Destination Maternity Corporation announced that Pierre-André Mestre, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orchestra-Prémaman, and Jean-Claude Jacomin, an accomplished international C-Suite executive, have been elected to and seated on the company's Board of Directors. With these additions, Destination's Board will expand to six members. Messrs. Mestre and Jacomin will be included in the company's slate of six nominees for election to the Board at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Destination Maternity also announced the Board's creation of a new Business Initiatives Committee consisting of Messrs. Mestre and Jacomin, Barry Erdos, Chairman of Destination's Board, and Melissa Payner-Gregor, a director and interim chief executive officer. The Business Initiatives Committee, which will be chaired by Mr. Erdos, will work with Destination's senior management to identify and recommend to the full Board innovative ideas to improve operational performance and sales for the benefit of all stockholders. Pierre-André Mestre currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orchestra-Prémaman S.A. Jean Claude Jacomin currently serves as President of Glocal Performance Consulting SAS, a French-based consulting firm he founded. In addition to their elections to the Business Initiatives Committee, it is expected that Mr. Mestre will also be elected to serve as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and Mr. Jacomin will also be elected to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, in each case effective as of April 2, 2018. Messrs. Mestre’s and Jacomin’s respective terms will expire at the Annual Meeting.