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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Macy’s, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Macy’s, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2015 and
February 1, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2015. We also have audited Macy’s, Inc.’s
internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control -
Integrated Framework 1992 issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
Macy’s, Inc.’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal
control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting,
included in the accompanying Item 9A(b), “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.” Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and an opinion on Macy’s, Inc.’s internal
control over financial reporting based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was
maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of
internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting,
assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of
internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and
directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Macy’s, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014, and the results of their operations
and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2015, in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, Macy’s, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective
internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control -
Integrated Framework 1992 issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
April 1, 2015