Transcontinental Again Generates Organic Revenue and Profit Growth

• Transcontinental continued to build on its existing assets. It announced that it will close two printing plants, one in Quebec and one in Manitoba, which will optimize its printing network further. In both cases, production will be transferred to larger plants which have benefitted from investments in the recent past. Transcontinental also continued to grow its newspaper publishing operations by acquiring the weekly newspaper Journal Nouvelles Hebdo in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec and by launching five community newspapers in Quebec.