Engaged Capital retains help to set direction for Abercrombie

Newport Beach, Calif. - Engaged Capital, an investment firm specializing in small and mid-cap North American equities and stockholder of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has retained an independent global professional services firm to assist Engaged Capital in setting a new direction for Abercrombie. The firm has decades of experience in the retail and apparel sector, including the turnaround and restructuring of underperforming businesses.



Engaged Capital says the firm is also well placed to provide temporary leadership and executive search services to Abercrombie, during a time of potential management transition. Engaged Capital has also retained the services of proxy solicitation firm Okapi Partners LLC, to support its efforts to elect five candidates to the board of directors of Abercrombie at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders.