Aecon schedules year-end 2009 financial results conference call

TORONTO, Feb. 23 /CNW/ - Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. ET to discuss Aecon's 2009 fourth quarter and year-end financial results. John M. Beck, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Scott Balfour, President, will be hosting the call.

Participants should dial 416-359-1281 or 1-800-268-5851 at least 10 minutes prior to the conference time. The reservation number is 21458770.

For those unable to attend the call, a replay will be available after 12:30 p.m. at 1-800-558-5253 or 416-626-4100 until midnight on March 10, 2010. The reservation number is 21458770.

Aecon Group Inc. is Canada's largest, publicly traded construction and infrastructure development company. Aecon and its subsidiaries provide services to private and public sector clients throughout Canada and on a selected basis internationally. Aecon is pleased to be recognized as one of the 50 Best Employers in Canada as published by Report on Business Magazine.

The information in this news release includes certain forward-looking statements. These statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties which are generally described in the Final Prospectus filed on September 22, 2009 and available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although Aecon believes that the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the expectations of any forward-looking statements will prove to be correct.

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For further information: Mitch Patten, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Aecon Group Inc., [phone], [email protected], www.aecon.com