The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the “Caisse”) announces that it has sold, on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 5,081,953 common shares of Open Text Corporation (TSX: OTC) (“Open Text”) (or 9,93% of such shares outstanding) at an average price of $37.88 per share.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the ”Caisse“) announces that it has purchased, by way of private placement, a CDN $7 million,  8% senior unsecured convertible debenture (the “Debenture“) issued by MonoGen inc. (TSX: MOG) (“MonoGen“ or the ”Company”).

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the “Caisse”) announces that it has acquired, on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 207,600 common shares of Pason Systems Inc. (“Pason”) (or 0,25% of such shares outstanding) at a price of $14.50 per share.

Pierre Brunet, Chairman of the Board of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, today announced the appointment of Richard Guay as President and Chief Executive officer. This appointment was approved today by the Government of Québec.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec invites the media to a press meeting at 11:30 a.m. today, to announce the appointment of its new President and Chief Executive Officer.

The institutional investors in third party asset-backed commercial paper (“Third Party ABCP”) who are Signatories to the August 16th announcement about a proposed solution to the liquidity problem

This news release is being sent to all holders of third party asset-backed commercial paper ("Third Party ABCP") on behalf of the holders of Third Party ABCP who are Signatories to the August 16th announcement about a proposed solution to the liquidity problem in the structured finance ABCP market.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the “Caisse”) announces that it has acquired, on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 2,057,900 common shares of Iteration Energy Ltd. («Iteration Energy») (or 1.24% of such shares outstanding) at a price of $6.98 per share.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“ Caisse “) announces that it has acquired, on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 2,100,000 common shares of Canadian Royalties (“Canadian Royalties”), or, 2.06% of such shares outstanding at a price of CA$1.20 per share.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the «Caisse») announces that it has acquired, on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 67,119 common shares of Nova Chemicals Corp (TSX:NCX) («Nova») or 0.08% of such shares outstanding at an average price of 25.81$ per share.