Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. and Garmin Ltd. Receive ACG Growth Awards; Buffalo Wild Wings CEO Sally Smith and Garmin CFO Kevin Rauckman Discuss Business Success on Panel at ACG InterGrowth.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) named Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BWLD) the winner of its Emerging Company Award, and Garmin, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN) the winner of its Outstanding Corporate Growth Award.

The awards were presented today at the ACG InterGrowth(R) 2005 conference in Palm Springs, CA, the world's largest conference for merger and acquisition professionals and corporate dealmakers. ACG InterGrowth attracted more than 1,100 dealmakers, who attend to network, look for investment opportunities, and learn about the strategies, tactics, and lessons that can help companies grow.

Buffalo Wild Wings CEO and President Sally Smith, and Garmin CFO and Treasurer Kevin Rauckman received their respective company awards and served on a panel at ACG InterGrowth, where they discussed their business, strategy, and lives with moderator Karen Gibbs, host of "Wall $treet Week with Fortune."

"ACG is pleased to honor Buffalo Wild Wings and Garmin for their great success in building companies that are recognized as true leaders in their fields," said ACG President Peter Coffey, who is a Partner at law firm Michael Best & Friedrich in Milwaukee. "These innovative companies have built great products, strong brands, and loyal customers, and have generated enviable revenue growth."

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., founded in 1982 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is one of the top-10 fastest growing restaurant chains in the United States. Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., is an established and growing owner, operator and franchisor of Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar restaurants, which feature Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings spun in one of the Company's 12 signature sauces. Buffalo Wild Wings includes more than 310 restaurants in 32 states. To fund its growth, the company has completed a number of debt and equity financings with private equity groups, as well as the completion of an IPO in late 2003. Buffalo Wild Wings has been the recipient of numerous awards and top ranking designations. The company is also committed to being a responsible corporation and an actively engaged member of the communities in which it operates. For the past five years Buffalo Wild Wings has partnered with the St. Jude Children's Hospital and raised a total of nearly $600,000.

"We are especially proud of ACG's recognition of Buffalo Wild Wings as both an emerging company and an innovative player in the field," commented Sally Smith, President and CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings. "The growth and development of our company is something that we strive to improve on everyday, and it's truly rewarding to be recognized for this in such a competitive industry."

Garmin is the premier integrator of GPS (Global Positioning System) enabled devices and a leading designer and manufacturer of consumer electronics - including the StreetPilot(R) line of portable and easy-to-use automotive navigators, the iQue(R) series of GPS-enabled PDAs for professionals-on-the-go, and the Forerunner(TM) family of wrist-worn GPS training gear for fitness enthusiasts. It also recently introduced the Garmin G1000, an all-glass flightdeck that presents flight instrumentation, location, navigation, communication, and identification data on large-format, high-resolution displays. Garmin retired all of its long-term debt in 2003 and has experienced 14 consecutive years of revenue growth.

"We are very pleased to accept the ACG Outstanding Corporate Growth Award," said Garmin CFO and Treasurer Kevin Rauckman. "This honor is a result of the hard work of nearly 2,500 Garmin employees whose mission is to design and build high-quality, value-priced consumer electronics."

Qualifications for the ACG Outstanding Corporate Growth Award, which has been given for 20 years, include minimal sales of $500 million and a history of successful growth for the previous five years. Criteria for the ACG Emerging Company Award include annual sales of $500 million or less and at least three years of growth, exemplary leadership and high-level community involvement. The ACG awards selection committee chose Buffalo Wild Wings from 17 regional finalists, and Garmin was selected among 15 regional finalists submitted by ACG chapters. Buffalo Wild Wings was nominated by ACG Minnesota, and Garmin was nominated by ACG Kansas City.

Previous winners of the ACG Emerging Company Award include Blockbuster; Bright Horizons Family Solutions; Jones Pharma; McAfee Associates; Panera Bread Company; Sylvan Learning Systems; and U.S. Robotics. Previous winners of the ACG Outstanding Corporate Growth Award include AES; Amgen; Cisco Systems; Harley-Davidson; Home Depot, Johnson Controls; Stryker; and Motorola.

"We congratulate Buffalo Wild Wings and Garmin for their phenomenal success," said Nancy Halwig, ACG Board Member and Awards Committee Chairman, and Managing Director, Dovebid Valuation Services, Inc. "In winning these ACG awards, they join an elite group of some of America's premier companies."

About ACG

Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (www.acg.org) is a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG stands at more than 9,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 46 chapters in North America and Europe.