Valcent Products Inc.: Valcent Products Inc. Announces Completion of US $2 Million Private Placement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 26, 2009) - Valcent Products Inc. (the "Company", or "Valcent") (OTCBB:VCTPF) announces that it has completed the remaining US $1,500,000 of the US $2,000,000, 10% convertible note private placement funding to a single subscriber that will convert automatically to 16,000,000 post consolidation units of securities at the point in time that the Company achieves a share consolidation at a ratio of 18 current shares for 1 new share as previously reported on May 15, 2009. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one-third share purchase warrant with each whole warrant convertible at US$0.45 per share for a one year term from the date of conversion.

The funds enable Valcent to effectively move forward with the commercial global rollout of its VertiCrop^TM technology, under the management of Valcent EU, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary based in the U.K.

About Valcent Products Inc.:

Valcent Products Inc. (OTCBB:VCTPF) (CUSIP:918881103) develops highly innovative consumer and industrial products and processes for global markets. A pioneer and leader in ecotechnology with its core research and development in sustainable, renewable, and intense growth of agricultural products. For more information, visit: [ www.valcent.net ] and [ www.valcent.eu ] and visit and contribute to [ http://blog.valcent.net/ ].

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