FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:    Michele Howard

                        770-441-2051

Immucor to Announce Fiscal First Quarter Financial Results

 on Thursday, October 1, 2009

NORCROSS, Ga., September 17, 2009 - Immucor, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUD), a global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, today announced that it will release its fiscal 2010 first quarter earnings on Thursday, October 1, 2009 after the market close. The Company will host a conference call on Friday, October 2, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the results. 

Investors are invited to participate in this conference call by dialing 1-888-324-9321 (Passcode: BLUD). Investors can also access the call via Webcast through the "About Us - Investor Information" section at www.immucor.com. A copy of the press release will be available at the same Web address.

For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay of the conference call will be available shortly after its completion and will be archived on Immucor's website for approximately 60 days. Additionally, investors may access a replay of the call for one week beginning at noon on October 2nd by dialing 1-866-403-7112 (Passcode: 2583).

About Immucor

Founded in 1982, Immucor manufactures and sells a complete line of reagents and systems used by hospitals, reference laboratories and donor centers to detect and identify certain properties of the cell and serum components of blood prior to transfusion. Immucor markets a complete family of automated instrumentation for all of its market segments. For more information on Immucor, please visit our website at www.immucor.com.