99 Cents Only Stores(R) Announces Its Contribution of $299,999.99 to Texas' Houston Red Cross, Earmarked for Those Who Have Suffered from Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

HOUSTON -- 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE:NDN), the nation's oldest existing sub-dollar retailer, is new to Texas, and wants to show its new neighbors the spirit and hospitality that has made it the premier discount retailer in the Southwest. 99 Cents Only Stores is contributing $299,999.99 to the American Red Cross, earmarked for its neighbors who suffered from the recent hurricanes of Rita and Katrina. The $299,999.99 contribution is a combination of associate and customer donations from throughout the Southwestern United States, along with 99 Cents Only Stores' contributions.

A check will be presented to representatives of the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the Red Cross by Eric Schiffer, CEO, and Jeff Gold, President and COO, of 99 Cents Only Stores at the company's Galleria Area store located at 7639 Westheimer Road, on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at 2:00 PM.

When Rita hit, 99 Cents Only Stores were among the last to close and the first to reopen. Employees of 99 Cents Only Stores kept stores open as late as 3:00 PM on Friday, the day before Hurricane Rita was expected to make landfall, in order to make essential items like water and batteries available to those unable to evacuate Houston in time. 99 Cents Only Stores opened its Category 5 proof Distribution Center in Katy to those who didn't feel safe at home and couldn't get out of harm's way.

99 Cents Only Stores(R) is the nation's oldest existing one-price retailer. 99 Cents Only Stores emphasizes name-brand consumables at an excellent value, in its 226 clean, attractively merchandised stores located in Texas, Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company's New York Stock Exchange symbol is NDN. 99 Cents Only Stores -- where you can buy anything in the store for under a buck. You've got to see it to believe it!

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