CHANGGE CITY, China, May 6 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Zhongpin Inc. (Nasdaq: HOGS) ("Zhongpin"), a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that the Company's management will present at the upcoming Oppenheimer 3rd Annual China Dragon Call Conference in New York City on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
The date, time and location of Zhongpin's presentation at the Conference are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Time: 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time
Presenter: Feng Wang, Chief Financial Officer
Venue: 300 Madison Avenue Offices
New York City
The China Dragon Call Conference hosted by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. will provide intimate access to senior management of leading Chinese companies. These discussions will give investors an ability to analyze secular trends, to identify emerging opportunities and to gather insight into China's investment outlook.
All conferences are for institutional clients of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and are by invitation only. For more information, please contact Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. institutional sales representative.
Zhongpin will be on a non deal road show in the United States for the week of May 18, 2009 and institutional investors who are interested in meeting with management should contact Matt Gaffney from CCG Investor Relations at matt.gaffney@ccgir.com.
About Zhongpin
Zhongpin is a meat and food processing company that specializes in pork and pork products, and fruits and vegetables in the PRC. Its distribution network in the PRC spans 20 provinces and 4 cities with special political status, and includes over 3,061 retail outlets. Zhongpin's export markets include the European Union, Russia, Eastern Europe, and South Africa. For more information, contact CCG Investor Relations directly or go to Zhongpin's website at http://www.zpfood.com .
Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements in this press release and oral statements made by Zhongpin on its conference call in relation to this release constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our ability to build the new production facilities according to the timeline described, expectations of future consumer demand, ability to prepare the Company for growth, predictions and guidance relating to the Company's future financial performance. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs, but these projections also involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, which may include, but are not limited to, such factors as, unanticipated changes in product demand, interruptions in the supply of live pigs/raw pork, downturns in the Chinese economy, delivery delays, freezer facility malfunctions, poor performance of the retail distribution network, changes in applicable regulations, and other information detailed from time to time in the Company's filings and future filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. You are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements herein and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company's expectations.
For more information, please contact:
Crocker Coulson, President
CCG Investor Relations
Tel: +1-646-213-1915
Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com
Web: http://www.ccgirasia.com
Feng Wang, Chief Financial Officer
Zhongpin Inc.
Tel: +86-10-8286-1788
Email: ir@zhongpin.com
Web: http://www.zpfood.com
