Dress Barn, Inc. Announces Merger Agreement with Tween Brands, Inc.

Business Wire, June 25, 2009

Dress Barn, Inc., Tween Brands, Inc. and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Tween Brands, Inc.’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction under the rules of the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Dress Barn, Inc. may be found in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 26, 2008 filed with the SEC on September 24, 2008 and in its definitive proxy statement relating to its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on November 5, 2008. Information about the directors and executive officers of Tween Brands, Inc. may be found in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2009 and in its definitive proxy statement relating to its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 9, 2009. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Additional information regarding the interests of these participants will also be included in the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available.