Chief Executive Officer, John R. Hawkins, commented, “We continue to operate in a highly inflationary market environment for some key raw materials, combined with limited availability of certain important products. I am pleased that Hawkins was able to continue to provide uninterrupted service to our customers during times of escalating prices and transportation disruptions, as we benefited from strategic investments we have made in storage facilities over the past few years. In addition, we realized higher margins on certain products this past quarter given growing demand and a tight supply environment, which drove up prices primarily in products serving the agricultural sector.” Hawkins continued, “The July 2008 acquisition of the facility in Centralia, Illinois demonstrates our continued pattern of strategic investments for superior customer service and market expansion. This facility will be primarily used to augment the Company’s lactate and other food ingredient manufacturing capacity within our Industrial segment, and will also provide a new branch office for our Water Treatment segment, as we continue to expand our geographic coverage for that segment.”

Hawkins, Inc. provides a full range of bulk industrial products complemented with the technical expertise and innovation to formulate and blend specialty chemicals. The Company sells and services related products and equipment to safely dispense chemicals in highly controlled environments.

Hawkins serves customers in a wide range of industries, including chemical processing, electronics, energy, environmental services, food processing, metal finishing, pharmaceutical, medical devices, pulp and paper, and water treatment.

Hawkins is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Company operates 18 facilities in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, South and North Dakota and Wisconsin and services customers in Upper Michigan and Wyoming as well.

The discussion above contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the following: our ability to pass through cost increases in raw materials and energy, the inability of our suppliers to provide us with key raw materials at contracted prices and delivery dates, cyclical downturns in our customers’ industries, competition from other chemical companies, seasonality and weather conditions that may affect customer demand and river and rail transportation, the hazards of chemical manufacturing, natural disasters, actual growth in our products’ markets, changes in our customers’ products, compliance with applicable laws and regulations, our ability to meet quality specifications, the adequacy of our insurance coverage, our ability to attract and retain key personnel, our ability to complete and integrate future acquisitions, and future terrorist attacks. Additional information with respect to the risks and uncertainties faced by Hawkins may be found in, and the prior discussion is qualified in its entirety by, the Risk Factors contained in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2008, as updated by subsequent SEC filings.