99 Cents Only Stores(R) to Announce Preliminary Financial Results for the First and Second Quarters of 2005.

CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif. -- 99 Cents Only Stores(R) (NYSE:NDN) (the "Company") will issue a press release announcing its preliminary financial results for the first and second quarters of 2005 on Friday, November 4, 2005, at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time. A conference call to discuss the release is scheduled for Friday, November 4, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

If you would like to participate in the Company's conference call, please phone the Link conference call operator at 1-206-315-1857 (U.S. and Canada) about nine minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and hold for an operator to assist you. Please inform the operator that you are calling in for 99 Cents Only Stores' First and Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Release conference call, and be prepared to provide the operator with your name, company name, and position if requested. A recorded version of the call will be made available approximately four hours after completion of the call and will remain available for seven days after the conference call. To access the recorded version, dial 1-913-383-5767, PASSCODE: 4071.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing its earnings and any other financial and statistical information about the period to be presented in the conference call will be available at the section of the Company's website titled "Investor Relations" at www.99only.com.

99 Cents Only Stores(R), the nation's oldest existing one-price retailer, operates 226 retail stores in California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada, and a wholesale division called Bargain Wholesale. 99 Cents Only Stores(R) emphasizes name-brand consumables, priced at an excellent value, in attractively merchandised stores, where nothing is ever over 99 cents.

Note to Editors: 99 Cents Only Stores(R) news releases and information available on www.99only.com