Cost Plus, Inc. to Present at the Eighth Annual Lehman Brothers Retail Seminar

OAKLAND—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 19, 2005—Cost Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPWM ) announced today that its management will present at the Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Retail Seminar.

The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 2:10 PM Eastern Time in New York, New York. The audio portion of the presentation will be webcast live. To access the webcast, go to: http://customer.talkpoint.com/LEHM002/042605a_cs/speaker.asp?entity=Costplus or http://www.worldmarket.com. A replay of the presentation will be available until Thursday, May 19, 2005.

Contact:
Cost Plus, Inc.
John J. Luttrell
(510)808-9119