Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Expands Board of Directors and Elects Steve Sanders as New Member

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALM) today announced that it has expanded its board of directors to a total of eight members. Following this action, Steve W. Sanders has been elected as a new independent director and will serve until the Company’s annual meeting in October, at which time he will stand for re-election.

Sanders was the managing partner of the Jackson, Mississippi, office of Ernst & Young LLP. He retired after over thirty years with the firm serving both public and private assurance clients. Sanders currently serves as a lecturer at the Adkerson School of Accounting, Mississippi State University, teaching accounting and auditing courses. Sanders is a director of Valley Services, Inc., a privately-held food services company. He is a certified public accountant and holds an undergraduate degree in accounting and an MBA from Mississippi State University.

"We are pleased to have someone with Steve Sanders’ extensive business experience join an already outstanding board of directors," said Fred R. Adams, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. "With his expertise in management advisory and financial services, he will be in a position to contribute immediately and immeasurably to the work of the board of directors. We look forward to his participation as a director and his counsel about the strategic direction of Cal-Maine Foods.”

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is primarily engaged in the production, grading, packing and sale of fresh shell eggs. The Company, which is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, currently is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States and sells the majority of its shell eggs in approximately 29 states across the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties (contained in the Company’s SEC filings) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. SEC filings may be obtained from the SEC or by contacting the Company.