Monday August 4, 2008
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. to Announce FY 2008 Second Quarter Results
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. to Announce FY 2008 Second Quarter Results;
Company Will Host Conference Call and Webcast on August 11, 2008
Sacramento, California, August 4, 2008, Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ GM: PEIX) today announced it will release its fiscal year 2008 second quarter results before market on Monday, August 11, 2008.
The Company will host a live conference call and webcast at 10:00 AM EDT / 7:00 AM PDT on Monday, August 11, 2008. Neil Koehler, Chief Executive Officer, and Joseph Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call.
To listen to the conference call, United States callers may dial 866-700-7101. International callers may dial 617-213-8837. All callers should enter access code 47725694.
A link to the live audio webcast of the Company’s earnings conference call may be found on the Company’s website at www.pacificethanol.net.
Approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call, an audio replay of the call will be available. To listen to the replay, United States callers may dial 888-286-8010. International callers may dial 617-801-6888. All callers should enter access code 98592887. The replay will be available through August 25, 2008.
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About Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
Pacific Ethanol is the largest West Coast-based marketer and producer of ethanol. Pacific Ethanol has ethanol plants in Madera, California; Boardman, Oregon; and Burley, Idaho and has an additional plant under construction in Stockton, California. Pacific Ethanol also owns a 42% interest in Front Range Energy, LLC which owns an ethanol plant in Windsor, Colorado. Central to Pacific Ethanol’s growth strategy is its destination business model, whereby each respective ethanol plant achieves lower process and transportation costs by servicing local markets for both fuel and feed. Pacific Ethanol’s goal is to achieve 220 million gallons per year of ethanol production capacity in 2008 and to increase total production capacity to 420 million gallons per year in 2010. In addition, Pacific Ethanol is working to identify and develop other renewable fuel technologies, such as cellulose-based ethanol production and bio-diesel.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of Pacific Ethanol could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the ability of Pacific Ethanol to successfully and timely complete, in a cost-effective manner, construction of its ethanol plants under construction; the ability of Pacific Ethanol to obtain all necessary financing to complete the construction of its other planned ethanol production facilities; the ability of Pacific Ethanol to timely complete its ethanol plant build-out program and to successfully capitalize on its internal growth initiatives; the ability of Pacific Ethanol to operate its plants at their planned production capacities; the price of ethanol relative to the price of gasoline; the effect of federal and state governmental regulations on the demand for ethanol; and the factors contained in the “Risk Factors” section of Pacific Ethanol’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2008.