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hotel, retail, residential and recreational space. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2024, certain of these investments met all of the required criteria for held for sale presentation, which requires assets to be reported at the lower of their carrying value or fair value less costs to sell. The investments classified as held for sale, consisting primarily of undeveloped land, are reported at their carrying value, which was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent" scale="6" id="f-322">81</ix:nonFraction> million, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent" scale="6" id="f-323">81</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent" scale="6" id="f-324">97</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025, respectively, within Current Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During the second quarter of 2025, the Company changed its plan of sale for its Easton investments, causing certain of these investments to no longer meet the held for sale criteria. As a result of this change, the Company reclassified $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-45" decimals="-6" sign="-" name="us-gaap:OtherAssetsCurrent" scale="6" id="f-325"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-45" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:OtherAssetsNoncurrent" scale="6" id="f-326">17</ix:nonFraction></ix:nonFraction> million of carrying value from Current Assets to long-term Other Assets during the second quarter of 2025. The Company’s Easton investments not presented as held for sale and reported in Other Assets were $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:EastonInvestmentsIncludingCarryingValueOfRelatedEquityMethodInvestments" scale="6" id="f-327">35</ix:nonFraction> million, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:EastonInvestmentsIncludingCarryingValueOfRelatedEquityMethodInvestments" scale="6" id="f-328">38</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:EastonInvestmentsIncludingCarryingValueOfRelatedEquityMethodInvestments" scale="6" id="f-329">24</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025, respectively.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Interchange Fee Settlements</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the first quarter of 2026, the Company entered into settlement agreements to resolve payment card interchange fee litigation. As a result of the settlements, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement" scale="6" id="f-330">88</ix:nonFraction> million, net of legal fees, as a reduction of General, Administrative and Store Operating Expenses in the first quarter of 2026 Consolidated Statement of Income.</span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:UseOfEstimates" id="f-331" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period, as well as the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results may differ from those estimates, and the Company revises its estimates and assumptions as new information becomes available.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:NewAccountingPronouncementsPolicyPolicyTextBlock" id="f-332" continuedAt="f-332-1" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2024-03, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, which requires disclosures of disaggregated information about certain prescribed expense categories within relevant income statement expense captions. This standard is effective for annual reporting of fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods in the following year, with early adoption permitted. This standard should be applied prospectively, with retrospective application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its disclosures.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric></ix:continuation><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><ix:continuation id="f-332-1" continuedAt="f-332-2"><ix:continuation id="f-309-3" continuedAt="f-309-4"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software</span></ix:continuation></ix:continuation><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><ix:continuation id="f-332-2"><ix:continuation id="f-309-4">, which is intended to modernize the accounting for software costs by removing project stages from capitalization criteria and further clarifies the threshold entities apply to begin capitalizing costs. This standard is effective for annual reporting of fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. This standard can be applied prospectively, retrospectively or through a modified transition approach. The Company early adopted this standard prospectively in the first quarter of 2026. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements</ix:continuation></ix:continuation> nor the related disclosures.</span></div><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_43"></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerTextBlock" id="f-333" continuedAt="f-333-1" escape="true">Revenue Recognition</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-333-1" continuedAt="f-333-2"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Accounts receivable, net from revenue-generating activities were $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNet" scale="6" id="f-334">61</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 2, 2026, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNet" scale="6" id="f-335">66</ix:nonFraction> million as of January 31, 2026 and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AccountsReceivableNet" scale="6" id="f-336">67</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 3, 2025. These accounts receivable primarily relate to amounts due from the Company’s franchise, license and wholesale partners. Under these arrangements, payment terms are typically <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-47" name="bbwi:AccountReceivablePaymentTerm" format="ixt-sec:durday" id="f-337">45</ix:nonNumeric> to <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-48" name="bbwi:AccountReceivablePaymentTerm" format="ixt-sec:durday" id="f-338">75</ix:nonNumeric> days. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company records deferred revenue when cash payments are received in advance of transfer of control of goods or services. Deferred revenue primarily relates to gift cards, loyalty points and rewards, and direct channel shipments not received by the </span></div></ix:continuation><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">8</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">Table of Content</a><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">s</a></span></div></div><ix:continuation id="f-333-2" continuedAt="f-333-3"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">customer, which are all impacted by seasonal and holiday-related sales patterns. Deferred revenue, which is recorded within Accrued Expenses and Other on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:ContractWithCustomerLiability" scale="6" id="f-339">200</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 2, 2026, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:ContractWithCustomerLiability" scale="6" id="f-340">223</ix:nonFraction> million as of January 31, 2026 and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:ContractWithCustomerLiability" scale="6" id="f-341">177</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 3, 2025. The Company recognized $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:ContractWithCustomerLiabilityRevenueRecognized" scale="6" id="f-342">68</ix:nonFraction> million as revenue during the first quarter of 2026 from amounts recorded as deferred revenue at the beginning of its fiscal year. </span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:DisaggregationOfRevenueTableTextBlock" id="f-343" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table provides a disaggregation of Net Sales for the first quarters of 2026 and 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:73.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.034%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.036%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">First Quarter</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Stores - U.S. and Canada (a)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-49" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-344">1,062</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-50" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-345">1,110</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Direct - U.S. and Canada</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-51" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" scale="6" id="f-346">246</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-52" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" scale="6" id="f-347">250</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">International and Other (b)</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-53" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" scale="6" id="f-348">70</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-54" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" scale="6" id="f-349">64</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total Net Sales</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-350">1,378</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-351">1,424</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr></table><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">_______________</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</span><ix:footnote id="fn-1" footnoteRole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/footnote"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.91pt">Results include fulfilled buy online pick up in store orders.</span></ix:footnote></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)</span><ix:footnote id="fn-2" footnoteRole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/footnote"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.34pt">Results include royalties associated with franchised stores, as well as international and domestic wholesale sales.</span></ix:footnote></div></ix:nonNumeric></ix:continuation><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><ix:continuation id="f-333-3">The Company’s Net Sales outside of the U.S. include sales from Company-operated stores and its e-commerce site in Canada, royalties associated with franchised stores and international wholesale sales. Certain of these sales are subject to the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency. The Company’s Net Sales outside of the U.S. totaled $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-55" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" scale="6" id="f-352">136</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-56" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" scale="6" id="f-353">132</ix:nonFraction> million for the first quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively</ix:continuation>.</span></div><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_46"></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="bbwi:NetIncomePerShareAndShareholdersEquityDeficitTextBlock" id="f-354" continuedAt="f-354-1" escape="true">Net Income Per Share and Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-354-1" continuedAt="f-354-2"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Net Income Per Share</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Net Income per Basic Share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Net Income per Diluted Share includes the weighted-average effect of dilutive restricted share units, performance share units and stock options (collectively, “Dilutive Awards”) on the weighted-average common shares outstanding.</span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfEarningsPerShareBasicAndDilutedTableTextBlock" id="f-355" escape="true"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table provides the weighted-average shares utilized for the calculation of Net Income per Basic and Diluted Share for the first quarters of 2026 and 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:73.900%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.034%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.036%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">First Quarter</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common Shares</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesIssuedBasic" scale="6" id="f-356">216</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesIssuedBasic" scale="6" id="f-357">229</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Treasury Shares</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesTreasuryStock" scale="6" id="f-358">15</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesTreasuryStock" scale="6" id="f-359">15</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Basic Shares</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic" scale="6" id="f-360">201</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic" scale="6" id="f-361">214</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Effect of Dilutive Awards</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment" scale="6" id="f-362">1</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment" scale="6" id="f-363">1</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 13pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Diluted Shares</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-364">202</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-365">215</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Anti-dilutive Awards (a)</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-366">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-367">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr></table><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> _______________</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</span><ix:footnote id="fn-3" footnoteRole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/footnote"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.91pt">These awards were excluded from the calculation of Net Income per Diluted Share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.</span></ix:footnote></div></ix:nonNumeric></ix:continuation><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">9</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">Table of Content</a><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">s</a></span></div></div><ix:continuation id="f-354-2"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Common Stock Repurchases and Retirements</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock during the first quarter of 2026.</span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfStockholdersEquityTableTextBlock" id="f-368" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Under the authority of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company repurchased shares of its common stock under the following repurchase programs during the first quarter of 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:48.022%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.384%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.034%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.384%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.034%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.384%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.034%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.384%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.040%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr style="height:20pt"><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Repurchase <br/>Program</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amount<br/>Authorized</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Shares<br/>Repurchased</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amount<br/>Repurchased</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Average Stock Price</span></td></tr><tr style="height:20pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2025</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in thousands)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">January 2024</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-57" decimals="-6" name="srt:StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1" scale="6" id="f-369">500</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-58" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockSharesAcquired" scale="3" id="f-370">460</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-58" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod" scale="6" id="f-371">17</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usdPerShare" contextRef="c-58" decimals="2" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare" scale="0" id="f-372">37.67</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">January 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-59" decimals="-6" name="srt:StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1" scale="6" id="f-373">500</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-60" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockSharesAcquired" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-374">3,866</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-60" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod" scale="6" id="f-375">118</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usdPerShare" contextRef="c-60" decimals="2" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare" scale="0" id="f-376">30.47</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockSharesAcquired" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="3" id="f-377">4,326</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod" scale="6" id="f-378">135</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On February 27, 2025, the Company cancelled the remaining $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-61" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1" scale="6" id="f-379">121</ix:nonFraction> million authorization available under the January 2024 Program and began repurchasing shares under the January 2025 Program. The January 2025 Program had $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-62" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1" scale="6" id="f-380">117</ix:nonFraction> million of remaining authority as of May 2, 2026. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Shares repurchased under these programs are retired and cancelled upon repurchase. As a result, the Company retired the <ix:nonFraction unitRef="shares" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-3" name="us-gaap:StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares" scale="6" id="f-381">4.326</ix:nonFraction> million shares repurchased during the first quarter of 2025. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Dividends</span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:DividendsDeclaredTableTextBlock" id="f-382" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company paid the following dividends during the first quarters of 2026 and 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:72.584%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.765%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.621%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Ordinary Dividends</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total Paid</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(per share)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">First Quarter</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usdPerShare" contextRef="c-1" decimals="2" name="us-gaap:CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared" scale="0" id="f-383">0.20</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividends" scale="6" id="f-384">40</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">First Quarter</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usdPerShare" contextRef="c-3" decimals="2" name="us-gaap:CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared" scale="0" id="f-385">0.20</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividends" scale="6" id="f-386">43</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr></table></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In May 2026, the Company declared its second quarter 2026 ordinary dividend of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usdPerShare" contextRef="c-63" decimals="2" name="us-gaap:CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared" scale="0" id="f-387">0.20</ix:nonFraction> per share payable on June 19, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 5, 2026.</span></div></ix:continuation><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_49"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:InventoryDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-388" continuedAt="f-388-1" escape="true">Inventories</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-388-1"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfInventoryCurrentTableTextBlock" id="f-389" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table provides details of Inventories as of May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:59.280%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.619%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.619%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.622%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 2,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">January 31,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 3,<br/>2025</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Finished Goods Merchandise</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves" scale="6" id="f-390">615</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves" scale="6" id="f-391">545</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves" scale="6" id="f-392">696</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Raw Materials and Merchandise Components</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryRawMaterialsAndPurchasedPartsNetOfReserves" scale="6" id="f-393">167</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryRawMaterialsAndPurchasedPartsNetOfReserves" scale="6" id="f-394">154</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryRawMaterialsAndPurchasedPartsNetOfReserves" scale="6" id="f-395">173</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total Inventories</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryNet" scale="6" id="f-396">782</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryNet" scale="6" id="f-397">699</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InventoryNet" scale="6" id="f-398">869</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div></ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:InventoryPolicyTextBlock" id="f-399" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Inventories are principally valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value, on an average cost basis.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric></ix:continuation><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_52"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-400" continuedAt="f-400-1" escape="true">Long-lived Assets</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentTextBlock" id="f-401" escape="true"><ix:continuation id="f-400-1" continuedAt="f-400-2"><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table provides details of Property and Equipment, Net as of May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:59.280%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.619%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.619%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.622%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 2,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">January 31,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 3,<br/>2025</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="15" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Property and Equipment, at Cost</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-402">3,333</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-403">3,363</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-404">3,250</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-405">2,227</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-406">2,236</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-407">2,139</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Property and Equipment, Net</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-408">1,106</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-409">1,127</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-410">1,111</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div></ix:continuation></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><ix:continuation id="f-400-2">Depreciation expense was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:Depreciation" scale="6" id="f-411">61</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:Depreciation" scale="6" id="f-412">64</ix:nonFraction> million for the first quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively. Capital Expenditures of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid" scale="6" id="f-413">26</ix:nonFraction> million, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-64" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid" scale="6" id="f-414">34</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid" scale="6" id="f-415">34</ix:nonFraction> million remained unpaid as of May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025, respectively.</ix:continuation> </span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">10</span></div></div></div><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_55"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">Table of Content</a><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">s</a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">6. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-416" continuedAt="f-416-1" escape="true">Income Taxes</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-416-1"><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The provision for income taxes is based on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and is adjusted as necessary for quarterly events.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2.5pt;margin-top:2.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For the first quarter of 2026, the Company’s effective tax rate was (<ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-1" decimals="3" sign="-" name="us-gaap:EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations" scale="-2" id="f-417">10.1</ix:nonFraction>%) compared to <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-3" decimals="3" name="us-gaap:EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations" scale="-2" id="f-418">28.4</ix:nonFraction>% in the first quarter of 2025. The 2026 first quarter rate was lower than the Company’s combined estimated federal and state statutory rates primarily due to the resolution of certain tax matters. The 2025 first quarter rate was higher than the Company’s combined estimated federal and state statutory rates primarily due to accrued interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2.5pt;margin-top:2.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Uncertain Tax Positions</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2.5pt;margin-top:2.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:UnrecognizedTaxBenefits" scale="6" id="f-419">131</ix:nonFraction> million as of January 31, 2026, of which $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate" scale="6" id="f-420">75</ix:nonFraction> million, if recognized, would reduce the effective income tax rate. Through May 2, 2026, the Company had a net decrease to gross unrecognized tax benefits of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities" scale="6" id="f-421">86</ix:nonFraction> million, primarily due to the resolution of certain tax matters. The changes to the unrecognized tax benefits resulted in a $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" sign="-" name="bbwi:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefits" scale="6" id="f-422">40</ix:nonFraction> million benefit to the Company’s Provision for Income Taxes in the first quarter of 2026.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2.5pt;margin-top:2.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as components of income tax expense. The Company had accrued $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued" scale="6" id="f-423">8</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued" scale="6" id="f-424">36</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 2, 2026 and January 31, 2026, respectively, for the payment of interest and penalties.</span></div></ix:continuation><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_58"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">7. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtTextBlock" id="f-425" continuedAt="f-425-1" escape="true">Long-term Debt and Borrowing Facility</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-425-1" continuedAt="f-425-2"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfDebtInstrumentsTextBlock" id="f-426" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table provides the Company’s outstanding debt balances, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts, as of May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:3pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.561%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:67.035%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:9.032%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.534%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:9.032%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.534%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:9.033%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 2,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">January 31,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 3,<br/>2025</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="15" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Senior Debt with Subsidiary Guarantee</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-65" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-427">297</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-65" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-428">6.694</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Notes due January 2027 (“2027 Notes”)</span></div></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-65" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-429">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-66" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-430">280</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-67" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-431">277</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-68" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-432">444</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-68" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-433">5.250</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Notes due February 2028 (“2028 Notes”)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-68" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-434">444</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-69" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-435">444</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-70" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-436">443</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-71" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-437">482</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-71" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-438">7.500</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Notes due June 2029 (“2029 Notes”)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-71" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-439">477</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-72" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-440">477</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-73" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-441">476</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-74" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-442">844</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-74" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-443">6.625</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Notes due October 2030 (“2030 Notes”)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-74" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-444">840</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-75" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-445">839</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-76" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-446">839</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-77" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-447">802</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-77" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-448">6.875</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Notes due November 2035 (“2035 Notes”)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-77" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-449">797</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-78" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-450">797</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-79" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-451">797</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-80" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-452">575</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-80" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-453">6.750</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Notes due July 2036 (“2036 Notes”)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-80" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-454">571</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-81" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-455">571</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-82" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-456">571</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Senior Debt with Subsidiary Guarantee</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-83" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-457">3,129</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-84" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-458">3,408</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-85" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-459">3,403</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Senior Debt</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-86" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-460">284</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-86" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-461">6.950</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Debentures due March 2033 (“2033 Notes”)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-86" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-462">284</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-87" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-463">284</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-88" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-464">283</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-89" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:DebtInstrumentNotionalAmountOutstanding" scale="6" id="f-465">201</ix:nonFraction> million, <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-89" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage" scale="-2" id="f-466">7.600</ix:nonFraction>% Fixed Interest Rate Notes due July 2037 (“2037 Notes”)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-89" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-467">200</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-90" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-468">200</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-91" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-469">200</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Senior Debt</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-92" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-470">484</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-93" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-471">484</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-94" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-472">483</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total Debt</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-473">3,613</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-474">3,892</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebt" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-475">3,886</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Current Debt</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtCurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-476">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtCurrent" scale="6" id="f-477">280</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtCurrent" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-478">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total Long-term Debt, Net of Current Portion</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-4" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-479">3,613</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-5" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-480">3,612</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-6" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-481">3,886</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cash paid for interest was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-1" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InterestPaidNet" scale="6" id="f-482">82</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-3" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:InterestPaidNet" scale="6" id="f-483">77</ix:nonFraction> million for the first quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Repurchases of Notes</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During the first quarter of 2026, the Company completed a make-whole call to repurchase the remaining $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-95" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount" scale="6" id="f-484">284</ix:nonFraction> million principal amounts of its outstanding 2027 Notes. The repurchase price for these notes was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-95" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt" scale="6" id="f-485">289</ix:nonFraction> million, resulting in a pre-tax loss of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-95" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt" scale="6" id="f-486">8</ix:nonFraction> million, net of the write-off of unamortized discounts and issuance costs. This loss is included in Other Income, Net in the first quarter of 2026 Consolidated Statement of Income.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company did not repurchase any outstanding senior notes during the first quarter of 2025. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Asset-backed Revolving Credit Facility</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company and certain of the Company’s <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-96" decimals="2" name="us-gaap:MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent" scale="-2" id="f-487">100</ix:nonFraction>% owned subsidiaries guarantee and pledge collateral to secure an asset-backed revolving credit facility (“ABL Facility”). The ABL Facility, which allows borrowings and letters of credit in U.S. and Canadian dollars, has aggregate commitments of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-97" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity" scale="6" id="f-488">750</ix:nonFraction> million and an expiration date in May 2030.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Availability under the ABL Facility is the lesser of (i) the borrowing base, determined primarily based on the Company’s eligible U.S. and Canadian credit card receivables, accounts receivable, inventory and eligible real property, or (ii) the aggregate commitment. If at any time the outstanding amount under the ABL Facility exceeds the lesser of (i) the borrowing base and (ii) the aggregate commitment, the Company is required to repay the outstanding amounts under the ABL Facility to </span></div></ix:continuation><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">11</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">Table of Content</a><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">s</a></span></div></div><ix:continuation id="f-425-2"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">the extent of such excess. As of May 2, 2026, the Company’s borrowing base was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-97" decimals="INF" name="bbwi:LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingBase" scale="6" id="f-489">554</ix:nonFraction> million, and it had <ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-97" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LineOfCredit" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-490">no</ix:nonFraction> borrowings outstanding under the ABL Facility.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The ABL Facility supports the Company’s letter of credit program. The Company had $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-98" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount" scale="6" id="f-491">9</ix:nonFraction> million of outstanding letters of credit as of May 2, 2026 that reduced its availability under the ABL Facility. As of May 2, 2026, the Company’s availability under the ABL Facility was $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-97" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity" scale="6" id="f-492">544</ix:nonFraction> million.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of May 2, 2026, the ABL Facility fees related to committed and unutilized amounts were <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-99" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage" scale="-2" id="f-493">0.30</ix:nonFraction>% per annum, and the fees related to outstanding letters of credit were <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-99" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage" scale="-2" id="f-494">1.25</ix:nonFraction>% per annum. In addition, the interest rate on outstanding U.S. dollar borrowings was the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-100" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1" scale="-2" id="f-495">1.25</ix:nonFraction>% per annum. The interest rate on outstanding Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings was the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average plus <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-101" decimals="INF" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1" scale="-2" id="f-496">1.25</ix:nonFraction>% per annum.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The ABL Facility requires the Company to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-99" decimals="INF" name="bbwi:LineOfCreditFinancialCovenantFixedChargeCoverageRatio" scale="0" id="f-497">1.00</ix:nonFraction> to 1.00 during an event of default or any period commencing on any day when specified excess availability is less than the greater of (i) $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-99" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:LineofCreditFinancialCovenantMaximumBorrowingAmount" scale="6" id="f-498">70</ix:nonFraction> million or (ii) <ix:nonFraction unitRef="number" contextRef="c-97" decimals="INF" name="bbwi:LineOfCreditFinancialCovenantPercentageOfMaximumBorrowingAmount" scale="-2" id="f-499">10</ix:nonFraction>% of the maximum borrowing amount. As of May 2, 2026, the Company was not required to maintain this ratio.</span></div></ix:continuation><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_61"></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">8. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:FairValueDisclosuresTextBlock" id="f-500" continuedAt="f-500-1" escape="true">Fair Value Measurements</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-500-1"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cash and Cash Equivalents include cash on hand, deposits with financial institutions and highly liquid investments with original maturities of less than 90 days. The Company’s Cash and Cash Equivalents are considered Level 1 fair value measurements as they are valued using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. </span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfCarryingValuesAndEstimatedFairValuesOfDebtInstrumentsTableTextBlock" id="f-501" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table provides a summary of the principal value and estimated fair value of the Company’s outstanding debt as of May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2.5pt;margin-top:2.5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:59.280%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.619%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.619%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.622%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 2,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">January 31,<br/>2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 3,<br/>2025</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="15" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Principal Value</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-102" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-502">3,632</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-103" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-503">3,916</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-104" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-504">3,916</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fair Value, Estimated (a)</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-105" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-505">3,628</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-106" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-506">3,964</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-107" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:DebtInstrumentFairValue" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-507">3,957</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:2.5pt;margin-top:2.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> _______________</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2.5pt;margin-top:2.5pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</span><ix:footnote id="fn-4" footnoteRole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/footnote"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.91pt">The estimated fair value of the Company’s debt is based on reported transaction prices, which are considered Level 2 inputs in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 820, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fair Value Measurement</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">. The estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange.</span></ix:footnote></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Management believes that the carrying values of the Company’s Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses approximate their fair values as of May 2, 2026 because of their short maturities.</span></div></ix:continuation><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_64"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">9. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-508" continuedAt="f-508-1" escape="true">Commitments and Contingencies</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-508-1"><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company is subject to various claims and contingencies related to lawsuits, taxes, insurance, regulatory and other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Actions filed against the Company from time to time may include commercial, tort, intellectual property, tax, customer, employment, wage and hour, data privacy, securities, anti-corruption and other claims, including purported class action lawsuits. Management believes that the ultimate liability arising from such claims and contingencies, if any, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">IEEPA Tariff Refunds</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision invalidating tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). In March 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to liquidate all non-final entries without regard to IEEPA duties. Additionally, in April 2026, CBP launched Phase 1 of the new Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries tool in the Automated Commercial Environment portal, creating a process for submitting IEEPA refund claims. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of May 2, 2026, the Company had not recognized the effect of any potential refunds as the timing and amount of any potential refunds for previously collected tariffs was uncertain and may be subject to further legal and regulatory developments. The Company will continue to monitor changes to the import and export policies of the U.S. and other countries that could impact its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Lease Guarantees</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In connection with the spin-off of Victoria’s Secret & Co., the Company had remaining contingent obligations of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-108" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure" scale="6" id="f-509">210</ix:nonFraction> million as of May 2, 2026 related to lease payments under the current terms of noncancelable leases, primarily related to office space, expiring at various dates through 2037. These obligations include minimum rent and additional payments covering taxes, common area costs and certain other expenses and relate to leases that commenced prior to the spin-off. The Company’s reserves related to these obligations were not significant for any period presented.</span></div></ix:continuation><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">12</span></div></div></div><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_67"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">Table of Content</a><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">s</a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">10. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock" id="f-510" continuedAt="f-510-1" escape="true">Segment Reporting </ix:nonNumeric></span></div><ix:continuation id="f-510-1"><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company is managed at the consolidated level and therefore operates and reports as a single segment. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer is its Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), and the measure of profitability included in the financial information regularly provided to the CODM is total Company Adjusted Operating Income, or Operating Income in periods where there are no adjustments. The Company’s CODM assesses Adjusted Operating Income performance in comparison to forecasts and historical results to make decisions on the reinvestment of profits into the business and capital allocation strategies. </span></div><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="us-gaap:ScheduleOfSegmentReportingInformationBySegmentTextBlock" id="f-511" escape="true"><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table illustrates significant segment expenses that were regularly provided to the CODM for the first quarters of 2026 and 2025:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:72.876%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.619%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.384%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.621%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">First Quarter</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2026</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net Sales</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-512">1,378</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax" format="ixt:num-dot-decimal" scale="6" id="f-513">1,424</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Adjusted Cost of Goods Sold</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:AdjustedCostOfGoodsSold" scale="6" id="f-514">521</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:AdjustedCostOfGoodsSold" scale="6" id="f-515">509</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Buying and Occupancy</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BuyingAndOccupancyCosts" scale="6" id="f-516">269</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BuyingAndOccupancyCosts" scale="6" id="f-517">269</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Adjusted Selling Expenses </span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:SellingExpense" scale="6" id="f-518">256</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:SellingExpense" scale="6" id="f-519">256</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Adjusted Marketing Expenses </span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:MarketingExpense" scale="6" id="f-520">51</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:MarketingExpense" scale="6" id="f-521">49</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Adjusted General and Administrative Expenses</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:AdjustedGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenses" scale="6" id="f-522">130</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:AdjustedGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenses" scale="6" id="f-523">132</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Adjusted Operating Income</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:OperatingIncomeLossAdjusted" scale="6" id="f-524">151</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:OperatingIncomeLossAdjusted" scale="6" id="f-525">209</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interchange Fee Settlements (a)</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement" scale="6" id="f-526">88</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-527">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Business Transformation Activities (b)</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BusinessTransformationActivities" scale="6" id="f-528">8</ix:nonFraction>)</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BusinessTransformationActivities" format="ixt:fixed-zero" scale="6" id="f-529">—</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Reported Operating Income</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss" scale="6" id="f-530">231</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-109" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss" scale="6" id="f-531">209</ix:nonFraction> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/><td colspan="3" style="display:none"/></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> ________________</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.91pt">In the first quarter of 2026, the Company received $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="us-gaap:GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement" scale="6" id="f-532">88</ix:nonFraction> million, net of legal fees, related to favorable settlements of payment card interchange fee litigation. The gain was recognized as a reduction to Selling Expenses and was excluded from the Adjusted Operating Income details provided to the CODM. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.34pt">In the first quarter of 2026, the Company recognized aggregate pre-tax costs of $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BusinessTransformationActivities" scale="6" id="f-533">8</ix:nonFraction> million, resulting from business transformation activities in connection with the Consumer First Formula, of which $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BusinessTransformationActivitiesExcludedFromCostOfGoodsSold" scale="6" id="f-534">1</ix:nonFraction> million, $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BusinessTransformationActivitiesExcludedFromMarketingExpenses" scale="6" id="f-535">2</ix:nonFraction> million and $<ix:nonFraction unitRef="usd" contextRef="c-46" decimals="-6" name="bbwi:BusinessTransformationActivitiesExcludedFromGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenses" scale="6" id="f-536">5</ix:nonFraction> million, were excluded from the Cost of Goods Sold, Marketing Expenses and General and Administrative Expenses, respectively, in the Adjusted Operating Income details provided to the CODM.</span></div></ix:nonNumeric><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As a single reportable segment entity, the other disclosures required by ASC 280, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Segment Reporting, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">can be found in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto, including the Company’s measure of segment assets, which is total consolidated assets.</span></div></ix:continuation><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">13</span></div></div></div><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_79"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">Table of Content</a><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">s</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES LITIGATION ACT OF 1995</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We caution that any forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in this report or made by our Company or our management 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 “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “potential,” “target,” “goal” and any similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. There are risks, uncertainties and other factors that 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 report or otherwise made by the Company or our management. These factors can be found in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and our subsequent filings. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We are not under any obligation and do not intend to make publicly available any update or other revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this report to reflect circumstances existing after the date of this report 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.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We announce material financial and operational information using our investor relations website, press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. Information about the Company, our business and our results of operations may also be announced by posts on our accounts on social media channels, including the following: Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok and YouTube. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our social media channels and our website is deemed not to be incorporated in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to be a part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The information that we post through these social media channels and on our website may be deemed material. As a result, we encourage investors, the media and others interested in the Company to monitor these social media channels in addition to following our investor relations website, press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The list of social media channels we use may be updated from time to time on our investor relations website.</span></div><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_82"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) as codified in the Accounting Standards Codification. The following information should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included in Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Executive Overview </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In the first quarter of 2026, total Net Sales were $1,378 million, which decreased $46 million, or 3.2%, compared to the first quarter of 2025. Total North American Net Sales decreased $52 million, primarily due to decrease in transactions, partially offset by an increase in average dollar sales, and International and Other Net Sales increased $6 million. Our first quarter Operating Income was $231 million, which increased $22 million, or 10.4%, compared to the first quarter of 2025, and our Operating Income rate (expressed as a percentage of Net Sales) increased to 16.8% from 14.7%. The Operating Income results were primarily due to lower General, Administrative and Store Operating Expenses as a result of an $88 million pre-tax gain related to settlements of payment card interchange fee litigation, partially offset by declines in both Net Sales and the Gross Profit rate.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">For additional information related to our first quarter 2026 financial performance, see “Results of Operations.” </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Consumer First Formula</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In 2025, we launched the Consumer First Formula, our multi-year, comprehensive transformation plan to revitalize Bath & Body Works across brand, product and marketplace. The Consumer First Formula invests behind our largest revenue driving opportunities to try to attract new, younger consumers to the brand, which we expect will help us unlock our next era of sustainable growth. Early consumer response is consistent with our roadmap, and we expect the impact to build through the year and become more visible to consumers and in our financials as we move throughout the remainder of 2026 and into 2027. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Outlook</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Macroeconomic Factors</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">During the first quarter, the conflict between U.S. and Iran escalated and expanded to include much of the Middle East region. This has led to transportation restrictions in the region, resulting in volatility in global energy markets, commodities pricing, transportation costs and foreign currency exchange rates. These recent events have increased global economic uncertainty and may affect consumer demand in certain markets and contribute to higher global inflation and input costs.</span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">14</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">Table of Content</a><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_10">s</a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">IEEPA Tariff Refunds</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision invalidating tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). In March 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to liquidate all non-final entries without regard to IEEPA duties. Additionally, in April 2026, CBP launched Phase 1 of the new Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries tool in the Automated Commercial Environment portal, creating a process for submitting IEEPA refund claims.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">As of May 2, 2026, we had not recognized the effect of any potential refunds as the timing and amount of any potential refunds for previously collected tariffs was uncertain and may be subject to further legal and regulatory developments.</span></div><div id="iea0f57a246624c269ae5907076371aaf_85"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Adjusted Financial Information</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt