Pacer International Registration Statement Declared Effective for Secondary Stock Offering

Business, Transportation, Logistics Editors

CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2003--Pacer International, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACR), the non-asset based North American third-party logistics and freight transportation provider, announced its registration statement for its underwritten secondary offering of 6,991,398 shares of common stock was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The joint-lead managers, Credit Suisse First Boston and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., have an option to purchase a maximum of 1,048,710 additional shares from the selling shareholders to cover over-allotments, an increase of 349,569 from the previously announced amount. The offering price to the public will be $20 per share. As previously announced, Pacer will not receive any of the proceeds of the offering.

A copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Credit Suisse First Boston, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, (212) 325-2580 or Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10171, (631) 254-7135. The prospectus may also be accessed in the investor relations section of Pacer International's website at http://www.pacer-international.com/html/investorrelations.htm.

ABOUT PACER -- Pacer International, a leading non-asset based North American third-party logistics and freight transportation provider, offers a broad array of logistics and other services to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination. Its services include wholesale stacktrain services (cost-efficient, two-tiered rail transportation for containerized shipments), and retail intermodal marketing, trucking, warehousing and distribution, international freight forwarding, and supply-chain management services. Pacer International is headquartered in Concord, California. Its business units Pacer Stacktrain and Pacer Global Logistics are headquartered in Concord, California, and in Dublin, Ohio, respectively. Web site: www.pacer-international.com.

CERTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS -- This press release contains or may contain forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These forward-looking statements are based on the company's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are the company's leverage; its dependence upon third parties for equipment and services essential to operate its business; regulatory changes affecting the company's industry, operations, products and services; competitive or technological factors affecting the company's markets, operations, products and services; shifts in market demand and general economic conditions. In addition, the company has acquired businesses in the past and may consider acquiring businesses in the future that provide complementary services. There can be no assurance that the businesses that the company has acquired in the past and may acquire in the future can be successfully integrated. Additional information about factors that could affect the company's business is set forth in the company's various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those set forth in the company's 2002 annual report on Form 10-K dated March 19, 2003 and in the company's prospectus dated July 17, 2003. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions or estimates prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, expected or intended. Except as otherwise required by federal securities laws, the company does not undertake any obligation to update such forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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