, operations and products that may have adverse environmental, health and safety effects, including laws and regulations relating to generating emissions, water discharges, waste, product and packaging content and workplace safety. Noncompliance with these laws and regulations may result in substantial monetary penalties and criminal sanctions. We are aware of hazardous substances or petroleum releases at a few of our facilities and are working with the relevant environmental authorities to investigate and address such releases. We also have been identified as a “potentially responsible party” at a few waste disposal sites undergoing investigation and cleanup under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (commonly known as Superfund) or state Superfund equivalent programs. Where we have determined that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can reasonably be estimated, we have accrued amounts in our balance sheet for losses related to these sites. Compliance with environmental laws and regulations and our remedial environmental obligations historically have not had a material impact on our operations, and we are not aware of any proposed regulations or remedial obligations that could trigger significant costs or capital expenditures in order to comply.

Government Regulation

     We are subject to U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations that could affect our business, including those promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Flammable Fabrics Act, the Textile Fiber Product Identification Act, the rules and regulations of the Consumer Products Safety Commission and various environmental laws and regulations. Our international businesses are subject to similar laws and regulations in the countries in which they operate. Our operations also are subject to various international trade agreements and regulations. See “— Trade Regulation.” While we believe that we are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable governmental regulations, current governmental regulations may change or become more stringent or unforeseen events may occur, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Employees

     As of January 3, 2009, we had approximately 45,200 employees, approximately 10,200 of whom were located in the United States. Of the employees located in the United States, approximately 2,200 were full or part-time employees in our stores within our direct to consumer channel. As of January 3, 2009, in the United States, approximately 30 employees were covered by collective bargaining agreements. A portion of our international employees were also covered by collective bargaining agreements. We believe our relationships with our employees are good.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     This section describes circumstances or events that could have a negative effect on our financial results or operations or that could change, for the worse, existing trends in our businesses. The occurrence of one or more of the circumstances or events described below could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows or on the trading prices of our common stock. The risks and uncertainties described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties that currently are not known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial also may adversely affect our businesses and operations.

We are continuing to execute our consolidation and globalization strategy and this process involves significant costs and the risk of operational interruption.

     The implementation of our consolidation and globalization strategy, which is designed to improve operating efficiencies and lower costs, has resulted and is likely to continue to result in significant costs in the short-term and generate savings as well as higher inventory levels for the next 12 to 15 months. As further plans are developed and approved, we expect to recognize additional restructuring costs as we eliminate duplicative functions within the organization and transition a significant portion of our manufacturing capacity to lower-cost locations. As a result of this strategy, we expect to incur approximately $250 million in restructuring and related charges over the three year period following the spin off from Sara Lee on September 5, 2006, of which approximately half is expected to be noncash. As of January 3, 2009, we have recognized approximately $209 million and announced approximately $219 million in restructuring and related charges related to this strategy since September 5, 2006. This process may also result in operational interruptions, which may have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Our supply chain relies on an extensive network of foreign operations and any disruption to or adverse impact on such operations may adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

     We have an extensive global supply chain in which a significant portion of our products are manufactured in or sourced from locations in Asia, Central America, the Caribbean Basin and Mexico and we are continuing to add new manufacturing capacity in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin. Potential events that may disrupt our foreign operations include:

	•		political instability and acts of war or terrorism or other international events resulting in the disruption of trade;
	•		other security risks;
	•		disruptions in shipping and freight forwarding services;
	•		increases in oil prices, which would increase the cost of shipping;
	•		interruptions in the availability of basic services and infrastructure, including power shortages;
	•		fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates resulting in uncertainty as to future asset and liability values, cost of goods and results of operations that are denominated in foreign currencies;
	•		extraordinary weather conditions or natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods or fires; and
	•		the occurrence of an epidemic, the spread of which may impact our ability to obtain products on a timely basis.

     Disruptions in our foreign supply chain could negatively impact our business by interrupting production in facilities outside the United States, increasing our cost of sales, disrupting merchandise deliveries, delaying receipt of the products into the United States or preventing us from sourcing our products at all. Depending on timing, these

events could also result in lost sales, cancellation charges or excessive markdowns. All of the foregoing can have an adverse affect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Current economic conditions may adversely impact demand for our products, reduce access to credit and cause our customers and others with which we do business to suffer financial hardship, all of which could adversely impact our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

     Worldwide economic conditions have recently deteriorated significantly in many countries and regions, including the United States, and may remain depressed for the foreseeable future. Although the majority of our products are replenishment in nature and tend to be purchased by consumers on a planned, rather than on an impulse, basis, our sales are impacted by discretionary spending by our customers. Discretionary spending is affected by many factors, including, among others, general business conditions, interest rates, inflation, consumer debt levels, the availability of consumer credit, currency exchange rates, taxation, electricity power rates, gasoline prices, unemployment trends and other matters that influence consumer confidence and spending. Many of these factors are outside of our control. Our customers’ purchases of discretionary items, including our products, could decline during periods when disposable income is lower, when prices increase in response to rising costs, or in periods of actual or perceived unfavorable economic conditions. For example, we experienced a spike in oil related commodity prices during the summer of 2008. Increases in our product costs may not be offset by comparable rises in the income of consumers of our products. These consumers may choose to purchase fewer of our products or lower-priced products of our competitors in response to higher prices for our products, or may choose not to purchase our products at prices that reflect our domestic price increases that become effective from time to time. If any of these events occur, or if unfavorable economic conditions continue to challenge the consumer environment, our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be adversely affected.

     In addition, economic conditions, including decreased access to credit, may result in financial difficulties leading to restructurings, bankruptcies, liquidations and other unfavorable events for our customers, suppliers of raw materials and finished goods, logistics and other service providers and financial institutions which are counterparties to our credit facilities and derivatives transactions. In addition, the inability of these third parties to overcome these difficulties may increase. For example, one of our customers, Mervyn’s, a regional retailer in California and the Southwest that originally filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 in July 2008, announced in October 2008 its intention to wind down its business and conduct going-out-of-business sales at remaining store locations. If third parties on which we rely for raw materials, finished goods or services are unable to overcome difficulties resulting from the deterioration in worldwide economic conditions and provide us with the materials and services we need, or if counterparties to our credit facilities or derivatives transactions do not perform their obligations, our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Our customers generally purchase our products on credit, and as a result, our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows may be adversely affected if our customers experience financial difficulties.

     During the past several years, various retailers, including some of our largest customers, have experienced significant difficulties, including restructurings, bankruptcies and liquidations, and the inability of retailers to overcome these difficulties may increase due to the recent deterioration of worldwide economic conditions. This could adversely affect us because our customers generally pay us after goods are delivered. Adverse changes in a customer’s financial position could cause us to limit or discontinue business with that customer, require us to assume more credit risk relating to that customer’s future purchases or limit our ability to collect accounts receivable relating to previous purchases by that customer. Any of these occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Our indebtedness subjects us to various restrictions and could decrease our profitability and otherwise adversely affect our business.

     As described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources,” our indebtedness includes the $2.1 billion senior secured credit facility that we entered into on September 5, 2006 (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”), the $450 million senior secured second lien credit facility that we entered into on September 5, 2006 (the “Second Lien Credit Facility” and, together with the Senior Secured Credit Facility, the “Credit Facilities”), our $500 million Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Floating Rate Senior Notes”) and the $250 million accounts receivable securitization facility that we entered into on November 27, 2007 (the “Receivables Facility”). The Senior Secured Credit Facility, Second Lien Credit

Facility and the indenture governing the Floating Rate Senior Notes contain restrictions that affect, and in some cases significantly limit or prohibit, among other things, our ability to borrow funds, pay dividends or make other distributions, make investments, engage in transactions with affiliates, or create liens on our assets.

     Our leverage also could put us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that are less leveraged. These competitors could have greater financial flexibility to pursue strategic acquisitions, secure additional financing for their operations by incurring additional debt, expend capital to expand their manufacturing and production operations to lower-cost areas and apply pricing pressure on us. In addition, because many of our customers rely on us to fulfill a substantial portion of their apparel essentials demand, any concern these customers may have regarding our financial condition may cause them to reduce the amount of products they purchase from us. Our leverage could also impede our ability to withstand downturns in our industry or the economy.

If we are unable to maintain financial ratios associated with our indebtedness, such failure could cause the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness which would adversely affect our business.

     Covenants in the Credit Facilities and the Receivables Facility require us to maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum total debt to EBITDA (earnings before income taxes, depreciation expense and amortization), or leverage ratio. The recent deterioration of worldwide economic conditions could impact our ability to maintain the financial ratios contained in these agreements. If we fail to maintain these financial ratios, that failure could result in a default that accelerates the maturity of the indebtedness under such facilities, which could require that we repay such indebtedness in full, together with accrued and unpaid interest, unless we are able to negotiate new financial ratios or waivers of our current ratios with our lenders. Even if we are able to negotiate new financial ratios or waivers of our current financial ratios, we may be required to pay fees or make other concessions that may adversely impact our business. Any one of these options could result in significantly higher interest expense in 2009 and beyond. In addition, these options could require modification of our interest rate derivative portfolio, which could require us to make a cash payment in the event of terminating a derivative instrument or impact the effectiveness of our interest rate hedging instruments and require us to take non-cash charges. For information regarding our compliance with these covenants, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Trends and Uncertainties Affecting Liquidity.”

If we fail to meet our payment or other obligations, the lenders could foreclose on, and acquire control of, substantially all of our assets.

     In connection with our incurrence of indebtedness under the Credit Facilities, the lenders under those facilities have received a pledge of substantially all of our existing and future direct and indirect subsidiaries, with certain customary or agreed-upon exceptions for foreign subsidiaries and certain other subsidiaries. Additionally, these lenders generally have a lien on substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries, with certain exceptions. The financial institutions that are party to the Receivables Facility have a lien on certain of our domestic accounts receivables. As a result of these pledges and liens, if we fail to meet our payment or other obligations under the Credit Facilities or the Receivables Facility, the lenders under those facilities will be entitled to foreclose on substantially all of our assets and, at their option, liquidate these assets.

Our indebtedness restricts our ability to obtain additional capital in the future.

     The restrictions contained in the Credit Facilities and in the indenture governing the Floating Rate Senior Notes could limit our ability to obtain additional capital in the future to fund capital expenditures or acquisitions, meet our debt payment obligations and capital commitments, fund any operating losses or future development of our business affiliates, obtain lower borrowing costs that are available from secured lenders or engage in advantageous transactions that monetize our assets, or conduct other necessary or prudent corporate activities.

     If we need to incur additional debt or issue equity in order to fund working capital and capital expenditures or to make acquisitions and other investments, debt or equity financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. If we are not able to obtain sufficient financing, we may be unable to maintain or expand our business. If we raise funds through the issuance of debt or equity, any debt securities or preferred stock issued will have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of holders of our common stock in the event of a liquidation, and the terms of the debt securities may impose restrictions on our operations. If we raise funds through the issuance of equity, the issuance would dilute the ownership interest of our stockholders.

To service our debt obligations, we may need to increase the portion of the income of our foreign subsidiaries that is expected to be remitted to the United States, which could increase our income tax expense.

     The amount of the income of our foreign subsidiaries that we expect to remit to the United States may significantly impact our U.S. federal income tax expense. We pay U.S. federal income taxes on that portion of the income of our foreign subsidiaries that is expected to be remitted to the United States and be taxable. In order to service our debt obligations, we may need to increase the portion of the income of our foreign subsidiaries that we expect to remit to the United States, which may significantly increase our income tax expense. Consequently, our income tax expense has been, and will continue to be, impacted by our strategic initiative to make substantial capital investments outside the United States.

Significant fluctuations and volatility in the price of cotton and other raw materials we purchase may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

     Cotton is the primary raw material used in the manufacture of many of our products. Our costs for cotton yarn and cotton-based textiles vary based upon the fluctuating cost of cotton, which is affected by weather, consumer demand, speculation on the commodities market, the relative valuations and fluctuations of the currencies of producer versus consumer countries and other factors that are generally unpredictable and beyond our control. While we do enter into short-term supply agreements and hedges from time to time in an attempt to protect our business from the volatility of the market price of cotton, our business can be affected by dramatic movements in cotton prices, although cotton represents only 8% of our cost of sales. Cotton prices were 65 cents per pound for the year ended January 3, 2009 and 56 cents per pound for the year ended December 29, 2007. The price of cotton currently in our inventory is in the mid 60 cents per pound range which is the price that will impact our operating results in the first half of 2009. The prices for the most recent cotton crop, which will impact our operating results in the second half of 2009, have decreased to the low 50 cents per pound range.

     We are not always successful in our efforts to protect our business from the volatility of the market price of cotton through short-term supply agreements and hedges, and our business can be adversely affected by dramatic movements in cotton prices. For example, we estimate that a change of $0.01 per pound in cotton prices would affect our annual raw material costs by $3 million, at current levels of production. The ultimate effect of this change on our earnings cannot be quantified, as the effect of movements in cotton prices on industry selling prices are uncertain, but any dramatic increase in the price of cotton would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

     In addition, during the summer of 2008 we experienced a spike in oil related commodity prices and other raw materials used in our products, such as dyes and chemicals, and increases in other costs, such as fuel, energy and utility costs. These costs may fluctuate due to a number of factors outside our control, including government policy and regulation and weather conditions.

Current market returns have had a negative impact on the return on plan assets for our pension and other postemployment plans, which may require significant funding.

     As widely reported, financial markets in the United States, Europe and Asia have been experiencing extreme disruption in recent months. As a result of this disruption in the domestic and international equity and bond markets, our pension plans and other postemployment plans had a decrease in asset values of approximately 32% during the year ended January 3, 2009. We are unable to predict the severity or the duration of the current disruptions in the financial markets and the adverse economic conditions in the United States, Europe and Asia. We are not required to make any mandatory contributions to our plans in 2009. Nevertheless, the funded status of these plans, and the related cost reflected in our financial statements, are affected by various factors that are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty, particularly in the current economic environment. Under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the “Pension Protection Act”), continued losses of asset values may necessitate increased funding of the plans in the future to meet minimum federal government requirements. The continued downward pressure on the asset values of these plans may require us to fund obligations earlier than we had originally planned, which would have a negative impact on cash flows from operations.

The loss of one or more of our suppliers of finished goods or raw materials may interrupt our supplies and materially harm our business.

     We purchase all of the raw materials used in our products and approximately 34% of the apparel designed by us from a limited number of third-party suppliers and manufacturers. Our ability to meet our customers’ needs depends on our ability to maintain an uninterrupted supply of raw materials and finished products from our third-party suppliers and manufacturers. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected if any of our principal third-party suppliers or manufacturers experience financial difficulties that they are not able to overcome resulting from the deterioration in worldwide economic conditions, reproduction problems, lack of capacity or transportation disruptions. The magnitude of this risk depends upon the timing of any interruptions, the materials or products that the third-party manufacturers provide and the volume of production.

     Our dependence on third parties for raw materials and finished products subjects us to the risk of supplier failure and customer dissatisfaction with the quality of our products. Quality failures by our third-party manufacturers or changes in their financial or business condition that affect their production could disrupt our ability to supply quality products to our customers and thereby materially harm our business.

If we fail to manage our inventory effectively, we may be required to establish additional inventory reserves or we may not carry enough inventory to meet customer demands, causing us to suffer lower margins or losses.

     We are faced with the constant challenge of balancing our inventory with our ability to meet marketplace needs. We continually monitor our inventory levels to best balance current supply and demand with potential future demand that typically surges when consumers no longer postpone purchases in our product categories. Inventory reserves can result from the complexity of our supply chain, a long manufacturing process and the seasonal nature of certain products. Increases in inventory levels may also be needed to service our business as we continue to execute our consolidation and globalization strategy. As a result, we could be subject to high levels of obsolescence and excess stock. Based on discussions with our customers and internally generated projections, we produce, purchase and/or store raw material and finished goods inventory to meet our expected demand for delivery. However, we sell a large number of our products to a small number of customers, and these customers generally are not required by contract to purchase our goods. If, after producing and storing inventory in anticipation of deliveries, demand is lower than expected, we may have to hold inventory for extended periods or sell excess inventory at reduced prices, in some cases below our cost. There are inherent uncertainties related to the recoverability of inventory, and it is possible that market factors and other conditions underlying the valuation of inventory may change in the future and result in further reserve requirements. Excess inventory charges can reduce gross margins or result in operating losses, lowered plant and equipment utilization and lowered fixed operating cost absorption, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

     Conversely, we also are exposed to lost business opportunities if we underestimate market demand and produce too little inventory for any particular period. Because sales of our products are generally not made under contract, if we do not carry enough inventory to satisfy our customers’ demands for our products within an acceptable time frame, they may seek to fulfill their demands from one or several of our competitors and may reduce the amount of business they do with us. Any such action could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

We rely on a relatively small number of customers for a significant portion of our sales, and the loss of or material reduction in sales to any of our top customers would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

     During the year ended January 3, 2009, our top ten customers accounted for 65% of our net sales and our top customers, Wal-Mart and Target, accounted for 27% and 16% of our net sales, respectively. We expect that these customers will continue to represent a significant portion of our net sales in the future. In addition, our top customers are the largest market participants in our primary distribution channels across all of our product lines. Any loss of or material reduction in sales to any of our top ten customers, especially Wal-Mart and Target, would be difficult to recapture, and would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

We generally do not sell our products under contracts, and, as a result, our customers are generally not contractually obligated to purchase our products, which causes some uncertainty as to future sales and inventory levels.

     We generally do not enter into purchase agreements that obligate our customers to purchase our products, and as a result, most of our sales are made on a purchase order basis. For example, we have no agreements with Wal-Mart that obligate Wal-Mart to purchase our products. If any of our customers experiences a significant downturn in its business, or fails to remain committed to our products or brands, the customer is generally under no contractual obligation to purchase our products and, consequently, may reduce or discontinue purchases from us. In the past, such actions have resulted in a decrease in sales and an increase in our inventory and have had an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. If such actions occur again in the future, our business, results of operations and financial condition will likely be similarly affected.

Our existing customers may require products on an exclusive basis, forms of economic support and other changes that could be harmful to our business.

     Customers increasingly may require us to provide them with some of our products on an exclusive basis, which could cause an increase in the number of stock keeping units, or “SKUs,” we must carry and, consequently, increase our inventory levels and working capital requirements. Moreover, our customers may increasingly seek markdown allowances, incentives and other forms of economic support which reduce our gross margins and affect our profitability. Our financial performance is negatively affected by these pricing pressures when we are forced to reduce our prices without being able to correspondingly reduce our production costs.

We operate in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving market, and our market share and results of operations could be adversely affected if we fail to compete effectively in the future.

     The apparel essentials market is highly competitive and evolving rapidly. Competition is generally based upon price, brand name recognition, product quality, selection, service and purchasing convenience. Our businesses face competition today from other large corporations and foreign manufacturers. These competitors include Berskhire Hathaway Inc. through its subsidiary Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Warnaco Group Inc., Maidenform Brands, Inc. and Gildan Activewear, Inc. in our Innerwear business segment and Gildan Activewear, Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. through its subsidiaries Russell Corporation and Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Nike, Inc., adidas AG through its adidas and Reebok brands and Under Armour Inc. in our Outerwear business segment. We also compete with many small manufacturers across all of our business segments, including our International segment. Additionally, department stores, specialty stores and other retailers, including many of our customers, market and sell apparel essentials products under private labels that compete directly with our brands. These customers may buy goods that are manufactured by others, which represents a lost business opportunity for us, or they may sell private label products manufactured by us, which have significantly lower gross margins than our branded products. We also face intense competition from specialty stores that sell private label apparel not manufactured by us, such as Victoria’s Secret, Old Navy and The Gap. Increased competition may result in a loss of or a reduction in shelf space and promotional support and reduced prices, in each case decreasing our cash flows, operating margins and profitability. Our ability to remain competitive in the areas of price, quality, brand recognition, research and product development, manufacturing and distribution will, in large part, determine our future success. If we fail to compete successfully, our market share, results of operations and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.

Sales of and demand for our products may decrease if we fail to keep pace with evolving consumer preferences and trends, which could have an adverse effect on net sales and profitability.

     Our success depends on our ability to anticipate and respond effectively to evolving consumer preferences and trends and to translate these preferences and trends into marketable product offerings. If we are unable to successfully anticipate, identify or react to changing styles or trends or misjudge the market for our products, our sales may be lower than expected and we may be faced with a significant amount of unsold finished goods inventory. In response, we may be forced to increase our marketing promotions, provide markdown allowances to our customers or liquidate excess merchandise, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our net sales and profitability. Our brand image may also suffer if customers believe that we are no longer able to offer innovative products, respond to consumer preferences or maintain the quality of our products.

We are prohibited from selling our Wonderbra and Playtex intimate apparel products in the EU, as well as certain other countries in Europe and South Africa, and therefore are unable to take advantage of business opportunities that may arise in such countries.

     In February 2006, Sara Lee sold its European branded apparel business to Sun Capital. In connection with the sale, Sun Capital received an exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to manufacture, sell and distribute apparel products under the Wonderbra and Playtex trademarks in the member states of the EU, as well as Russia, South Africa, Switzerland and certain other nations in Europe. Due to the exclusive license, we are not permitted to sell Wonderbra and Playtex branded products in these nations and Sun Capital is not permitted to sell Wonderbra and Playtex branded products outside of these nations. Consequently, we will not be able to take advantage of business opportunities that may arise relating to the sale of Wonderbra and Playtex products in these nations. For more information on these sales restrictions see “Business — Intellectual Property.”

Our business could be harmed if we are unable to deliver our products to the market due to problems with our distribution network.

     We distribute our products from facilities that we operate as well as facilities that are operated by third-party logistics providers. These facilities include a combination of owned, leased and contracted distribution centers. We are in the process of consolidating our distribution network to fewer larger facilities, including the recent opening of a 1.3 million square foot facility in Perris, California. This consolidation of our distribution network will involve significant change, including movement of product during the transitional period, implementation of new warehouse management systems and technology, and opening of new distribution centers and new third-party logistics providers to replace parts of our legacy distribution network. Because substantially all of our products are distributed from a relatively small number of locations, our operations could also be interrupted by extraordinary weather conditions or natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods or fires near our distribution centers. We maintain business interruption insurance, but it may not adequately protect us from the adverse effects that could be caused by significant disruptions to our distribution network. In addition, our distribution network is dependent on the timely performance of services by third parties, including the transportation of product to and from our distribution facilities. If we are unable to successfully operate our distribution network, our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Any inadequacy, interruption, integration failure or security failure with respect to our information technology could harm our ability to effectively operate our business.

     Our ability to effectively manage and operate our business depends significantly on our information technology systems. As part of our efforts to consolidate our operations, we also expect to continue to incur costs associated with the integration of our information technology systems across our company over the next several years. This process involves the consolidation or possible replacement of technology platforms so that our business functions are served by fewer platforms, and has resulted in operational inefficiencies and in some cases increased our costs. We are subject to the risk that we will not be able to absorb the level of systems change, commit the necessary resources or focus the management attention necessary for the implementation to succeed. Many key strategic initiatives of major business functions, such as our supply chain and our finance operations, depend on advanced capabilities enabled by the new systems and if we fail to properly execute or if we miss critical deadlines in the implementation of this initiative, we could experience serious disruption and harm to our business. The failure of these systems to operate effectively, problems with transitioning to upgraded or replacement systems, difficulty in integrating new systems or systems of acquired businesses or a breach in security of these systems could adversely impact the operations of our business.

If we experience a data security breach and confidential customer information is disclosed, we may be subject to penalties and experience negative publicity, which could affect our customer relationships and have a material adverse effect on our business.

     In addition, we and our customers could suffer harm if customer information were accessed by third parties due to a security failure in our systems. The collection of data and processing of transactions through our direct-to-consumer internet and catalog operations require us to receive and store a large amount of personally identifiable data. This type of data is subject to legislation and regulation in various jurisdictions. Recently, data security breaches suffered by well-known companies and institutions have attracted a substantial amount of media attention, prompting state and federal legislative proposals addressing data privacy and security. If some of the current

proposals are adopted, we may be subject to more extensive requirements to protect the customer information that we process in connection with the purchases of our products. We may become exposed to potential liabilities with respect to the data that we collect, manage and process, and may incur legal costs if our information security policies and procedures are not effective or if we are required to defend our methods of collection, processing and storage of personal data. Future investigations, lawsuits or adverse publicity relating to our methods of handling personal data could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows due to the costs and negative market reaction relating to such developments.

Compliance with environmental and other regulations could require significant expenditures.

     We are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations that govern our activities, operations and products that may have adverse environmental, health and safety effects, including laws and regulations relating to generating emissions, water discharges, waste, product and packaging content and workplace safety. Noncompliance with these laws and regulations may result in substantial monetary penalties and criminal sanctions. Future events that could give rise to manufacturing interruptions or environmental remediation include changes in existing laws and regulations, the enactment of new laws and regulations, a release of hazardous substances on or from our properties or any associated offsite disposal location, or the discovery of contamination from current or prior activities at any of our properties. While we are not aware of any proposed regulations or remedial obligations that could trigger significant costs or capital expenditures in order to comply, any such regulations or obligations could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

International trade regulations may increase our costs or limit the amount of products that we can import from suppliers in a particular country, which could have an adverse effect on our business.

     Because a significant amount of our manufacturing and production operations are located, or our products are sourced from, outside the United States, we are subject to international trade regulations. The international trade regulations to which we are subject or may become subject include tariffs, safeguards or quotas. These regulations could limit the countries in which we produce or from which we source our products or significantly increase the cost of operating in or obtaining materials originating from certain countries. Restrictions imposed by international trade regulations can have a particular impact on our business when, after we have moved our operations to a particular location, new unfavorable regulations are enacted in that area or favorable regulations currently in effect are changed. The countries in which our products are manufactured or into which they are imported may from time to time impose additional new regulations, or modify existing regulations, including:

	•		additional duties, taxes, tariffs and other charges on imports, including retaliatory duties or other trade sanctions, which may or may not be based on WTO rules, and which would increase the cost of products produced in such countries;
	•		limitations on the quantity of goods which may be imported into the United States from a particular country, including the imposition of further “safeguard” mechanisms by the U.S. government or governments in other jurisdictions, limiting our ability to import goods from particular countries, such as China;
	•		changes in the classification of products that could result in higher duty rates than we have historically paid;
	•		modification of the trading status of certain countries;
	•		requirements as to where products are manufactured;
	•		creation of export licensing requirements, imposition of restrictions on export quantities or specification of minimum export pricing; or
	•		creation of other restrictions on imports.

     Adverse international trade regulations, including those listed above, would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Due to the extensive nature of our foreign operations, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates could negatively impact our results of operations.

     We sell a majority of our products in transactions denominated in U.S. dollars; however, we purchase many of our raw materials, including cotton, our primary raw material, pay a portion of our wages and make other payments in our supply chain in foreign currencies. As a result, when the U.S. dollar weakens against any of these currencies, our cost of sales could increase substantially. Outside the United States, we may pay for materials or finished products in U.S. dollars, and in some cases a strengthening of the U.S. dollar could effectively increase our costs where we use foreign currency to purchase the U.S. dollars we need to make such payments. We use foreign exchange forward and option contracts to hedge material exposure to adverse changes in foreign exchange rates. We are also exposed to gains and losses resulting from the effect that fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates have on the reported results in our Consolidated Financial Statements due to the translation of operating results and financial position of our foreign subsidiaries.

We had approximately 45,200 employees worldwide as of January 3, 2009, and our business operations and financial performance could be adversely affected by changes in our relationship with our employees or changes to U.S. or foreign employment regulations.

     We had approximately 45,200 employees worldwide as of January 3, 2009. This means we have a significant exposure to changes in domestic and foreign laws governing our relationships with our employees, including wage and hour laws and regulations, fair labor standards, minimum wage requirements, overtime pay, unemployment tax rates, workers’ compensation rates, citizenship requirements and payroll taxes, which likely would have a direct impact on our operating costs. Approximately 35,000 of those employees were outside of the United States. A significant increase in minimum wage or overtime rates in countries where we have employees could have a significant impact on our operating costs and may require that we relocate those operations or take other steps to mitigate such increases, all of which may cause us to incur additional costs, expend resources responding to such increases and lower our margins.

     In addition, some of our employees are members of labor organizations or are covered by collective bargaining agreements. If there were a significant increase in the number of our employees who are members of labor organizations or become parties to collective bargaining agreements, we would become vulnerable to a strike, work stoppage or other labor action by these employees that could have an adverse effect on our business.

We may suffer negative publicity if we or our third-party manufacturers violate labor laws or engage in practices that are viewed as unethical or illegal, which could cause a loss of business.

     We cannot fully control the business and labor practices of our third-party manufacturers, the majority of whom are located in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin. If one of our own manufacturing operations or one of our third-party manufacturers violates or is accused of violating local or international labor laws or other applicable regulations, or engages in labor or other practices that would be viewed in any market in which our products are sold as unethical, we could suffer negative publicity, which could tarnish our brands’ image or result in a loss of sales. In addition, if such negative publicity affected one of our customers, it could result in a loss of business for us.

Our business depends on our senior management team and other key personnel.

     Our success depends upon the continued contributions of our senior management team and other key personnel, some of whom have unique talents and experience and would be difficult to replace. The loss or interruption of the services of a member of our senior management team or other key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business during the transitional period that would be required for a successor to assume the responsibilities of the position. Our future success will also depend on our ability to attract and retain key managers, sales people and others. We may not be able to attract or retain these employees, which could adversely affect our business.

The success of our business is tied to the strength and reputation of our brands, including brands that we license to other parties. If other parties take actions that weaken, harm the reputation of or cause confusion with our brands, our business, and consequently our sales, results of operations and cash flows, may be adversely affected.

     We license some of our important trademarks to third parties. For example, we license Champion to third parties for athletic-oriented accessories. Although we make concerted efforts to protect our brands through quality control mechanisms and contractual obligations imposed on our licensees, there is a risk that some licensees may not be in full compliance with those mechanisms and obligations. In that event, or if a licensee engages in behavior with respect to the licensed marks that would cause us reputational harm, we could experience a significant downturn in that brand’s business, adversely affecting our sales and results of operations. Similarly, any misuse of the Wonderbra or Playtex brands by Sun Capital could result in negative publicity and a loss of sales for our products under these brands, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

We design, manufacture, source and sell products under trademarks that are licensed from third parties. If any licensor takes actions related to their trademarks that would cause their brands or our company reputational harm, our business may be adversely affected.

     We design, manufacture, source and sell a number of our products under trademarks that are licensed from third parties such as our Polo Ralph Lauren men’s underwear. Because we do not control the brands licensed to us, our licensors could make changes to their brands or business models that could result in a significant downturn in a brand’s business, adversely affecting our sales and results of operations. If any licensor engages in behavior with respect to the licensed marks that would cause us reputational harm, or if any of the brands licensed to us violates the trademark rights of another or are deemed to be invalid or unenforceable, we could experience a significant downturn in that brand’s business, adversely affecting our sales and results of operations, and we may be required to expend significant amounts on public relations, advertising and, possibly, legal fees.

Businesses that we may acquire may fail to perform to expectations, and we may be unable to successfully integrate acquired businesses with our existing business.

     From time to time, we may evaluate potential acquisition opportunities to support and strengthen our business. We may not be able to realize all or a substantial portion of the anticipated benefits of acquisitions that we may consummate. Newly acquired businesses may not achieve expected results of operations, including expected levels of revenues, and may require unanticipated costs and expenditures. Acquired businesses may also subject us to liabilities that we were unable to discover in the course of our due diligence, and our rights to indemnification from the sellers of such businesses, even if obtained, may not be sufficient to offset the relevant liabilities. In addition, the integration of newly acquired businesses may be expensive and time-consuming and may not be entirely successful. Integration of the acquired businesses may also place additional pressures on our systems of internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to successfully integrate newly acquired businesses or if acquired businesses fail to produce targeted results, it could have an adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

Our historical financial information and operations for periods prior to the spin off are not necessarily indicative of our results as a separate company and therefore may not be reliable as an indicator of our future financial results.

     Our historical financial statements for periods prior to the spin off on September 5, 2006 were created from Sara Lee’s financial statements using our historical results of operations and historical bases of assets and liabilities as part of Sara Lee. Accordingly, historical financial information for periods prior to the spin off is not necessarily indicative of what our financial position, results of operations and cash flows would have been if we had been a separate, stand alone entity during those periods. Our historical financial information for periods prior to the spin off is also not necessarily indicative of what our results of operations, financial position and cash flows will be in the future and, for periods prior to the spin off, does not reflect many significant changes in our capital structure, funding and operations resulting from the spin off. While our results of operations for periods prior to the spin off include all costs of Sara Lee’s branded apparel business, these costs and expenses do not include all of the costs that would have been incurred by us had we been an independent company during those periods. In addition, we have not made adjustments to our historical financial information to reflect changes, many of which are significant, that occurred in our cost structure, financing and operations as a result of the spin off, including the substantial debt we

incurred and pension liabilities we assumed in connection with the spin off. In addition, our effective income tax rate as reflected in our historical financial information for periods prior to the spin off has not been and may not be indicative of our future effective income tax rate.

If the IRS determines that our spin off from Sara Lee does not qualify as a “tax-free” distribution or a “tax-free” reorganization, we may be subject to substantial liability.

     Sara Lee has received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or the “IRS,” to the effect that, among other things, the spin off qualifies as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the “Internal Revenue Code,” and as part of a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the transfer to us of assets and the assumption by us of liabilities in connection with the spin off will not result in the recognition of any gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes to Sara Lee.

     Although the private letter ruling relating to the qualification of the spin off under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code generally is binding on the IRS, the continuing validity of the ruling is subject to the accuracy of factual representations and assumptions made in connection with obtaining such private letter ruling. Also, as part of the IRS’s general policy with respect to rulings on spin off transactions under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code, the private letter ruling obtained by Sara Lee is based upon representations by Sara Lee that certain conditions which are necessary to obtain tax-free treatment under Section 355 and Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code have been satisfied, rather than a determination by the IRS that these conditions have been satisfied. Any inaccuracy in these representations could invalidate the ruling.

     If the spin off does not qualify for tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then, in general, Sara Lee would be subject to tax as if it has sold the common stock of our company in a taxable sale for its fair market value. Sara Lee’s stockholders would be subject to tax as if they had received a taxable distribution equal to the fair market value of our common stock that was distributed to them, taxed as a dividend (without reduction for any portion of a Sara Lee’s stockholder’s basis in its shares of Sara Lee common stock) for U.S. federal income tax purposes and possibly for purposes of state and local tax law, to the extent of a Sara Lee’s stockholder’s pro rata share of Sara Lee’s current and accumulated earnings and profits (including any arising from the taxable gain to Sara Lee with respect to the spin off). It is expected that the amount of any such taxes to Sara Lee’s stockholders and to Sara Lee would be substantial.

     Pursuant to a tax sharing agreement we entered into with Sara Lee in connection with the spin off, we agreed to indemnify Sara Lee and its affiliates for any liability for taxes of Sara Lee resulting from: (1) any action or failure to act by us or any of our affiliates following the completion of the spin off that would be inconsistent with or prohibit the spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction to Sara Lee and to Sara Lee’s stockholders under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (2) any action or failure to act by us or any of our affiliates following the completion of the spin off that would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any material, information, covenant or representation made in connection with the private letter ruling obtained by Sara Lee from the IRS relating to, among other things, the qualification of the spin off as a tax-free transaction described under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our indemnification obligations to Sara Lee and its affiliates are not limited in amount or subject to any cap. We expect that the amount of any such taxes to Sara Lee would be substantial.

Anti-takeover provisions of our charter and bylaws, as well as Maryland law and our stockholder rights agreement, may reduce the likelihood of any potential change of control or unsolicited acquisition proposal that you might consider favorable.

     Our charter permits our board of directors, without stockholder approval, to amend the charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that we have the authority to issue. In addition, our board of directors may classify or reclassify any unissued shares of common stock or preferred stock and may set the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers and other terms of the classified or reclassified shares. Our board of directors could establish a series of preferred stock that could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders. Our board of directors also is permitted, without stockholder approval, to implement a classified board structure at any time.

     Our bylaws, which only can be amended by our board of directors, provide that nominations of persons for election to our board of directors and the proposal of business to be considered at a stockholders meeting may be made only in the notice of the meeting, by our board of directors or by a stockholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting and has complied with the advance notice procedures of our bylaws. Also, under Maryland law, business combinations between us and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder, including mergers, consolidations, share exchanges or, in circumstances specified in the statute, asset transfers or issuances or reclassifications of equity securities, are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. An interested stockholder includes any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of our shares or any affiliate or associate of ours who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of our stock. A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if our board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which he otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, our board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by our board. After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between us and an interested stockholder generally must be recommended by our board of directors and approved by two supermajority votes or our common stockholders must receive a minimum price, as defined under Maryland law, for their shares. The statute permits various exemptions from its provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by our board of directors prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder.

     In addition, we have adopted a stockholder rights agreement which provides that in the event of an acquisition of or tender offer for 15% of our outstanding common stock, our stockholders, other than the acquiror, shall be granted rights to purchase our common stock at a certain price. The stockholder rights agreement could make it more difficult for a third-party to acquire our common stock without the approval of our board of directors.

     These and other provisions of Maryland law or our charter and bylaws could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be considered favorably by our stockholders.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

     Not applicable.

      Richard A. Noll has served as our Chief Executive Officer since April 2006, as a director since our formation in September 2005 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 2009. From December 2002 until the completion of the spin off in September 2006, he also served as a Senior Vice President of Sara Lee. From July 2005 to April 2006, Mr. Noll served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sara Lee Branded Apparel. Mr. Noll served as Chief Executive Officer of the Sara Lee Bakery Group from July 2003 to July 2005 and as the Chief Operating Officer of the Sara Lee Bakery Group from July 2002 to July 2003. From July 2001 to July 2002, Mr. Noll was Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Legwear, Sara Lee Direct and Sara Lee Mexico. Mr. Noll joined Sara Lee in 1992 and held a number of management positions with increasing responsibilities while employed by Sara Lee.

      Gerald W. Evans Jr. has served as our President, Global Supply Chain and Asia Business Development since February 2008. From the completion of the spin off in September 2006 until February 2008, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer. From July 2005 until the completion of the spin off, Mr. Evans served

as a Vice President of Sara Lee and as Chief Supply Chain Officer of Sara Lee Branded Apparel. Mr. Evans served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Sportswear and Underwear from March 2003 until June 2005 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Sportswear from March 1999 to February 2003.

      William J. Nictakis has served as our President, Chief Commercial Officer since November 2007. From June 2003 until November 2007, Mr. Nictakis served as President of the Sara Lee Bakery Group. From May 1999 through June 2003, Mr. Nictakis was Vice President, Sales, of Frito-Lay, Inc., a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. that manufactures, markets, sells and distributes branded snacks.

      Joia M. Johnson has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since January 2007. From May 2000 until January 2007, Ms. Johnson served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of RARE Hospitality International, Inc., an owner, operator and franchisor of national chain restaurants.

      Kevin W. Oliver has served as our Executive Vice President, Human Resources since the completion of the spin off in September 2006. From January 2006 until the completion of the spin off, Mr. Oliver served as a Vice President of Sara Lee and as Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Sara Lee Branded Apparel. From February 2005 to December 2005, Mr. Oliver served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Sara Lee Food and Beverage and from August 2001 to January 2005 as Vice President, Human Resources for the Sara Lee Bakery Group.

      E. Lee Wyatt Jr. has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since the completion of the spin off in September 2006. From September 2005 until the completion of the spin off, Mr. Wyatt served as a Vice President of Sara Lee and as Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee Branded Apparel. Prior to joining Sara Lee, Mr. Wyatt was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Sonic Automotive, Inc. from April 2003 to September 2005, and Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Sealy Corporation from September 1998 to February 2003.

Item 2. Properties

     We own and lease properties supporting our administrative, manufacturing, distribution and direct outlet activities. We own our approximately 470,000 square-foot headquarters located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which houses our various sales, marketing and corporate business functions. Research and development as well as certain product-design functions also are located in Winston-Salem, while other design functions are located in New York City. Our products are manufactured through a combination of facilities we own and operate and facilities owned and operated by third-party contractors who perform some of the steps in the manufacturing process for us, such as cutting and/or sewing. We source the remainder of our finished goods from third-party manufacturers who supply us with finished products based on our designs.

     As of January 3, 2009, we owned and leased properties in 23 countries, including 52 manufacturing facilities and 22 distribution centers, as well as office facilities. The leases for these properties expire between January 4, 2009 and 2019, with the exception of some seasonal warehouses that we lease on a month-by-month basis. For more information about our capital lease obligations, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Future Contractual Obligations and Commitments.”

     As of January 3, 2009, we also operated 213 direct outlet stores in 40 states, most of which are leased under five-year, renewable lease agreements. We believe that our facilities, as well as equipment, are in good condition and meet our current business needs.

     The following table summarizes our properties by country as of January 3, 2009:

     The following table summarizes the properties primarily used by our segments as of January 3, 2009:

PART II

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COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Compliance with Certain New York Stock Exchange Requirements

     As required by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard A. Noll, our Chief Executive Officer must certify to the New York Stock Exchange each year that he is not aware of any violation by Hanesbrands of New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards as of the date of his certification, qualifying the certification to the extent necessary. Mr. Noll’s certification filed with the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2008 did not contain any qualifications. We are filing, as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the certifications required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

     The following table provides information about our equity compensation plans as of January 3, 2009.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

     The following table presents our selected historical financial data. The statement of income data for the years ended January 3, 2009 and December 29, 2007, the six-month period ended December 30, 2006 and the year ended July 1, 2006 and the balance sheet data as of January 3, 2009 and December 29, 2007 have been derived from our audited Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The statement of income data for the years ended July 2, 2005 and July 3, 2004 and the balance sheet data as of December 30, 2006, July 1, 2006, July 2, 2005 and July 3, 2004 has been derived from our consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     In October 2006, our Board of Directors approved a change in our fiscal year end from the Saturday closest to June 30 to the Saturday closest to December 31. As a result of this change, our consolidated financial statements include presentation of the transition period beginning on July 2, 2006 and ending on December 30, 2006.

     Our historical financial data for periods prior to our spin off from Sara Lee on September 5, 2006 is not necessarily indicative of our future performance or what our financial position and results of operations would have been if we had operated as a separate, stand alone entity during all of the periods shown. The data should be read in conjunction with our historical financial statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, or MD&A, contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Please see “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our historical financial statements and related notes thereto and the other disclosures contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. On October 26, 2006, our Board of Directors approved a change in our fiscal year end from the Saturday closest to June 30 to the Saturday closest to December 31. We refer to the resulting transition period from July 2, 2006 to December 30, 2006 in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as the six months ended December 30, 2006. The results of operations for the periods reflected herein are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for future periods, and our actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to those listed under “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     MD&A is a supplement to our Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and is provided to enhance your understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. Our MD&A is organized as follows:

	•		Overview. This section provides a general description of our company and operating segments, business and industry trends, our key business strategies, our consolidation and globalization strategy, and background information on other matters discussed in this MD&A.
	•		Components of Net Sales and Expense. This section provides an overview of the components of our net sales and expense that are key to an understanding of our results of operations.
	•		Highlights from the Year Ended January 3, 2009. This section discusses some of the highlights of our performance and activities during 2008.
	•		Consolidated Results of Operations and Operating Results by Business Segment. These sections provide our analysis and outlook for the significant line items on our statements of income, as well as other information that we deem meaningful to an understanding of our results of operations on both a consolidated basis and a business segment basis.
	•		Liquidity and Capital Resources. This section provides an analysis of trends and uncertainties affecting liquidity, cash requirements for our business, sources and uses of our cash and our financing arrangements.
	•		Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. This section discusses the accounting policies that we consider important to the evaluation and reporting of our financial condition and results of operations, and whose application requires significant judgments or a complex estimation process.
	•		Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements. This section provides a summary of the most recent authoritative accounting pronouncements and guidance that we will be required to adopt in a future period.

Overview

Our Company

     We are a consumer goods company with a portfolio of leading apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, C9 by Champion, Playtex, Bali, L’eggs, Just My Size, barely there , Wonderbra, Stedman, Outer Banks, Zorba, Rinbros and Duofold. We design, manufacture, source and sell a broad range of apparel essentials such as t-shirts, bras, panties, men’s underwear, kids’ underwear, casualwear, activewear, socks and hosiery.

     According to NPD, our brands hold either the number one or number two U.S. market position by sales value in most product categories in which we compete, for the 12 month period ended November 30, 2008. In 2008, Hanes was number one for the fifth consecutive year on the Women’s Wear Daily “Top 100 Brands Survey” for apparel and accessory brands that women know best and was number one for the fifth consecutive year as the most preferred men’s, women’s and children’s apparel brand of consumers in Retailing Today magazine’s “Top Brands Study.” Additionally, the company had five of the top ten intimate apparel brands preferred by consumers in the Retailing Today study — Hanes, Playtex, Bali, Just My Size and L’eggs .

     Our distribution channels include direct to consumer sales at our outlet stores, national chains and department stores and warehouse clubs, mass-merchandise outlets and international sales. For the year ended January 3, 2009, approximately 44% of our net sales were to mass merchants, 18% were to national chains and department stores, 9% were direct to consumers, 11% were in our International segment and 18% were to other retail channels such as embellishers, specialty retailers, warehouse clubs and sporting goods stores.

Our Segments

     Our operations are managed in five operating segments, each of which is a reportable segment for financial reporting purposes: Innerwear, Outerwear, International, Hosiery and Other. These segments are organized principally by product category and geographic location. Management of each segment is responsible for the operations of these businesses but share a common supply chain and media and marketing platforms.

	•		Innerwear. The Innerwear segment focuses on core apparel essentials, and consists of products such as women’s intimate apparel, men’s underwear, kids’ underwear, socks, thermals and sleepwear, marketed under well-known brands that are trusted by consumers. We are an intimate apparel category leader in the United States with our Hanes , Playtex , Bali , barely there , Just My Size , Wonderbra and Duofold brands. We are also a leading manufacturer and marketer of men’s underwear and kids’ underwear under the Hanes , Champion, C9 by Champion and Polo Ralph Lauren brand names. Our direct-to-consumer retail operations are included within the Innerwear segment. The retail operations include our value-based (“outlet”) stores, internet operations and catalogs which sell products from our portfolio of leading brands. As of January 3, 2009 and December 29, 2007, we had 213 and 216 outlet stores, respectively. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our Innerwear segment were $2.4 billion, representing approximately 56% of total segment net sales.
	•		Outerwear. We are a leader in the casualwear and activewear markets through our Hanes , Champion and Just My Size brands, where we offer products such as t-shirts and fleece. Our casualwear lines offer a range of quality, comfortable clothing for men, women and children marketed under the Hanes and Just My Size brands. The Just My Size brand offers casual apparel designed exclusively to meet the needs of plus-size women. In addition to activewear for men and women, Champion provides uniforms for athletic programs and includes an apparel program, C9 by Champion , at Target stores. We also license our Champion name for collegiate apparel and footwear. We also supply our t-shirts, sportshirts and fleece products primarily to wholesalers, who then resell to screen printers and embellishers, through brands such as Hanes , Champion , Outer Banks and Hanes Beefy-T . Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our Outerwear segment were $1.2 billion, representing approximately 28% of total segment net sales.
	•		International. International includes products that span across the Innerwear, Outerwear and Hosiery reportable segments and are primarily marketed under the Hanes, Wonderbra, Champion, Stedman, Playtex, Zorba, Rinbros, Kendall, Sol y Oro, Ritmo and Bali brands. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our International segment were $460 million, representing approximately 11% of total segment net sales and included sales in Latin America, Asia, Canada and Europe. Canada, Europe, Japan and Mexico are our largest international markets, and we also have sales offices in India and China.
	•		Hosiery. We are the leading marketer of women’s sheer hosiery in the United States. We compete in the hosiery market by striving to offer superior values and executing integrated marketing activities, as well as focusing on the style of our hosiery products. We market hosiery products under our L’eggs , Hanes and Just My Size brands. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 from our Hosiery segment were $228 million, representing approximately 5% of total segment net sales. We expect the trend of declining hosiery sales to continue consistent with the overall decline in the industry and with shifts in consumer preferences.
	•		Other. Our Other segment consists of sales of nonfinished products such as yarn and certain other materials in the United States and Latin America that maintain asset utilization at certain manufacturing facilities and are expected to generate break even margins. Net sales for the year ended January 3, 2009 in our Other segment were $22 million, representing less than 1% of total segment net sales. Net sales from our Other segment are expected to continue to decline and to ultimately become insignificant to us as we complete the implementation of our consolidation and globalization efforts.

Business and Industry Trends

     We are operating in an uncertain and volatile economic environment, which could have unanticipated adverse effects on our business. The current retail environment has been impacted by recent volatility in the financial markets, including declines in stock prices, and by uncertain economic conditions. Increases in food and fuel prices, changes in the credit and housing markets leading to the current financial and credit crisis, actual and potential job losses among many sectors of the economy, significant declines in the stock market resulting in large losses to consumer retirement and investment accounts, and uncertainty regarding future federal tax and economic policies have all added to declines in consumer confidence and curtailed retail spending.

     We expect the weak retail environment to continue and do not expect macroeconomic conditions to be conducive to growth in 2009. Achieving financial results that compare favorably with year-ago results will be challenging in the first half of 2009. In the first quarter of 2009, we expect a sales decline that is more or less consistent with the fourth quarter 2008 trend and reflects expected lower casualwear sales in the Outerwear segment primarily in the first half of 2009. We also expect substantial pressure on profitability due to the economic climate, significantly higher commodity costs, increased pension costs and increased costs associated with implementing our price increase that is not effective for the entire first quarter of 2009, including repackaging costs.

     The apparel essentials market is highly competitive and evolving rapidly. Competition is generally based upon price, brand name recognition, product quality, selection, service and purchasing convenience. The majority of our core styles continue from year to year, with variations only in color, fabric or design details. Some products, however, such as intimate apparel, activewear and sheer hosiery, do have an emphasis on style and innovation. Our businesses face competition today from other large corporations and foreign manufacturers, as well as smaller companies, department stores, specialty stores and other retailers that market and sell apparel essentials products under private labels that compete directly with our brands.

      Our top ten customers accounted for 65% of our net sales and our top customer, Wal-Mart, accounted for over $1.1 billion of our sales for the year ended January 3, 2009. Our largest customers in the year ended January 3, 2009 were Wal-Mart, Target and Kohl’s, which accounted for 27%, 16% and 6% of total sales, respectively. The growth in retailers can create pricing pressures as our customers grow larger and seek to have greater concessions in their purchase of our products, while they can be increasingly demanding that we provide them with some of our products on an exclusive basis. To counteract these effects, it has become increasingly important to leverage our national brands through investment in our largest and strongest brands as our customers strive to maximize their performance especially in today’s challenging economic environment. In addition, during the past several years, various retailers, including some of our largest customers, have experienced significant difficulties, including restructurings, bankruptcies and liquidations, and the ability of retailers to overcome these difficulties may increase due to the recent deterioration of worldwide economic conditions.

     Anticipating changes in and managing our operations in response to consumer preferences remains an important element of our business. In recent years, we have experienced changes in our net sales, revenues and cash flows in accordance with changes in consumer preferences and trends. For example, we expect the trend of declining hosiery sales to continue consistent with the overall decline in the industry and with shifts in consumer preferences. The Hosiery segment only comprised 5% of our net sales in the year ended January 3, 2009 however, and as a result, the decline in the Hosiery segment has not had a significant impact on our net sales, revenues or cash flows. Generally, we manage the Hosiery segment for cash, placing an emphasis on reducing our cost structure and managing cash efficiently.

Our Key Business Strategies

     Sell more, spend less and generate cash are our broad strategies to build our brands, reduce our costs and generate cash.

Sell More

     Through our “sell more” strategy, we seek to drive profitable growth by consistently offering consumers brands they love and trust and products with unsurpassed value. Key initiatives we are employing to implement this strategy include:

	•		Build big, strong brands in big core categories with innovative key items. Our ability to react to changing customer needs and industry trends is key to our success. Our design, research and product development teams, in partnership with our marketing teams, drive our efforts to bring innovations to market. We seek to leverage our insights into consumer demand in the apparel essentials industry to develop new products within our existing lines and to modify our existing core products in ways that make them more appealing, addressing changing customer needs and industry trends. We also support our key brands with targeted, effective advertising and marketing campaigns.
	•		Foster strategic partnerships with key retailers via “team selling.” We foster relationships with key retailers by applying our extensive category and product knowledge, leveraging our use of multi-functional customer management teams and developing new customer-specific programs such as C9 by Champion for Target. Our goal is to strengthen and deepen our existing strategic relationships with retailers and develop new strategic relationships.
	•		Use Kanban concepts to have the right products available in the right quantities at the right time. Through Kanban, a multi-initiative effort that determines production quantities, and in doing so, facilitates just-in-time production and ordering systems, we seek to ensure that products are available to meet customer demands while effectively managing inventory levels.

Spend Less

     Through our “spend less” strategy, we seek to become an integrated organization that leverages its size and global reach to reduce costs, improve flexibility and provide a high level of service. Key initiatives we are employing to implement this strategy include:

	•		Globalizing our supply chain by balancing across hemispheres into “economic” clusters with fewer, larger facilities. As a provider of high-volume products, we are continually seeking to improve our cost-competitiveness and operating flexibility through supply chain initiatives. Through our consolidation and globalization strategy, which is discussed in more detail below, we will continue to transition additional parts of our supply chain to lower-cost locations in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin in an effort to optimize our cost structure. As part of this process, we are using Kanban concepts to optimize the way we manage demand, to increase manufacturing flexibility to better respond to demand variability and to simplify our finished goods and the raw materials we use to produce them. We expect that these changes in our supply chain will result in significant cost efficiencies and increased asset utilization.
	•		Leverage our global purchasing and manufacturing scale. Historically, we have had a decentralized operating structure with many distinct operating units. We are in the process of consolidating purchasing, manufacturing and sourcing across all of our product categories in the United States. We believe that these initiatives will streamline our operations, improve our inventory management, reduce costs and standardize processes.

Generate Cash

     Through our “generate cash” strategy, we seek to effectively generate and invest cash at or above our weighted average cost of capital to provide superior returns for both our equity and debt investors. Key initiatives we are employing to implement this strategy include:

	•		Optimizing our capital structure to take advantage of our business model’s strong and consistent cash flows. Maintaining appropriate debt leverage and utilizing excess cash to, for example, pay down debt, invest in our own stock and selectively pursue strategic acquisitions are keys to building a stronger business and generating additional value for investors.
	•		Continuing to improve turns for accounts receivables, inventory, accounts payable and fixed assets. Our ability to generate cash is enhanced through more efficient management of accounts receivables, inventory, accounts payable and fixed assets.

Consolidation and Globalization Strategy

     We expect to continue our restructuring efforts as we continue to execute our consolidation and globalization strategy. We have closed plant locations, reduced our workforce, and relocated some of our manufacturing capacity to lower cost locations in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin. For example, during the year ended January 3, 2009, in furtherance of our consolidation and globalization strategy, we approved actions to close 11 manufacturing facilities and three distribution centers and eliminate approximately 6,800 positions in Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. In addition, approximately 200 management and administrative positions were eliminated, with the majority of these positions based in the United States. We also have recognized accelerated depreciation with respect to owned or leased assets associated with manufacturing facilities and distribution centers which closed during 2008 or we anticipate closing in the next several years as part of our consolidation and globalization strategy. While we believe that this strategy has had and will continue to have a beneficial impact on our operational efficiency and cost structure, we have incurred significant costs to implement these initiatives. In particular, we have recorded charges for severance and other employment-related obligations relating to workforce reductions, as well as payments in connection with lease and other contract terminations. In addition, we incurred charges for one-time write-offs of stranded raw materials and work in process inventory determined not to be salvageable or cost-effective to relocate related to the closure of manufacturing facilities. These amounts are included in the “Cost of sales,” “Restructuring” and “Selling, general and administrative expenses” lines of our statements of income.

     Our significant supply chain capital spending and acquisition actions during 2008 include:

	•		During the second quarter of 2008, we added three company-owned sewing plants in Southeast Asia — two in Vietnam and one in Thailand — giving us four sewing plants in Asia.
	•		In October 2008, we acquired a 370-employee embroidery facility in Honduras. For the past eight years, these operations have produced embroidered and screen-printed apparel for us. This acquisition better positions us for long-term growth in these segments.
	•		During the fourth quarter of 2008, we commenced production at our 500,000 square foot socks manufacturing facility in El Salvador. This facility, co-located with textile manufacturing operations that we acquired in 2007, provides a manufacturing base in Central America from which to leverage our production scale at a lower cost location.
	•		We continued construction of a textile production plant in Nanjing, China, which will be our first company-owned textile production facility in Asia. We expect production to commence in the fourth quarter of 2009. The Nanjing textile facility will enable us to expand and leverage our production scale in Asia as we balance our supply chain across hemispheres.

     We have made significant progress in our multiyear goal of generating gross savings that could approach or exceed $200 million. As a result of the restructuring actions taken since our spin off from Sara Lee on September 5, 2006, our cost structure was reduced and efficiencies improved, generating savings of $62 million during the year ended January 3, 2009. In addition to the saving generated from restructuring actions, we benefited from $14 million in savings related to other cost reduction initiatives during the year ended January 3, 2009. Of the seven manufacturing facilities and distribution centers approved for closure in 2006, two were closed in 2006 and five were closed in 2007. Of the 19 manufacturing facilities and distribution centers approved for closure in 2007, 10 were closed in 2007 and nine were closed in 2008. Of the 14 manufacturing facilities and distribution centers approved for closure in 2008, nine were closed in 2008 and five are expected to close in 2009. For more information about our restructuring actions, see Note 5, titled “Restructuring” to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     The continued implementation of our globalization and consolidation strategy, which is designed to improve operating efficiencies and lower costs, has resulted and is likely to continue to result in significant costs in the short-term and generate savings as well as higher inventory levels for the next 12 to 15 months. As further plans are developed and approved, we expect to recognize additional restructuring costs as we eliminate duplicative functions within the organization and transition a significant portion of our manufacturing capacity to lower-cost locations. As a result of this strategy, we expect to incur approximately $250 million in restructuring and related charges over the three year period following the spin off from Sara Lee on September 5, 2006, of which approximately half is

expected to be noncash. As of January 3, 2009, we have recognized approximately $209 million and announced approximately $219 million in restructuring and related charges related to these efforts since September 5, 2006. Of these charges, approximately $84 million relates to accelerated depreciation of buildings and equipment for facilities that have been or will be closed, approximately $79 million relates to employee termination and other benefits, approximately $19 million relates to write-offs of stranded raw materials and work in process inventory determined not to be salvageable or cost-effective to relocate, approximately $17 million relates to lease termination and other costs and approximately $10 million related to impairments of fixed assets.

Seasonality and Other Factors

     Our operating results are subject to some variability. Generally, our diverse range of product offerings helps mitigate the impact of seasonal changes in demand for certain items. Sales are typically higher in the last two quarters (July to December) of each fiscal year. Socks, hosiery and fleece products generally have higher sales during this period as a result of cooler weather, back-to-school shopping and holidays. Sales levels in any period are also impacted by customers’ decisions to increase or decrease their inventory levels in response to anticipated consumer demand. Our customers may cancel orders, change delivery schedules or change the mix of products ordered with minimal notice to us. For example, we experienced a shift in timing by our largest retail customers of back-to-school programs from June to July in 2008. Our results of operations are also impacted by fluctuations and volatility in the price of cotton and oil-related materials and the timing of actual spending for our media, advertising and promotion expenses. Media, advertising and promotion expenses may vary from period to period during a fiscal year depending on the timing of our advertising campaigns for retail selling seasons and product introductions.

     Although the majority of our products are replenishment in nature and tend to be purchased by consumers on a planned, rather than on an impulse, basis, our sales are impacted by discretionary spending by our customers. Discretionary spending is affected by many factors, including, among others, general business conditions, interest rates, inflation, consumer debt levels, the availability of consumer credit, currency exchange rates, taxation, electricity power rates, gasoline prices, unemployment trends and other matters that influence consumer confidence and spending. Many of these factors are outside of our control. Our customers’ purchases of discretionary items, including our products, could decline during periods when disposable income is lower, when prices increase in response to rising costs, or in periods of actual or perceived unfavorable economic conditions. These consumers may choose to purchase fewer of our products or lower-priced products of our competitors in response to higher prices for our products, or may choose not to purchase our products at prices that reflect our domestic price increases that become effective from time to time.

Inflation and Changing Prices

     Inflation can have a long-term impact on us because increasing costs of materials and labor may impact our ability to maintain satisfactory margins. For example, a significant portion of our products are manufactured in other countries and a further decline in the value of the U.S. dollar may result in higher manufacturing costs. Similarly, the cost of the materials that are used in our manufacturing process, such as oil related commodity prices, rose during the summer of 2008 as a result of inflation and other factors. In addition, inflation often is accompanied by higher interest rates, which could have a negative impact on spending, in which case our margins could decrease. Moreover, increases in inflation may not be matched by rises in income, which also could have a negative impact on spending. If we incur increased costs that are unable to be recouped, or if consumer spending continues to decrease generally, our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows may be adversely affected. In an effort to mitigate the impact of these incremental costs on our operating results, we informed our retail customers during 2008 that we would be raising domestic prices effective during the first quarter of 2009. We are implementing an average gross price increase of four percent in our domestic product categories. The range of price increases varies by individual product category.

     Our costs for cotton yarn and cotton-based textiles vary based upon the fluctuating cost of cotton, which is affected by weather, consumer demand, speculation on the commodities market, the relative valuations and fluctuations of the currencies of producer versus consumer countries and other factors that are generally unpredictable and beyond our control. While we do enter into short-term supply agreements and hedges from time to time in an attempt to protect our business from the volatility of the market price of cotton, our business can be affected by dramatic movements in cotton prices, although cotton represents only 8% of our cost of sales. Cotton prices were 65 cents per pound for the year ended January 3, 2009 and 56 cents per pound for the year ended December 29, 2007. The price of cotton currently in our inventory is in the mid 60 cents per pound range which is

the price that will impact our operating results in the first half of 2009. The prices for the most recent cotton crop, which will impact our operating results in the second half of 2009, have decreased to the low 50 cents per pound range. In addition, during the summer of 2008 we experienced a spike in oil related commodity prices and other raw materials used in our products, such as dyes and chemicals, and increases in other costs, such as fuel, energy and utility costs. Further discussion of the market sensitivity of cotton is included in “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.”

Components of Net Sales and Expense

Net sales

     We generate net sales by selling apparel essentials such as t-shirts, bras, panties, men’s underwear, kids’ underwear, socks, hosiery, casualwear and activewear. Our net sales are recognized net of discounts, coupons, rebates, volume-based incentives and cooperative advertising costs. We recognize revenue when (i) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, (ii) the sales price is fixed or determinable, (iii) title and the risks of ownership have been transferred to the customer and (iv) collection of the receivable is reasonably assured, which occurs primarily upon shipment. Net sales include an estimate for returns and allowances based upon historical return experience. We also offer a variety of sales incentives to resellers and consumers that are recorded as reductions to net sales.

Cost of sales

     Our cost of sales includes the cost of manufacturing finished goods, which consists of labor, raw materials such as cotton and petroleum-based products and overhead costs such as depreciation on owned facilities and equipment. Our cost of sales also includes finished goods sourced from third-party manufacturers that supply us with products based on our designs as well as charges for slow moving or obsolete inventories. Rebates, discounts and other cash consideration received from a vendor related to inventory purchases are reflected in cost of sales when the related inventory item is sold. Our costs of sales do not include shipping costs, comprised of payments to third party shippers, or handling costs, comprised of warehousing costs in our distribution facilities, and thus our gross margins may not be comparable to those of other entities that include such costs in cost of sales.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     Our selling, general and administrative expenses include selling, advertising, costs of shipping, handling and distribution to our customers, research and development, rent on leased facilities, depreciation on owned facilities and equipment and other general and administrative expenses. Also included for periods presented prior to the spin off on September 5, 2006 are allocations of corporate expenses that consist of expenses for business insurance, medical insurance, employee benefit plan amounts and, because we were part of Sara Lee those periods, allocations from Sara Lee for certain centralized administration costs for treasury, real estate, accounting, auditing, tax, risk management, human resources and benefits administration. These allocations of centralized administration costs were determined on bases that we and Sara Lee considered to be reasonable and take into consideration and include relevant operating profit, fixed assets, sales and payroll. Selling, general and administrative expenses also include management payroll, benefits, travel, information systems, accounting, insurance and legal expenses.

Restructuring

     We have from time to time closed facilities and reduced headcount, including in connection with previously announced restructuring and business transformation plans. We refer to these activities as restructuring actions. When we decide to close facilities or reduce headcount, we take estimated charges for such restructuring, including charges for exited non-cancelable leases and other contractual obligations, as well as severance and benefits. If the actual charge is different from the original estimate, an adjustment is recognized in the period such change in estimate is identified.

Other (income) expenses

     Our other (income) expenses include charges such as losses on early extinguishment of debt and certain other non-operating items.

Interest expense, net

     As part of the spin off from Sara Lee on September 5, 2006, we incurred $2.6 billion of debt. Since the spin off, we have made changes in our financing structuring and have made net principal payments of $423 million of debt. In December 2006, we issued $500 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes and the proceeds were used to repay a portion of the debt incurred at the spin off. In November 2007, we entered into the Receivables Facility which provides for up to $250 million in funding accounted for as a secured borrowing, all of which we borrowed and used to repay a portion of the Senior Secured Credit Facility. In addition, we have amended the terms of our Senior Secured Credit Facility and Second Lien Credit Facility to provide more flexibility to change our financial structure in the future.

     Our interest expense is net of interest income. Interest income is the return we earned on our cash and cash equivalents and, historically, on money we loaned to Sara Lee as part of its corporate cash management practices. Our cash and cash equivalents are invested in highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Income tax expense (benefit)

     Our effective income tax rate fluctuates from period to period and can be materially impacted by, among other things:

	•		changes in the mix of our earnings from the various jurisdictions in which we operate;
	•		the tax characteristics of our earnings;
	•		the timing and amount of earnings of foreign subsidiaries that we repatriate to the United States, which may increase our tax expense and taxes paid; and
	•		the timing and results of any reviews of our income tax filing positions in the jurisdictions in which we transact business.

Highlights from the Year Ended January 3, 2009

	•		Diluted earnings per share were $1.34 in the year ended January 3, 2009, compared with $1.30 in the year ended December 29, 2007.
	•		Operating profit was $317 million in the year ended January 3, 2009, compared with $389 million in the year ended December 29, 2007.
	•		Total net sales in the year ended January 3, 2009 was $4.25 billion, compared with $4.47 billion to the year ended December 29, 2007.
	•		During the year ended January 3, 2009, we approved actions to close 11 manufacturing facilities and three distribution centers in Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. The production capacity represented by the manufacturing facilities has been relocated to lower cost locations in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin. The distribution capacity has been relocated to our West Coast distribution facility in California in order to expand capacity for goods we source from Asia. In addition, we completed several such actions in the year ended January 3, 2009 that were approved in 2008.
	•		Gross capital expenditures were $187 million during the year ended January 3, 2009 as we continued to build out our textile and sewing network in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin.
	•		During the second quarter of 2008, we added three company-owned sewing plants in Southeast Asia — two in Vietnam and one in Thailand — giving us four sewing plants in Asia. In addition, during the fourth quarter of 2008, we acquired an embroidery facility in Honduras.

	•		We repurchased $30 million of company stock during the year ended January 3, 2009.
	•		We ended 2008 with $463 million of borrowing availability under our $500 million revolving loan facility (the “Revolving Loan Facility”), $67 million in cash and cash equivalents and $67 million of borrowing availability under our international loan facilities, compared to $430 million, $174 million and $89 million, respectively, at the end of 2007.

Consolidated Results of Operations — Year Ended January 3, 2009 (“2008”) Compared with Year Ended December 29, 2007 (“2007”)

     Consolidated net sales were lower by $226 million or 5% in 2008 compared to 2007 primarily due to weak sales at retail, which reflect a difficult economic and retail environment in which the ultimate consumers of our products have been significantly limiting their discretionary spending and visiting retail stores less frequently. The economic recession continued to impact consumer spending, resulting in one of the worst holiday shopping seasons in 40 years as retail sales fell for the sixth straight month in December. Our Innerwear, Outerwear, Hosiery and Other segment net sales were lower by $154 million (6%), $41 million (3%), $38 million (14%) and $35 million (62%), respectively, and were partially offset by higher net sales in our International segment of $38 million (9%). Although the majority of our products are replenishment in nature and tend to be purchased by consumers on a planned, rather than on an impulse, basis, weakness in the retail environment can impact our results in the short-term, as it did in 2008. The total impact of the 53 ^rd week in 2008, which is included in the amounts above, was a $54 million increase in sales.

     The lower net sales in our Innerwear segment were primarily due to a decline in the intimate apparel, socks, thermals and sleepwear product categories. Total intimate apparel net sales were $102 million lower in 2008 compared to 2007. We experienced lower intimate apparel sales in our smaller brands ( barely there , Just My Size and Wonderbra ) of $49 million, our Hanes brand of $42 million and our private label brands of $10 million which we believe was primarily attributable to weaker sales at retail as noted above. In 2008 compared to 2007, our Playtex brand intimate apparel net sales were higher by $10 million and our Bali brand intimate apparel net sales were lower by $11 million. Net sales in our male underwear product category were $8 million lower, which includes

the impact of exiting a license arrangement for a boys’ character underwear program in early 2008 that lowered sales by $15 million. In addition, net sales of socks, thermals and sleepwear product categories were lower in 2008 compared to 2007 by $32 million, $10 million and $4 million, respectively.

     In our Outerwear segment, net sales of our Champion brand activewear were $34 million higher in 2008 compared to 2007, and were offset by lower net sales of our casualwear product categories of $79 million. Net sales in our Hosiery segment declined substantially more than the long-term trend primarily due to lower sales of the Hanes brand to national chains and department stores and our L’eggs brand to mass retailers and food and drug stores in 2008 compared to 2007. We expect the trend of declining hosiery sales to continue consistent with the overall decline in the industry and with shifts in consumer preferences.

     The overall lower net sales were partially offset by higher net sales in our International segment that were driven by a favorable impact of $22 million related to foreign currency exchange rates and by the growth in our casualwear businesses in Europe and Asia. The favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates was primarily due to the strengthening of the Japanese yen, Euro and Brazilian real.

     The decline in net sales for our Other segment is primarily due to the continued vertical integration of a yarn and fabric operation acquisition from 2006 with less focus on sales of nonfinished fabric and yarn to third parties. We expect this decline to continue and sales for this segment to ultimately become insignificant to us as we complete the implementation of our consolidation and globalization efforts.

     As a percent of net sales, our gross profit percentage was 32.4% in 2008 compared to 32.2% in 2007. While the gross profit percentage was higher, gross profit dollars were lower due to lower sales volume of $85 million, unfavorable product sales mix of $35 million, higher cotton costs of $30 million, higher production costs of $20 million related to higher energy and oil related costs including freight costs and other vendor price increases of $12 million. The cotton prices reflected in our results were 65 cents per pound in 2008 as compared to 56 cents per pound in 2007. Energy and oil related costs were higher due to a spike in oil related commodity prices during the summer of 2008. Our results will continue to reflect higher costs for cotton and oil related materials until these costs cease to be reflected on our balance sheet in the first half of 2009 and we will start to benefit in the second half of 2009 from lower commodity costs. In addition, in connection with the consolidation and globalization of our supply chain, we incurred one-time restructuring related write-offs of stranded raw materials and work in process inventory determined not to be salvageable or cost-effective to relocate of $19 million in 2008, which were offset by lower accelerated depreciation of $13 million.

     These higher expenses were primarily offset by savings from our cost reduction initiatives and prior restructuring actions of $41 million, lower other manufacturing overhead costs of $24 million primarily related to better volumes earlier in the year, lower on-going excess and obsolete inventory costs of $14 million, lower sales incentives of $11 million, $10 million of lower duty costs primarily related to higher refunds of $9 million, a $9 million favorable impact related to foreign currency exchange rates, $8 million of favorable one-time out of period cost recognition related to the capitalization of certain inventory supplies to be on a consistent basis across all business lines, $4 million of lower start-up and shut down costs associated with our consolidation and globalization of our supply chain and higher product sales pricing of $3 million. Our duty refunds were higher in 2008 primarily due to the final passage of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement in Costa Rica as a result of which we can, on a one-time basis, recover duties paid since January 1, 2004 totaling approximately $15 million. The lower excess and obsolete inventory costs in 2008 are attributable to both our continuous evaluation of inventory levels and simplification of our product category offerings since the spin off. We realized the benefits of driving down obsolete inventory levels through aggressive management and promotions and realized the benefits from decreases in style counts ranging from 7% to 30% in our various product category offerings. The quality of our inventory remained good with obsolete inventory down 23% from last year. The favorable foreign currency exchange rate impact in our International segment was primarily due to the strengthening of the Japanese yen, Euro and Brazilian real.

     Our selling, general and administrative expenses were $31 million lower in 2008 compared to 2007. Our cost reduction efforts resulted in lower expenses in 2008 compared to 2007 related to savings of $21 million from our prior restructuring actions for compensation and related benefits, lower consulting expenses related to various areas of $5 million, lower non-media related media, advertising and promotion expenses (“MAP”) expenses of $3 million, lower accelerated depreciation of $3 million, lower postretirement healthcare and life insurance expense of $2 million and lower stock compensation expense of $2 million.

     Our media related MAP expenses were $11 million lower in 2008 as compared to 2007. While our spending for media related MAP was down in 2008, it was the second highest spending level in our history. We supported our key brands with targeted, effective advertising and marketing campaigns such as the launch of Hanes No Ride Up Panties and marketing initiatives for Champion and Playtex in the first half of 2008 and significantly lowered our overall spending during the second half of 2008. In contrast, in 2007, our media related MAP spending was spread across multiple product categories and brands. MAP expenses may vary from period to period during a fiscal year depending on the timing of our advertising campaigns for retail selling seasons and product introductions.

     In addition, spin off and related charges of $3 million recognized in 2007 did not recur in 2008. Our pension income of $12 million was higher by $9 million, which included an adjustment that reduced pension expense in 2007 related to the final separation of our pension assets and liabilities from those of Sara Lee.

     We experienced higher bad debt expense of $7 million primarily related to the Mervyn’s bankruptcy, higher computer software amortization costs of $5 million, higher technology consulting and related expenses of $4 million and higher distribution expenses of $4 million in 2008 compared to 2007. The higher technology consulting and computer software amortization costs are related to our efforts to integrate our information technology systems across our company which involves reducing the number of information technology platforms serving our business functions. The higher distribution expenses in 2008 compared to 2007 were primarily related to higher volumes in our international business, higher postage and freight costs and higher rework expenses in our distribution centers. We also incurred higher expenses of $3 million in 2008 compared to 2007 as a result of opening 10 retail stores over the last 12 months. In addition, we incurred $7 million in amortization of gain on curtailment of postretirement benefits in 2007 which did not recur in 2008.

Gain on Curtailment of Postretirement Benefits

     In December 2006, we notified retirees and employees of the phase out of premium subsidies for early retiree medical coverage and move to an access-only plan for early retirees by the end of 2007. In December 2007, in connection with the termination of the postretirement medical plan, we recognized a final gain on curtailment of plan benefits of $32 million. Concurrently with the termination of the existing plan, we established a new access only plan that is fully paid by the participants.

     During 2008, we approved actions to close 11 manufacturing facilities and three distribution centers and eliminate approximately 6,800 positions in Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. The production capacity represented by the manufacturing facilities has been relocated to lower cost locations in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean Basin. The distribution capacity has been relocated to our West Coast distribution facility in California in order to expand capacity for goods we source from Asia. In addition, approximately 200 management and administrative positions were eliminated, with the majority of these positions based in the United States. We recorded a charge of $34 million related to employee termination and other benefits recognized in accordance with benefit plans previously communicated to the affected employee group, fixed asset impairment charges of $9 million and charges related to exiting supply contracts of $11 million, which was partially offset by $4 million of favorable settlements of contract obligations for lower amounts than previously estimated.

     In 2008, we recorded $19 million in one-time write-offs of stranded raw materials and work in process inventory determined not to be salvageable or cost-effective to relocate related to the closure of manufacturing facilities in the “Cost of sales” line. In addition, in connection with our consolidation and globalization strategy, in 2008 and 2007, we recognized non-cash charges of $24 million and $37 million, respectively, in the “Cost of sales” line and a non-cash charge of $3 million in the “Selling, general and administrative expenses” line in 2007 related to accelerated depreciation of buildings and equipment for facilities that have been closed or will be closed.

     These actions, which are a continuation of our consolidation and globalization strategy, are expected to result in benefits of moving production to lower-cost manufacturing facilities, leveraging our large scale in high-volume products and consolidating production capacity.

     During 2007, we incurred $44 million in restructuring charges which primarily related to a charge of $32 million related to employee termination and other benefits associated with plant closures approved during that period and the elimination of certain management and administrative positions, a $10 million charge for estimated lease termination costs associated with facility closures and a $2 million impairment charge associated with facility closures.

     Operating profit was lower in 2008 compared to 2007 as a result of lower gross profit of $64 million, a $32 million gain on curtailment of postretirement benefits recognized in 2007 which did not recur in 2008 and higher restructuring and related charges for facility closures of $7 million partially offset by lower selling, general and administrative expenses of $31 million. The lower gross profit was primarily the result of lower sales volume, unfavorable product sales mix and increases in manufacturing input costs for cotton and energy and other oil related costs, all of which exceeded our savings from executing our consolidation and globalization strategy during 2008. The total impact of the 53 ^rd week in 2008, which is included in the amounts above, was a $6 million increase in operating profit.

     During 2008, we recognized a gain of $2 million related to the repurchase of $6 million of our Floating Rate Senior Notes for $4 million. This gain was partially offset by a $1 million loss on early extinguishment of debt related to unamortized debt issuance costs on the Senior Secured Credit Facility for the prepayment of $125 million of principal in December 2008. During 2007, we recognized losses on early extinguishment of debt related to unamortized debt issuance costs on the Senior Secured Credit Facility for prepayments of $428 million of principal in 2007, including a prepayment of $250 million that was made in connection with funding from the Receivables Facility we entered into in November 2007.

     Interest expense, net was lower by $44 million in 2008 compared to 2007. The lower interest expense is primarily attributable to a lower weighted average interest rate, $32 million of which resulted from a lower London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” and $4 million of which resulted from reduced interest rates achieved through changes in our financing structure such as the February 2007 amendment to our Senior Secured Credit Facility and the Receivables Facility that we entered into in November 2007. In addition, interest expense was reduced by $8 million as a result of our net prepayments of long-term debt during 2007 and 2008 of $303 million. Our weighted average interest rate on our outstanding debt was 6.09% during 2008 compared to 7.74% in 2007.

     At January 3, 2009, we had outstanding interest rate hedging arrangements whereby we have capped the interest rate on $400 million of our floating rate debt at 3.50% and had fixed the interest rate on $1.4 billion of our floating rate debt at 4.16%. Approximately 82% of our total debt outstanding at January 3, 2009 was at a fixed or capped LIBOR rate.

     Our annual effective income tax rate was 22.0% in 2008 compared to 31.5% in 2007. The lower income tax expense is attributable primarily to lower pre-tax income and a lower effective income tax rate. The lower effective income tax rate is primarily due to higher unremitted earnings from foreign subsidiaries in 2008 taxed at rates less than the U.S. statutory rate. Our annual effective tax rate reflects our strategic initiative to make substantial capital investments outside the United States in our global supply chain in 2008.

     Net income for 2008 was higher than 2007 primarily due to lower interest expense, lower selling, general and administrative expenses and a lower effective income tax rate offset by lower gross profit resulting from lower sales volume and higher manufacturing input costs, a gain on curtailment of postretirement benefits recognized in 2007 which did not recur in 2008 and higher restructuring charges. The total impact of the 53 ^rd week in 2008 was a $3 million increase in net income.

Operating Results by Business Segment — Year Ended January 3, 2009 (“2008”) Compared with Year Ended December 29, 2007 (“2007”)

     Overall net sales in the Innerwear segment were lower by $154 million or 6% in 2008 compared to 2007. The difficult economic and retail environment significantly impacted consumers’ discretionary spending which resulted in lower sales in our intimate apparel, socks, thermals and sleepwear product categories. Total intimate apparel net sales were $102 million lower in 2008 compared to 2007. We experienced lower intimate apparel sales in our smaller brands ( barely there , Just My Size and Wonderbra ) of $49 million, our Hanes brand of $42 million and our private label brands of $10 million which we believe was primarily attributable to weaker sales at retail. In 2008 compared to 2007, our Playtex brand intimate apparel net sales were higher by $10 million and our Bali brand intimate apparel net sales were lower by $11 million. The growth in our Playtex brand sales was supported by successful marketing initiatives in the first half of 2008. Net sales in our male underwear product category were $8 million lower, which includes the impact of exiting a license arrangement for a boys’ character underwear program in early 2008 that lowered sales by $15 million. The lower net sales in our socks product category reflects a decline in kids’ and men’s Hanes brand net sales of $19 million and Champion brand net sales of $11 million primarily related to the loss of a men’s program for one of our customers. In addition, net sales of thermals and sleepwear product categories were lower in 2008 compared to 2007 by $10 million and $4 million, respectively. The total impact of the 53 ^rd week in 2008, which is included in the amounts above, was a $34 million increase in sales for the Innerwear segment.

     As a percent of segment net sales, gross profit percentage in the Innerwear segment was 36.9% in 2008 compared to 36.8% in 2007. While the gross profit percentage was higher, gross profit dollars were lower due to lower sales volume of $67 million, unfavorable product sales mix of $28 million, higher cotton costs of $12 million, higher production costs of $10 million related to higher energy and oil related costs including freight costs, other vendor price increases of $7 million and lower product sales pricing of $4 million. These higher costs were offset by savings from our cost reduction initiatives and prior restructuring actions of $27 million, lower sales incentives of $21 million, $11 million of lower duty costs primarily related to higher refunds and $8 million of favorable one-time out of period cost recognition related to the capitalization of certain inventory supplies to be on a consistent basis across all business lines. In addition, we incurred lower on-going excess and obsolete inventory costs of $8 million arising from realizing the benefits of driving down obsolete inventory levels through aggressive management and promotions and simplifying our product category offerings which reduced our style counts ranging from 7% to 30% in our various product category offerings.

     The lower Innerwear segment operating profit in 2008 compared to 2007 is primarily attributable to lower gross profit and higher bad debt expense of $4 million primarily related to the Mervyn’s bankruptcy. We also incurred higher expenses of $3 million in 2008 compared to 2007 as a result of opening 10 retail stores over the last 12 months. These higher costs were partially offset by savings of $15 million from prior restructuring actions primarily for compensation and related benefits, lower media related MAP expenses of $8 million and lower non-media related MAP expenses of $7 million. A significant portion of the selling, general and administrative expenses in each segment is an allocation of our consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses, however certain expenses that are specifically identifiable to a segment are charged directly to each segment. The allocation methodology for the consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses for 2008 is consistent with 2007. Our consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses before segment allocations was $31 million lower in 2008 compared to 2007.

     Net sales in the Outerwear segment were lower by $41 million or 3% in 2008 compared to 2007, primarily as a result of higher net sales of Champion brand activewear of $34 million offset by lower net sales of retail casualwear of $55 million and lower net sales through our embellishment channel of $24 million, primarily in promotional t-shirts and sportshirts. Our Champion brand sales continue to benefit from our investment in the brand through our marketing initiatives. Our “How You Play” marketing campaign has received a very positive response from consumers. The lower retail casualwear net sales of $55 million reflect a $6 million impact related to the loss of seasonal programs continuing into the first half of 2009. We expect the impact on 2009 net sales of losing these programs, which consist of recurring seasonal programs that were renewed in prior years but were not renewed for 2009, to occur primarily in the first half of 2009; losses may be offset by any new seasonal programs we may add. The total impact of the 53 ^rd week in 2008, which is included in the amounts above, was a $14 million increase in sales for the Outerwear segment.

     As a percent of segment net sales, gross profit percentage in the Outerwear segment was 22.1% in 2008 compared to 21.6% in 2007. While the gross profit percentage was higher, gross profit dollars were lower due to higher cotton costs of $18 million, higher production costs of $10 million related to higher energy and oil related costs including freight costs, lower sales volume of $9 million, higher sales incentives of $8 million and other vendor price increases of $3 million. These higher costs were partially offset by lower other manufacturing overhead costs of $23 million, savings of $11 million from our cost reduction initiatives and prior restructuring actions, higher product sales pricing of $7 million, lower on-going excess and obsolete inventory costs of $2 million and favorable product sales mix of $2 million.

     The lower Outerwear segment operating profit in 2008 compared to 2007 is primarily attributable to lower gross profit, higher distribution expenses of $5 million, higher technology consulting and related expenses of $3 million, higher non-media related MAP expenses of $3 million and higher bad debt expense of $2 million primarily related to the Mervyn’s bankruptcy. These higher costs were partially offset by savings of $6 million from our cost reduction initiatives and prior restructuring actions and lower media-related MAP expenses of $5 million. A significant portion of the selling, general and administrative expenses in each segment is an allocation of our consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses, however certain expenses that are specifically identifiable to a segment are charged directly to each segment. The allocation methodology for the consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses for 2008 is consistent with 2007. Our consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses before segment allocations was $31 million lower in 2008 compared to 2007.

     Overall net sales in the International segment were higher by $38 million or 9% in 2008 compared to 2007. During 2008, we experienced higher net sales, in each case including the impact of foreign currency and the 53 ^rd week, in Europe of $20 million, Asia of $18 million and Canada of $2 million. The growth in our European casualwear business was driven by the strength of the Stedman brand that is sold in the embellishment channel. Higher sales in our Champion brand casualwear business in Asia and our Champion and Hanes brands male underwear business in Canada also contributed to the sales growth. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on net sales of $22 million in 2008 compared to 2007. The favorable impact was primarily due to the strengthening of the Japanese yen, Euro and Brazilian real. The total impact of the 53 ^rd week in 2008 was a $2 million increase in sales for the International segment.

     As a percent of segment net sales, gross profit percentage was 40.8% in 2008 compared to 2007 at 41.3%. While the gross profit percentage was lower, gross profit dollars were higher for 2008 compared to 2007 as a result of a favorable impact related to foreign currency exchange rates of $9 million, favorable product sales mix of $7 million and lower on-going excess and obsolete inventory costs of $3 million partially offset by higher sales incentives of $6 million.

     The higher International segment operating profit in 2008 compared to 2007 is primarily attributable to the higher gross profit partially offset by higher distribution expenses of $3 million, higher media-related MAP expenses of $2 million and higher non-media related MAP expenses of $2 million. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates, which are included in the impact on gross profit above, had a favorable impact on segment operating profit of $4 million in 2008 compared to 2007.

     Net sales in the Hosiery segment declined by $38 million or 14%, which was substantially more than the long-term trend primarily due to lower sales of the Hanes brand to national chains and department stores and the L’eggs brand to mass retailers and food and drug stores. In addition, we experienced lower sales of $4 million related the Donna Karan and DKNY license agreement and lower sales of our Just My Size brand of $3 million. We expect the trend of declining hosiery sales to continue consistent with the overall decline in the industry and with shifts in consumer preferences. Generally, we manage the Hosiery segment for cash, placing an emphasis on reducing our cost structure and managing cash efficiently. The total impact of the 53 ^rd week in 2008, which is included in the amounts above, was a $4 million increase in sales for the Hosiery segment.

     As a percent of segment net sales, gross profit percentage was 47.1% in 2008 compared to 47.2% in 2007. The lower gross profit percentage for 2008 compared to 2007 is the result of unfavorable product sales mix of $17 million and lower sales volume of $10 million, offset by savings of $4 million from our cost reduction initiatives and prior restructuring actions, lower sales incentives of $4 million and lower other manufacturing overhead costs of $2 million.

     The lower Hosiery segment operating profit in 2008 compared to 2007 is primarily attributable to lower gross profit partially offset by lower distribution expenses of $5 million, savings of $2 million from our cost reduction initiatives and prior restructuring actions, lower non-media related MAP expenses of $2 million and lower spending of $3 million in numerous areas. A significant portion of the selling, general and administrative expenses in each segment is an allocation of our consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses, however certain expenses that are specifically identifiable to a segment are charged directly to each segment. The allocation methodology for the consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses for 2008 is consistent with 2007. Our consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses before segment allocations was $31 million lower in 2008 compared to 2007.

     The decline in net sales in our Other segment is primarily due to the continued vertical integration of a yarn and fabric operation acquisition from 2006 with less focus on sales of nonfinished fabric and yarn to third parties. We expect this decline to continue and sales for this segment to ultimately become insignificant to us as we complete the

implementation of our consolidation and globalization efforts. Net sales in this segment are generated for the purpose of maintaining asset utilization at certain manufacturing facilities and generating break even margins.

General Corporate Expenses

     General corporate expenses were lower in 2008 compared to 2007 primarily due to $11 million of higher foreign exchange transaction gains, $6 million of higher gains on sales of assets, $3 million of lower start-up and shut-down costs associated with our consolidation and globalization of our supply chain and $3 million of spin off and related charges recognized in 2007 which did not recur in 2008. These lower expenses were partially offset by $7 million in amortization of gain on curtailment of postretirement benefits in 2007 which did not recur in 2008, $7 million in losses from foreign currency derivatives and a $3 million adjustment that reduced pension expense in 2007 related to the final separation of our pension assets and liabilities from those of Sara Lee.

Consolidated Results of Operations — Year Ended December 29, 2007 Compared with Twelve Months Ended December 30, 2006

     The information presented below for the year ended December 29, 2007 was derived from our consolidated financial statements. The unaudited information presented for the twelve months ended December 30, 2006 (which twelve month period we refer to as “2006” in this “Consolidated Results of Operation — Year Ended December 29, 2007 Compared with Twelve Months Ended December 30, 2006” section and the section entitled “Operating Results by Business Segment — Year Ended December 29, 2007 Compared with Twelve Months Ended December 30, 2006”) is presented due to the change in our fiscal year end and was derived by combining the six months ended July 1, 2006 and the six months ended December 30, 2006.

     Consolidated net sales were higher by $71 million or 2% in 2007 compared to 2006. Our Outerwear, International and Other segment net sales were higher by $68 million (6%), $22 million (5%) and $12 million (27%), respectively, and were offset by lower segment net sales in Innerwear of $18 million (1%) and Hosiery of $12 million (4%).

     The overall higher net sales were primarily due to double digit growth in sales volume in Champion brand sales, growth in Hanes brand casualwear, socks, sleepwear, intimate apparel and men’s underwear sales and Bali brand intimate apparel sales. Our Champion brand sales have increased by double-digits in each of the last three years. The higher net sales were offset primarily by lower sales of promotional t-shirts sold primarily through our embellishment channel, lower Playtex brand intimate apparel sales, lower Hanes brand kids’ underwear sales and lower licensed men’s underwear sales in the department store channel.

     Our strategy of investing in our largest and strongest brands generated growth in 2007. In 2007, we launched a number of new advertising and marketing initiatives for our top brands, including our Hanes ComfortSoft campaigns, Bali Passion for Comfort , Playtex “Girl Talk” and most recently our Champion “How you Play” advertising campaign which is the first campaign for the brand since 2003. We also announced a 10-year strategic alliance with The Walt Disney Company that includes basic apparel exclusivity for the Hanes and Champion brands, product co-branding, attraction sponsorships and other brand visibility and signage at Disney properties. The alliance included the naming rights for the stadium at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex, now known as Champion Stadium.

     Net sales in the Hosiery segment were lower primarily due to lower sales of the L’eggs brand to mass retailers and food and drug stores. We expect the trend of declining hosiery sales to continue consistent with the overall decline in the industry and with shifts in consumer preferences. The higher net sales from our Other segment primarily resulted from an immaterial change in the way we recognized sales to third party suppliers in 2006. The full year change was reflected in 2006 with a $5 million impact on net sales and minimal impact on net income.

     The changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on net sales of $15 million in 2007 compared to 2006.

     As a percent of net sales, our gross profit percentage was 32.2% in 2007 compared to 32.8% in 2006. The lower gross profit percentage was primarily due to higher cotton costs of $21 million, higher excess and obsolete inventory costs of $21 million, $16 million of higher accelerated depreciation, $16 million of unfavorable product sales mix and $13 million of higher start-up and shut down costs associated with the consolidation and globalization of our supply chain. In addition, gross profit was negatively impacted by higher incentives of $14 million of which $16 million resulted from a change in the classification of certain sales incentives in 2007 which were previously classified as media, advertising and promotion expenses in 2006. This change in classification was made in accordance with EITF 01-9, Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products), because the estimated fair value of the identifiable benefit was no longer obtained beginning in 2007.

     Cotton prices, which were approximately 50 cents per pound in 2006, returned to the ten year historical average of approximately 56 cents per pound in 2007. The higher excess and obsolete inventory costs in 2007 compared to 2006 are primarily attributable to $9 million of costs associated with the rationalization of our socks product category offerings and $5 million related to exiting a licensing arrangement for a kids’ underwear program. The

remaining $7 million of higher excess and obsolete costs aggregates all other product categories as part of our continuous evaluation of both inventory levels and simplification of our product category offerings. The higher accelerated depreciation in 2007 was a result of facilities closed or to be closed in connection with our consolidation and globalization strategy.

     These higher costs were offset primarily by savings from our cost reduction initiatives and prior restructuring actions of $30 million, lower allocations of overhead costs of $24 million, $19 million of improved plant performance, $13 million of higher sales volume, lower duty costs of $9 million, primarily due to the receipt of $8 million in duty refunds relating to duties paid several years ago, and $4 million of lower spending in numerous other areas.

     Selling, general and administrative expenses were $53 million lower in 2007 compared to 2006. Our expenses were lower primarily due to lower spin off and related charges of $45 million, $12 million of savings from prior restructuring actions, $10 million of lower distribution expenses and $7 million in amortization of gain on curtailment of postretirement benefits. Our MAP expenses were lower by $41 million, primarily with respect to non-media related MAP expenses. The lower non-media related MAP expenses are primarily attributable to $25 million of cost reduction initiatives and better deployment of these resources and $16 million due to a change in the classification of certain sales incentives in 2007 which were classified as MAP expenses in 2006. MAP expenses may vary from period to period during a fiscal year depending on the timing of our advertising campaigns for retail selling seasons and product introductions. In addition, pension expense was reduced by $3 million in 2007 as a result of the final separation of our pension assets and liabilities from those of Sara Lee.

     Our cost reduction efforts during 2007 allowed us to offset $7 million of higher stand alone expenses associated with being an independent company and make investments in our strategic initiatives resulting in $16 million of higher media related MAP expenses and $13 million in higher technology consulting expenses in 2007. In addition, our allocations of overhead costs were $24 million lower during 2007 compared to 2006. Accelerated depreciation was $3 million higher in 2007 as a result of facilities closed or to be closed in connection with our consolidation and globalization strategy.

Gain on Curtailment of Postretirement Benefits