Transcontinental Sees Strong Improvement in Profitability

MONTREAL—June 8, 2010—During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, Transcontinental resumed organic growth in revenues and generated, for the fourth quarter in a row, an increase in adjusted operating income before amortization. The printing of the San Francisco Chronicle daily, the contribution of the Marketing Communications Sector and the stabilization of the market in certain traditional segments all made a specific contribution to organic growth in revenues.