STJ ST. Jude Medical, Inc.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss the 3rd quarter 2005 earnings results on Wednesday, October 19, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time (8 a.m. Central Time). The news release will be issued at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time (7:00 a.m. Central time). This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at STJ's web site at www.sjm.com. The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). St. Jude Medical, Inc. is dedicated to the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative medical devices of the highest quality, offering physicians, patients and payers outstanding clinical performance and demonstrated economic value.