99 Cents Only Stores® Will Be Celebrating the Grand Opening of Its Newest 99 Cents Only Stores® by Selling 9 Apple iPod Nanos and 99 Scooters for Only 99 Cents on April 6, 2006, in Sacramento, California

Business Wire, April 5, 2006

CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif. -- The popular Apple iPod Nano that holds over 499 songs will be sold for only 99 cents to the first 9 customers. The next 99 customers can buy scooters for only 99 cents at the ribbon-cutting grand opening of the newest 99 Cents Only Stores(R) (NYSE:NDN) on Thursday, April 6, 2006, at 8 a.m.

The new store is 21,284 square feet and located at 5930 Stockton Blvd., at the southwest corner of Stockton Blvd. & McMahon Drive in the city of Sacramento.

The next 99 customers can buy a genuine U.S. currency $2 bill for 99 cents only! The next 99 customers can buy an Alien Area 51 resin statue -- a $34.95 value -- for 99 cents only!

On Friday, April 7th, the first 99 customers can buy a Classic Pendulum Clock -- a $19.95 value -- for 99 cents only! On Saturday, April 8th, the first 99 customers can buy a three-pack EyeMagine reading glasses -- a $20.95 value -- for 99 cents only! On Sunday, April 9th, the first 99 customers can buy a delicious Jon Donaire Cheesecake -- an $11.95 value -- for 99 cents only!

On Monday, April 10th, the first 99 customers can collect a 24-piece 1984 Olympic coin set that originally sold for $29.95, for 99 cents only! On Tuesday, April 11th, the first 99 customers will be able to buy a Little Lunchmate by Igloo -- valued at $7.95 -- for 99 cents only! On Wednesday, April 12th, the first 99 customers can buy a Clip Art designer pen -- a $24.95 value -- for 99 cents only!

99 Cents Only Stores(R) is the nation's oldest existing one-price retailer. 99 Cents Only Stores(R) emphasizes name-brand consumables at an excellent value, in its 232 clean, attractively merchandised stores located in California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. The company's New York Stock Exchange symbol is NDN.

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