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             GENEVA - TAG Heuer, the well-known luxury watch brand belonging to LVMH 
Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the global leader in luxury brands, has chosen 
IC-Agency, a market leader in luxury digital marketing, to sustainably 
increase its Internet presence. The strategy deployed encompasses not only 
Google, Yahoo! and MSN, but also search engines such as Baidu and Yandex, 
market leaders in the high-growth markets of China and Russia, respectively. 
                                            
            NEW YORK - Brendan Light, Senior Vice President of Research and Product Development 
at BuzzBack Market Research will host two free Webinars: New Ways to Improve 
Online Consumer Research, on Wednesday, March 18 at 2 PM Eastern and 
Thursday, March 19 at 10 AM Eastern. 
                                            
            CINCINNATI - Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) today announced that 
Fernando Aguirre, chief executive officer, and Jeffrey M. Zalla, chief 
financial officer, will participate in the Second Jefferies Consumer Summit 
on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 in New York City. 
                                            
            CINCINNATI - Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) announced today that it 
will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 20, 2009, on the 28th 
floor of the Chiquita Center at 250 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati. The record 
date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting will be 
March 23, 2009. In mid-April, the company will mail to shareholders of record 
a notice of the meeting and information about accessing the proxy materials 
online or obtaining paper copies. 
                                                   
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