On March 3 the Gymboree Corporation announced a change in the timing of its preliminary fourth quarter and fiscal year 2008 earnings conference call.

The conference was initially scheduled for March 11, 2009 and has now rescheduled to March 4, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. PT.

Interested parties will be able to participate through live broadcast at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on Wednesday.

To listen to the live broadcast over the internet, please log on to www.gymboree.com, click on Our Company at the bottom of the page, go to Investor and Media Relations and then Conference Calls, Webcasts & Presentations.

The conference call will be replayed two hours after the broadcast through to Wednesday, March 11, 2009 midnight Pacific Time at 800-642-1687 pass code 85029018.