APN Apeiron Capital Investment Corp

Applica Incorporated (NYSE:APN) will issue its 2005 fourth-quarter and year-end financial results before the market opens on Thursday, March 9, 2006. Applica will hold a conference call on the same day at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, to discuss its fourth-quarter and year-end results and trends in operations. Harry D. Schulman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Terry Polistina, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host the call. Live audio of the conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public. Broadcast of the event can be accessed on the Company's website, www.applicainc.com, by clicking on the Investor Relations page. You may also access the call via CCBN at www.streetevents.com. The event will be archived and available for replay through Thursday, March 16, 2006. Applica Incorporated and its subsidiaries are marketers and distributors of a broad range of branded and private-label small electric consumer goods. Applica markets and distributes kitchen products, home products, pest control products, pet care products and personal care products. Applica markets products under licensed brand names, such as Black & Decker(R), its own brand names, such as Windmere(R), LitterMaid(R), Belson(R) and Applica(R), and other private-label brand names. Applica's customers include mass merchandisers, specialty retailers and appliance distributors primarily in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. Additional information regarding the Company is available at www.applicainc.com.