Delta Apparel Declares Dividend Payment

DULUTH, Ga., Oct 20, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Delta Apparel, Inc. (AMEX: DLA) announces that today its Board of Directors declared a dividend of six cents per common share of stock. The dividend is payable November 17, 2003 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 5, 2003. This dividend is pursuant to the Company's previously announced quarterly dividend program, which the Company may amend or terminate at any time.

Delta Apparel, Inc., along with its wholly owned subsidiary M. J. Soffe Co., is a vertically integrated marketer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality branded and unbranded activewear apparel. The Company specializes in selling a variety of branded casual and athletic activewear tops and bottoms, unembellished T-shirts, and fleece products for the ever-changing apparel market. These products are sold to screen printers, private label accounts and distributors, as well as being sold through specialty sporting goods stores and department stores. In addition, certain products are sold in college bookstores and to the U.S. Military. Delta Apparel has operations in the United States, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica and employs about 4,600 worldwide.

SOURCE: Delta Apparel, Inc.

Delta Apparel, Inc., Atlanta
Herb Mueller, 678-775-6900

Released October 20, 2003