HAVERTY FURNITURE Presentation at Morgan Keegan Specialty Retail Conference to be Webcast Live ATLANTA, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC. (NYSE: HVT; HVT.A) announced that Clarence Smith, president and chief executive officer, will be speaking at the Morgan Keegan Specialty Retail Conference on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 10:25 a.m. EDT. The conference will be webcast live, and an archive of the event will be available for 14 days following the conference. A link to the webcast will be available on the Investor Relations portion of the Company's website located at http://www.havertys.com/ . Havertys is a full-service home furnishings retailer with 118 showrooms in 16 states in the Southern and Midwestern regions providing its customers with a wide selection of quality merchandise in middle- to upper-middle price ranges. Additional information is available on the Company's website at http://www.havertys.com/ . The aforementioned presentation will contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements may be made a number of times throughout the presentation and may be identified by such forward-looking terminology as "expect," "believe," "may," "will," "intend" or similar statements or variations of such terms. Such forward-looking statements involve certain substantial risks and uncertainties including levels of sales, competitive pressures from other home furnishings retailers, availability and affordability of suitable future store locations and schedule of store expansion plans. These and other important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from such forward- looking statements are detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You are urged to consider such factors. The Company assumes no obligation for updating any such forward-looking statements. Contact for Information: Jenny Hill Parker Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer (404) 443-2900 DATASOURCE: Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. CONTACT: Jenny Hill Parker, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc., +1-404-443-2900 Web site: http://www.havertys.com/

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