Ballard Announces 2009 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call

VANCOUVER , Oct. 6 /CNW/ - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. PST ( 11:00 a.m. EST ). John Sheridan , President and CEO, and Bruce Cousins , Chief Financial Officer, will present Ballard's 2009 third quarter financial results.

The live call can be accessed by calling [phone]. The live audio webcast can be accessed through a link on Ballard's homepage (www.ballard.com). Following the call, the audio webcast with slides will be archived in the Investor Events & Conference Calls section of Ballard's website.

About Ballard Power Systems

Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) is recognized as a world leader in the design, development, manufacture and sale of clean energy fuel cell products. Ballard's mission is to accelerate fuel cell product adoption. To learn more about what Ballard is doing with Power to Change the World(R), visit www.ballard.com.

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For further information: or to arrange an interview with a Ballard spokesperson, please contact Media Relations at telephone number [phone] or on e-mail [email protected]