Financial News Release

05/20/05

La-Z-Boy Year-End Conference Call

MONROE, Mich., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB; PCX) will report its fourth quarter and full fiscal year financial results after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 and will hold its quarterly investor conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time the following day, Wednesday, June 8, 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 #150825.

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 office, 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 http://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

SOURCE  La-Z-Boy Incorporated
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    /CONTACT:  Mark Stegeman of La-Z-Boy Incorporated, +1-734-241-4418,
mark.stegeman@la-z-boy.com /
    /Web site:  http://www.la-z-boy.com /
    (LZB)

CO:  La-Z-Boy Incorporated
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