SRR Stride Rite Corp

The Stride Rite Corporation (NYSE:SRR), will hold its Third Quarter conference call to discuss results on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central Time). The Stride Rite Corporation (NYSE:SRR) expects to release its operating results for the Third Quarter on Tuesday, September 26, 2006. The release will be made public before the market opens and will be followed by a conference call at 10:00 AM ET. Interested investment analysts and investors may call in at 1-800-789-4818. Ask for the Stride Rite conference call hosted by our CEO, David Chamberlain. The conference call will be available on replay for 24 hours by calling 1-800-642-1687 and entering the conference ID number 4998475. If you have any questions regarding the conference call information, call Carol Kenney at 617-824-6039. This call is being webcast by Thomson Financial and can be accessed at Stride Rite's web site at www.strideritecorp.com. The webcast is also being distributed over Thomson Financial's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through Thomson Financial's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in Thomson Financial's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments(R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson Financial's password protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). StreetEvents allows institutional investors to identify, organize, and track the hundreds of conference calls that occur each day during earnings season, to download events of interest to their Outlook calendar, and to RSVP to events online. About The Stride Rite Corporation The Stride Rite Corporation markets the leading brand of high quality children's shoes in the United States. Other footwear products for children and adults are marketed by the Company under well-known brand names, including Keds, Sperry Top-Sider, Saucony, Tommy Hilfiger, Grasshoppers and Munchkin. Information about the Company is available on our website - www.strideritecorp.com. Information about the Company's brands and product lines is available at www.striderite.com, www.keds.com, www.saucony.com, www.grasshoppers.com and www.sperrytopsider.com.