Royal Group Announces Date For Fourth Quarter Earnings Release And Conference Call.

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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2002

Royal Group Technologies Limited (NYSE:RYG)(TSX:RYG.TO) announced today that it will release its fourth quarter financial results for fiscal 2002 on Novenber 19, 2002. It is expected that results will be released in the morning.

Royal Group will hold a conference call pertaining to the fourth quarter financial results on Tuesday, November 19th, 2002 at 10:00 AM Toronto Eastern Time. The conference call will be web cast simultaneously and in its entirety through the Investor Relations section of Royal's Web site, www.royalgrouptech.com The fourth quarter earnings release and supplemental financial information will be available on the site prior to the conference call.

A replay of the call will be available on Royal's web site or by phone by dialing [phone] (replay access code 20860838). The telephone replay will be available approximately two hours after the conference call and continue through November 26th, 2002. An archive of the call will be maintained on the web site for three months.

Royal Group Technologies Limited is a manufacturer of innovative, polymer-based home improvement, consumer and construction products. The company has extensive vertical integration, with operations dedicated to provision of materials, machinery, tooling, real estate and transportation services to its plants producing finished products. Royal's manufacturing facilities are primarily located throughout North America, with international operations in South America, Europe and Asia.

The information in this Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to Royal Group Technologies Limited, its subsidiaries and affiliates. By their nature, these forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors affecting Royal specifically or its industry generally that could cause actual performance and financial results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include fluctuations in the level of construction activity, changes in product costs and pricing, an inability to achieve or delays in achieving savings related to the cost reductions, consolidation and restructuring programs, changes in product mix, the growth rate of markets into which Royal's products are sold, market acceptance and demand for Royal's products, changes in availability or prices for raw materials, pricing pressures resulting from competition, difficulty developing and introducing new products, failure to penetrate new markets effectively (especially markets in developing countries), the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs, nationalization, exchange controls, limitation on foreign investment in local business and other political, economic and regulatory risks, difficulty in preserving proprietary technology, changes in environmental regulations and other risks described from time to time in publicly filed disclosure documents and securities commission reports for Royal Group Technologies Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Statements made in this press release are made as of November 5, 2002 and Royal disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise and statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.