ARI Network Services to Present at the 29th Annual

MILWAUKEE, WI --(Marketwired - March 01, 2017) - ARI Network Services, Inc. ( NASDAQ : ARIS ) announced today that Roy W. Olivier, ARI President and CEO, and Bill Nurthen, ARI Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 29th Annual ROTH Conference on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the Ritz Carlton, Dana Point, Calif.

ARI's presentation is scheduled to begin at 4:30 pm PT, with one-on-one investor meetings held throughout the day. The presentation will be webcast live and may be accessed via the company's investor relations website at investor.arinet.com.

For more information about the conference or to schedule a meeting with ARI management, please contact your ROTH representative or call the company's investor relations team at 949.574.3860.

About the 29 th Annual ROTH Conference

One of the largest of its kind in the U.S., the 29 ^th annual ROTH Conference is designed to provide investors with a unique opportunity to gain insight into emerging growth companies across a variety of sectors, including clean tech; consumer and retail; energy and industrial; enterprise software; healthcare; resources; semiconductors and electronics; services and technology; and media. The conference will feature presentations from hundreds of growth companies, Q&A sessions, expert panels and thousands of management one-on-one/small group meetings. For more information, visit http://www.roth.com .

About ARI ARI Network Services, Inc. (ARI) ( NASDAQ : ARIS ) offers an award-winning suite of SaaS, software tools, and marketing services to help dealers, equipment manufacturers and distributors in selected vertical markets Sell More Stuff!™ -- online and in-store. Our innovative products are powered by a proprietary data repository of enriched original equipment and aftermarket electronic content spanning more than 17 million active part and accessory SKUs and 750,000 equipment models. Business is complicated, but we believe our customers' technology tools don't have to be. We remove the complexity of selling and servicing new and used vehicle inventory, parts, garments and accessories (PG&A) for customers in the automotive tire and wheel aftermarket, powersports, outdoor power equipment, marine, home medical equipment, recreational vehicles and appliance industries. More than 23,500 equipment dealers, 195 distributors and 3,360 brands worldwide leverage our web and eCatalog platforms to Sell More Stuff!™ For more information on ARI, visit investor.arinet.com .

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