Dan River Inc. Fiscal Year End 2002 Results Conference Call.

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DANVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003

Dan River Inc. (NYSE:DRF) will release results for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2002 before the market opens on February 4, 2003. In conjunction with this release, your are invited to listen to a live webcast of the year end results conference call with Joseph L. Lanier, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Richard Williams, President and COO, Barry Shea, Executive Vice President and CFO, and Denise Laussade, Vice President - Finance.

What: Dan River Inc.'s Fiscal Year End 2002 Results Conference Call
When: 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, February 4, 2003
How: Log on to web at http://www.danriver.com; select "Investors" and
     "Announcements". Listeners should go to the website at lease 15
     minutes earlier to download and install any necessary audio
     software.

If you are unable to listen to the live webcast, a replay of the call will be available approximately two hours following the conference on http://www.danriver.com (select "Investors" and "Announcements") or by dialing 1-800-428-6051 and referencing access code # 284601. The call will be available until February 11, 2003.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Dan River Inc. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of textile products for the home fashions, apparel fabrics and industrial textiles markets. The Company designs, manufactures and markets a coordinated line of value-added home fashions products consisting of bedroom furnishings such as comforters, sheets, pillowcases, shams, bed skirts, decorative pillows, and draperies for the adult, juvenile, and institutional markets. Dan River also manufactures and markets a broad range of high quality woven cotton and cotton blend fabrics for apparel. Additionally, Dan River manufactures and markets specialty engineered textile products used in making high-pressure hoses and other industrial products.