Exhibit 99.1
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AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY -
-RELEASE
Contact:
George Shadid,
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
816/584-5621
gshadid@aipc.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
TO PRESENT AT THE
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY
34TH ANNUAL INSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE
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KANSAS CITY, MO, April 5, 2005 -- American Italian Pasta Company (NYSE: PLB)
will be presenting at the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 34th Annual Institutional
Conference to be held in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at 3:20 pm Eastern
Time. A webcast of the presentation will be available over the Internet at
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/strh13/. The webcast and presentation materials will
also be available at the Investor Relations section of the company's website
(www.aipc.com). The archived webcast will be available for two weeks following
the presentation.
Founded in 1988 and based in Kansas City, Missouri, American Italian Pasta
Company is the largest producer and marketer of dry pasta in North America.
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