GKIS Gold Kist

Gold Kist Inc. (NASDAQ:GKIS) today announced that John Bekkers, president and chief executive officer, will participate along with other industry leaders in a roundtable discussion and take questions from industry analysts at the National Chicken Council Annual Conference on Thursday, October 5, in Washington. The sessions will be webcast live from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. EDT. Each participant will make a brief presentation and then participate in a panel discussion. The topics for discussion include global competition, chicken consumption, immigration reform, avian influenza and the competition for corn as ethanol use increases. Asking questions of the panel will be Farha Aslam, vice president of equity research for Stephens, Inc., and Michael Piken, research associate at Cleveland Research Company. Moderating the discussion will be Mark Hickman, president and chief executive officer of Peco Foods of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the incoming chairman of the National Chicken Council. The following web address is the link to this event: http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=W203837& item_id=1397045 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About Gold Kist Gold Kist is the third largest chicken company in the United States, accounting for more than 9�percent of chicken produced in the United States in 2005. Gold Kist operates a fully-integrated chicken production business that includes live production, processing, marketing and distribution. Gold Kist�s operations include nine divisions located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit the Company�s Web site at http://www.goldkist.com. Gold Kist Inc. (NASDAQ:GKIS) today announced that John Bekkers, president and chief executive officer, will participate along with other industry leaders in a roundtable discussion and take questions from industry analysts at the National Chicken Council Annual Conference on Thursday, October 5, in Washington. The sessions will be webcast live from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. EDT. Each participant will make a brief presentation and then participate in a panel discussion. The topics for discussion include global competition, chicken consumption, immigration reform, avian influenza and the competition for corn as ethanol use increases. Asking questions of the panel will be Farha Aslam, vice president of equity research for Stephens, Inc., and Michael Piken, research associate at Cleveland Research Company. Moderating the discussion will be Mark Hickman, president and chief executive officer of Peco Foods of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the incoming chairman of the National Chicken Council. The following web address is the link to this event: http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=W203837& item_id=1397045 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About Gold Kist Gold Kist is the third largest chicken company in the United States, accounting for more than 9 percent of chicken produced in the United States in 2005. Gold Kist operates a fully-integrated chicken production business that includes live production, processing, marketing and distribution. Gold Kist's operations include nine divisions located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.goldkist.com.