Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation to Present at Conferences

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Smith & Wesson
Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: SWHC), parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp.,
the legendary 157-year old company in the global business of safety, security,
protection and sport, today announced that Michael F. Golden, the Company’s
President and CEO, and William F. Spengler, the company’s Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Cowen and Company
30th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference on February 4, 2009 at 9:40 a.m.
(Eastern). This event will be held at the InterContinental – The Barclay
Hotel in New York, New York. Golden and Spengler will also present at Deutsche
Bank Securities Small and Mid Cap Conference on February 10, 2009 at 3:20 p.m.
(Eastern). This event will be held at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida.
The Cowen Conference will be webcast and may include forward-looking
statements. The webcast will be made available on the Company’s website at
http://www.smith-wesson.com under the Investor Relations section.

About Smith & Wesson

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, a global leader in safety, security,
protection and sport, is parent company to Smith & Wesson Corp., one of the
world’s largest manufacturers of quality firearms and firearm safety/security
products and parent company to Thompson/Center Arms Company, Inc., a premier
designer and manufacturer of premium hunting rifles, black powder rifles,
interchangeable firearms systems and accessories under the Thompson/Center
brand. Smith & Wesson licenses shooter protection, knives, apparel, and other
accessory lines. Smith & Wesson is based in Springfield, Massachusetts with
manufacturing facilities in Springfield, Houlton, Maine, and Rochester, New
Hampshire. The Smith & Wesson Academy is America’s longest running firearms
training facility for law enforcement, military and security professionals.
For more information on Smith & Wesson, call (800) 331-0852 or log on to
http://www.smith-wesson.com. For more information on Thompson/Center Arms, log
on to http://www.tcarms.com.

     Contacts:
     Liz Sharp, VP Investor Relations
     Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.
     (413) 747-3305
     lsharp@smith-wesson.com

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