Financial News Release

08/15/05

La-Z-Boy First Quarter Conference Call

MONROE, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2005--La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE, PCX: LZB) will report its first-quarter financial results after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, August 22, 2005, and will hold its quarterly investor conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time the following day, Tuesday, August 23, 2005.

The dial-in phone number for the live conference call will be (877) 407-3140 for persons calling from within the U.S. or Canada, and the number for international callers will be (201) 689-8320. The call will also be webcast live and archived on the Internet, and will be available at http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/conf_calls.aspx. A telephone replay will be available for a week following the call. This replay will be accessible to callers from the U.S. and Canada at (877) 660-6853 and to international callers at (201) 612-7415, enter account #286 with a Conference ID #164916.

La-Z-Boy Incorporated is one of the world's leading residential furniture producers and marketers. The corporation's operating units produce furniture for every room of the home, and La-Z-Boy is also a leading manufacturer of hospitality and assisted-living contract furniture and specialized health care seating. The La-Z-Boy Incorporated Upholstery Group family of companies includes Bauhaus, Centurion, Clayton Marcus, England, La-Z-Boy, and Sam Moore, while the Casegoods Group companies are American Drew, American of Martinsville, Hammary, Kincaid, Lea and Pennsylvania House.

Additional information about the company is available at www.la-z-boy.com, and an investor e-mail service, which provides notification of new news releases, SEC filings and investor conference calls is available at: http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/IR_email_alerts.aspx


    CONTACT: La-Z-Boy Incorporated
             Mark Stegeman, 734-241-4418
             mark.stegeman@la-z-boy.com

    SOURCE: La-Z-Boy Incorporated