CARTHAGE, Mo., Feb. 28 /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 26th Annual
Institutional Investors Conference on Monday, March 7, 2005, at 8:40 a.m. EST
(7:40 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.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION: 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 122-year-old firm is composed of 29 business units, 33,000 employee-
partners, and more than 300 facilities located in over 20 countries. Leggett
possesses the second-best Fortune 500 dividend growth record (90-fold growth
via 34 consecutive annual increases at over 14% CAGR), has grown sales and
earnings at a 15% annual average since going public in 1967, consistently
posts strong performance among the Fortune 500, and sets a high standard for
financial transparency and quality of earnings (including conservative pension
plan assumptions, 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; g) carpet underlay; h) adjustable
beds; and i) 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: Investor Relations, (417) 358-8131 or invest@leggett.com
David M. DeSonier, Vice President, or Susan R. McCoy, Director
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit Leggett's website at http://www.leggett.com .
SOURCE Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
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http://www.raymondjamesecm.com/conferences_events_900_main.asp
CONTACT:
David M. DeSonier, Vice President, or Susan
R. McCoy, Director, both of Investor Relations, Leggett & Platt,
Incorporated, +1-417-358-8131, invest@leggett.com
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