REX American Resources (REX) 8-K Rex American Resources Reports Record Fourth Quarter Diluted Eps of $1.76 and Record Full Year Diluted Eps of $3.08

Exhibit 99

News Announcement For Immediate Release

REX AMERICAN RESOURCES REPORTS RECORD FOURTH QUARTER
DILUTED EPS OF $1.76 AND RECORD FULL YEAR DILUTED EPS OF $3.08

- Fiscal 2011 Net Income Rises to $28.3 Million –

Dayton, Ohio, (March 13, 2012) — REX American Resources Corporation (NYSE: REX) today reported financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter (“Q4 ‘11”) and twelve months ended January 31, 2012. REX management will host a conference call and webcast today at 11:00 a.m. ET:

Conference Call:	212/231-2931
Webcast / Replay URL:	www.rexamerican.com/Corp/Page4.aspx
	The webcast will be available for replay for 30 days

Net income attributable to REX shareholders in Q4 ‘11 was $14.8 million, or $1.76 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $4.6 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, in Q4 ‘10. Q4 ‘11 income from continuing operations net of tax attributable to REX shareholders was $14.4 million, or $1.72 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $5.0 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, in Q4 ‘10. The Q4 ‘11 results reflect a one-time pre-tax benefit of $3.5 million ($2.1 million, after tax), or approximately $0.25 per diluted share (after-tax) to account for the net bargain purchase gain associated with REX’s November 1, 2011 acquisition of an additional approximate 50% equity ownership interest in NuGen Energy, LLC, (“NuGen”) which raised its equity ownership in the entity to approximately 98%. The Q4 ‘10 results were impacted by the deconsolidation of Levelland Hockley County Ethanol (“LHCE”) which resulted in a one-time pre-tax charge of $18.4 million ($11.2 million, after tax), or approximately $1.19 per diluted share (after-tax) in the quarter ended January 31, 2011. REX recorded income from discontinued operations of $0.4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share for both the Q4 ‘11 and Q4 ‘10 periods. Per share results in Q4 ‘11 and Q4 ‘10 are based on 8,398,000 and 9,438,000 diluted weighted average shares outstanding, respectively.

REX’s Q4 ‘11 results primarily reflect its alternative energy segment interests in seven operating ethanol production facilities. The operations of One Earth Energy, LLC (“One Earth”) and NuGen are consolidated while those of its five other operating plants are reported as equity in income of unconsolidated ethanol affiliates. REX’s Q4 ‘11 net sales and revenue rose 81.7% to $170.5 million, from $93.8 million in Q4 ‘10, primarily reflecting the consolidation of NuGen following REX’s acquisition of an additional 50% interest in the entity and increases in ethanol and distillers grains pricing.

REX recognizes results from its ethanol interests on a quarterly calendar basis, and as a result, REX’s Q4 includes results from ethanol operations for the period October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, with the exception of NuGen which is for the period October 1, 2011 through January 31, 2012.

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Gross profit from REX’s consolidated operations rose 124.8% to $20.4 million in Q4 ‘11 from $9.1 million in Q4’ 10 primarily reflecting the consolidation of NuGen’s operations in the Company’s results and the deconsolidation of LHCE operations at year-end FY 2010. In Q4 ‘11, equity in income of unconsolidated ethanol affiliates declined 17.7% to $5.7 million from $6.9 million in Q4 ‘10 primarily due to REX’s 98% interest in NuGen now being consolidated which more than offset higher overall results from the Company’s unconsolidated ethanol production interests. Principally reflecting these items, REX’s Q4 ‘11 income from continuing operations before income taxes and non controlling interests was $25.1 million compared with a loss of $6.0 million in Q4 ‘10 (which was impacted by the $18.4 million charge related to the deconsolidation of LHCE).

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 net income rose to $28.3 million from $5.1 million while diluted EPS increased to $3.08 from $0.52.

Recent Developments
§	On November 1, 2011, REX acquired an additional approximate 50% equity ownership interest in NuGen raising its equity ownership in the entity to approximately 98%. REX acquired its additional interest in NuGen, settled its remaining contingent consideration liability (related to the July 2010 purchase of its initial 48% ownership interest in NuGen) for a total of $12.7 million, and made a $7.0 million capital contribution to NuGen to reduce long-term debt. As a result, REX began consolidating the plant’s results in its financial statements effective November 1, 2011.
	–	In February 2012, NuGen repurchased shares which had the effect of raising REX’s equity ownership in the facility to 99%.
§	Effective December 1, 2011, reflecting its 10% interest in Big River Resources, LLC, REX received a 10% interest in Big River Resources, Boyceville which operates a 55 mgy nameplate plant built by Fagen, Inc. with ICM, Inc. technology in Boyceville, WI.
§	Effective January 1, 2012, REX acquired an additional 3% ownership interest in Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC for $1.9 million which increased its ownership in Patriot to 26%.

REX CEO, Stuart Rose, commented, “The Q4 ‘11 and FY ‘11 financial results highlight the value of our return-focused, risk managed approach to investments in state-of-the-art ethanol plants in alignment with farming communities and in locations in close proximity to rail access and feedstocks. Fourth quarter operating results reflect strong contributions from One Earth, NuGen and our unconsolidated ethanol plants. The strength of our seven ethanol production interests is evident in our fourth quarter alternative energy segment operating profit which rose to $25.6 million.

“Given our balance sheet strength, REX has expanded its ownership interest in several ethanol production facilities. In addition, during FY ‘11 we allocated a total of $22.2 million to share repurchases as we bought back approximately 14% of the shares outstanding at the beginning of the fiscal year. With the strong financial results for FY ‘11 we remain well positioned to pursue further ethanol, renewable resource or industrial project investment opportunities that offer attractive risk-adjusted returns.

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“In summary, throughout fiscal 2011, we’ve increased our participation in ethanol gallon production at state-of-the-art plants in the corn belt while meaningfully reducing the company’s outstanding share base. Together, these initiatives drove significant growth and record EPS while positioning REX for future growth.”

Balance Sheet and Share Repurchase Program

At January 31, 2012, REX had cash and cash equivalents of $75.0 million, $46.1 million of which was at the parent and approximately $28.9 million of which was at its consolidated ethanol production facilities. This compares with cash and cash equivalents of $91.0 million at January 31, 2011, $72.7 million of which was at the parent and $18.3 million of which was at its consolidated ethanol production facility.

REX repurchased 55,788 shares of its common stock in open market transactions in Q4 ‘11 at an average price of $17.82 and 1,305,589 shares in FY ‘11 at an average price of $17.02. REX is presently authorized to repurchase up to 162,455 shares of its common stock.

At January 31, 2012, REX had lease agreements, as landlord for six former retail store locations. REX has 16 owned former retail stores that were vacant or had temporary seasonal leases at January 31, 2012, which it is marketing to lease or sell. In addition, one former distribution center is partially leased, partially occupied by the REX corporate office and partially vacant. The real estate segment revenue reflects rental income derived from these sites.

Segment Income Statement Data

($ in thousands)	Three Months Ended January 31,						Twelve Months Ended January 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net sales and revenue:
Alternative energy (1)	$	170,078		$	93,523		$	408,635		$	300,389
Real estate		391			289			1,317			1,018
Total net sales and revenues	$	170,469		$	93,812		$	409,952		$	301,407
Segment gross profit (loss):
Alternative energy (1)	$	20,484		$	9,199		$	35,179		$	31,173
Real estate		(73	)		(121	)		(1,343	)		(543	)
Total gross profit	$	20,411		$	9,078		$	33,836		$	30,630
Segment profit (loss):
Alternative energy segment profit (loss) (1)	$	25,645		$	(5,230	)	$	48,580		$	13,403
Real estate segment loss		(122	)		(168	)		(1,539	)		(770	)
Corporate expense		(430	)		(649	)		(2,307	)		(2,724	)
Interest expense		(19	)		(32	)		(111	)		(205	)
Interest income		32			88			319			372
Income from synthetic fuel investments		—			—			2,883			—
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	$	25,106		$	(5,991	)	$	47,825		$	10,076

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(1)

Includes results attributable to non-controlling interests of approximately 44% for Levelland Hockley in fiscal year 2010 and 26% for One Earth in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011. Effective January 31, 2011, REX reduced its equity ownership in Levelland Hockley to 49% from 56%. Beginning November 1, 2011, the non-controlling interests of NuGen, which equal approximately 2.5% are included in the results.

Certain amounts differ from those previously reported as a result of certain sold real estate assets being reclassified as discontinued operations.

Segment Assets

	January 31, 2012		January 31, 2011
($ in thousands)
Alternative energy	$	367,029	$	257,202
Real estate		17,458		22,235
Corporate		53,562		96,285
Total assets	$	438,049	$	375,722

Supplemental Data Related to REX’s Alternative Energy Interests

REX American Resources Corporation Ethanol Ownership Interests/Effective Annual Gallons Sold as of January 31, 2012
Entity	Trailing Twelve Months Gallons Sold		Current REX Ownership Interest			REX’s Current Effective Ownership of Trailing Twelve Month Gallons Sold
One Earth Energy, LLC (Gibson City, IL)		104.6M		74	%		77.4M
NuGen Energy, LLC (Marion, SD)		114.6M		99	%		113.5M
Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC (Annawan, IL)		114.8M		26	%		29.8M
Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC (West Burlington, IA)		105.5M		10	%		10.5M
Big River Resources Galva, LLC (Galva, IL)		106.4M		10	%		10.6M
Big River United Energy, LLC (Dyersville, IA)		118.2M		5	%		5.9M
Big River Resources Boyceville, LLC (Boyceville, WI) (1)		4.7M		10	%		0.5M
Total(2)		668.8M		n/a			248.2M

(1)	REX’s current effective annual gallons sold represents one month of ownership of Big River Resources Boyceville, LLC
(2)	Table excludes results related to the LHCE operations which ceased production in January 2011.

	Three Months Ended January 31,				% Change			Twelve Months Ended January 31,				% Change
Average Price/Cost	2012		2011					2012		2011
Ethanol – gallon	$	2.45	$	2.21		+10.9	%	$	2.49	$	1.81		+37.6	%
Dried distillers grains - ton	$	199.65	$	148.96		+34.0	%	$	196.46	$	126.25		+55.6	%
Grain – bushel	$	6.36	$	5.44		+16.9	%	$	6.66	$	4.10		+62.4	%
Natural gas – mmbtu	$	5.18	$	4.43		+16.9	%	$	4.88	$	4.80		+1.7	%

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About REX American Resources Corporation

REX American Resources has interests in seven operating ethanol production facilities which in aggregate sold approximately 670 million gallons of ethanol over the last twelve months. REX’s current effective ownership of the trailing twelve month gallons sold by the ethanol production facilities in which it has ownership interests is approximately 248 million gallons. Further information about REX is available at www.rexamerican.com.

This news announcement contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or “continue” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Readers are cautioned that there are risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those referred to in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include among other things: the impact of legislative changes, the price volatility and availability of corn, dried distillers grains, ethanol, corn oil, gasoline and natural gas, ethanol plants operating efficiently and according to forecasts and projections, changes in the national or regional economies, weather, the effects of terrorism or acts of war, changes in real estate market conditions and the impact of Internal Revenue Service audits. The Company does not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statements except as required by law.

For further information contact:
Douglas Bruggeman	Joseph Jaffoni
Chief Financial Officer	Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated
937/276-3931	212/835-8500
	rex@jcir.com

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REX AMERICAN RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Unaudited

	Three Months Ended January 31,						Twelve Months Ended January 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net sales and revenue	$	170,469		$	93,812		$	409,952		$	301,407
Cost of sales		150,058			84,734			376,116			270,777
Gross profit		20,411			9,078			33,836			30,630
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(3,935	)		(2,898	)		(10,376	)		(9,722	)
Equity in income of unconsolidated ethanol affiliates		5,705			6,933			21,532			14,558
Impairment and loss on deconsolidation		—			(18,424	)		—			(18,424	)
Bargain purchase gain, net		3,541			—			3,541			—
Income from synthetic fuel investments		—			—			2,883			—
Interest income		53			89			417			447
Interest expense		(1,329	)		(1,384	)		(3,484	)		(5,559	)
Loss on early termination of debt		—			—			(1	)		(48	)
Other income		618			192			625			310
Gains (losses) on derivative financial instruments, net		42			423			(1,148	)		(2,116	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and non-controlling interests		25,106			(5,991	)		47,825			10,076
(Provision) benefit for income taxes		(7,678	)		2,566			(15,902	)		(3,017	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations including noncontrolling interests		17,428			(3,425	)		31,923			7,059
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		351			364			1,336			1,522
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax		—			3			439			161
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests		17,779			(3,058	)		33,698			8,742
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(2,990	)		(1,545	)		(5,428	)		(3,673	)
Net income (loss) attributable to REX common shareholders	$	14,789		$	(4,603	)	$	28,270		$	5,069
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic		8,334			9,438			9,117			9,651
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations*	$	1.73		$	(0.53	)	$	2.90		$	0.35
Basic income per share from discontinued operations*		0.04			0.04			0.15			0.16
Basic income per share on disposal of discontinued operations*		—			—			0.05			0.02
Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to REX common shareholders	$	1.77		$	(0.49	)	$	3.10		$	0.53
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted		8,398			9,438			9,187			9,825
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations*	$	1.72		$	(0.53	)	$	2.88		$	0.34
Diluted income per share from discontinued operations*		0.04			0.04			0.15			0.16
Diluted income per share on disposal of discontinued operations*		—			—			0.05			0.02
Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to REX common shareholders	$	1.76		$	(0.49	)	$	3.08		$	0.52

* Certain amounts differ from those previously reported as a result of certain real estate assets being reclassified as discontinued operations.

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REX AMERICAN RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet
(in thousands) Unaudited

	January 31, 2012			January 31, 2011
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	75,013		$	91,019
Accounts receivable, net		12,784			9,619
Inventory		30,349			7,819
Refundable income taxes		1,816			8,503
Prepaid expenses and other		3,987			3,055
Deferred taxes, net		3,090			5,834
Total current assets		127,039			125,849
Property and equipment, net		240,084			169,811
Other assets		7,884			5,907
Deferred taxes, net		—			5,206
Equity method investments		61,679			67,349
Restricted investments and deposits		1,363			1,600
Total assets	$	438,049		$	375,722
Liabilities and equity:
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt, alternative energy (1)	$	14,972		$	9,672
Current portion of long-term debt, other		250			342
Accounts payable, trade		5,364			2,557
Deferred income		1,864			3,982
Accrued restructuring charges		—			146
Accrued real estate taxes		2,750			2,393
Accrued payroll and related items		2,882			829
Derivative financial instruments		1,694			1,835
Other current liabilities		7,465			2,811
Total current liabilities		37,241			24,567
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, alternative energy (1)		107,706			69,049
Long-term debt, other		821			1,924
Deferred taxes		4,642			—
Deferred income		552			2,416
Derivative financial instruments		2,541			3,688
Other		2,703			4,114
Total long-term liabilities		118,965			81,191
Equity:
REX shareholders’ equity:
Common stock		299			299
Paid-in capital		142,994			142,293
Retained earnings		324,323			296,053
Treasury stock		(215,105	)		(193,713	)
Total REX shareholders’ equity		252,511			244,932
Noncontrolling interests		29,332			25,032
Total equity		281,843			269,964
Total liabilities and equity	$	438,049		$	375,722

(1) Long-term debt, alternative energy reflects non-recourse ethanol plant debt at REX’s consolidated ethanol production subsidiaries.

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REX AMERICAN RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands) Unaudited

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2012			2011
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income including noncontrolling interests	$	33,698		$	8,742
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		12,086			17,943
Impairment charges and loss on deconsolidation, net of cash divested of $2,304		—			16,120
Impairment charges on real estate		1,227			1,021
Income from equity method investments		(21,532	)		(14,558	)
Dividends received from equity method investments		4,918			4,965
Bargain purchase gain, net		(3,541	)		—
Income from synthetic fuel investments		(2,883	)		—
Derivative financial instruments		(1,288	)		(361	)
Gain on disposal of real estate and property and equipment		(683	)		(293	)
Deferred income		(3,982	)		(7,816	)
Deferred income tax		14,667			3,803
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition and deconsolidation:
Accounts receivable		4,216			(2,472	)
Inventory		(14,039	)		(554	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		1,059			(2,022	)
Income taxes refundable		7,852			4,310
Accounts payable-trade		(430	)		761
Other liabilities		3,551			(1,668	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		34,896			27,921
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures		(7,342	)		(6,033	)
Proceeds from sale of synthetic fuel investments		2,883			—
Purchase of investments		(1,947	)		(9,214	)
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired		12,293			—
Proceeds of note receivable		—			965
Proceeds from sale of real estate and property and equipment		4,445			7,986
Restricted investments		237			500
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		10,569			(5,796	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments of long term debt		(35,653	)		(24,793	)
Stock options exercised		362			1,518
Payments for loan fees		(627	)		—
Payments to noncontrolling interests holders		(2,084	)		—
Repayments of contingent consideration liability		(1,251	)		—
Treasury stock acquired		(22,218	)		(8,229	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(61,471	)		(31,504	)
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS		(16,006	)		(9,379	)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS-Beginning of year		91,019			100,398
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS-End of year	$	75,013		$	91,019

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