Dress Barn, Inc. (The)

The Dress Barn, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the Company, we, us, our, or other similar terms) operates a chain of women's apparel specialty stores, operating principally under the names dressbarn and dressbarn woman and, since our January 2005 acquisition of Maurices Incorporated, maurices. Since our retail business began in 1962, we have established and marketed our image as a source of fashion and value for the working woman. We have built our brand image as a core resource for a lifestyle-oriented, stylish, value-priced assortment of career and casual fashions tailored to our customers needs. As of July 30, 2005, the Company operated 1,272 stores in 48 states and the District of Columbia, consisting of 552 Combo stores (a combination of dressbarn and dressbarn woman stores), 182 dressbarn stores, 45 dressbarn woman stores and 493 maurices stores. The Company maintains an Internet web site at www.dressbarn.com.