BEACHWOOD, Ohio, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Aleris International,
Inc. announced today that it will hold investor meetings on April 8th and
9th to review its fourth quarter and full year 2007 results presentation.
Meeting dates, times and locations are as follows:
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
The Four Seasons Hotel
200 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, - 10:00 a.m. EDT
The Waldorf Astoria
301 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Please acknowledge participation for either meeting to
IRService@aleris.com by 5:00 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 7, 2008.
Aleris International, Inc. is a global leader in aluminum rolled
products and extrusions, aluminum recycling and specification alloy
production. Headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the
Company operates 48 production facilities in North America, Europe, South
America and Asia, and employs approximately 8,800 employees. For more
information about Aleris, please visit our Web site at http://www.aleris.com.
SAFE HARBOR REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Forward-looking statements made in this news release are made pursuant
to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These include statements that contain words such as "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "should" and similar
expressions intended to connote future events and circumstances, and
include statements regarding future actual and adjusted earnings; future
improvements in margins, processing volumes and pricing; overall 2008
operating performance; anticipated effective tax rates; expected cost
savings; success in integrating Aleris's recent acquisitions, including the
acquisition of the downstream aluminum businesses of Corus Group plc; its
future growth; the anticipated economic environment in 2008; future
benefits from acquisitions and new products; expected benefits from changes
in the industry landscape; and anticipated synergies resulting from other
acquisitions. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These
risks and uncertainties would include, without limitation, Aleris's levels
of indebtedness and debt service obligations; its ability to effectively
integrate the business and operations of its acquisitions; further
slowdowns in automotive production and the building and construction
industry in the U.S. and Europe; the financial condition of Aleris's
customers and future bankruptcies and defaults by major customers; the
availability at favorable cost of aluminum scrap and other metal supplies
that Aleris processes; the ability of Aleris to enter into effective
metals, natural gas and other commodity derivatives; continued increases in
natural gas and other fuel costs of Aleris; a weakening in industrial
demand resulting from a decline in U.S. or world economic conditions,
including any decline caused by terrorist activities or other unanticipated
events; future utilized capacity of Aleris's various facilities;
restrictions on and future levels and timing of capital expenditures;
retention of Aleris's major customers; the timing and amounts of
collections; currency exchange fluctuations; future write-downs or
impairment charges which may be required because of the occurrence of some
of the uncertainties listed above; and other risks listed in Aleris's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including
but not limited to Aleris's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007, particularly the section entitled "Risk Factors"
contained therein.
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SOURCE Aleris International, Inc.
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CONTACT: Sean M. Stack, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Aleris International, Inc., +1-216-910-3504
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