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Registration of Additional Securities   —   Form S-3
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-3MEF      Registration of Additional Securities                  5     20K 
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion re: Legality                                   1      8K 
 3: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information     1      6K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                          1      6K 

S-3MEF   —   Registration of Additional Securities

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2002 

                               Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER 
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LIMITED BRANDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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            DELAWARE                         5621                    31-1029810      
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Primary Standard Industrial     (I.R.S. Employer   
 incorporation or organization)   Classification Code Number)  Identification Number)

Three Limited Parkway 
P.O. Box 16000
Columbus, Ohio 43216
(614) 415-7000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)  

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SAMUEL P. FRIED 
Senior Vice President and General 
Counsel 
Limited Brands, Inc.
Three Limited Parkway, P.O. Box 16000 
Columbus, Ohio 43216
(614) 415-7000
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service) 
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Copies to:
SARAH BESHAR                             JEAN HANSON  
   Davis Polk & Wardwell               Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
450 Lexington Avenue                           Jacobson       
New York, New York 10017                    One New York Plaza    
    (212) 450-4000                      New York, New York 10004
                                        (212) 859-8000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as     
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.            

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a   
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of    
1933, please check the following box. [ ]__________                             

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering         
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following    
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier    
effective registration statement for the same offering.[X] 33-53366             

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under  
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act         
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement   
for the same offering. __________                                               

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under  
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act         
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement   
for the same offering. [ ] __________                                           

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,      
please check the following box. [ ]                                             

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                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                           Proposed Maximum  Proposed Maximum                    
         Title of Each Class             Amount to be       Offering Price       Aggregate          Amount of    
   of Securities to be Registered         Registered        Per  Unit (1)   Offering Price (1)   Registration Fee
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Debt Securities                           $50,000,000              100%         $50,000,000         $4,600.00    
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(1)   Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under
      the Securities Act of 1933.                                                                                

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Incorporation by Reference of Registration Statement on Form S-3,               
File No. 33-53366                                                               

Limited Brands, Inc. (the "Company")(formerly named The Limited, Inc.)
hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-3 in
its entirety the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-53366)         
declared effective on February 25, 1993 by the Securities and Exchange          
Commission (the "Commission"), including each of the documents filed by the     
Company with the Commission and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by    
reference therein and all exhibits thereto.                                     

Exhibits                                                                        

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration    
Statement.                                                                      

Exhibit Number                   Description                          
--------------                   -----------                          

5.1         Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell                
15.1         Awareness Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   
23.1         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP            
         23.2         Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)
25.1         Powers of Attorney (included as an exhibit to the
                   Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 33-53366)*

*Previously filed                                                               

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SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the   
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, 
on this 25th day of November, 2002.                                             

                        LIMITED BRANDS, INC.

                         By: /s/ V. Ann Hailey
                                              ----------------------------------
                                Name:  V. Ann Hailey
                                           Title: Executive Vice President
                                                     and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this      
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacity 
and on the dates indicated.                                                     

       Signature                          Title                   Date
       ---------                          -----                   ----

/s/ Leslie H. Wexner           Chairman of the Board of                 
--------------------------------   Directors, President and                     
        Leslie H. Wexner           Chief Executive  Officer    November 25, 2002

/s/ V. Ann Hailey             Director, Executive Vice President      
--------------------------------   and Chief Financial Officer                  
V. Ann Hailey             (Principal Financial Officer        
              and Principal Accounting
                                   Officer)                    November 25, 2002

--------------------------------   Director                                     
Eugene M. Freedman                                                  

--------------------------------   Director                                     
E. Gordon Gee                                                   

--------------------------------   Director                                     
James L. Heskett                                                  

*                                                     
--------------------------------   Director                    November 25, 2002
David T. Kollat                                                   

/s/ Leonard A. Schlesinger                                                
--------------------------------   Director                    November 25, 2002
Leonard A. Schlesinger                                            

--------------------------------   Director                                     
Donald B. Shackelford                                                   

*                                                   
--------------------------------   Director                    November 25, 2002
Allan R. Tessler                                                  

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          Signature                             Title                   Date
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--------------------------------   Director                                     
Alex Shumate                                                  

*                                                     
--------------------------------   Director                    November 25, 2002
Martin Trust                                                    

--------------------------------   Director                                     
Abigail S. Wexner                                                   

*                                                         
--------------------------------   Director                    November 25, 2002
Raymond Zimmerman                                                 

*By: /s/ Leslie H. Wexner                                                       
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Leslie H. Wexner                                                      
Attorney-in-fact                                                      

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EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number     Description                                            
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5.1           Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell                  
15.1           Awareness Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP     
23.1           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP              
       23.2           Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)
25.1           Powers of Attorney (included as an exhibit to the  
                   Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 33-53366)*

*Previously filed                                                               

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