Encore Wire Corporation

PRESS RELEASE

September 4, 2012

1329 Millwood Road

McKinney, Texas 75069

Contact:

Frank J. Bilban

972-562-9473

Vice President & CFO

For Immediate Release

ENCORE WIRE PRESENTING AT D.A. DAVIDSON CONFERENCE

MCKINNEY, TX - Encore Wire Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: WIRE) announced today that the Company's Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Frank J. Bilban, will be presenting at the 11th Annual D.A. Davidson Engineering & Construction Conference in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Daniel L. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer of Encore Wire Corporation, said, "We are pleased to be presenting at the D.A. Davidson Engineering and Construction Conference at the Omni Hotel in San Francisco. The D.A. Davidson conferences draw many institutional investors from across the country. We look forward to meeting with numerous investors at this conference."
The presentation will be available via webcast for those who are unable to attend in person. The webcast link is http://wsw.com/webcast/dadco24/wire/ .
Encore Wire Corporation manufactures a broad range of copper electrical building wire for interior wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments and manufactured housing.
The matters discussed in this news release, other than the historical financial information, including statements about the copper pricing environment, profitability and shareholder value, may include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including payment of future dividends, future purchases of stock, fluctuations in the price of copper and other raw materials, the impact of competitive pricing and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may vary materially from those anticipated.

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