PETC Petco Animal Supplies

PETCO Scheduled to Speak at the Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Retail Seminar SAN DIEGO, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PETC) announced that James M. Myers, Chief Executive Officer, and Rodney Carter, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present at the Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Retail Seminar on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at approximately 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time. A simulcast, or a replay, of the presentation over the Internet will be available via the Company's website at http://www.petco.com/. About PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. PETCO is a leading specialty retailer of premium pet food, supplies and services. PETCO's vision is to best promote, through its people, the highest level of well-being for companion animals, and to support the human-animal bond. PETCO generated net sales of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2004. It operates over 730 stores in 47 states and the District of Columbia, as well as a leading destination for on-line pet food and supplies at http://www.petco.com/. Since its inception in 1999, The PETCO Foundation, PETCO's non-profit organization, has raised more than $23 million in support of more than 2,700 non-profit grassroots animal welfare organizations around the nation. Forward-looking Statements Certain statements in this news release that are not historical fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Stockholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the possibility that, in finalizing year-end processes, PETCO may determine that it had a significant deficiency or material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting for fiscal 2004, which may cause the actual results of PETCO to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These and other factors, such as performance of new stores, ability to execute expansion strategy and sustain growth, debt levels, reliance on vendors and exclusive distribution arrangements, competition, integration of operations as a result of acquisitions, compliance with various state and local regulations and dependence on senior management, are discussed from time to time in the reports filed by PETCO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004. DATASOURCE: PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. CONTACT: Chaith Kondragunta, Director, Investor Relations of PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., +1-858-202-7846 Web site: http://www.petco.com/

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