Pacer International Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call / Audio Web Cast for Wednesday, Oct. 29

Business, Logistics and Transportation Editors

CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2003--Pacer International (Nasdaq:PACR), the North American logistics and transportation provider, will hold a live conference call and audio-only Web cast for investors, analysts, business and trade media and other interested parties at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Oct. 29, to discuss third-quarter 2003 results.

The actual results will be released three and a half hours earlier, via Business Wire, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Hosting the conference call and Web cast will be Don Orris, the company's chairman and chief executive officer; and Larry Yarberry, the company's chief financial officer.

To participate in the conference call, please call five minutes early by dialing (888) 428-4478 (in USA) and ask for "Pacer 3rd Quarter 2003 Earnings Call." International callers can dial (612) 288-0337. The call is expected to last approximately 45 minutes, including questions and answers.

Alternatively, an audio-only, simultaneous Web cast of the live conference call can be accessed at the following URL: http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz389688439gf12.html.

For those unable to participate in either event, a digitized replay will be available from Oct. 29 at 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time to Nov. 5 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. For the replay, dial (800) 475-6701 (USA) or (320) 365-3844 (international), using access code 699660. Alternatively, a replay can be accessed through the Investor Relations link on the company's Web site at www.pacer-international.com.

ABOUT PACER INTERNATIONAL -- Pacer International, a leading non-asset based North American third-party logistics and transportation provider, offers a broad array of logistics and other services to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination. Pacer International's services include wholesale stacktrain services (cost-efficient, two-tiered rail transportation for containerized shipments) and cartage (local trucking); 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

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