McRae Industries, Inc. Announces Review of Its Inventory and Expected Restatement of Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ended

McRae Industries, Inc. Announces Review of Its Inventory and
Expected Restatement of Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ended July 31,
2004 


MOUNT GILEAD, N.C., Dec. 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McRae Industries, Inc.
(Amex: MRIA; MRIB) announced today that it is conducting a review of its
previously reported financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31,
2004 as a result of clerical errors in the calculation of inventory discovered
by management at the company's military boot unit. Management presented its
findings to the company's Audit Committee and is continuing to examine the
company's accounting for inventory.

Although the review is continuing, the company's preliminary assessment
indicates that its inventory was overstated and the related cost of revenues
was understated by approximately $1,044,000 for the fiscal year ended July 31,
2004. In its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2004, the company
reported total inventory of $15,739,000 and total cost of revenues of
$54,563,000. Accordingly, the company expects to restate its previously
reported financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2004. Based on
this preliminary assessment, the company expects net earnings from continuing
operations will be approximately $3,128,000 for the fiscal year ended July 31,
2004, as opposed to net earnings from continuing operations of $3,740,000 as
previously reported. The company's assessment of the misstatement is
preliminary, and revisions to the amount could arise as a result of the ongoing
review. The company believes that the overstatement of inventory resulted from
clerical errors in the year-end calculation of inventory and that it has
identified and corrected the errors.

The company's previously reported financial statements for the fiscal year
ended July 31, 2004 should no longer be relied upon pending the outcome of the
review. As soon as practicable following the completion of the review, the
company will amend its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
July 31, 2004 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to
reflect the expected restatement.  The company does not expect to be able to
file its Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal 2005, which is due on
December 14, 2004, until it has completed its review of the accounting for
inventory in the financial statements for fiscal 2004.  As a result, the
Company expects to file a Form 12b-25 Notification of Late Filing with respect
to such Form 10-Q.  The Company has notified and discussed this matter with its
independent registered public accounting firm.

In addition to historical information, this Press Release includes certain
forward-looking statements as such term is defined in Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ
materially from those projected, estimated, assumed or anticipated in any such
forward-looking statements include: the results of the ongoing review, the
impact of the expected restatement and the reaction of the company's
stockholders, customers, vendors and lenders to the review and anticipated
restatement. 

DATASOURCE: McRae Industries, Inc.



CONTACT:  D. Gary McRae of McRae Industries, Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.mcraeindustries.com/

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