Denver (ots/PRNewswire)

SAMSONITE CORPORATION (OTC Bulletin
Board: SAMC) today announced that it will hold a conference call with
securities analysts to discuss first quarter fiscal year 2006
earnings results for the quarter ended April 30, 2004, at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, June 9, 2005. Investors and
interested members of the public are invited to listen to the
discussion.

The dial-in phone numbers are +1-877-809-7599 in the U.S. and
Canada and +1-706-679-6135 for international calls, the conference
name is Samsonite and the conference ID # is 6851805. The leader of
the call is Marcello Bottoli. If you cannot attend this call, it will
be played back through Friday, July 1, 2005. The playback numbers are
+1-800-642-1687 in the U.S. and Canada and +1-706-645-9291 for
international calls, and the conference ID # is 6851805.

Samsonite is one of the world's largest manufacturers and
distributors of luggage and markets luggage, casual bags, backpacks,
business cases and travel-related products under brands such as
SAMSONITE(R), AMERICAN TOURISTER(R), LARK(R), LACOSTE(R) and
SAMSONITE(R) BLACK LABEL. For more information about Samsonite,
please visit our website at www.samsonite.com.

Web site: http://www.samsonite.com

Contact:

Richard H. Wiley of Samsonite Corporation, +1-303-373-6373