Owens & Minor To Webcast Fourth Quarter & Year End 2004 Earnings Conference Call

RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens & Minor , a FORTUNE 500 company and the nation’s leading distributor of medical and surgical supplies, and a supply chain management solutions company, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss 2004 Fourth Quarter and Year End results on Wednesday, February 2, 2005, at 08:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The dial-in number for the Owens & Minor conference call is: 800-299-0148, with passcode “Owens & Minor.”

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Owens & Minor’s Web site at http://www.owens-minor.com/.

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at http://www.fulldisclosure.com/, Thomson/CCBN’s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson’s password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (http://www.streetevents.com/).

About OMI

Owens & Minor, Inc., a FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is the leading distributor of national name-brand medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply chain management company. With a diverse product and service offering and distribution centers throughout the United States, the company serves hospitals, integrated healthcare systems, alternate care locations, group purchasing organizations and the federal government. Owens & Minor provides technology and consulting programs that enable healthcare providers to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness in materials purchasing, improve inventory management and streamline logistics across the entire medical supply chain-from origin of product to patient bedside. The company also has established itself as a leader in the development and use of technology. For news releases, or for more information about Owens & Minor, visit the company Web site at http://www.owens-minor.com/.

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CONTACT: Trudi Allcott of Owens & Minor, Inc., +1-804-935-4291 ortruitt.allcott@owens-minor.com