H O N I N D U S T R I E S I n c . a n d S U B S I D I A R I E S I N V E S T O R I N F O R M A T I O N SCHEDULE OF QUARTERLY  RESULTS INVESTOR RELATIONS FISCAL 2004  QUARTER-END DATES CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS ANNUAL MEETING INDEPENDENT PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The Company operates on a fiscal year ending  on the Saturday nearest December 31. Quar- terly results are typically announced within 25  days after the end of each quarter, and audited  results are typically announced within 40 days  after year-end. 1st Quarter: Saturday, April 3 2nd Quarter: Saturday, July 3 3rd Quarter: Saturday, October 2 4th Quarter: Saturday, January 1 The Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting  will be held at 10:30 a.m. on May 4, 2004, at  the Holiday Inn, Highways 61 & 38 North,  Muscatine, Iowa. Shareholders and other  interested investors are encouraged to attend  the meeting. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP One North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 HON INDUSTRIES Inc. 414 East Third Street P.O. Box 1109 Muscatine, IA 52761-0071 Telephone: 563.264.7400 Fax: 563.264.7217 Website: www.honi.com Send inquiries to: Investor Relations HON INDUSTRIES Inc. 414 East Third Street Muscatine, IA 52761 Telephone: 563.264.7400 Fax: 563.264.7655 E-mail: investorrelations@honi.com DESIGN: SEQUEL STUDIO, NEW YORK Statements in this report that are not strictly historical, including statements as to  plans, objectives, and future financial performance, are “forward-looking” state- ments that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and  unknown risks, which may cause the Company’s actual results in the future to dif- fer materially from expected results. These risks include, among others:  • competition within the office furniture and fireplace industries, including  competition from imported products and competitive pricing;  •  increases in the cost of raw materials, including steel, which is the Company’s  largest raw material category; •  increases in the cost of health care benefits provided by the Company; •  reduced demand for the Company’s storage products caused by changes in  office technology; including the change from paper record storage to electronic  record storage;  •  the effects of economic conditions, on demand for office furniture, customer  insolvencies and related bad debts and claims against the Company that it  received preferential payments;  •  changes in demand and order patterns from the Company’s customers, par- ticularly its top ten customers, which represented approximately 36% of net sales  in 2003;  •  issues associated with acquisitions and integration of acquisitions;  •  the ability of the Company to realize cost savings and productivity improve- ments from its cost containment and business simplification initiatives; •  the ability of the Company to realize financial benefits from investments in new  products;  •  the ability of the Company’s distributors and dealers to successfully market  and sell the Company’s products;  •  the availability and cost of capital to finance planned growth; and •  other risks, uncertainties, and factors described from time to time in the  Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We caution the reader that the above list of factors may not be exhaustive. The  Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking state- ment, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 63 COMMON STOCK TRANSFER AGENT HON INDUSTRIES common stock trades  on the New York Stock Exchange under the  symbol: HNI. Stock price quotations can be  found in major daily newspapers and  The  Wall Street Journal . Shareholders may report a change of address  or make inquiries by writing or calling: Computershare Investor Services, LLC 2 North LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60602 Telephone: 312.588.4991