WASHINGTON, D.C., November 24, 2009 –Today the Equal Rights Center (ERC), a national
civil rights non-profit, and the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC), a statewide
disability rights advocacy organization, filed federal lawsuits in Colorado and Maryland against
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.—including Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch stores—alleging that
the stores using these brands fail to provide adequate access to goods and facilities to people with
disabilities.