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  0001489981
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001018840
  ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
  001-12107
  6301 FITCH PATH
  NEW ALBANY
  OH
  43054
  6142836500
  Horowitz Fran
  Officer
  Director
  Class A
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  400000
  44244517.66
  51027429
  04/18/2024
  NYSE
  Class A
  03/21/2021
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  25633
  03/21/2021
  Compensation
  Class A
  03/26/2021
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  15960
  03/26/2021
  Compensation
  Class A
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  03/27/2021
  Compensation
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  Compensation
  Class A
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  Issuer
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  Fran Horowitz and Fran Bonadies are one and the same person. This sale occurred in the Fran Bonadies 2020 Living Trust account of which Fran Bonadies is a trustee
  04/18/2024
  11/22/2023
  /s/ Daniel Tucci, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Fran H. Bonadies