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AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY |NEWS
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Contact:
George Shadid -
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
816-584-5621
gshadid@aipc.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
American Italian Pasta Company
Elects Ronald C. Kesselman to Board of Directors
KANSAS CITY, MO, June 1, 2006 - American Italian Pasta Company (NYSE: PLB)
announced today the appointment of Ronald C. Kesselman to its Board of
Directors. With Mr. Kesselman's addition, the Company's board is now comprised
of nine independent directors.
Ron Kesselman has a 30-year career of holding senior executive and management
positions with consumer products and food processing companies. He is currently
a consumer products consultant with the Berwind Group, a privately held
enterprise, and was previously the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Elmer's Products. Mr. Kesselman has also served in a number of management
positions with Fortune 500 companies, including Borden, Inc., Mattel Corporation
and Quaker Oats Company. Mr. Kesselman is a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin and received a Masters of Business Administration from Northwestern
University.
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. The
Company has four plants that are located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri;
Columbia, South Carolina; Tolleson, Arizona and Verolanuova, Italy. The Company
has approximately 600 employees located in the United States and Italy.
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