NAPERVILLE, Ill., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Calamos Asset Management, Inc. will announce earnings for the fourth quarter of 2008 after the financial markets close on Tuesday, January 27. The company has scheduled an investor conference call that day at 5 p.m. Eastern time (4 p.m. Central time).

A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the company's website at http://www.calamos.com. Those wishing to listen to the live conference via telephone should dial (800) 379-3942 if calling from within the United States or (706) 679-7206 if calling from outside the United States, several minutes before the call begins. Please reference Conference ID # 81357313 to be connected.

In addition, the webcast call will be distributed via the Thomson StreetEvents Network: http://www.earnings.com for individual investors and http://www.streetevents.com, a password-protected event management site, for institutional investors.

A replay of the call will be available until the end of the day on February 7, 2009 by dialing (800) 642-1687 inside the U.S. or (706) 645-9291 outside the U.S., then entering conference ID # 81357313. A webcast also will be available on the Investor Relations section of http://www.calamos.com for 90 days.

About Calamos Asset Management

Calamos Asset Management, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLMS) is a diversified investment firm offering equity, fixed income, convertible and alternative investment strategies, among others. The firm serves institutions and individuals via separately managed accounts and a family of open-end and closed-end funds, offering a risk-managed approach to capital appreciation and income-producing strategies. For more information, visit http://www.calamos.com.

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