NORCROSS, Ga., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Immucor, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUD), a global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, today announced that it expects to release its fourth quarter and year end earnings on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, after the close of regular trading hours, and then host a conference call on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 8:30 AM (EDT) to review the results. Investors are invited to participate in this conference call, with Dr. Gioacchino De Chirico, President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard A. Flynt, Chief Financial Officer and Edward L. Gallup, consultant. The call will focus on the results for the fourth quarter and general business trends. The earnings release will be posted on Immucor's website, as well as any material financial information that may be discussed by Dr. De Chirico, Mr. Flynt or Mr. Gallup during this call that is not contained in the earnings release. Both the earnings release and the additional financial information, if any, will be posted as soon as practicable after the call on the investor news section of Immucor's website. To access this information once posted, go to Immucor's website at www.immucor.com and click on "About Us - Press Releases."

To participate in the telephone conference call, dial 1-888-829-8668 and passcode BLUD. Replays of the conference call will be available for one week beginning at 12:00 noon on July 24th by calling 1-866-443-1193. Beginning July 31, 2008, audio of the conference call or a transcript of the audio will be available on the "About Us - Press Releases" page of the Immucor website.

Founded in 1982, Immucor manufactures and sells a complete line of reagents and systems used by hospitals, reference laboratories and donor centers to detect and identify certain properties of the cell and serum components of blood prior to transfusion. Immucor markets a complete family of automated instrumentation for all of our market segments.

For more information on Immucor, please visit our website at www.immucor.com .

SOURCE Immucor, Inc.