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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2016</B></P>

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No. 333-</P>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></P>

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D.C. 20549</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt">FORM S-8</FONT></P>

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STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></P>

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GROUP, INC.</FONT></P>

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Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(State
        or Other Jurisdiction of</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Incorporation
        or Organization)</FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>933 MacArthur Boulevard</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Mahwah, New Jersey</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>30-0641353</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(I.R.S.
        Employer Identification No.)</FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>07430</B></P></TD></TR>
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    Offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amended and Restated Effective
December 10, 2015)</B></P>

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&ldquo;Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan&rdquo;)</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>David Jaffe</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Ascena Retail Group, Inc.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>933 MacArthur Boulevard</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Mahwah, New Jersey 07430</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
        </FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Name
        and Address of Agent for Service)</FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(551) 777-6700</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><I>Copies to:</I></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Steven L. Kirshenbaum,
        Esq.</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Julie M. Allen, Esq.</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Proskauer Rose LLP</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Eleven Times Square</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10036</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 969-3000</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent
    For Service)</FONT></TD>
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is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2
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                                         Of Each Class Of Securities</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>To
                                         Be Registered</B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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                                         To Be</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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                                         Maximum</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Offering
                                         Price</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Per
                                         Share</B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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                                         Maximum</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Aggregate</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Offering
                                         Price</B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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                                         Fee</B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; text-indent: -11.05pt; padding-left: 11.05pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">19,500,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: right">10.20</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: right">198,900,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: right">20,029.23</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 23.75pt">(1)</TD><TD>Represents the additional number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) of Ascena
Retail Group, Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) that may be granted under the Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive
Plan (amended and restated effective December 10, 2015) <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(f/k/a &ldquo;Ascena Retail Group,
Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan&rdquo;)</FONT> (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 23.75pt">(2)</TD><TD>Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on<B> </B>April
6, 2016, as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 23.75pt">(3)</TD><TD>Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of an additional
19,500,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan. Prior registration statements on Form S-8 were previously filed by the Registrant&rsquo;s
predecessor The Dress Barn, Inc. (the &ldquo;Predecessor Registrant&rdquo;) on November 8, 2006 (Registration No. 333-138506) (the
&ldquo;Initial Registration Statement&rdquo;) and the Registrant on July 21, 2011 (Registration No. 333-175693) and January 31,
2014 (Registration No. 333-193680) for the existing securities under the Plan. The Registrant, as the successor registrant to the
Predecessor Registrant, adopted the Initial Registration Statement as its own registration statement in accordance with Paragraph
(d) of Rule 414 of the Securities Act under Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Registration Statement, filed on January
14, 2011 (Registration No. 333-138506-99).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, the Registrant hereby makes the following statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement
on Form S-8 is filed by Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) to register an additional 19,500,000 shares (the
&ldquo;Additional Shares&rdquo;) of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;),
which may be awarded pursuant to the Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (amended and restated effective December
10, 2015) <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(f/k/a &ldquo;Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan&rdquo;)</FONT>
(the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). The Plan was formerly known as the Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, which was an
amendment and restatement of The Dress Barn, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, which was an amendment and restatement of The Dress
Barn, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan that was approved by the Board of Directors of the Registrant&rsquo;s predecessor, The Dress
Barn, Inc. (the &ldquo;Predecessor Registrant&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Additional Shares are
in addition to the 51,000,000 shares of the Common Stock previously registered with respect to the Plan, of which 24,000,000 shares
were registered by the Predecessor Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-138506)
filed by the Predecessor Registrant on November 8, 2006 (the &ldquo;Initial Registration Statement&rdquo;), 12,000,000 shares were
registered by the Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-175693) filed by the Registrant
on July 21, 2011 (the &ldquo;Second Registration Statement&rdquo;), and 15,000,000 shares were registered by the Registrant pursuant
to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-193680) filed by the Registrant on January 31, 2014 (the &ldquo;Third
Registration Statement&rdquo;). The numbers of shares of Common Stock set forth in the prior sentence reflect adjustments that
in each case give effect to the Registrant&rsquo;s two-for-one stock split on April 3, 2012. The Initial Registration Statement
was adopted by the Registrant as its own registration statement in accordance with Paragraph (d) of Rule 414 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;) under Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Registration Statement
(Registration No. 333-138506-99), filed on January 14, 2011 (the &ldquo;Post-Effective Amendment&rdquo;). The Additional Shares
increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to awards under the Plan from 51,000,000 to 70,500,000.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Initial Registration Statement, as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment, the
Second Registration Statement and the Third Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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                                         of Documents by Reference.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents,
as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) by the Registrant are hereby incorporated
herein by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 25, 2015, filed
with the Commission on September 16, 2015;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(b)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 24, 2015,
filed with the Commission on December 1, 2015;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(c)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January 23, 2016,
filed with the Commission on March 1, 2016;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(d)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 6, 2015,
August 21, 2015, August 27, 2015, October 8, 2015, November 3, 2015, December 11, 2015, December 14, 2015, December 16, 2015, January
19, 2016 and March 9, 2016; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(e)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration
Statement on Form S-4/A, filed July 8, 2015.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subsequent to the effective
date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any
information that the Registrant discloses under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant
may from time to time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this Registration
Statement. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement,
except as so modified or superseded.</P>

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</TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Exhibit No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 84%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A, filed with the Commission on November 10, 2010).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant, filed with the Commission on January 3, 2011).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.3</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2015).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.4</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 3, 2015).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>5.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP.*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>23.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>23.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>23.3</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>24.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">* Filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mahwah, State of New Jersey on this April 8, 2016.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-transform: uppercase"><B>ascena retail group, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 39%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP>By: </TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David Jaffe</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP>Name: &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP>David Jaffe</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP>Title:</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP>President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David Jaffe and Robb Giammatteo and each
of them, acting singly his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such
person&rsquo;s name, place and stead, in the capacities indicated below, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Ascena
Retail Group, Inc. and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or cause to be filed the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might, or could, do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Elliot S. Jaffe</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Non-Executive Chairman of the Board</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 8, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Elliot S. Jaffe</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David Jaffe</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director, President and Chief Executive</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 8, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>David Jaffe</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Robb Giammatteo</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 8, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Robb Giammatteo</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Katie J. Bayne</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Katie J. Bayne</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 8, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kate Buggeln</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Kate Buggeln</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 8, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Steven L. Kirshenbaum</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Steven L. Kirshenbaum</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 8, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kay Krill</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Kay Krill</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 5, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Randy L. Pearce</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Randy L. Pearce</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 8, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Carl Rubin</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Carl Rubin</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 6, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ John Usdan</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>John Usdan</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>April 1, 2016</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Exhibit No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 84%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
    <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
    <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A, filed with the Commission on November 10, 2010).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant, filed with the Commission on January 3, 2011).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.3</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2015).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.4</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 3, 2015).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP.*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>23.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>23.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>24.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>* Filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2016
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ASCENA RETAIL
GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State
        or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
        or Organization)
933 MacArthur Boulevard
Mahwah, New Jersey
30-0641353
(I.R.S.
        Employer Identification No.)
07430
(Address of Principal Executive
    Offices)
(Zip Code)
Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Amended and Restated Effective
December 10, 2015)
(f/k/a
"Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan")
(Full Title of the Plan)
David Jaffe
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
933 MacArthur Boulevard
Mahwah, New Jersey 07430
(Name
        and Address of Agent for Service)
(551) 777-6700
Copies to:
Steven L. Kirshenbaum,
        Esq.
Julie M. Allen, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, New York 10036
(212) 969-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent
    For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                                         Of Each Class Of Securities
To
                                         Be Registered
Amount
                                         To Be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
                                         Maximum
Offering
                                         Price
Per
                                         Share
Proposed
                                         Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
                                         Price
Amount
Of
Registration
                                         Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
19,500,000
$
10.20
(2)
$
198,900,000
(2)
$
20,029.23
(3)
(1)
Represents the additional number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") of Ascena
Retail Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") that may be granted under the Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive
Plan (amended and restated effective December 10, 2015)
(f/k/a "Ascena Retail Group,
Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan")
(the "Plan").
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on
April
6, 2016, as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
(3)
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of an additional
19,500,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan. Prior registration statements on Form S-8 were previously filed by the Registrant's
predecessor The Dress Barn, Inc. (the "Predecessor Registrant") on November 8, 2006 (Registration No. 333-138506) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") and the Registrant on July 21, 2011 (Registration No. 333-175693) and January 31,
2014 (Registration No. 333-193680) for the existing securities under the Plan. The Registrant, as the successor registrant to the
Predecessor Registrant, adopted the Initial Registration Statement as its own registration statement in accordance with Paragraph
(d) of Rule 414 of the Securities Act under Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Registration Statement, filed on January
14, 2011 (Registration No. 333-138506-99).
Explanatory Note
Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, the Registrant hereby makes the following statement:
This Registration Statement
on Form S-8 is filed by Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") to register an additional 19,500,000 shares (the
"Additional Shares") of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"),
which may be awarded pursuant to the Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (amended and restated effective December
10, 2015)
(f/k/a "Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan")
(the "Plan"). The Plan was formerly known as the Ascena Retail Group, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, which was an
amendment and restatement of The Dress Barn, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, which was an amendment and restatement of The Dress
Barn, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan that was approved by the Board of Directors of the Registrant's predecessor, The Dress
Barn, Inc. (the "Predecessor Registrant").
The Additional Shares are
in addition to the 51,000,000 shares of the Common Stock previously registered with respect to the Plan, of which 24,000,000 shares
were registered by the Predecessor Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-138506)
filed by the Predecessor Registrant on November 8, 2006 (the "Initial Registration Statement"), 12,000,000 shares were
registered by the Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-175693) filed by the Registrant
on July 21, 2011 (the "Second Registration Statement"), and 15,000,000 shares were registered by the Registrant pursuant
to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-193680) filed by the Registrant on January 31, 2014 (the "Third
Registration Statement"). The numbers of shares of Common Stock set forth in the prior sentence reflect adjustments that
in each case give effect to the Registrant's two-for-one stock split on April 3, 2012. The Initial Registration Statement
was adopted by the Registrant as its own registration statement in accordance with Paragraph (d) of Rule 414 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") under Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Registration Statement
(Registration No. 333-138506-99), filed on January 14, 2011 (the "Post-Effective Amendment"). The Additional Shares
increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to awards under the Plan from 51,000,000 to 70,500,000.  Pursuant
to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Initial Registration Statement, as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment, the
Second Registration Statement and the Third Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
                                         of Documents by Reference.
The following documents,
as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant are hereby incorporated
herein by reference:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 25, 2015, filed
with the Commission on September 16, 2015;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 24, 2015,
filed with the Commission on December 1, 2015;
(c)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January 23, 2016,
filed with the Commission on March 1, 2016;
(d)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 6, 2015,
August 21, 2015, August 27, 2015, October 8, 2015, November 3, 2015, December 11, 2015, December 14, 2015, December 16, 2015, January
19, 2016 and March 9, 2016; and
(e)
the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-4/A, filed July 8, 2015.
All documents filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subsequent to the effective
date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any
information that the Registrant discloses under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant
may from time to time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this Registration
Statement. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement,
except as so modified or superseded.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A, filed with the Commission on November 10, 2010).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant, filed with the Commission on January 3, 2011).
4.3
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2015).
4.4
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 3, 2015).
5.1
Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP.*
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
23.3
Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mahwah, State of New Jersey on this April 8, 2016.
ascena retail group, INC.
By:
/s/ David Jaffe
Name:
David Jaffe
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David Jaffe and Robb Giammatteo and each
of them, acting singly his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such
person's name, place and stead, in the capacities indicated below, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Ascena
Retail Group, Inc. and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or cause to be filed the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might, or could, do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Elliot S. Jaffe
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
April 8, 2016
Elliot S. Jaffe
/s/ David Jaffe
Director, President and Chief Executive
April 8, 2016
David Jaffe
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robb Giammatteo
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
April 8, 2016
Robb Giammatteo
Officer)
/s/ Katie J. Bayne
Katie J. Bayne
Director
April 8, 2016
/s/ Kate Buggeln
Kate Buggeln
Director
April 8, 2016
/s/ Steven L. Kirshenbaum
Steven L. Kirshenbaum
Director
April 8, 2016
/s/ Kay Krill
Kay Krill
Director
April 5, 2016
/s/ Randy L. Pearce
Randy L. Pearce
Director
April 8, 2016
/s/ Carl Rubin
Carl Rubin
Director
April 6, 2016
/s/ John Usdan
John Usdan
Director
April 1, 2016
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A, filed with the Commission on November 10, 2010).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant, filed with the Commission on January 3, 2011).
4.3
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2015).
4.4
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 3, 2015).
5.1
Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP.*
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
23.3
Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
* Filed herewith.
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