Hanesbrands Inc.
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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     1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD
     WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27105 		      HANESBRANDS INC.
 
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Meeting Location
The Annual Meeting for holders as of February 15, 2008 is to be held on April 22, 2008 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern time
at: Jumeirah Essex House, Grand Salon
      160 Central Park South
     New York, New York 10019
 
From Newark International Airport — Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Lincoln Tunnel. Exit the tunnel, bearing to the left. At the first light (40th Street) make a right turn. Then make a left onto 8th Avenue and a right onto 59th Street/Central Park South. Jumeirah Essex House is on the right.
From North — Take Interstate 95 South and cross the George Washington Bridge. Bear right towards exit 9A, Henry Hudson Parkway South. Exit at 56th Street and make a left onto 8th Avenue. Make a right onto 59th Street and proceed to Jumeirah Essex House, which is located between 6th and 7th Avenues.
From South — Take the Van Wyck Expressway to Grand Central Parkway and proceed to the Triboro Bridge. Bear right onto FDR Drive. Continue south to 63rd Street and make a left onto 2nd Avenue. Turn right onto 57th Street and make another right onto 8th Avenue. Turn right onto 59th Street and proceed to Jumeirah Essex House.
From Long Island/Midtown Tunnel — Exit the Midtown Tunnel and bear right onto 3rd Avenue and proceed to 57th Street. Turn left onto 57th Street and then make a right onto 8th Avenue. Turn right onto 59th Street and proceed to Jumeirah Essex House, which is located between 6th and 7th Avenues.


 
 

 

         
     
Voting items
    
 
        
     
 
        
1.   Election of Directors
 
  Nominees:    
 
  01) Chaden   06) Mulcahy 
 
  02) Coker   07) Noll 
 
  03) Griffin   08) Peterson 
 
   04) Johnson    09) Schindler 
 
   05) Mathews      
 
        
2.   To approve the Hanesbrands Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2006
 
        
3.  To approve the Hanesbrands Inc. Performance-Based Annual Incentive Plan
 
        
4.  To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Hanesbrands’ independent registered
public accounting firm for its 2008 fiscal year
 
        
5.  To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on any other matter that may properly come before
the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof in the discretion of the proxy holder.
 
        
Hanesbrands’ Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR”
each nominee for director, and “FOR” each of proposal 2, proposal 3 and proposal 4.


         
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