American Commercial Lines Inc. Files for Initial Public Offering JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Commercial Lines Inc. ("Company" or "ACL") (Pink Sheets: ACOM) announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of its common stock. The shares to be offered include shares held by a stockholder of ACL. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. Merrill Lynch & Co. and UBS Investment Bank will be acting as joint bookrunners for this offering. Banc of America Securities, Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank Securities will be co-managers. This offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. When available, a preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Merrill Lynch & Co., 4 World Financial Center, 5th Floor 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10080, and UBS Securities LLC, Prospectus Dept., 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time such registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any State or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State or jurisdiction. American Commercial Lines Inc., headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana is an integrated marine transportation, manufacturing and service company operating in the United States Jones Act trades, with revenues of more than $600 million and approximately 2,600 employees. For more information about ACL generally, visit http://www.aclines.com/ . DATASOURCE: American Commercial Lines Inc. CONTACT: Christopher Black, SVP and CFO of American Commercial Lines Inc., +1-812-288-1836 Web site: http://www.aclines.com/

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