The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“Caisse”) announces that it has acquired, on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 1,000,000 common shares (“shares”) (or 6.15% of such shares outstanding) of Mecachrome International Inc. (“Mecachrome”) at a price of CA$2.00 per share.

Following this transaction, the number of common shares of Mecachrome held by Caisse is 2,584,500 or 15.89% of such shares outstanding.

This transaction was made for investment purposes and the Caisse could increase or decrease its investments in Mecachrome, depending on market conditions or any other relevant factor.

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