HUG Hughes Supply

Hughes Supply, Inc. Announces Date for 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hughes Supply Inc. announced today that its annual meeting of shareholders will be held Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at its principal executive offices at 501 W. Church Street, Orlando, Florida. The record date for shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting has been set for Friday, March 26, 2004. The matters to be considered atthe annual meeting will be set forth in proxy materials to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and distributed to the company's shareholders. (Logo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990803/HUGLOGO ) Hughes Supply, Inc., founded in 1928, is one of the nation's largest diversified wholesale distributors of construction, repair and maintenance- related products, with 489 locations in 38 states. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Hughes employs approximately 8,400 associates and generates annual revenues of over $3 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/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990803/HUGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Hughes Supply, Inc. CONTACT: Arleen Llerandi, Director, Investor Relations, Hughes Supply, Inc., +1-407-822-2989 Web site: http://www.hughessupply.com/

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