NS Group to Present at Raymond James 26th Annual Institutional Investo

    Business Editors/Energy Editors

    NEWPORT, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2005--NS Group, Inc. (NYSE:NSS) announced today that the company's president and CEO, Rene Robichaud and vice president and CFO, Thomas Depenbrock will present at the Raymond James 26th Annual Institutional Investors Conference on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 2:15 p.m. eastern time.
    The presentation will be broadcast live over the internet. NS Group's presentation can be accessed live or through replay at the following web address:

    http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rjii05/nss

    NS Group is a leading producer of tubular products serving the energy industry and certain industrial markets. The company manufactures and markets seamless and welded tubular steel products used in the drilling, exploration and transmission of oil and natural gas. NS Group is traded on the NYSE under the symbol NSS. For more information about NS Group log on to www.nsgrouponline.com.

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CONTACT: NS Group, Inc. Linda A. Pleiman, (859) 292-6814 www.nsgrouponline.com

KEYWORD: KENTUCKY INDUSTRY KEYWORD: OIL/GAS MANUFACTURING MINING/METALS ENERGY CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: NS Group, Inc.

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