Perry Ellis International (NASDAQ:PERY) (“Perry Ellis” or the “Company”) today confirmed that George Feldenkreis has provided notice of his intent to nominate four individuals to stand for election to the Perry Ellis Board of Directors at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The Perry Ellis Board and its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will review Mr. Feldenkreis’ proposed nominees in due course. The Board will present its formal recommendation regarding director nominees in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to all shareholders eligible to vote at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The date of the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders has not yet been announced. Perry Ellis shareholders are not required to take action at this time.

The Special Committee of the Perry Ellis Board of Directors, which comprises independent directors, issued the following statement:

The Special Committee is committed to acting in the best interests of all shareholders. The Special Committee, with the assistance of independent financial and legal advisors, is evaluating the previously announced February 6, 2018 proposal from Mr. Feldenkreis (the “Feldenkreis Proposal”). To that end, the Special Committee will continue with its strategic review process to maximize shareholder value, including engaging in good faith with Mr. Feldenkreis to see if a transaction that maximizes shareholder value can be reached.

The Special Committee will refrain at this time from commenting on the status of all negotiations in progress or contesting mischaracterizations of those negotiations in the press by Mr. Feldenkreis. Our focus remains on maximizing shareholder value.

The Special Committee noted no decision has been made with respect to the Company's response to the Feldenkreis Proposal. There is no assurance the Feldenkreis Proposal will result in a definitive offer to purchase the Company's outstanding capital stock or that any definitive agreement will be executed or that the Proposal or any other transaction will be approved or consummated.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Akerman LLP are serving as the Special Committee legal counsel and PJ SOLOMON is serving as its financial advisor.

About Perry Ellis International

Perry Ellis International, Inc. is a leading designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality men's and women's apparel, accessories and fragrances. The Company's collection of dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress pants, casual pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear, dresses and men's and women's swimwear is available through all major levels of retail distribution. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized brands, including: Perry Ellis®, An Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist®, Jantzen® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® and Jag® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel and Guy Harvey® for performance fishing and resort wear. Additional information on the Company is available at http://www.pery.com.

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Additional Information and Certain Information Regarding Participants

Perry Ellis International, Inc. (the “Company”), its directors and certain of its executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Company stockholders in connection with the matters to be considered at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting. The Company intends to file a proxy statement and WHITE proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with any such solicitation of proxies from Company stockholders. COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ ANY SUCH PROXY STATEMENT AND ACCOMPANYING WHITE PROXY CARD WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Information regarding the ownership of the Company’s directors and executive officers in Company stock, restricted stock and options is included in their SEC filings on Forms 3, 4, and 5, which can be found through the Company’s website (http://investor.pery.com), or through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information can also be found in the Company’s other SEC filings, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 3, 2018. More detailed and updated information regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the proxy statement and other materials to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting. Stockholders will be able to obtain any proxy statement, any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC for no charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available at no charge at the Company’s website at http://investor.pery.com, by writing to Perry Ellis International, Inc., at 3000 N.W. 107 Avenue, Miami, FL 33172.