Delta Apparel Announces Reporting Date for First Quarter 2006 Results

DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2005--Delta Apparel, Inc. (AMEX:DLA) today announced that the Company will report its first fiscal quarter 2006 financial results on Friday, November 4, 2005 before the market opens. The Company will also hold a conference call with senior management to discuss the financial results at 10:00 a.m. ET/7:00 a.m. PT.

The Company invites everyone to join the call by dialing (913) 981-4913 approximately 5 minutes prior to the start of the call to ensure that you are properly connected prior to the start of the presentation.

A live webcast of the conference call will be available at www.deltaapparel.com. Please visit the website at least 15 minutes early to register for the teleconference webcast and download any necessary software. A replay of the call will be available from November 4, 2005 through November 11, 2005. To access the telephone replay, participants should dial 719-457-0820. The access code for the replay is 5058474.

About Delta Apparel, Inc.

Delta Apparel, Inc., along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, M. J. Soffe Co. and Junkfood Clothing Company, is a marketer, designer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality branded and private label apparel. We specialize in selling a variety of casual and athletic tops and bottoms, embellished and unembellished T-shirts, and fleece products for the ever-changing apparel market. We focus on our broad distribution of products, selling our products to specialty and boutique stores, high-end and mid-tier retail stores, sporting goods stores, screen printers and private label accounts. In addition, certain products are sold in college bookstores and to the U.S. Military. Our operations are in the United States, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica and we employ approximately 4,100 worldwide. Additional information on our company is available at www.deltaapparel.com.

CONTACT: Integrated Corporate Relations
Bill Zima, 203-682-8200
or
Delta Apparel, Inc.
Herb Mueller, 678-775.6900
investor.relations@deltaapparel.com

SOURCE: Delta Apparel, Inc.