IRVINE--- Meade Instruments Corp. to Report Fiscal 2005 Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results on April 21, 2005

Meade Instruments Corp. (Nasdaq:MEAD) will release financial results for its fiscal 2005 fourth-quarter and year ended February 28, 2005, before the market open on Thursday, April 21, 2005.

In conjunction with the announcement, the Company's management will conduct a teleconference to discuss these recent financial results and Meade Instruments' business outlook.

To participate in the teleconference, which begins at 7:30 a.m. PDT (10:30 a.m. EDT) on Thursday, April 21, please call 877-869-7690 (or 706-758-0239) approximately 10 minutes prior to the teleconference start time. Investors can also listen to the call live via the Internet at www.meade.com and www.fulldisclosure.com. These websites will host an audio archive of the call.

Meade Instruments is a leading designer and manufacturer of optical products including telescopes and accessories for the beginning to serious amateur astronomer marketed under the Meade(R), Bresser(R) and Coronado(TM) brand names. Meade offers a complete line of binoculars that address the needs of everyone from the casual observer to the serious sporting or birding observer. Meade also offers a complete line of riflescopes under the Simmons(R), Weaver(R) and Redfield(R) brand names. The Company distributes its products worldwide through a network of specialty retailers, mass merchandisers and domestic and foreign distributors. Additional information on Meade is available at www.meade.com