GKIS Gold Kist

Gold Kist Inc. (NASDAQ:GKIS) today announced that it has been invited and will participate in the Merrill Lynch Leveraged Finance Conference, which takes place November�13-15, 2006, at The Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. John Bekkers, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen O. West, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, will make an investor presentation at 3:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, November 14. The presentation will not be webcast, but presentation slides will be available on the investor relations section of the company's Web site, http://www.goldkist.com, on November 15. About Gold Kist Gold Kist is the third largest chicken company in the United States, accounting for more than 9�percent of chicken produced in the United States in 2005. Gold Kist operates a fully-integrated chicken production business that includes live production, processing, marketing and distribution. Gold Kist�s operations include nine divisions located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit the company�s Web site at http://www.goldkist.com. Gold Kist Inc. (NASDAQ:GKIS) today announced that it has been invited and will participate in the Merrill Lynch Leveraged Finance Conference, which takes place November 13-15, 2006, at The Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. John Bekkers, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen O. West, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, will make an investor presentation at 3:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, November 14. The presentation will not be webcast, but presentation slides will be available on the investor relations section of the company's Web site, http://www.goldkist.com, on November 15. About Gold Kist Gold Kist is the third largest chicken company in the United States, accounting for more than 9 percent of chicken produced in the United States in 2005. Gold Kist operates a fully-integrated chicken production business that includes live production, processing, marketing and distribution. Gold Kist's operations include nine divisions located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.goldkist.com.