Exhibit 99.1
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AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY |NEWS
|RELEASE
Contact:
Paul Geist
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
816-584-5611
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For Immediate Release
American Italian Pasta Company to be Listed on
NASDAQ Under the Symbol "AIPC"
KANSAS CITY, MO, November 12, 2008 - American Italian Pasta Company (AITP.PK),
the largest producer of dry pasta in North America, announced today that the
company has been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market. Trading is
expected to commence on Friday, November 14, 2008 under the symbol "AIPC". Since
December 2006, American Italian Pasta Company has been quoted on the Pink
Sheets, an electronic quotation service for securities traded over-the-counter,
under the symbol "AITP".
"Our listing on NASDAQ represents a significant event as we continue to grow
value for the shareholders, employees, and customers of AIPC," said Jack Kelly,
President and CEO of American Italian Pasta Company. "Our NASDAQ listing
provides an additional avenue to market visibility for our Company".
ABOUT AIPC
Founded in 1988 and based in Kansas City, Missouri, American Italian Pasta
Company is the largest producer 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.
When used in this release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," and
"expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying these statements. The
statements by the Company regarding its anticipated listing on NASDAQ are
forward-looking. Actual results or events could differ materially. The Company
will not update any forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect
future events.
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