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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
The Limited, Inc.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
Three Limited Parkway
(Street)
Columbus Ohio 43216
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF)
3. IRS or Social Security
Number of Reporting
Person (Voluntary)
31-1029810
4. Statement for
Month/Year
April 1998
5. If Amendment
Date of Original
(Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give Other (specify
------ title below) ------ below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable
Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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<TABLE>
Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
<CAPTION>
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Indirect
(Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
End of Month (D) or ficial
(Month/ (Inst. 3 Indirect Owner-
Day/ (A or and 4) (I) ship
Year) Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr. 4) (Instr.4)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class A Common Stock 4/14/98 P(1) 600,000 (D) $43.125 43,600,000 (D)
</TABLE>
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
FORM 4 (continued)Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or
Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1. Title of Deriva- 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date 7. Title and 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature
tive Security sion or action action Deriva- Exer- Amount of of de- ship of
(Instr. 3) Exer- Date Code tive cisable of Under- Deriv- rivative Form In-
cise (Month/ (Instr. Securi- and lying ative Secur- of De- direct
Price Day/ 8) ties Expira- Securi- Security ities rivative Benefi-
of Year) Acquired tion ties (Instri. Bene- Secur- cial
Deri- (A) or Date (Instr. 5) ficially ity: Owner-
vative Disposed (Month/ 3 and Owned Direct(D) ship
Secur- of (D) Day/ 4) at End or In- (Instr.
ity (Instr. Year) of Month direct.(I) 4)
3, 4 and (Instr. (Instr.
5) 4) 4)
Amount
or
Date Expir- Number
Exer- ration of
Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
None.
</TABLE>
Explanation of Responses:
(1) The reporting person acquired the Class A Common Stock in exchange for
cancellation of certain debt owed by the issuer to the reporting person.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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By: /s/ Kenneth B. Gilman May 7, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Vice Chairman & Chief Administrative Officer,
on behalf of The Limited, Inc.
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