Royal Group announces date for third quarter earnings release and conference call

TORONTO, Nov. 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Group Technologies Limited (RYG.SV-TSX, RYG-NYSE) announced today that it will release its fiscal 2005 third quarter financial results on November 14, 2005. It is expected that results will be released in the morning.

Royal Group will hold a conference call pertaining to the third quarter financial results on Monday, November 14, 2005 at 9:00 AM Toronto Eastern Time. The conference call will be web cast simultaneously and in its entirety through the Investor Relations section of Royal's Web site, http://www.royalgrouptech.com/. The third quarter earnings release and supplemental financial information will be available on the site prior to the conference call.

A replay of the call will be available on Royal's web site or by phone by dialing 416-640-1917 and entering 21160330 followed by the number sign. The telephone replay will be available approximately two hours after the conference call and continue through November 21, 2005. An archive of the call will be maintained on the web site for three months.

Royal Group Technologies Limited is a manufacturer of innovative, polymer-based home improvement, consumer and construction products. The company has extensive vertical integration, with operations dedicated to provision of materials, machinery, tooling, real estate and transportation services to its plants producing finished products. Royal's manufacturing facilities are primarily located throughout North America, with international operations in South America, Europe and Asia.

The information in this document contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to Royal Group Technologies Limited, its subsidiaries and affiliates. These statements are often, but not always made through the use of words or phrases such as "expect", "should continue", "continue", "believe", "anticipate", "suggest", "estimate", "contemplate", "target", "plan", "budget", "may", "will", "schedule" and "intend" or similar formulations. By their nature, these forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant, known and unknown, business, economic, competitive and other risks, uncertainties and other factors affecting Royal specifically or its industry generally that could cause actual performance, achievements and financial results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the ongoing shareholder value maximization process and its outcome; the ongoing internal review and investigations by the Special Committee of the Board of Directors and its outcome; the outcome of the ongoing assessment and review of the Royal Building System's compliance with the smoke generated elements of the US building code and the safety of buildings constructed with the Royal Building System; fluctuations in the level of renovation, remodeling and construction activity; changes in product costs and pricing; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving savings related to the cost reductions or increases in revenues related to sales price increases; the sufficiency of our restructuring activities, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring activities compared to the estimated costs of such actions; the ability to recruit and retain qualified employees; the level of outstanding debt and our current debt ratings; Royal's ability to maintain adequate liquidity and refinance its debt structure by April 30, 2006, the expiry date of its current bank credit facility; the ability to meet the financial covenants in our credit facilities; changes in product mix; the growth rate of the markets into which Royal's products are sold; market acceptance and demand for Royal's products; changes in availability or prices for raw materials; pricing pressures resulting from competition; difficulty in developing and introducing new products; failure to penetrate new markets effectively; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs, nationalization, exchange controls, limitations on foreign investment in local business and other political, economic and regulatory risks; difficulty in preserving proprietary technology; adverse resolution of any litigation, investigations, administrative and regulatory matters, intellectual property disputes, or similar matters; changes in securities or environmental laws, rules and regulations; currency risk exposure and other risks described from time to time in publicly filed disclosure documents and securities commission reports of Royal Group Technologies Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates. In view of these uncertainties we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Statements made in this document are made as of November 2, 2005 and Royal disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

DATASOURCE: Royal Group Technologies Limited



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