West 49 Inc. to host conference call Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. ET

- Management to discuss fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year end financial results -

Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: WXX

BURLINGTON, ON, April 12 /CNW/ - West 49 Inc. (TSX:WXX) (the "Company"), Canada's leading action sport retailer, today announced that it will host a conference call on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year end results. The Company will report its fourth quarter and year end results via news release at approximately 7:00 a.m. the same day.

To access the conference call by telephone, dial 1-888-231-8191. Please connect approximately 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the call to ensure participation. The conference call will be archived for replay until Thursday, April 29, 2010 at midnight. To access the archived conference call, dial 1-800-642-1687 and enter the reservation number 64237658 followed by the number sign.

A live audio webcast of the Company's fourth quarter and year end results conference call will be available at http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=3002340. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. The webcast will be archived at the above web site for 90 days.

About West 49 Inc.

West 49 Inc. is a leading Canadian specialty retailer of fashion, apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment related to the youth action sports lifestyle. The Company's stores, which are primarily mall-based, carry a variety of high-performance, premium brand name and private label products that fulfill the lifestyle needs of identified target markets, primarily tweens and teens. At January 30, 2010, the Company operated 136 stores in nine provinces, under the banners West 49, Billabong, Off The Wall, Amnesia/Arsenic and D-Tox. The Company's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WXX. The Company has approximately 64 million shares outstanding.

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For further information: Rhonda Biddix, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, West 49 Inc., [phone] ext. 224, E-mail: [email protected]; Trevor Heisler, Investor Relations, The Equicom Group Inc., [phone] ext. 270, E-mail: [email protected]