Westway Group, Inc. Announces Annual Shareholder Meeting

    


    
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<p><span class="xn-location">NEW ORLEANS</span>, <span class="xn-chron">April 5</span> /CNW/ -- Westway Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWAY) today announced that the annual shareholder meeting will be held <span class="xn-chron">June 30, 2010</span>, <span class="xn-chron">9:00 a.m. central standard time</span> at the Westin Hotel, 100 Iberville St, <span class="xn-location">New Orleans</span>, LA 70130.  Stockholders of record on <span class="xn-chron">May 3, 2010</span> will be eligible to vote at this meeting.</p>
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<p>Forward-Looking Statements.  This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events.  These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions.  Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our form 10-K filed today and other SEC filings.</p>
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<p>About Westway Group, Inc.  Westway Group, Inc. ("Westway") is a leading provider of bulk liquid storage and related value-added services and a leading manufacturer and distributor of liquid animal feed supplements. Westway operates an extensive global network of 25 operating facilities providing approximately 350 million gallons of total bulk liquid storage shell capacity and 37 facilities producing 1.6 million tons of liquid feed supplements annually. Our bulk liquid storage business is a global business with infrastructure that includes a network of terminals offering storage to manufacturers and consumers of agricultural and industrial liquids, located at key port and terminal locations throughout <span class="xn-location">North America</span> and in Western <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> and Asia. Our liquid feed supplements business produces liquid animal feed supplements that are sold directly to end users and feed manufacturers, primarily supplying the beef and dairy livestock industries.</p>
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<p>For more information regarding Westway Group Inc., please refer to the company's website address at <a href="http://www.westway.com">www.westway.com</a></p>
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For further information: Thomas A. Masilla, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of Westway Group, Inc., [phone] Web Site: http://www.westway.com