Hughes Supply to Webcast Presentation at Baird Industrial Conference

Hughes Supply to Webcast Presentation at Baird Industrial
Conference 


ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hughes Supply, Inc. (NYSE:HUG)
announced today that Tom Morgan, President and Chief Executive Officer, and
David Bearman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, are
scheduled to present at the Robert W. Baird 2004 Industrial Conference on
Wednesday, November 10, at 8:25 a.m. Central Time.

(Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990803/HUGLOGO )

The presentation will be broadcast live on Hughes' website at
http://www.hughessupply.com/ . Interested parties are invited to listen to the
live presentation by logging onto the website and clicking on the Investors
tab. Listeners should log on to the site at least 10 minutes prior to the
presentation to register, download and install any necessary software.

Hughes Supply, Inc., founded in 1928, is one of the nation's largest
diversified wholesale distributors of construction, repair and maintenance-
related products, with 493 locations in 38 states. Headquartered in Orlando,
Florida, Hughes employs approximately 9,100 associates and generates annual
revenues of nearly $4 billion.  Hughes is a Fortune 500 company and was named
the #2 Most Admired Company in America in the Wholesalers: Diversified Industry
segment by Fortune Magazine. For additional information on Hughes, you may
visit http://www.hughessupply.com/ . 

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CONTACT:  Arleen Llerandi, Vice President, Investor Relations, Hughes

Supply, Inc., [phone]



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

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