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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-620340
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160613
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160614
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160613

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			L 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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08344
		FILM NUMBER:		161711681

	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 BRANDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020613

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LIMITED INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June&nbsp;13, 2016 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>L Brands, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On June&nbsp;13, 2016, L Brands, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced and priced the public offering (the &#147;Senior Notes Offering&#148;) of $700
million aggregate principal amount of its 6.750% Notes due 2036 (the &#147;Senior Notes&#148;). The Senior Notes are being offered pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated June&nbsp;13, 2016, to the prospectus dated January&nbsp;29, 2016, which
forms part of the Company&#146;s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-209236) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on January&nbsp;29, 2016. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the
Senior Notes Offering, after the payment of fees and expenses, for the redemption of its outstanding 6.900% Notes due 2017 and for general corporate purposes. The foregoing does not constitute a notice of redemption or an obligation to issue a
notice of redemption for the Company&#146;s outstanding notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of the press releases announcing (i)&nbsp;the Senior Notes Offering and
(ii)&nbsp;the pricing of the Senior Notes Offering are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>L Brands Announces Proposed $700 Million Offering of Senior Notes Due 2036 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Columbus, Ohio (June 13, 2016) &#151; L Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LB) announced today that it is offering to sell $700 million aggregate principal amount of
unsecured senior notes due 2036 in a public offering underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan as joint book-running managers. The 2036 Notes will be guaranteed by certain of the Company&#146;s subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company intends to use proceeds from the offering, after the payment of fees and expenses, for the redemption of its outstanding 6.900% notes due 2017 and
for general corporate purposes. The foregoing does not constitute a notice of redemption or an obligation to issue a notice of redemption for the outstanding notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A registration statement relating to the offering of the 2036 Notes has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell nor an offer to buy any securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The offering of the
2036 Notes may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at <U>dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com</U>, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 390
Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 or by calling 1-212-723-6020 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by calling 1-800-221-1037. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>ABOUT L BRANDS: </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L Brands, through Victoria&#146;s
Secret, PINK, Bath&nbsp;&amp; Body Works, La Senza and Henri Bendel, is an international company. The company operates 3,038 company-owned specialty stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Greater China, and its brands are sold
in more than 700 additional franchised locations worldwide. The company&#146;s products are also available online at www.VictoriasSecret.com, www.BathandBodyWorks.com, www.HenriBendel.com and www.LaSenza.com. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L Brands, Inc. cautions that any forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in this
press release involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, our future performance and financial results may differ materially from those expressed or implied
in any such forward-looking statements. Words such as &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;planned,&#148; &#147;potential&#148; and
any similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Risks associated with the following factors, among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could affect our financial performance and actual results and could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements included in this press release: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">general economic conditions, consumer confidence, consumer spending patterns and market disruptions including severe weather conditions, natural disasters, health hazards, terrorist activities, financial crises,
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revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this press release or to reflect circumstances existing after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of future events even if experience or future events make it
clear that any expected results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements will not be realized. Additional information regarding these and other factors can be found in &#147;Item 1A. Risk Factors&#148; in our 2015 Annual Report on
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.2 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>L BRANDS PRICES SENIOR NOTES OFFERING </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Columbus, Ohio (June 13, 2016) &#151; L Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LB) announced today that its previously announced offering of $700 million aggregate principal
amount of unsecured senior notes due 2036 priced at 100% of the aggregate principal amount with a coupon of 6.750%. The sale of the 2036 Notes was underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan as joint book-running managers. The 2036
Notes will be guaranteed by certain of the Company&#146;s subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company intends to use proceeds from the offering, after the payment of fees
and expenses, for the redemption of its outstanding 6.900% notes due 2017 and for general corporate purposes. The foregoing does not constitute a notice of redemption or an obligation to issue a notice of redemption for the outstanding notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A registration statement relating to the offering of the 2036 Notes has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell nor an offer to buy any securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The offering of the
2036 Notes may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at <U>dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com</U>, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 390
Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 or by calling 1-212-723-6020 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by calling 1-800-221-1037. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>ABOUT L BRANDS: </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L Brands, through Victoria&#146;s
Secret, PINK, Bath&nbsp;&amp; Body Works, La Senza and Henri Bendel, is an international company. The company operates 3,038 company-owned specialty stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Greater China, and its brands are sold
in more than 700 additional franchised locations worldwide. The company&#146;s products are also available online at www.VictoriasSecret.com, www.BathandBodyWorks.com, www.HenriBendel.com and www.LaSenza.com. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L Brands, Inc. cautions that any forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in this
press release involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, our future performance and financial results may differ materially from those expressed or implied
in any such forward-looking statements. Words such as &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;planned,&#148; &#147;potential&#148; and
any similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Risks associated with the following factors, among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could affect our financial performance and actual results and could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements included in this press release: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">VICTORIA&#146;S SECRET
/ BATH &amp; BODY WORKS / PINK / LA SENZA / HENRI BENDEL </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Three Limited Parkway Columbus, OH 43230 www.LB.com </P>


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