[LIMITEDBRANDS LOGO] STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 1.01

[LIMITEDBRANDS LOGO]

STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

This Stock Option Agreement is entered into by and between Limited Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) and the associate of the Company whose name appears below (the “Associate”) in order to set forth the terms and conditions of Options granted to the Associate under the Limited Brands, Inc. 1993 Stock Option and Performance Incentive Plan (2003 Restatement) (the “Plan”).

	Associate’s Name:	Leslie H. Wexner

	Business Unit:	Limited Support Group

	Social Security Number:

	Address:	3 Limited Parkway Columbus, OH United States 43230

Vesting Schedule

Option Type

Date of
Grant

Expiration
Date

Number of
Shares

Option
Price

Date

Shares

Non-Qualified (NQ)

3/31/2005

3/31/2015

330,000

$ 24.3000

3/31/06

82,500

3/31/07

82,500

3/31/08

82,500

3/31/09

82,500

Subject to the attached Terms and Conditions and the terms of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference, the Company hereby grants to the Associate Options to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company, as outlined above.

The Company and the Associate have executed this Agreement as of the Date of Grant set forth above.

	LIMITED BRANDS, INC.	ASSOCIATE:

By:

	James L. Heskett, Chairman	Leslie H. Wexner
	Compensation Committee

PLEASE RETURN ONE SIGNED COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT TO
PAM WILSON, LIMITED BRANDS, THREE LIMITED PARKWAY, COLUMBUS, OH 43230 ###-###-####