- Significant step forward in Pac-West's reorganization following its April 2007 Chapter 11 filing STOCKTON, Calif., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. (Pink Sheets: PACW), a wholesale provider of advanced telecommunications services, today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the disclosure statement to its Modified Second Amended of Reorganization ("Plan") and scheduled a confirmation hearing for October 22, 2007. The Court authorized Pac-West to distribute its Plan and disclosure statement to creditors and to solicit votes in favor of its Plan. Pac-West intends to mail the documents on or before September 10, 2007. The Plan includes negotiated arrangements for the sharing of proceeds among Pac-West's secured and unsecured creditors. The Plan has the support of several important creditor classes holding a majority of Pac-West's secured debt and the support of its official committee of unsecured creditors. Assuming confirmation by the Court, the Plan would become effective upon satisfaction of certain other conditions and consummation of the previously-approved plan funding agreement between Pac-West and the Plan sponsor, an affiliate of existing investor Columbia Ventures Corporation. The Plan provides that, upon exit from chapter 11, the stock of Pac-West would be wholly-owned by the Plan sponsor. "We are very pleased to have gained the support of the official committee of unsecured creditors and to have court approval for the Company's disclosure statement," Pac-West's President and CEO, Wally Griffin, said. Pac-West's chief restructuring officer, Michael Katzenstein, noted that Pac-West remains on track to emerge from Chapter 11 protection in the next few months. About Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. Pac-West is a provider of advanced communications services that enable traditional and next-generation providers, carriers, and service providers to efficiently design, deploy, and deliver integrated communication solutions. Founded in 1980, Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. has been offering communication services to its customers since 1982 and has been a leading provider of wholesale services to Internet Service Providers. For more information about Pac-West and its reorganization, visit http://www.pacwest.com/. Forward Looking Statements In this report, our use of the words "outlook," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "likely," "objective," "plan," "designed," "goal," "target," and similar expressions is intended to identify forward-looking statements. While these statements represent our current judgment on what the future may hold, and we believe these judgments are reasonable, actual results may differ materially due to numerous important risk factors, including risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2006, as revised and supplemented by the risk factors described in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006, as filed with the SEC on May 12, 2006, August 11, 2006 and November 20, 2006 respectively, and which may be further revised or supplemented in subsequent reports filed by us with the SEC. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to risks associated with: our ability to successfully reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; our ability to comply with the covenants contained in, or the possibility of triggering a default under, our DIP financing facility; our ability to execute our business plans and objectives; our ability to retain customers, suppliers; vendors, partners and employees during our reorganization; regulatory and legal uncertainty with respect to intercarrier compensation payments received by us; the migration to broadband Internet access affecting dial-up Internet access; an increase in our network expenses; our principal competitors for local services and potential additional competitors, which may have advantages that may adversely affect our ability to compete with them. DATASOURCE: Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. CONTACT: Millie Virgil of Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., +1-209-926-3490 Web site: http://www.pacwest.com/

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