DALLAS, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dean Foods Company will host a live audio webcast of its Annual Stockholders' Meeting on Friday May 19, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. CT. In addition to meeting business, management will review the company's operations and comment on its outlook for the balance of 2006. The webcast can be accessed by visiting http://www.deanfoods.com/ and by clicking on "Webcasts."
In order to listen to the webcast, users will need to have installed either Real Player or Windows Media Player software, which can be detected and downloaded by visiting the site. A webcast replay will be available for approximately 45 days following the event within the Investor Relations -- Audio Archive section of the company's site.
About Dean Foods
Dean Foods Company is one of the leading food and beverage companies in the United States. Its Dairy Group division is the largest processor and distributor of milk and other dairy products in the country, with products sold under more than 50 familiar local and regional brands and a wide array of private labels. The Company's WhiteWave Foods subsidiary is the nation's leading organic foods company. WhiteWave Foods markets and sells a variety of well-known dairy and dairy-related products, such as Silk(R) soymilk, Horizon Organic(R) dairy products and juices, International Delight(R) coffee creamers and LAND O'LAKES(R) creamers and cultured products. Dean Foods Company also owns the fourth largest dairy processor in Spain and the leading brand of organic dairy products in the United Kingdom.
Contact: Barry Sievert
Senior Director, Investor Relations
(214) 303-3437
