Bush Reports Annual Meeting Results.

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JAMESTOWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2000

Bush Industries, Inc. (NYSE: BSH), the 10th largest U.S. furniture manufacturer and leader in surface technologies, announced today the results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held May 11, 2000, at its corporate headquarters in Jamestown, NY.

At the Annual Meeting, the incumbent members of the Board of Directors were elected to one-year terms of office; the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, was ratified as the company's auditors, and stockholders ratified the company's amendment to its 1995 Stock Plan to increase the number of Class A common stock subject to the plan by an aggregate 250,000 shares of Class A common stock.

Also at the meeting, a motion from the floor was made and approved to increase the number of shares of Class A common stock subject to the company's 1995 Stock Plan by an additional 250,000 shares of Class A common stock, which will bring the cumulative increase of Class A common stock under the Plan to a total of 500,000 shares of Class A common stock.

The company also announced that under the previously authorized stock repurchase plan, the company has reaffirmed its intent to repurchase additional shares of the company's Class A common stock from time to time, depending upon then economic, market and other conditions. During the last two fiscal quarters ended April 1, 2000, the company repurchased approximately 431,000 shares of its Class A common stock in the open market at a cost of approximately $6,100,000.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this release may contain forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors offering the company's operations, markets, products, services and prices, and other factors discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange commission.