Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Announces Participation in Raymond James & Associates’ 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASNA) today announced that it will be presenting at Raymond James & Associates’ 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference to be held at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, FL on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 2:50 p.m. ET.

The Ascena Retail Group investor presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed at http://www.ascenaretail.com

About Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. is a leading national specialty retailer of apparel for women and tween girls, operating through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the dressbarn, maurices and Justice brands. The Company operates through its subsidiaries over 2,500 stores throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, with annual revenues of approximately $2.9 billion.

dressbarn offers casual, career and special occasion fashion apparel and accessories at value prices for women ages 35-55, operates 825 stores in 47 states. maurices offers casual and career apparel and accessories at value prices to the fashion-conscious woman, ages 17-34 with a 20-something attitude, and operates 803 stores in 44 states. Justice offers trend-right apparel and accessories at value prices for tween girls ages 7-14 and operates 917 stores in 46 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.

For more information, visit www.ascenaretail.com, www.dressbarn.com, www.maurices.com and www.shopjustice.com.