EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (Nasdaq: BGFV), a leading sporting goods retailer, announced today that Steven Miller, the company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer and Charles Kirk, the company's Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the 33rd Annual SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Institutional Conference to be held May 25-26, 2004 at The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.
Big 5 Sporting Goods investor presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 26th, 2004 at 9:45 a.m. EDT and will be webcast live at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/strh9/bgfv/.
About Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Big 5 is the leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, operating 294 stores in 10 states under the "Big 5 Sporting Goods" name. Big 5 provides a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages 11,000 square feet. Big 5's product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, snowboarding and in-line skating.
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause Big 5's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Those risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the competitive environment in the sporting goods industry in general and in Big 5's specific market areas, inflation, product availability and growth opportunities, seasonal fluctuations, weather conditions, changes in costs of goods, changes in interest rates and economic conditions in general. Those and other risks are more fully described in Big 5's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 12, 2004. Big 5 disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments.
SOURCE Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
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/CONTACT: Charles Kirk, Sr., Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, +1-310-536-0611; or John Mills of
Integrated Corporate Relations, Inc., +1-310-395-0259 for Big 5 Sporting Goods
Corporation/
/Web site: http://www.big5sportinggoods.com /
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