Delta Apparel Announces Reporting Date for Fourth Quarter 2005 Results

DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2005--Delta Apparel, Inc. (AMEX:DLA) today announced that the Company will report its fiscal fourth quarter 2005 financial results on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 after the market close. The Company will also hold a conference call with senior management to discuss the financial results at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT.

A live webcast of the conference call will be available at www.deltaapparel.com. Please visit the Web site 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 August 23, 2005 through August 29, 2005. To access the telephone replay, participants should dial 719-457-0820. The access code for the replay is 4849136.

About Delta Apparel, Inc.

Delta Apparel, Inc., along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, M. J. Soffe Co. and Junkfood Clothing Company, is a marketer, designer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality branded and private label apparel. We specialize in selling a variety of casual and athletic tops and bottoms, embellished and unembellished T-shirts, and fleece products for the ever-changing apparel market. We focus on our broad distribution of products, currently serving over 13,000 customers. We sell our products to specialty, 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 4,200 worldwide. Additional information on our company is available at www.deltaapparel.com.

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

SOURCE: Delta Apparel, Inc.

Released August 22, 2005