JOR Earle M. Jorgensen Company

Earle M. Jorgensen Company (NYSE:JOR) ("EMJ") announced today it will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at 11 a.m. Eastern time to discuss results for its third quarter and nine months ended December 30, 2005. The earnings release will be made available prior to the market opening on Wednesday, February 8, 2006. All interested parties are invited to dial into the conference call at 877-284-5014 reference code #5176745 ten minutes before the designated start time. For those parties unable to participate in the live conference call, a replay will be available as soon as practicable after the call's completion and through February 12, 2006, by calling 800-642-1687 or 706-645-9291 reference code #5176745. The conference call will be available via webcast on EMJ's Web Site and can be accessed by visiting www.emjmetals.com. Once there, select "Investors" from the menu at the top of the page, and proceed to "Conference Calls and Webcasts." The replay of the webcast will be available at EMJ's Web Site as soon as practicable after the call's completion through March 8, 2006. A printed transcript will be posted on EMJ's Web Site as soon as practicable after completion of the conference call. Earle M. Jorgensen Company's press releases and additional information are available on its Web Site at www.emjmetals.com. EMJ EMJ, headquartered in Lynwood, California, is one of the largest distributors of metal products in North America with 39 service and processing centers. EMJ inventories more than 25,000 different bar, tubing, plate, and various other metal products, specializing in cold finished carbon and alloy bars, mechanical tubing, stainless bars and shapes, aluminum bars, shapes and tubes, and hot-rolled carbon and alloy bars. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This release may contain forward-looking statements, as defined that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, such as the actions of third parties that are not within our control, cyclicality of the metals industry and the industries that purchase our products, fluctuations in metals prices, risks associated with the implementation of new technology, general economic conditions, and competition in the metals service center industry. Actual events or results may differ materially from expectations due to these risks, uncertainties and other factors. These factors and additional information are included in EMJ's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, we refer you to EMJ's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2005. You should be aware that we do not plan to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise unless required by law. JORF