ADVO, Inc.: Annual Meeting and First Quarter Fiscal 2005 Earnings Resu

    Business Editors

    WINDSOR, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2005--ADVO, Inc. (NYSE: AD) will be holding its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Thursday, January 20, 2005, at the Company's corporate headquarters, One Targeting Centre, Windsor, Connecticut, commencing at 11:30 a.m. EST. The meeting will also be available via webcast through the Investor Relations section of ADVO's website at www.advo.com. The Company's first quarter fiscal 2005 earnings release will be publicly disseminated during the meeting at approximately 11:45 a.m. EST. If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please RSVP to Chris Hutter at 860-285-6424 prior to 5:00 p.m. on January 19, 2005.
    Additionally, the Company will hold its first quarter fiscal 2005 earnings results conference call the same day, Thursday, January 20, 2005, at 5:15 - 6:00 p.m. EST. The conference call dial-in number is 1-800-289-0569, and will be accessible via replay at 1-888-203-1112 (the access number is 223240) from January 20 at 7:45 p.m. through Midnight, February 20. The conference call will also be available via webcast through www.advo.com.
    ADVO (NYSE: AD) is the largest targeted home-delivered print advertising company in the United States, with annual revenues of $1.2 billion. The company's shared mail advertising programs reach approximately 112 million U.S. households on a weekly and monthly basis, and deliver the highest consumer response for advertising with superior value, based on reaching carefully selected neighborhoods of consumers at below ZIP Code levels. This includes its core ShopWise(R) branded programs and the reach of its ADVO National Network Extension (A.N.N.E.) program. Additionally, the company's SuperCoups(R) advertising solutions provide targeted advertising for local neighborhood businesses.
    ADVO's reach and targeting abilities are behind the success of its signature public service program America's Looking for Its Missing Children(R) -- the nation's oldest and most successful program of its kind, created in 1985 in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the United States Postal Service. ADVO delivers 85 million missing child ("Have You Seen Me?(R)") cards weekly, representing the most recognized mail in America. These have helped lead to the successful and safe recovery of 136 missing children. ADVO has 25 mail processing facilities and 33 sales offices nationwide. ADVO's corporate headquarters are located at One Targeting Centre, Windsor, Conn., and the Company can be visited at its Web site at www.advo.com.

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CONTACT: ADVO, Inc. Chris Hutter, 860-285-6424

KEYWORD: CONNECTICUT INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PUBLISHING ADVERTISING/MARKETING EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: ADVO, Inc.

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