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 --
WEBCAST LINK CORRECTION
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KANSAS CITY, MO, April 6, 2005 - As previously announced, 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. The original webcast information that was published was
incomplete; the correct information regarding the webcast which will be
available over the Internet is http://www.wsw.com/webcast/strh13/plb. Please
note the correction to the previously published webcast link. 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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