Capital Desjardins Establishes $2B MTN Program

Capital Desjardins inc. completed the establishment of a $2 billion medium term note program on May 30, 2006. The program was established pursuant to a short form base shelf prospectus dated May 30, 2006. The dealers were BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., Casgrain & Company Ltd., CIBC World Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Ltd., Laurentian Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc.
Capital Desjardins was represented in-house by Gilles Lapierre, vice-president, legal affairs, Guy Dallaire, manager, corporate affairs, and Jean-Marc Derrien, legal counsel, and Yvon Martineau, Mireille Tremblay and Catherine Isabelle of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. The dealers were represented by Paul Raymond, Solomon Sananes and Jennie Dorsaint of Ogilvy Renault LLP.