Dixie and Shaw Voluntarily Give FTC More Time for

Chattanooga, TN, Oct. 10--The Dixie Group, Inc. today announced that, following informal discussions with the staff at the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), Dixie and Shaw Industries Group, Inc. have agreed to voluntarily provide the FTC with additional time in which to review the proposed sale of certain Dixie assets to Shaw. Since filing the initial pre-merger notification and report form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act ("H-S-R") on September 11, 2003, both parties have had informal discussions with the FTC staff and voluntarily provided additional information concerning the proposed transaction. Based on the discussions with the FTC, both parties agreed that Shaw, as the acquiring party, will withdraw and refile its pre-merger notification and report form under H-S-R, which will restart the 30-day time frame for initial review of the transaction. The effect of the withdrawal and refiling will give the staff additional time to review the information previously submitted before the staff must determine what information, if any, it will formally request. The waiting period for the new filing will expire at 11:59 p.m. on the 30th day after the refiling is completed, unless earlier terminated by the FTC and the Antitrust Division, or the FTC makes a formal request for additional information prior to the expiration of the waiting period. Dixie and Shaw remain committed to working cooperatively with the Federal Trade Commission as it conducts its review of the acquisition.

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