HUG Hughes Supply

Hughes Supply Announces Date for 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders ORLANDO, Fla., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hughes Supply, Inc. (NYSE:HUG) announced today that its annual meeting of shareholders will be held Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at its principal executive offices at 501 W. Church Street, Orlando, Florida. The record date for shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting has been set for Friday, March 25, 2005. The matters to be considered at the annual meeting will be set forth in proxy materials to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and distributed to the Company's shareholders. About Hughes Supply, Inc. Hughes Supply, Inc., founded in 1928, is one of the nation's largest diversified wholesale distributors of construction, repair and maintenance- related products, with over 500 locations in 40 states. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Hughes employs approximately 9,300 associates and generated annual revenues of over $4.4 billion in its last fiscal year. Hughes is a FORTUNE 500 company and was named the #1 Most Admired Company in America in the Wholesalers: Diversified Industry segment by FORTUNE Magazine. For additional information on Hughes Supply, you may visit http://www.hughessupply.com/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990803/HUGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Hughes Supply, Inc. CONTACT: Arleen Llerandi, Vice President, Investor Relations, Hughes Supply, Inc., +1-407-822-2989 Web site: http://www.hughessupply.com/

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