WD-40 Company Schedules Conference Call to Discuss the Heartland Corporation Acquisition; Monday, June 3, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. PT - 5 pm ET -

Business Wire, May 28, 2002

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2002

WD-40 Company (Nasdaq:WDFC), has scheduled a conference call to discuss the Heartland Corporation acquisition on Monday, June 3, 2002, at 2:00 P.M. PT.

In addition, the company may answer one or more questions concerning business and financial developments and trends and other business and financial matters affecting the company, some of the responses to which may contain information that has not been previously disclosed.

This call is being web cast by CCBN and can be accessed at WD-40 Company's web site at www.wd40.com in the Investor Relations section.

The web cast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to 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.

WD-40 Company, with headquarters in San Diego, is a global consumer products company dedicated to building brand equities that are first or second choice in their respective categories. The company will leverage and build the brand fortress of WD-40 Company by developing and acquiring brands that deliver a unique high value to end users and that can be distributed across multiple trade channels in one or more areas of the world. WD-40 Company produces multi-purpose lubricants, WD-40(R) and 3-IN-ONE(R), the Lava(R) and Solvol(R) brands of heavy-duty cleaners, and household products 2000 Flushes(R), X-14(R) and Carpet Fresh(R). WD-40 Company markets its products in more than 160 countries worldwide and recorded sales of $174.6 million in fiscal 2001. Additional information about WD-40 Company may be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.wd40.com.