VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 2, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX), North America's only fully integrated healthy beverage company, today announced that it will release first quarter earnings, before North American markets open, on the morning of Tuesday, July 8, 2008.
In conjunction with the Company's earnings release, you are invited to listen to a conference call, which will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 8:00 am Pacific Time, (11:00 am Eastern Time), with Ralph McRae, Chairman and CEO of Leading Brands, Inc.
Date: July 8, 2008 Time: 11:00 AM ET Listen via Internet: Schedule this webcast into MS-Outlook calendar (click open when prompted): http://apps.shareholder.com/PNWOutlook/t.aspx?m=32130&k=2034810F Telephone: 1-416-850-9144
If you are unable to participate during the live conference call, the call will be archived for 7 days. To hear a replay of the call by telephone, dial 1-416-915-1035 and reference the passcode 454880.
The conference call will also be archived for 30 days on the investor page of the Company's website at www.LBIX.com
Leading Brands also announces the retirement of Mr. Iain Harris from the Board of Directors, after 12 years of service to the Company. His advice, guidance and intuition have been invaluable. Additionally, he was a stalwart on the Audit Committee, helping us navigate through an unprecedented period of change in accounting standards and reporting, without incident. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Harris has agreed to continue his association with Leading Brands as an advisor to the Board.
Mr. Harris' replacement on the Board is Mr. James Corbett. After training and practicing as a Chartered Accountant, Mr. Corbett in 1992 founded what is now an international corporate teambuilding and adventure tourism business that services corporate clients across North America and Europe. He will join the Company's Audit Committee. We welcome Mr. Corbett to Leading Brands.
About Leading Brands, Inc. Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX) is North America's only fully integrated healthy beverage company. Leading Brands creates, designs, bottles, distributes and markets its own proprietary premium beverage brands such as TrueBlue(r) Blueberry Juice, LiteBlue(r) Blueberry Juice, STOKED(tm) Energy Drinks, INFINITE Health(r) Water, DIE HARD(tm) Sports Energy Drink and Caesar's(r) Cocktails via its unique Integrated Distribution System (IDS)(tm) which involves the Company finding the best and most cost-effective route to market. The Company strives to use the best natural ingredients hence its mantra: Better Ingredients -- Better Brands.
Safe Harbor. Certain information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Words such as "believe", "expect," "will," or comparable terms, are intended to identify forward-looking statements concerning the Company's expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, objectives, future events or performance and other developments. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof. Such statements speak only as of the date hereof. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's estimations and projections are disclosed in the Company's securities filings and include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions, weather conditions, changing beverage consumption trends, pricing, availability of raw materials, economic uncertainties (including currency exchange rates), government regulation, managing and maintaining growth, the effect of adverse publicity, litigation, competition and other risk factors described from time to time in securities reports filed by Leading Brands, Inc.
Better Ingredients Better Brands(tm)
This news release is available at www.LBIX.com