BLI Big Lots

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BLI) announced today that it is participating in the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 35th Annual Institutional Investor Conference being held April 11-12, 2006 at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011026/BIGLOTSLOGO) Joe R. Cooper, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer is scheduled to give a presentation on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, which will be broadcast live beginning at approximately 11:05 a.m. EDT. This live webcast will be available at http://www.biglots.com/ in the Investor Relations section of the website. If you are unable to join the live webcast, an archive of the presentation will be available at http://www.biglots.com/ and will remain available through midnight on Tuesday, April 25. Big Lots, Inc. is the nation's largest broadline closeout retailer. The Company operates a total of 1,401 BIG LOTS stores in 47 states. Wholesale operations are conducted through BIG LOTS WHOLESALE, CONSOLIDATED INTERNATIONAL, WISCONSIN TOY and with online sales at http://www.biglotswholesale.com/. The Company's website is located at http://www.biglots.com/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011026/BIGLOTSLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Big Lots, Inc. CONTACT: Timothy A. Johnson, Vice President, Strategic, Planning and Investor Relations of Big Lots, Inc., +1-614-278-6622 Web site: http://www.biglots.com/ http://www.biglotswholesale.com/

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