-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, O2JfuOwBwhN/DDso9QOGsrol8yrKppqQ4g7cWCgoP7V2d7hp6ItRYJxIih7ghPri 2P1h6KW1jF+VR7fjyZ2EWQ== 0001193125-07-143022.txt : 20070626 0001193125-07-143022.hdr.sgml : 20070626 20070626163117 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-143022 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070626 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070626 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIMITED BRANDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000701985 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORES [5621] IRS NUMBER: 311029810 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08344 FILM NUMBER: 07941428 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: THREE LIMITED PKWY STREET 2: P O BOX 16000 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43216 BUSINESS PHONE: 6144157000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THREE LIMITED PARKWAY STREET 2: P.O. BOX 16000 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43216 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIMITED INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 11-K 1 d11k.htm FORM 11-K Form 11-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

(Mark One)

 

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

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

 

¨

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

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 1-8344

 

A.

Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

Limited Brands, Inc.

Savings and Retirement Plan

 

B.

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Limited Brands, Inc.

Three Limited Parkway

P O BOX 16000

Columbus, Ohio 43216

 



Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

Financial Statements

Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005

Contents

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   1

Audited Financial Statements

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

   2

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

   3

Notes to Financial Statements

   4

Supplemental Schedules

  

Schedule H, Line 4(i) Schedule of Assets (Held At End of Year)

   18

Schedule G, Part III Financial Transaction Schedule-Non Exempt Transactions

   23


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors of

Limited Brands, Inc. and the

Plan Administrator of the Limited Brands, Inc.

Savings and Retirement Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of The Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedules of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2006 and nonexempt transactions for the year ended December 31, 2006, are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, in 2006, the Plan adopted FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Columbus, Ohio

June 22, 2007

 

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Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

     December 31
     2006    2005

Assets

     

Investments

   $ 636,329,796    $ 536,617,894

Wrapper contract (at fair market value)

     309,573      275,655
             

Total investments

     636,639,369      536,893,549

Receivable for contributions:

     

Employer

     30,883,336      29,630,943

Participants

     2,472,821      2,942,737
             

Total receivable contributions

     33,356,157      32,573,680

Cash

     12,010      14,004

Due from brokers

     81,082      112,366

Accrued interest and dividends

     70,245      57,917
             

Total assets

     670,158,863      569,651,516

Liabilities

     

Administrative fees payable

     238,972      166,646

Due to brokers

     218,212      129,668
             

Total liabilities

     457,184      296,314
             

Net assets reflecting all investments at fair value

     669,701,679      569,355,202
             

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     1,061,631      1,428,977
             

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 670,763,310    $ 570,784,179
             

See accompanying notes.

 

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Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

     Years Ended December 31
     2006    2005

Additions:

     

Investment income:

     

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

   $ 53,857,433    $ 10,194,682

Earnings from investment contracts

     6,531,059      5,077,858

Earnings from mutual funds

     15,517,008      5,807,649

Dividends

     2,407,483      2,505,313

Earnings from common collective trusts

     225,408      179,579
             

Total investment gain

     78,538,391      23,765,081

Contributions:

     

Employer

     47,099,846      44,208,050

Participant deferrals

     30,877,536      28,180,680

Participant rollovers

     2,163,218      1,250,397
             

Total contributions

     80,140,600      73,639,127
             

Total additions

     158,678,991      97,404,208

Deductions:

     

Distributions to participants

     57,218,334      58,857,829

Administrative expenses

     1,481,526      1,090,698
             

Total deductions

     58,699,860      59,948,527
             

Net increase

     99,979,131      37,455,681

Net assets available for benefits:

     

Beginning of year

     570,784,179      533,328,498
             

End of year

   $ 670,763,310    $ 570,784,179
             

See accompanying notes.

 

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1. Description of the Plan

General

The Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan (the Plan) is a defined contribution plan covering certain employees of Limited Brands, Inc. and its affiliates (the Employer) who are at least 21 years of age and have completed a year of employment with 1,000 or more hours of service.

The following description of the Plan provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.

Contributions

Employer’s retirement contribution:

The Employer provides non-service and service-related retirement contributions equal to a percentage of participants’ annual eligible compensation to those participants who are employed on the last day of the Plan year and have completed 500 hours of service during the Plan year. In addition, the service-related retirement contribution also requires that the participant have five or more years of vesting service. The annual compensation of each participant taken into account under the Plan is limited to the maximum amount permitted under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code. The annual compensation limits were $220,000 and $210,000 for the Plan years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The total retirement contribution percentages are as follows:

 

Years of Service

  

Earnings Less Than

Social Security

Wage Base

   

Earnings Greater Than

Social Security

Wage Base

 

Less than 5 years (non-service related contribution)

   3 %   6 %

5 or more years (service-related contribution including non-service related contributions)

   4 %   8 %

 

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1. Description of the Plan (continued)

Employer’s matching contribution:

The Employer provides a matching contribution of 100% of the participant’s voluntary contributions up to 4% of the participant’s annual eligible compensation. A participant’s eligible compensation is equal to his or her qualified plan compensation less any compensation earned during a period for which the participant elected not to make voluntary contributions or was on suspension as a result of a hardship withdrawal.

Participant’s voluntary contributions:

A participant may elect to make a voluntary tax-deferred contribution of 1% to 15% of his or her annual compensation up to the maximum permitted under Section 402(g) of the Internal Revenue Code adjusted annually ($15,000 and $14,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively). This voluntary tax-deferred contribution may be limited by Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Plan participants turning age 50 at any time before the end of the Plan Year whose contributions to the Plan reach either the maximum percent of his or her annual compensation allowed by the Plan or the maximum dollar amount allowed by the Plan, are eligible to make “catch-up” contributions to the Plan. Catch-up contributions are voluntary and limited to a total of $5,000 and $4,000 for each eligible participant for 2006 and 2005, respectively. Catch-up contributions are not eligible for employer matching contributions.

Investment Options

Both the Employer and participant contributions can be directed into various investment options offered by the Plan solely at the participant’s discretion. The Employer periodically reviews and may make changes to the investment choices available in order to ensure the funds offered are meeting the investment objectives and the financial goals of the participants. The Plan’s investment options offered as of December 31, 2006 include seven mutual funds, three common collective trusts, one pooled account of Employer’s common stock, one pooled account of guaranteed investment contracts, and self directed brokerage accounts. The Plan has two pooled accounts for the common stock of former affiliates into which no additional investments are allowed.

 

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1. Description of the Plan (continued)

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s and Employer contributions as well as allocated investment earnings. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is equal to the vested balance in the participant’s account.

Vesting

A participant is fully and immediately vested for voluntary, rollover, and matching contributions and is credited with a year of vesting service in the Employer’s retirement contributions for each Plan year that they are credited with at least 500 hours of service. A summary of vesting percentages in the Employer’s retirement contributions follows:

 

Years of Vested Service

   Percentage  

Less than 3 years

   0 %

3 years

   20 %

4 years

   40 %

5 years

   60 %

6 years

   80 %

7 years

   100 %

Payment of Benefits

The full value of participants’ accounts becomes payable upon retirement, disability, or death. Upon termination of employment for any other reason, participants’ accounts, to the extent vested, become payable. Those participants with vested account balances greater than $1,000 have the option of leaving their accounts invested in the Plan until age 65. All benefits are paid as a lump-sum distribution. Those participants holding shares of Employer Securities have the option of receiving such amounts in whole shares of Employer Securities and cash for any fractional shares. Participants have the option of having benefits paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the participant.

 

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1. Description of the Plan (continued)

Payment of Benefits (continued)

A participant who is fully vested in his or her account and who has participated in the Plan for at least seven years may obtain an in-service withdrawal from his or her account based on the percentage amounts designated by the Plan. A participant may also request a hardship distribution due to an immediate and heavy financial need based on the terms of the Plan.

Amounts Allocated to Participants Withdrawn from the Plan

Amounts allocated, but not yet paid to participants withdrawn from the Plan were $456,752 and $164,603 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Forfeitures

Forfeitures are used to reduce the Employer’s required contributions, and if so elected by the Employer, to reduce administrative expenses. Forfeitures of $3,431,267 and $2,864,677 were used to reduce employer contributions for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Forfeitures of $119,995 and $116,287 were used to reduce administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. There were no unused forfeitures at December 31, 2006 or December 31, 2005.

Expenses and Fees

Expenses of the Plan are deducted from participants’ accounts as follows: 1) a participant fee of $2.50 per quarter for all participant accounts, 2) a $10 disbursement fee for any withdrawals and terminations, 3) a $3 fee for any recurring installment disbursements, and 4) a $50 annual fee for participants having a self-directed brokerage account. Prior to July 2005, the participant fee was $17 per year, allocated to each participant based on their account balance as a percentage of the total plan balance.

Further, investments in the Limited Brands, Inc., Tween Brands, Inc., and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. stock funds are charged an administrative fee of 3 basis points through a reduction in earnings. Investments in the Savings and Retirement Plan (SARP) Stable Value Fund are charged an administrative fee of 30 basis points through a reduction in earnings. The Employer pays administrative expenses incurred in excess of fees collected from participant accounts by either direct payment or from forfeitures. Expenses and fees, excluding those paid directly, have been reported in the financial statements as administrative expenses.

 

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1. Description of the Plan (continued)

Expenses and Fees (continued)

Brokerage fees, transfer taxes and other expenses incurred in connection with the investment of the Plan’s assets are added to the cost of investments purchased or deducted from the proceeds of investments sold.

2. Summary of Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting, including investment valuation and income recognition.

Use of Estimates

The Plan prepares its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits at the date of the financial statements and the changes in net assets available for benefits during the reporting period and, when applicable, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Risks

The Plan provides for the various investment options as described in Note 1, Note 3 and Note 4. Any investment is exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit. These risks could have a material effect on participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits.

 

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2. Summary of Accounting Policies (continued)

Income Recognition

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Investment Valuation

Fair value of investments in mutual funds, debt securities, and common stocks are determined by quoted market prices.

Investments in units of collective trusts are valued at the respective net asset values as reported by such trusts. The value of each unit is determined by subtracting total liabilities from the total value of the assets, including accrued income, and dividing the amount remaining by the number of units outstanding on the valuation date.

Investments in guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) represent deposits which guarantee a stated interest rate for the term of the contracts. The fair value of GICs is determined based on the present value of the contract’s expected cash flows, discounted by current market interest rates for like-duration and like-quality investments. Investments in synthetic investment contracts (SGICs) are portfolios of securities (debt securities or units of collective trusts) owned by the Plan with wrap contracts associated with the portfolios. The value of debt securities and units of collective trusts are described above. The fair value of wrap contracts are determined by the Trustee based on the change in the present value of the contract’s expected cash flows, discounted at current market rates. Investment contracts may have elements of risk due to lack of a secondary market and resale restrictions which may result in the inability of the Plan to sell a contract at a fair price and may substantially delay the sale of contracts which the Plan seeks to sell. In addition, investment contracts may be subject to credit risk based on the ability of the insurance company or bank to meet interest or principal payments, or both, as they become due (Note 4).

Adjustment from Fair Value to Contract Value

The amount represents the difference between market value and contract value of GICs, SGICs, and collective trusts which invest in these types of investments.

 

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2. Summary of Accounting Policies (continued)

Net Appreciation in Fair Value of Investments

Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is recorded in the accompanying statements of changes in net assets available for benefits as net appreciation in fair value of investments.

Benefit Payments

Benefits are recorded when paid.

New Accounting Pronouncements

As of December 31, 2006, the Plan adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Staff Position (“FSP”) No. AAG INV-1 and Statement of Position No. 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans. This FSP requires the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits to present the fair value of the Plan’s investments and fully benefit-responsive investment contracts with a corresponding adjustment to show these contracts at contract value. The Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits are prepared on a contract value basis for the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, therefore there was no impact on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. The FSP was applied retroactively to the prior period presented.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities and only applies when other standards require or permit the fair value measurement of assets and liabilities. It does not expand the use of fair value measurement. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Plan does not believe the adoption of SFAS 157 will have a material impact on the financial statements.

 

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3. Investments

The Plan’s investments are held by the Ameriprise Trust Company, trustee of the Plan. The following table presents balances at December 31, 2006 and 2005 for the Plan’s current investment options. Investments that represent five percent or more of the Plan’s net assets are separately identified.

 

     December 31
     2006    2005

Investments at fair value as determined by:

     

Quoted market price

     

Common stock:

     

Limited Brands, Inc.

   $ 111,996,933    $ 88,124,039

Other

     11,833,889      10,288,098

Preferred stock

     31,303      —  

Mutual funds:

     

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

     110,456,538      98,532,493

Allianz CCM Capital Appreciation Fund

     59,469,459      55,859,070

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund

     46,314,348      33,520,807

Artisan International Investor Shares

     34,228,806      23,030,668

Other

     57,469,682      46,183,634

Estimated fair value

     

Investment contracts

     142,710,320      129,123,946

Common collective trusts

     62,117,124      52,229,512

Other

     10,967      1,282
             

Total investments at fair value

   $ 636,639,369    $ 536,893,549
             

 

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3. Investments (continued)

The Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold, and held during the year) appreciation/(depreciation) in value for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, is set forth below:

 

     December 31  
     2006     2005  

Net appreciation/(depreciation) in fair value as determined by:

    

Quoted market price

    

Common stock

   $ 27,433,159     $ (961,583 )

Mutual funds

     21,574,786       8,185,555  

Other

     (2,624 )     (642 )
                
     49,005,321       7,223,330  

Estimated fair value

    

Common collective trusts

     4,852,112       2,971,352  
                

Net appreciation in fair value

   $ 53,857,433     $ 10,194,682  
                

4. Investment Contracts

Nature of Investment Contracts

The Plan, under the SARP Stable Value Fund investment option, invests primarily in GICs and SGICs. In a GIC, the issuer takes a deposit from the Plan and purchases investments that are held in the issuer’s general account. The issuer is contractually obligated to repay the principal at a specified rate of interest guaranteed to the Plan.

In a SGIC structure, the underlying investments are owned by the Plan and held in trust for Plan participants. The Plan enters into wrapper contracts from third-party insurance companies or banks that serve to substantially offset the price fluctuations in the underlying investments caused by movements in interest rates. Each wrapper contract obligates the wrapper provider to maintain the “contract value” of the underlying investments. The contract value is generally equal to the contract, less any adjustments for withdrawals (as specified in the wrapper agreement). Under the terms of the wrapper contract, the realized and unrealized gains and losses on the underlying investments are, in effect, amortized over the duration of the underlying investments, through adjustments to the future contract interest crediting rate (which is the rate earned by Plan). The wrapper contract provides that the adjustments to the interest crediting rate will not result in future interest crediting rates that are less than zero. These wrapper contracts are designed to insulate the Plan from investment losses as a result of movements in interest rates; however they generally do not protect the Plan from loss if a wrapper provider defaults. A default by the wrapper provider on its obligation could result in a decrease in the value of the Plan’s assets.

 

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4. Investment Contracts (continued)

In general, if the contract value of the wrapper agreement exceeds the market value of the underlying investments (including accrued interest), the wrapper provider becomes obligated to pay the difference to the Plan in the event that Plan redemptions result in a total contract liquidation. In the event that there are partial Plan redemptions that would otherwise cause the contract’s crediting rate to fall below zero percent, the wrapper provider is obligated to contribute to the Plan an amount necessary to maintain the contract’s crediting rate at a minimum of zero percent. The circumstances under which payments are made and the timing of payments between the Plan and the wrapper provider may vary based on the terms of the wrapper contract.

There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise. The average annual yield for the investment contracts was approximately 5.02% and 2.63% for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The average annual yield adjusted to reflect the rate credited to participants was approximately 4.53% and 3.84% for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Calculating the Interest Crediting Rate in Wrapper Contracts

The key factors that influence future interest crediting rates for wrapper contract include:

 

 

 

The level of market interest rates

 

 

 

The amount and timing of participant contributions, transfers, and withdrawals into/out of the wrapper contract

 

 

 

The investment returns generated by the fixed income investments that back the wrapper contract

 

 

 

The duration of the underlying fixed income investments backing the wrapper contract

The wrapper contracts’ interest crediting rates are typically reset on a monthly or quarterly basis according to each contract.

 

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4. Investment Contracts (continued)

Because changes in market interest rates affect the yield to maturity and the market value of the underlying investments, they can have a material impact on the wrapper contract’s interest crediting rate. In addition, participant withdrawals and transfers from the SARP Stable Value Fund investment option are paid at contract value but are funded through the market value liquidation of the underlying investments, which also impacts the interest crediting rate. The resulting difference between the market value of the underlying investments relative to the wrapper contract value is presented on the Plan’s Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits as “Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts”. If the adjustment from fair value to contract value is positive for a given contract, this indicates that the wrapper contract value is greater than the market value of the underlying investments. The embedded market value losses will be amortized in the future through a lower interest crediting rate than would otherwise be the case. If the adjustment from fair value to contract value is negative, this indicates that the wrapper contract value is less than the market value of the underlying investments. The amortization of the embedded market value gains will cause the future interest crediting rate to be higher than it otherwise would have been.

Events That Limit the Ability of the Plan to Transact at Contract Value

In certain circumstances, the amount withdrawn from the wrapper contract would be payable at fair value rather than at contract value. These events include Plan disqualification, termination of the Plan, a material adverse change to the provisions of the Plan, the Employer’s election to withdraw from a wrapper contract in order to change to a different investment provider, or if the terms of a successor plan (in the event of the spin-off or sale of a division) do not meet the wrapper contract issuer’s underwriting criteria for issuance of a clone wrapper contract. While the Employer does consider that the spin-off or sale of an affiliate is probable, they do not consider these or other events to limit the ability of the plan to transact at contract value.

Issuer-Initiated Contract Termination

Events that would permit a wrapper contract issuer to terminate a wrapper contract upon short notice include the plan’s loss of its qualified status, un-cured material breaches of responsibilities, failure to make fee payments to the issuer, determination that any of the transactions are or will become prohibitive, and material and adverse changes to the provisions of the Plan. If one of these events were to occur, the wrapper contract issuer could terminate the wrapper contract at the market value of the underlying investments (or in the case of a GIC, at the hypothetical market value based upon a contractual formula).

 

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5. Tax Status

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated November 1, 2002, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan Sponsor believes the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt, and will take necessary and reasonable steps, if any, to maintain the Plan’s qualified status.

6. Plan Administration

The Administrative Committee, comprised of members appointed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Employer, administers the Plan. The Board of Directors has delegated the day-to-day administrative duties to the Administrative Committee.

7. Plan Termination

Although the Employer has not expressed any intent to do so, the Employer has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time. Limited Brands, Inc. has the right at any time, by action of its Board of Directors, to terminate the Plan subject to provisions of ERISA. Upon Plan termination or partial termination, participants will become fully vested in their accounts.

8. Parties-in-Interest

Ameriprise Trust Company, trustee of the Plan, its subsidiaries and affiliates maintain and manage certain of the investments of the Plan, for which the Plan is charged.

 

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9. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to Form 5500:

 

     December 31  
     2006     2005  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 670,763,310     $ 570,784,179  

Contract value in excess of fair value

     (1,061,631 )     —    

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants

     (456,752 )     (164,603 )
                

Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500

   $ 669,244,927     $ 570,619,576  
                

The following is a reconciliation of total additions per the financial statements to the total earnings per the Form 5500:

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Total additions per the financial statements

   $ 158,678,991  

Adjustments from contract value to fair value

     (1,061,631 )
        

Total income per Form 5500

   $ 157,617,360  
        

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to Form 5500:

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements

   $ 57,218,334  

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants:

  

At December 31, 2006

     456,752  

At December 31, 2005

     (164,603 )
        

Benefits paid to participants per Form 5500

   $ 57,510,483  
        

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31 but not yet paid as of that date.

 

16


10. Prohibited Transactions

In May 2006, the Employer determined that it had borrowed funds from the Plan on April 14, 2005 through an improper reduction of a matching contribution from interest earned within a holding account held by the Plan for transfer of funds prior to allocation to participants. The Employer discontinued this practice and reimbursed all amounts to the Plan on June 2, 2006.

The total amount borrowed from the Plan was $17,989 during 2005. Additionally, interest accumulated on this amount was $553 and $836 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

11. Subsequent Events

Effective January 1, 2007, the graded vesting schedule related to Employer retirement contributions was revised to allow full vesting after six years. As a result, eligibility for in-service withdrawals was also reduced to six years.

As a result of its 2006 purchase of the Ameriprise Trust Company, effective April 1, 2007, Wachovia Bank, N.A. became the Trustee and Plan Administrator of the Plan.

On May 15, 2007, Limited Brands Store Operations, Inc. an affiliate of the Employer, entered into a purchase agreement to sell 66 2/3% of Express, LLC to an outside party. The sale is expected to close on July 6, 2007. Upon completion of the transaction, Express, LLC employees will no longer be able to contribute to the Plan. As of May 31, 2007, Express employees held approximately $42.4 million of Plan assets.

 

17


Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

EIN #31-1048997 Plan #002

Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006

 

(a)

  

(b)

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor, or Similar Party

 

(c)

Description of Investment Including

Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,

Collateral, Par or Maturity Value

  

(e)

Current

Value

*

  

Limited Brands, Inc.

 

Common Stock - 3,869,970 - shares

   $ 111,996,933
  

Tween Brands, Inc.

 

Common Stock - 150,775 - shares

     6,020,446
  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

 

Common Stock - 44,694 - shares

     3,112,043
  

Pimco Total Return Fund

 

Mutual Fund - 1,114,464 - shares

     11,568,132
  

American Balanced Fund

 

Mutual Fund - 1,507,608 - shares

     28,644,550
  

Allianz CCM Capital Appreciation Fund

 

Mutual Fund - 3,081,319 - shares

     59,469,459
  

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund

 

Mutual Fund - 301,801 - shares

     46,314,348
  

Hartford Midcap Holdings Fund

 

Mutual Fund - 453,642 - shares

     12,139,459
  

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

 

Mutual Fund - 852,354 - shares

     110,456,538
  

Artisan International Investor Shares

 

Mutual Fund - 1,180,711 - shares

     34,228,806

*

  

RiverSource Trust Short-Term Horizon (25:75)

 

Common Collective Trust - 189,468 - shares

     4,332,936

*

  

RiverSource Trust Medium-Term Horizon (50:50)

 

Common Collective Trust - 389,008 - shares

     11,356,707

*

  

RiverSource Trust Long-Term Horizon (80:20)

 

Common Collective Trust - 657,509 - shares

     21,181,637

*

  

RiverSource Trust Money Market Fund II

 

Common Collective Trust - 1,330,895 - shares

     1,330,895
  

Self Directed Brokerage Accounts

       7,861,211
  

Pooled Stable Value Fund

    

*

  

RiverSource Trust Income Fund I

 

Common Collective Trust - 292,926 - shares

     21,007,114

*

  

Riversource Trust Money Market Fund I

 

Common Collective Trust - 2,907,835 - shares

     2,907,835
  

Synthetic Contracts and Underlying Investments

    
  

Bank of America I Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 4.93% due 12/31/50

     15,249
  

Bank of America II Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 5.15% due 12/31/50

     28,123
  

IXIS I Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 5.26% due 12/31/50

     35,527
  

IXIS II Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 5.01% due 12/31/50

     9,408
  

JP Morgan Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 4.95% due 12/31/50

     39,582
  

Monumental Wrapper I

 

Contract Wrapper - 4.57% due 12/31/50

     32,595
  

Monumental Wrapper II

 

Contract Wrapper - 6.02% due 12/31/50

     2,244
  

Rabobank Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 5.22% due 12/31/50

     21,720
  

Royal Bank of Canada

 

Contract Wrapper - 4.93% due 12/31/50

     37,181
  

State Street Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 4.75% due 12/31/50

     45,687
  

UBS Wrapper

 

Contract Wrapper - 4.98% due 12/31/50

     42,257

*

  

RiverSource Trust Money Market Fund I

 

Common Collective Trust - 19,333,016 - shares

     19,409,102

*

  

RiverSource Trust Bond Fund

 

Common Collective Trust - 1,599,338 - shares

     28,156,345
  

FNMA 30 YR TBA

 

Government Obligation - 1,000,000 -5.00% due 01/01/35

     965,312
  

FNMA 15 YR TBA

 

Government Obligation - 1,575,000 - 5.50% due 01/01/15

     1,574,509
  

FNMA TBA

 

Government Obligation - 2,675,000 - 5.50% due 01/01/31

     2,643,234
  

FNMA 15 YR TBA

 

Government Obligation - 1,175,000 - 6.00% due 01/01/14

     1,191,156
  

FNMA 30 YR TBA

 

Government Obligation - 3,200,000 - 6.00% due 09/01/28

     3,220,992
  

FNMA 30 YR TBA

 

Government Obligation - 300,000 - 6.50% due 01/01/30

     305,625
  

FGLMC GOLD 30 YR TBA

 

Government Obligation - 1,000,000 - 5.50% due 01/01/37

     988,750
  

FHLMC TBA

 

Government Obligation - 5,000,000 - 6.00% due 01/01/33

     5,035,950
  

CS FIRST BOSTON MTGE SECURITIES

 

Government Obligation - 775,000 - 5.10% due 08/15/38

     773,592
  

FHLMC #D95319

 

Government Obligation - 293,423 - 6.00% due 03/01/22

     298,964
  

FHLMC GOLD #E97247

 

Government Obligation - 195,966 - 5.00% due 06/01/18

     193,956
  

FHLMC GOLD #E99565

 

Government Obligation - 187,500 - 5.50% due 09/01/18

     188,596

 

Note:

Column (d) is not applicable for participant directed investments.

 

*

Represents a party-in-interest

 

18


Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

EIN #31-1048997 Plan #002

Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006

 

(a)

  

(b)

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor, or Similar Party

  

(c)

Description of Investment Including

Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,

Collateral, Par or Maturity Value

   (e)
Current
Value
  

FGOLD 10 YR #G12100

  

Government Obligation - 203,063 - 5.00% due 11/01/13

   201,571
  

FGOLD 15 YR #G12101

  

Government Obligation - 328,974 - 5.00% due 11/01/18

   325,302
  

FHLMC #1G1067

  

Government Obligation - 783,892 - 5.70% due 07/01/36

   791,115
  

FHLMC(NON GOLD) ARM #1G2450

  

Government Obligation - 982,265 - 5.93% due 08/01/36

   997,849
  

FHLMC #1G2496 ARM

  

Government Obligation - 344,664 - 6.21% due 09/01/36

   349,388
  

FHLMC GOLD #C66932

  

Government Obligation - 122,499 - 6.00% due 05/01/32

   124,307
  

FED HOME LN BANK

  

Government Obligation - 175,000 - 4.63% due 01/18/08

   177,696
  

FHLB

  

Government Obligation - 115,000 - 5.25% due 02/13/08

   117,441
  

FHLMC REF NOTE

  

Government Obligation - 110,000 - 5.13% due 10/15/08

   111,331
  

FHLMC

  

Government Obligation - 55,000 - 3.88% due 06/15/08

   54,158
  

FHLMC #780514 ARM

  

Government Obligation - 151,439 - 5.00% due 05/01/33

   149,811
  

FNMA BENCHMARK

  

Government Obligation - 220,000 - 4.50% due 10/15/08

   220,127
  

FNMA

  

Government Obligation - 795,000 - 3.50% due 07/27/07

   799,132
  

FNMA

  

Government Obligation - 645,347 - 5.00% due 08/01/34

   626,526
  

FNMA #254536

  

Government Obligation - 88,519 - 7.00% due 09/01/17

   91,177
  

FNMA #254757

  

Government Obligation - 156,062 - 5.00% due 03/31/13

   154,680
  

FNMA #254774

  

Government Obligation - 166,821 - 5.50% due 03/31/13

   168,128
  

FNMA #254793

  

Government Obligation - 385,415 - 5.00% due 07/01/33

   374,429
  

FNMA #357324

  

Government Obligation - 879,738 - 5.00% due 01/01/33

   854,954
  

FNMA #387608

  

Government Obligation - 636,666 - 4.80% due 09/01/15

   623,551
  

FNMA #462236

  

Government Obligation - 373,818 - 5.44% due 07/01/16

   379,293
  

FNMA #462237

  

Government Obligation - 448,650 - 5.52% due 07/01/16

   457,709
  

FNMA #535170

  

Government Obligation - 210,652 - 5.50% due 09/01/14

   212,519
  

FNMA #545701

  

Government Obligation - 89,548 - 7.00% due 07/01/12

   90,552
  

FNMA #545864

  

Government Obligation - 351,892 - 5.50% due 08/01/17

   354,724
  

FNMA #555432

  

Government Obligation - 955,199 - 5.50% due 05/01/33

   949,840
  

FNMA #555528

  

Government Obligation - 813,335 - 6.00% due 04/01/33

   824,824
  

FNMA #555591

  

Government Obligation - 966,701 - 5.50% due 07/01/33

   961,277
  

FNMA #568049

  

Government Obligation - 162,410 - 6.00% due 04/01/16

   165,639
  

FNMA #636030

  

Government Obligation - 113,857 - 6.50% due 04/01/32

   117,408
  

FNMA #638591

  

Government Obligation - 920,026 - 6.50% due 04/01/32

   951,598
  

FNMA #646147

  

Government Obligation - 414,115 - 7.00% due 06/01/32

   430,694
  

FNMA #648349

  

Government Obligation - 207,451 - 6.00% due 06/01/17

   211,959
  

FNMA #672029

  

Government Obligation - 377,328 - 6.00% due 12/01/17

   384,759
  

FNMA #681400

  

Government Obligation - 197,628 - 5.50% due 03/01/18

   199,054
  

FHLMC 2492-B

  

Government Obligation - 599,413 - 5.50% due 05/15/13

   601,196
  

FNMA #200394

  

Government Obligation - 279,673 - 5.50% due 07/25/23

   279,900
  

FHLMC 2617 HD

  

Government Obligation - 182,231 - 7.00% due 06/15/16

   188,823
  

FNMA 2003-133 GB

  

Government Obligation - 39,873 - 8.00% due 12/25/26

   42,286
  

FHLMC_2641

  

Government Obligation - 174,934 - 6.50% due 01/15/18

   180,486
  

FNMA 2004-W3 A15

  

Government Obligation - 171,491 - 5.00% due 05/25/34

   170,888
  

FNMA 2004-60 PA

  

Government Obligation - 318,752 - 5.50% due 04/25/34

   320,014
  

FHLMC 2657 NT

  

Government Obligation - 178,490 - 5.00% due 01/15/16

   178,304
  

FHLMC 2672 NT

  

Government Obligation - 231,404 - 5.00% due 02/15/16

   231,081
  

FHLMC 2662 DB

  

Government Obligation - 169,600 - 5.00% due 02/15/16

   169,406
  

FHLMC 2750 DB

  

Government Obligation - 210,320 - 4.50% due 05/15/15

   208,775
  

FHLMC 2843-BA

  

Government Obligation - 244,313 - 5.00% due 01/15/18

   242,910

 

Note:

Column (d) is not applicable for participant directed investments.

 

*

Represents a party-in-interest

 

19


Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

EIN #31-1048997 Plan #002

Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006

 

(a)

  

(b)

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor, or Similar Party

 

(c)

Description of Investment Including

Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,

Collateral, Par or Maturity Value

  

(e)

Current
Value

  

FHLMC 2907-AG

 

Government Obligation - 268,887 - 4.50% due 03/15/19

   262,983
  

FNMA #703937

 

Government Obligation - 144,296 - 5.50% due 05/01/18

   145,232
  

FNMA #704265

 

Government Obligation - 979,275 - 5.50% due 05/01/33

   973,781
  

FNMA #705304

 

Government Obligation - 199,916 - 4.92% due 06/01/33

   196,962
  

FNMA #720378

 

Government Obligation - 426,445 - 4.50% due 06/01/18

   413,992
  

FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN GTD MTG #725066

 

Government Obligation - 1,026,526 - 6.00% due 12/01/33

   1,040,314
  

FNMA #725090

 

Government Obligation - 196,764 - 4.82% due 11/01/33

   191,458
  

FNMA #725425

 

Government Obligation - 1,687,075 - 5.50% due 04/01/34

   1,677,721
  

FNMA ARM #725737

 

Government Obligation - 143,801 - 4.53% due 08/01/34

   143,430
  

FNMA #725773

 

Government Obligation - 933,753 - 5.50% due 09/01/34

   928,022
  

FNMA #725815

 

Government Obligation - 621,541 - 6.00% due 12/01/33

   629,889
  

FNMA #735057

 

Government Obligation - 450,709 - 4.50% due 01/01/19

   437,548
  

FNMA #735935

 

Government Obligation - 833,295 - 5.00% due 12/01/18

   825,260
  

FNMA #741897

 

Government Obligation - 314,608 - 5.00% due 10/01/33

   305,640
  

FNMA #745563

 

Government Obligation - 1,333,529 - 5.50% due 08/01/34

   1,326,048
  

FNMA #745727

 

Government Obligation - 771,130 - 5.26% due 05/01/16

   772,903
  

FNMA #745802

 

Government Obligation - 1,067,765 - 6.00% due 07/01/36

   1,080,333
  

FNMA #763798

 

Government Obligation - 813,777 - 5.50% due 03/01/34

   809,493
  

FNMA #764082

 

Government Obligation - 191,058 - 4.78% due 01/01/34

   189,194
  

FNMA #766731

 

Government Obligation - 1,009,422 - 5.00% due 03/01/34

   979,984
  

FNMA ARM #768117

 

Government Obligation - 200,831 - 5.43% due 08/01/34

   198,497
  

FNMA ARM #786628

 

Government Obligation - 154,269 - 5.67% due 07/01/34

   155,507
  

FNMA ARM #799769

 

Government Obligation - 181,133 - 5.05% due 11/01/34

   180,645
  

FNMA ARM #801344

 

Government Obligation - 208,960 - 5.07% due 10/01/34

   209,678
  

FNMA #220925

 

Government Obligation - 646,568 - 5.50% due 09/01/34

   642,940
  

FNMA #809534

 

Government Obligation - 263,467 - 5.09% due 02/01/35

   263,842
  

FNMA ARM #826908

 

Government Obligation - 512,072 - 5.12% due 08/01/35

   506,719
  

FNMA ARM #845070

 

Government Obligation - 450,652 - 5.09% due 12/01/35

   450,237
  

FNMA ARM #849082

 

Government Obligation - 526,842 - 5.84% due 01/01/36

   532,582
  

FNMA #865689

 

Government Obligation - 659,679 - 5.90% due 02/01/36

   672,201
  

FNMA ARM #866097

 

Government Obligation - 499,787 - 6.17% due 02/01/36

   511,075
  

FNMA ARM #872753

 

Government Obligation - 287,562 - 5.92% due 06/01/36

   290,746
  

FNMA #878661

 

Government Obligation - 936,203 - 5.50% due 02/01/36

   925,402
  

FNMA #881629

 

Government Obligation - 861,546 - 5.50% due 02/01/36

   851,607
  

FNMA #883267

 

Government Obligation - 488,833 - 6.50% due 07/01/36

   504,058
  

FNMA #886054

 

Government Obligation - 481,397 - 7.00% due 07/01/36

   500,249
  

FNMA ARM #887096

 

Government Obligation - 621,303 - 5.81% due 07/01/36

   631,952
  

FNMA ARM #900197

 

Government Obligation - 399,911 - 5.97% due 10/01/36

   404,394
  

GMACC 1999-C1 B

 

Government Obligation - 350,000 - 6.29% due 05/15/33

   357,921
  

GNMA II #003501

 

Government Obligation - 948,661 - 6.00% due 01/20/34

   964,828
  

GNMA II #003920

 

Government Obligation - 798,756 - 6.00% due 11/20/36

   811,890
  

UST INFLATION INDEX

 

Government Obligation - 4,245,000 - 3.38% due 01/15/07

   5,463,985
  

U.S. T-BOND

 

Government Obligation - 1,475,000 - 3.38% due 02/15/08

   1,468,048
  

UST NOTE/BOND

 

Government Obligation - 655,000 - 4.88% due 05/31/08

   649,330
  

U.S. TREASURY NOTE

 

Government Obligation - 1,165,000 - 4.88% due 10/31/08

   1,175,273
  

U.S. TREASURY NOTE

 

Government Obligation - 380,000 - 4.63% due 10/31/11

   381,629
  

U.S. TREASURY NOTE

 

Government Obligation - 165,000 - 4.63% due 11/15/09

   173,461

 

Note:

Column (d) is not applicable for participant directed investments.

 

*

Represents a party-in-interest

 

20


Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

EIN #31-1048997 Plan #002

Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006

 

(a)

  

(b)

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor, or Similar Party

  

(c)

Description of Investment Including

Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,

Collateral, Par or Maturity Value

  

(e)

Current
Value

  

U.S. TREASURY NOTE

  

Government Obligation - 1,585,000 - 4.63% due 11/15/16

   1,584,117
  

U.S TREASURY NOTE

  

Government Obligation - 685,000 - 4.50% due 11/30/11

   681,609
  

WFMBS

  

Government Obligation - 964,974 - 5.00% due 10/25/35

   931,993
  

BOAA_06-9

  

Corporate Bonds - 750,000 - 6.00% due 02/25/37

   752,930
  

COUNTRYWIDE ALT TR 2006-HY12

  

Corporate Bonds - 665,536 - 6.20% due 08/25/36

   675,899
  

CWALT 2006-22CB-CA

  

Corporate Bonds - 550,000 - 6.00% due 05/25/36

   558,076
  

CWALT 2006-31CBA16

  

Corporate Bonds - 500,000 - 6.00% due 11/25/36

   507,565
  

CWALT 06-43CB 1A4

  

Corporate Bonds - 650,000 - 6.00% due 02/25/37

   656,881
  

BACM 2005-4-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 376,954 - 4.43% due 07/10/45

   372,071
  

BACM 2005-6-A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 475,000 - 5.19% due 09/10/47

   476,243
  

BOAA 2003-1-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 140,836 - 5.00% due 02/25/33

   138,520
  

BOAMS 2004-E 2A6

  

Corporate Bonds - 275,000 - 4.11% due 06/25/34

   270,591
  

BACM 2006-2-AAB

  

Corporate Bonds - 475,000 - 5.72% due 05/10/36

   489,268
  

BSCMS 2005-PWR9-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 586,257 - 4.50% due 09/11/42

   578,866
  

BSCMS 2005-T20-A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 1,275,000 - 5.13% due 10/12/42

   1,273,970
  

CDC COMMERCIAL MTGE

  

Corporate Bonds - 1,125,000 - 5.68% due 11/15/30

   1,148,608
  

CD 2006-CD2-AAB

  

Corporate Bonds - 650,000 - 5.57% due 01/15/46

   657,352
  

CPS 2006-A-A3

  

Corporate Bonds - 525,000 - 5.10% due 10/15/10

   525,862
  

CWALT 2005-6CB-1A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 146,775 - 7.50% due 04/25/35

   153,032
  

CWL 2005-10-AF6

  

Corporate Bonds - 75,000 - 4.91% due 12/25/35

   73,375
  

CWL 2005-17-1AF2

  

Corporate Bonds - 360,000 - 5.36% due 12/25/35

   359,584
  

CWALT INC 2005-54CB

  

Corporate Bonds - 190,090 - 5.50% due 11/25/35

   191,031
  

CWALT INC 2005-43

  

Corporate Bonds - 193,885 - 5.50% due 11/25/35

   194,845
  

CWALT 2005-64CB-1A

  

Corporate Bonds - 356,645 - 5.50% due 12/25/35

   359,196
  

CWALT 2005-85CB-2A

  

Corporate Bonds - 437,981 - 5.50% due 02/25/36

   439,300
  

CWALT 2006-SCB

  

Corporate Bonds - 743,931 - 6.00% due 01/25/36

   747,774
  

CWHL 2006-HYB1-1A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 417,308 - 5.39% due 03/20/36

   416,724
  

CWHL 2006-HYB5-2A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 852,314 - 5.95% due 09/20/36

   861,998
  

CITIGROUP INC

  

Corporate Bonds - 345,000 - 6.50% due 01/18/11

   371,126
  

CGCMT 2005-C3-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 729,731 - 4.39% due 05/15/43

   719,351
  

ARMT 2005-12-2A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 477,348 - 5.71% due 03/25/36

   481,074
  

CSFB 2003-CPN1-A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 1,100,000 - 4.60% due 03/15/35

   1,064,744
  

CSMC 2006-C4-A3 5.

  

Corporate Bonds - 790,000 - 5.47% due 09/15/39

   798,485
  

CSFB 2005-C4-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 521,341 - 4.77% due 08/15/38

   517,858
  

ARMT_06-1-2A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 672,649 - 5.97% due 06/25/36

   679,220
  

CSMC 2006-C1-A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 525,000 - 5.44% due 02/15/39

   532,649
  

CSFB-05-12-SA1

  

Corporate Bonds - 306,456 - 7.00% due 12/25/35

   314,849
  

FNMA 2004-W10 A23

  

Corporate Bonds - 350,000 - 5.00% due 08/25/34

   348,963
  

GMACM 2004-HE2-A4

  

Corporate Bonds - 335,000 - 3.65% due 10/25/33

   323,904
  

GECMC 2004-C2 A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 173,501 - 3.11% due 03/10/40

   169,270
  

GECMC 2005-C3-A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 1,016,000 - 4.85% due 07/10/45

   1,008,116
  

GCCFC 2003-C2 A3

  

Corporate Bonds - 1,035,000 - 4.53% due 07/05/10

   1,012,130
  

GCCFC 2005-GG5-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 661,129 - 4.79% due 04/10/37

   658,081
  

HVMLT 2005-12-2A1A

  

Corporate Bonds - 346,144 - 6.83% due 10/19/35

   358,494
  

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING

  

Corporate Bonds - 450,000 - 4.93% due 02/15/10

   449,353
  

INDX 2005-AR25-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 253,608 - 5.88% due 12/25/35

   255,278
  

INDX 2006-AR13-1A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 552,423 - 6.10% due 07/25/36

   556,680

 

Note:

Column (d) is not applicable for participant directed investments.

 

*

Represents a party-in-interest

 

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Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

EIN #31-1048997 Plan #002

Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006

 

(a)

  

(b)

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor, or Similar Party

  

(c)

Description of Investment Including

Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,

Collateral, Par or Maturity Value

  

(e)

Current

Value

 
  

INDYMAC LN TR 2006-AR1

  

Corporate Bonds - 1,287,520 - 5.96% due 08/25/36

   1,301,278  
  

JPMCC 2003-C1-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 845,251 - 4.27% due 01/12/37

   827,142  
  

JPMCC 2005-CIBC12-

  

Corporate Bonds - 575,000 - 4.85% due 09/12/37

   564,165  
  

JPMCC 2006-CB16

  

Corporate Bonds - 875,000 - 5.55% due 05/12/45

   891,614  
  

LBUBS 2005-C1-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 289,419 - 4.06% due 02/15/30

   284,582  
  

LBART 2005-B-A3

  

Corporate Bonds - 625,000 - 4.41% due 05/15/10

   621,698  
  

MALT 2004-13 7A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 817,733 - 6.50% due 11/25/34

   825,678  
  

MLMT 2005-CIP1-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 539,043 - 4.63% due 05/12/10

   533,954  
  

MLMT 2005-CK1-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 449,643 - 5.03% due 11/12/37

   449,751  
  

MSC 2003-T11 A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 725,000 - 4.34% due 06/13/41

   711,301  
  

MSM 2004-2AR 3A

  

Corporate Bonds - 182,608 - 5.05% due 02/25/34

   181,015  
  

MSC 2006-HQ9-AAB

  

Corporate Bonds - 600,000 - 5.68% due 07/20/44

   615,321  
  

POPLR 2005-5-AF3

  

Corporate Bonds - 525,000 - 5.09% due 11/25/35

   521,893  
  

RAMC 2006-2-AF3

  

Corporate Bonds - 450,000 - 5.69% due 08/25/36

   454,098  
  

RAMC 2005-3-AF3

  

Corporate Bonds - 355,000 - 4.77% due 10/25/35

   351,959  
  

RAMC 2005-4-A3

  

Corporate Bonds - 195,000 - 5.56% due 02/25/36

   195,170  
  

RAMC 2006-1-AF3

  

Corporate Bonds - 685,000 - 5.61% due 05/25/36

   687,666  
  

RALI SER 2003-QS4 ABS5

  

Corporate Bonds - 43,677 - 5.50% due 09/25/33

   43,757  
  

RASC 2004-KS8 AI3

  

Corporate Bonds - 229,916 - 3.84% due 09/25/34

   227,814  
  

RALI 2006-QS3-1A10

  

Corporate Bonds - 317,632 - 6.00% due 03/25/36

   322,540  
  

SQALT 2006-1-A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 284,972 - 6.12% due 02/25/36

   291,605  
  

SARM 2005-15-4A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 546,841 - 5.52% due 07/25/35

   544,337  
  

SARM_06-5:4A1 CMO FLOAT%

  

Corporate Bonds - 394,091 - 5.97% due 06/25/36

   397,151  
  

WAMU MTG PASS-THROUGH CTFS CL 2-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 387,473 - 5.30% due 12/25/35

   386,053  
  

WBCMT 2003-C8 A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 300,000 - 3.89% due 11/15/35

   293,221  
  

WBCMT 2005-C18-A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 500,000 - 4.66% due 04/15/42

   492,280  
  

WBCMT 2005-C18-A4

  

Corporate Bonds - 600,000 - 4.93% due 04/15/42

   586,426  
  

WBCMT 2005-C19-A1

  

Corporate Bonds - 418,268 - 4.17% due 06/15/42

   411,208  
  

WFMBS 2005-5-3PT3

  

Corporate Bonds - 760,614 - 5.50% due 05/25/35

   750,845  
  

WFMBS 2006-AR6-2A2

  

Corporate Bonds - 927,150 - 5.08% due 04/25/36

   919,222  
  

WELLS FARGO MTG BACKED SECS 2006-AR6

  

Corporate Bonds - 474,472 - 5.11% due 03/25/36

   470,987  
  

Other - (pending purchases/sales)

      (15,425,446 )
            
         636,639,369  
            

 

Note:

Column (d) is not applicable for participant directed investments.

 

*

Represents a party-in-interest

 

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Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

EIN #31-1048997 Plan #002

Schedule G, Part III

Financial Transaction Schedule - Nonexempt Transactions

December 31, 2006

 

(a) Identity of party involved

  

(b) Relationship to plan, employer, or other party-in interest

Limited Brands, Inc.    Plan sponsor

(c) Description of transactions including maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value

Plan sponsor used earnings within the plan to reduce the amount of one of the plan sponsor’s match contributions during 2005 and which was fully corrected for June 2, 2006

(d) Purchase price

  

(e) Selling price

  

(f) Lease rental

  

(g) Expenses incurred in connection
with transaction

—      —      —      —  

(h) Cost of asset

  

(i) Current value of asset

  

(j) Net gain or (loss) on each
transaction

    

17,989

   19,378    —     

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan

Date: June 26, 2007

   

By:

 

/s/ Ezra Singer

       

Ezra Singer

Senior Vice President, Compensation & Benefits

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

23.1   

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

25

EX-23.1 2 dex231.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 1-8344) pertaining to the Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan of our report dated June 22, 2007, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of the Limited Brands, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Columbus, Ohio

June 25, 2007

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