99 Cents Only Stores(R) to File 10-Q Reports in April for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2005.

CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif. -- 99 Cents Only Stores(R) (NYSE:NDN) (the "Company") has updated the timing for its anticipated filing of 10-Q reports for calendar year 2005. The Company plans to file its 10-Q reports for all four periods of 2005 ended March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 in April of 2006. The timing is dependent on completion of review procedures by the Company and its auditors.

The Company also has announced plans to release sales information on April 7, 2006 for the fourth quarter of its new fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.

Eric Schiffer, CEO, commented, "We have refined many of our financial processes in the past few months. We are focusing on our Easter selling season and look forward to becoming current in our SEC filings and scheduling an earnings conference call shortly after that. We appreciate our investors' patience in the meantime."

99 Cents Only Stores(R), the nation's oldest existing one-price retailer, operates 232 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.

We have included statements in this release that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act and Section 27A of the Securities Act. The words "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "predict," "believe" and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements appear in this release and include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company, its directors or officers with respect to, among other things, the timing of filings its Form 10-Qs for 2005. The shareholders of the Company and other readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those projected in this release for the reasons, among others, discussed in the reports and other documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors contained in the Section -- "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

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