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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000930413-15-002553
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150520
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20150520

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Childrens Place, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041859
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651]
		IRS NUMBER:				311241495
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23071
		FILM NUMBER:		15879605

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2015582400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL STORES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970702
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><B>UNITED STATES</B><BR>
<B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
<B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B><BR>
<BR>
<B>SCHEDULE 14A</B><BR>
<B>(Rule 14a-101)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Information</B> <B>Required in Proxy
Statement</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Schedule 14A Information</B><BR>
<BR>
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities<BR>
Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Filed by the Registrant <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>x</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Filed by a Party other than the
    Registrant <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>o</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Check the appropriate box:</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>o</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 97%; padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Preliminary Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>o</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only
    (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>o</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Definitive Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>x</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Definitive Additional Materials</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><B>o</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &sect;240.14a-12</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center"><B>The
    Children&rsquo;s Place, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">(Name of Registrant as Specified
    In Its Charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy
    Statement, If Other Than the Registrant)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></B> </TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">No fee required.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Fee computed on table below per Exchange
    Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 94%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Title of each class of securities to which transaction
    applies:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 1.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 2.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction
    applies:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 1.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 2.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">3)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction
    computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
    determined):</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 1.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 2.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 1.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 2.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.8pt">5)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.8pt">Total fee paid:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1px solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 1.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Fee previously paid with preliminary
    materials.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Check box if any part of the fee is
    offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously.
    Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Amount Previously Paid:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">3)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Filing Party:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date Filed:</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/130% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>THE CHILDREN&rsquo;S PLACE ISSUES
STATEMENT INFORMING SHAREHOLDERS OF THE REJECTION BY MACELLUM AND BARINGTON OF THE COMPANY&rsquo;S ATTEMPTS TO REACH A COMPROMISE
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/130% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><I>Compromise includes commitment
to add 2 new independent directors to the Board,<BR>
including Macellum and Barington nominee, Robert Mettler </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/130% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><I>Urges Shareholders to Vote
the WHITE Card Today </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>SECAUCUS, N.J., May 20, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE)</B> -- The Children&rsquo;s
Place, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCE), the largest pure-play children&rsquo;s specialty apparel retailer in North America, today issued the
following statement in connection with its Annual Meeting to be held on May 22, 2015.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&ldquo;We have engaged extensively with our shareholders in anticipation
of our annual shareholder meeting and have heard their wishes clearly. In response to shareholder feedback, the Board of Directors
made a proposal to Macellum SPV II, L.P. (&ldquo;Macellum&rdquo;), and Barington Companies Equity Partners, L.P. (&ldquo;Barington&rdquo;),
under which the Company committed to add Macellum and Barington nominee Robert Mettler to the board, as well as retain a search
consultant immediately to identify an additional, mutually agreeable Director to appoint to the Board that has global omni-channel
expertise.&nbsp; The Company&rsquo;s proposal also included the appointment of Mr. Mettler to the Board&rsquo;s Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee, so that he could participate in the process of identifying the additional appointee.&nbsp;Macellum
and Barington have rejected this proposal, which we believe is reasonable, responsive to shareholder feedback and in the best interests
of all shareholders.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&ldquo;Consistent with the WITHHOLD recommendation issued by
each of ISS and Glass Lewis, the Company does not believe that adding Macellum and Barington&rsquo;s other nominee, Seth Johnson,
would be in the best interests of shareholders given Mr. Johnson&rsquo;s background and current directorship on the Board of Directors
of Tilly&rsquo;s, a competitor of The Children&rsquo;s Place.&rdquo;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">It is very important that shareholders &ndash; whether they previously
have voted or not &ndash; vote the Company&rsquo;s WHITE card today.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; color: blue">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>About The Children&rsquo;s Place, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">The Children&rsquo;s Place is the largest pure-play children&rsquo;s
specialty apparel retailer in North America. &nbsp;The Company designs, contracts to manufacture, sells and licenses to sell fashionable,
high-quality merchandise at value prices, primarily under the proprietary &ldquo;The Children&rsquo;s Place,&rdquo; &ldquo;Place&rdquo;
and &ldquo;Baby Place&rdquo; brand names.&nbsp; As of January 31, 2015, the Company operated 1,097 stores in the United States,
Canada and Puerto Rico, an online store at <u><FONT STYLE="color: blue">www.childrensplace.com</FONT></u>,
and had 72 international stores open and operated by its franchise partners.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Forward Looking Statements</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements
regarding future circumstances. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company&rsquo;s current expectations and assumptions
and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially. Some of
these risks and uncertainties are described in the Company&rsquo;s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;), including in the &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; section of its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 31, 2015. Included among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially
are the risk that the Company will be unsuccessful in gauging fashion trends and changing consumer preferences, the risks resulting
from the highly competitive nature of </P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">the Company&rsquo;s business and its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which may
be affected by the weakness in the economy that continues to affect the Company&rsquo;s target customer, the risk that the Company&rsquo;s
strategic initiatives to increase sales and margin are delayed or do not result in anticipated improvements, the risk that the
cost of raw materials or energy prices will increase beyond current expectations or that the Company is unable to offset cost increases
through value engineering or price increases, and the uncertainty of weather patterns. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. The Company undertakes no obligation
to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after
the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The inclusion of any statement in this release does not constitute
an admission by the Company or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Important Additional Information </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">The Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers
may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Company shareholders in connection with the matters to be
considered at the Company&rsquo;s 2015 Annual Meeting. The Company has filed a definitive proxy statement and form of WHITE proxy
card with the SEC in connection with any such solicitation of proxies from Company shareholders. <B>COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ACCOMPANYING WHITE PROXY CARD AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.</B>
Information regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise,
is set forth in the proxy statement and other materials filed by the Company with the SEC.&nbsp; Shareholders 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&rsquo;s website at <u><FONT STYLE="color: blue">www.sec.gov</FONT></u>. Copies
will also be available at no charge at the Company&rsquo;s website at <u><FONT STYLE="color: blue">www.childrensplace.com</FONT></u>,
by writing to The Children&rsquo;s Place, Inc. at 500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ 07094, or by calling the Company&rsquo;s proxy
solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, toll-free at (800) 322-2885.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: Red"><B><IMG SRC="image_001.jpg" ALT=""></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Investor Contact: </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Robert Vill</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Group Vice President, Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">(201) 453-6693</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Larry Dennedy</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Mackenzie Partners</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">(212) 929-5239</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Media Contact: </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Paul Caminiti/ Pamela Blum</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Sard Verbinnen &amp; Co</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">(212) 687-8080</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>



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