Keystone North America Inc. Schedules Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 Earnings Conference Call Monday, August 10, 2009 10:00 am (EST)

    TORONTO, July 17 /CNW/ - Keystone North America Inc. (TSX:KNA and KNA.UN)
will hold a conference call on Monday, August 10, 2009 10:00 am (EST) for
analysts and investors to discuss its financial results for the second quarter
of the 2009 fiscal year (which will be released on Friday, August 7, 2009).
    A copy of complete financial results will be available prior to the call
at www.sedar.com. Steve Tidwell, President and Chief Executive Officer and
Stephen Shaffer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be
available to answer questions during the call.
    To participate in the conference call, please dial [phone] or
[phone] confirmation No.21311358. A live audio webcast of the
conference call will be available at
http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2745820.
    An archived recording of the call will be available at [phone] or
[phone] (passcode 21311358 followed by the number sign) through August
17, 2009. An archived recording of the webcast will be available at
http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2745820.
    The Issuer, through its subsidiary Keystone Group Holdings, Inc.
("Keystone"), is a leading owner and operator of funeral homes across North
America. Keystone is in management's estimate, the fifth largest funeral home
operator in North America.

    Note on Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" that reflect
the current expectations of management regarding our future growth, results of
operations, performance and business prospects and opportunities.
Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of
performance. Wherever possible, words such as "may", "would", "could", "will",
"anticipate", "believe", "plan", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "aim",
"endeavor" and similar expressions have been used to identify these
forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management's beliefs with
respect to future events and are based on information currently available to
management. Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those
listed in the "Risk Factors" section of the KNA's Annual Information Form for
the year ended December 31, 2008. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the
forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results, performance or
achievements could vary materially from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements contained in this press release. These factors
should be considered carefully and prospective investors should not place
undue reliance on the forward-looking statements.
    Although the forward-looking statements that may be contained in this
press release are based upon what management currently believes to be
reasonable assumptions, we cannot assure prospective investors that actual
results, performance or achievements will be consistent with these
forward-looking statements.

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For further information: Steven Tidwell, Chief Executive Officer, (813)
225-4653 or [e-mail]; Stephen Shaffer, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, [phone] or
[e-mail] or visit our investor website at
www.keystonenorthamerica.ca