PETC Petco Animal Supplies

PETCO Scheduled to Speak at the Piper Jaffray 24th Annual Consumer Conference SAN DIEGO, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PETC) announced that James M. Myers, Chief Executive Officer, and Bruce M. Hall, President and Chief Operating Officer, are scheduled to present at the Piper Jaffray 24th Annual Consumer Conference on Thursday, June 10, 2004, at approximately 2:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings 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/. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030603/PETCOLOGO) At the conference, Mr. Myers plans to state that the Company continues to expect to achieve a comparable store net sales increase in the range of 5% to 6% for the second quarter of 2004, as well as for the full year. The Company currently expects second quarter earnings per diluted share in the range of $0.28 to $0.29 and full year 2004 earnings per diluted share in the range of $1.43 to $1.44. About PETCO Animal Supplies 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 $1.6 billion in fiscal 2003. It operates 669 stores in 44 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 $17 million in support of more than 2,000 non-profit grassroots animal welfare organizations around the nation. 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, 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 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030603/PETCOLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. CONTACT: Rodney Carter, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., +1-858-202-7848 Web site: http://www.petco.com/

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