CARTHAGE, Mo., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leggett & Platt,
Incorporated, a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer of engineered products
serving several major markets, announced that Felix E. Wright, Chairman and
CEO, will speak to the investment community at the Raymond James 25th Annual
Institutional Investors Conference on Monday, March 1, 2004, at 7:30 a.m. EST
(6:30 a.m. CST), in Orlando, Florida.
The presentation will be webcast and can be accessed from the Investor
Relations section of Leggett's website at http://www.leggett.com . Investors are
encouraged to log on at least five minutes prior to the start of the
presentation.
Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG) is a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer that
conceives, designs and produces a broad variety of engineered components and
products that can be found in virtually every home, office, retail store, and
automobile. The company serves a broad suite of customers that comprise a
"Who's Who" of U.S. manufacturers and retailers. The 120-year-old firm is
composed of 29 business units, 33,000 employee-partners, and more than 300
facilities located in 20 countries. Leggett possesses the best Fortune 500
dividend growth record (84-fold growth via 33 consecutive annual increases at
15% CAGR), has grown sales and earnings at a 15% annual average since going
public in 1967, consistently posts top quartile performance among the Fortune
500, and sets a high standard for financial transparency and quality of
earnings (including overfunded aggregate pension plans, and expensing of stock
options).
Leggett & Platt is North America's leading independent manufacturer of the
following: a) components for residential furniture and bedding; b) retail
store fixtures and point of purchase displays; c) components for office
furniture; d) non-automotive aluminum die castings; e) drawn steel wire; f)
automotive seat support and lumbar systems; and g) bedding industry machinery
for wire forming, sewing and quilting. Primary raw materials include steel
and aluminum. Main operations include metal stamping, forming, casting,
machining, coating, welding, wire drawing, and assembly.
CONTACT:
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
David M. DeSonier, 417/358-8131
invest@leggett.com
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CONTACT:
David M. DeSonier of Leggett & Platt,
Incorporated, +1-417-358-8131, invest@leggett.com
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