Worthington Industries, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings Conference Call On the Web; Wednesday, June 19, 2002, At 1:30 p.m. EDT

    COLUMBUS, Ohio--June 17, 2002--Worthington Industries, Inc. will hold its fourth quarter and year-end earnings conference call on Wednesday, June 19 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
    This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at WOR's web site at www.worthingtonindustries.com.
    The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments(R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). StreetEvents allows institutional investors to identify, organize, and track the hundreds of conference calls that occur each day during earnings season, to download events of interest to their Outlook calendar, and to RSVP to events online.
    Worthington Industries, Inc. is a leading diversified metal processing company with annual sales of approximately $2 billion. The Columbus, Ohio, based company is North America's premier value-added steel processor and a leader in manufactured metal products such as automotive aftermarket stampings, pressure cylinders, metal framing, metal ceiling grid systems and laser welded blanks. The company employs 7,500 people and operates 59 facilities in 10 countries.
    Founded in 1955, the company operates under a long-standing corporate philosophy rooted in the golden rule, with earning money for its shareholders as the first corporate goal. This philosophy, an unwavering commitment to the customer, and one of the strongest employee/employer partnerships in American industry serve as the company's foundation. Worthington Industries is listed as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America by Fortune magazine.
    If you are unable to join the live webcast, the call will be archived on the web site www.worthingtonindustries.com. To access the replay, click on the Conference Call section under Latest News.