Leggett & Platt Announces Webcast of February 4 Presentation

CARTHAGE, Mo., Jan. 29, 2004 -- Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer of engineered products serving several major markets, announced that Felix E. Wright, Chairman and CEO, will speak to the investment community at the Credit Suisse First Boston Furniture Symposium on Wednesday, February 4, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. EST (7:30 a.m. CST), in New York.

The presentation will be webcast and can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of Leggett's website at www.leggett.com . Investors are encouraged to log on at least five minutes prior to the start of the presentation.

Leggett & Platt is a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer that conceives, designs and produces a broad variety of engineered components and products that can be found in virtually every home, office, retail store, and automobile. The company serves a broad suite of customers that comprise a "Who's Who" of U.S. manufacturers and retailers. The 120-year-old firm is composed of 29 business units, 33,000 employee-partners, and more than 300 facilities located in 18 countries. Leggett possesses the best Fortune 500 dividend growth record (84-fold growth via 32 consecutive annual increases at 15% CAGR), has grown sales and earnings at a 15% annual average since going public in 1967, consistently posts top quartile performance among the Fortune 500, and sets a high standard for financial transparency and quality of earnings (including overfunded aggregate pension plans, and expensing of stock options).

Leggett & Platt is North America's leading independent manufacturer of the following: a) retail store fixtures and point of purchase displays; b) components for residential furniture and bedding; c) components for office furniture; d) non-automotive aluminum die castings; e) drawn steel wire; f) automotive seat support and lumbar systems; and g) bedding industry machinery for wire forming, sewing and quilting. Primary raw materials include steel and aluminum. Main operations include metal stamping, forming, casting, machining, coating, welding, wire drawing, and assembly.