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AeroGrow to Present at the Sanders Morris Harris Investor Growth Conference on Thursday, November 8, 2007, in New York
| Source: AeroGrow International, Inc.
BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - October 31, 2007) - AeroGrow International, Inc. (NASDAQ : AERO )
("AeroGrow" or the "Company"), makers of the AeroGarden® kitchen garden
appliance, announced that AeroGrow has been invited to present at the
Sanders Morris Harris (SMH) Third Annual Investor Growth Conference on
Thursday, November 8, at 12:00 PM ET at the New York Palace Hotel in New
York City.
With more than 400 institutional investors in attendance, the conference
will feature presentations from more than 70 leading United States and
United Kingdom small- and mid-cap companies representing a diverse group of
industries including energy, healthcare, environmental, business services,
consumer, financial services, and converging media & technology.
During the presentation, Michael Bissonnette, Founder, Chairman and CEO,
will provide insight about AeroGrow's products, business strategy,
financial results and potential. The presentation will also be broadcast
live over the Internet, and a replay will be archived in the Investor
Relations section of the AeroGrow web site. Listen live or hear the replay
at www.aerogrow.com/investors. Mr. Bissonnette will also be available for
meetings with investors at the conference. To schedule a meeting please
contact your SMH sales representative.
Sanders Morris Harris Group is a financial services holding company
headquartered in Houston that manages approximately $15.8 billion in client
assets. SMH Capital Markets offers a full range of corporate and investment
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equity sales, trading, and research, as well as prime brokerage services
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information, please visit www.smhib.com.
About AeroGrow International, Inc.
Founded in 2002 in Boulder, Colorado, AeroGrow International, Inc. is
dedicated to the research, development and marketing of the AeroGarden®,
the world's first kitchen garden appliance. The AeroGarden features
NASA-proven, dirt-free aeroponic technology, allowing anyone to grow
farmer's market fresh herbs, salad greens, tomatoes, chili peppers,
strawberries and more, indoors, year-round, so simply and easily that no
green thumb is required. See www.aerogrow.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: Statements by Michael Bissonnette and/or the Company, statements
regarding growth of the AeroGarden product line, optimism related to the
business, expanding sales and other statements in this press release are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations,
estimates and projections about the Company's business. Words such as
expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, sees, estimates and
variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify
such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are
difficult to predict. Actual results could vary materially from the
description contained herein due to many factors including continued market
acceptance of the Company's products or the need to raise additional
capital. In addition, actual results could vary materially based on changes
or slower growth in the kitchen garden appliance market; the potential
inability to realize expected benefits and synergies; domestic and
international business and economic conditions; changes in customer demand
or ordering patterns; changes in the competitive environment including
pricing pressures or technological changes; technological advances;
shortages of manufacturing capacity; future production variables impacting
excess inventory and other risk factors listed from time to time in the
Company's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings under "risk
factors" and elsewhere. The forward-looking statements contained in this
press release speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the
Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press
release.