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EXHIBIT 99.3
CONTACT: INVESTOR RELATIONS (NYSE: BMC)
(952) 851-6000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BMC INDUSTRIES TO RELEASE THIRD QUARTER 2000 EARNINGS AND HOST
CONFERENCE CALL ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2000
October 17, 2000 -- BMC Industries, Inc. is scheduled to release its third
quarter 2000 earnings results on Wednesday, October 25, 2000, at 8:00 a.m.
Central Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern Time).
The Company will host a conference call to discuss the earnings results later
that morning at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time). The
conference call is available to investment professionals by dialing 800-260-0712
(U.S.) or 612-332-0228 (International). A replay of the call will be available
beginning at 2:00 p.m. Central Time by dialing 800-475-6701 (U.S.) or
320-365-3844 (International) and using Access Code: 540867.
Individual investors will be able to hear the call live, through a simulcast
offered by StreetEvents.com. To access this Webcast, go to the "Investor
Relations" portion of the Company's Web site, www.bmcind.com, and click on the
StreetEvents.com icon. A Webcast replay will be available from 6:00 p.m. Central
Time, Wednesday, October 25, until 6:00 p.m. Central Time, Wednesday, November
25. Listening to the Webcast requires speakers and RealPlayer G2. If you do not
have RealPlayer G2, download the free player at www.real.com.
BMC Industries, Inc., through its Vision-Ease Lens subsidiary, is a leading
designer, manufacturer and distributor of polycarbonate, glass and hard-resin
plastic eyewear lenses. BMC also, through its Buckbee-Mears division,
manufactures precision imaged products such as aperture masks and a variety of
photo-etched metal and electroformed parts. BMC is the only North American
manufacturer of aperture masks, which are key components used in color
television and computer monitor picture tubes. BMC's common stock is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "BMC". For more information about
BMC Industries, Inc., visit the Company's web site at www.bmcind.com.
