Delta Apparel Announces Reporting Date for Third Quarter 2006 Results

DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2006--Delta Apparel, Inc. (AMEX:DLA) today announced that the Company will report its third fiscal quarter 2006 financial results on Friday, May 5, 2006 before the market opens. The Company will also hold a conference call with senior management to discuss the financial results at 9:00 a.m. ET/6:00 a.m. PT.

The Company invites everyone to join the call by dialing 913-981-4903 approximately 5 minutes prior to the start of the call to ensure that you are properly connected prior to the start of the presentation.

A live webcast of the conference call will be available at www.deltaapparel.com. Please visit the website at least 15 minutes early to register for the teleconference webcast and download any necessary software. A replay of the call will be available from May 5, 2006 through May 12, 2006. To access the telephone replay, participants should dial 719-457-0820. The access code for the replay is 1987414.

About Delta Apparel, Inc.

Delta Apparel, Inc., along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, M. J. Soffe Company and Junkfood Clothing Company, is a marketer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality branded and private label activewear apparel. We specialize in selling a variety of casual and athletic activewear tops and bottoms, embellished and unembellished T-shirts, and fleece products for the ever-changing apparel market. We focus on our broad distribution of apparel products to specialty and boutique stores, high-end and mid-tier retail stores, sporting goods stores, screen printers, and private label accounts. In addition, certain products are sold in college bookstores and to the U.S. Military. Our operations are in the United States, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica and we employ approximately 3,900 worldwide. Additional information on our company is available at www.deltaapparel.com.

CONTACT: Delta Apparel, Inc.
Deborah Merrill, 678-775-6900
investor.relations@deltaapparel.com
or
Integrated Corporate Relations
Bill Zima, 203-682-8200

SOURCE: Delta Apparel, Inc.