1-800 CONTACTS to Release First Quarter 2006 Results on Tuesday, May 2nd

DRAPER, Utah, April 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 1-800 CONTACTS, INC. (NASDAQ:CTAC) will release results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2006 after the market close on Tuesday, May 2, 2006.

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A conference call will be conducted by the Company at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 3, 2006.  For parties interested in participating in the conference call, the dial-in number will be 800-230-1074 for domestic callers and 612-234-9960 for international callers.  The conference call will also be carried via webcast, which can be accessed via the Company's Investor Relations section of its web site, http://www.1800contacts.com/.

Representatives from 1-800 CONTACTS may discuss future operations during the conference call.  The Company encourages all interested parties to listen to the conference call live or via a rebroadcast.

Digital rebroadcasts of the conference call will be available by telephone from 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time on May 3, 2006 through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 10, 2006.  Domestic callers can access the rebroadcast by dialing 800-475-6701; international callers can access the rebroadcast by dialing 320-365-3844.  When prompted, the pass code is 826608.

1-800 CONTACTS offers consumers an attractive alternative for obtaining replacement contact lenses in terms of convenience, price and speed of delivery.  Through its easy-to-remember, toll-free telephone number, "1-800-CONTACTS" (1-800-266-8228), and its Internet web site, http://www.1800contacts.com/, the Company sells almost all of the popular brands of contact lenses.  1-800 CONTACTS offers products at competitive prices, while delivering a high level of customer service. 

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CONTACT:  Brian W. Bethers, President, or Robert G. Hunter, Chief

Financial Officer, both of 1-800 CONTACTS, INC., [phone],





Web site:  http://www.1800contacts.com/ 

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