FORT WORTH, TEXAS – The Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) announced today that it expects to release financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 on Friday, May 6, 2005, after the market opens. A conference call will be conducted by Wray Thompson, CEO, and Shannon Greene, CFO, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 9, 2005, and will be accessible to the public by calling 1-800-299-7089 (U.S. and Canada); Reference #12216253. International callers dial 1-617-801-9714. Callers should dial in approximately 5 minutes before the call begins.
A conference call replay will be available at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 9, 2005 through 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time May 16, 2005 and can be accessed by calling (U.S. and Canada) 1-888-286-8010 or (international) 1-617-801- 6888; for both reference conference call ID number: 41132101.
This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Leather Factory's web site at www.leatherfactory.com.
The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's passwordprotected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).
The Leather Factory, Inc., (http://www.leatherfactory.com), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of a broad product line including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company distributes its products as The Leather Factory through its wholesale centers and as Tandy Leather Company through its retail stores (http://www.tandyleather.com). Its common stock trades on the American Stock Exchange with the symbol "TLF".
Contact: Wray Thompson, The Leather Factory, Inc. (817) 496-4414
Shannon L. Greene, The Leather Factory, Inc. sgreene@leatherfactory.com
This news release may contain forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements made here or in other news releases issued by The Leather Factory, Inc. are based on current expectations as of the date of the release. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the results of The Leather Factory, Inc. to differ materially from management's current expectations. Many of these risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in TLF's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and the most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Investors are reminded that past performance may not be predictive of future results.
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