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.

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.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“Caisse”) announces that it has sold 1,883,095 Class A units of BAC Trust (previously known as Barclays Corporate Bond Fund) at a price of CA$7.41 per unit, representing 49.99% of the Class A Units issued by BAC Trust.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“Caisse”) today announced that Henri-Paul Rousseau was stepping down as president and chief executive officer of the Caisse.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ("Caisse") wishes to correct the misinformation that it has sold all of its units of Yellow Pages Income Fund.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ("Caisse") announced that it has realized a meaningful premium on the sale of 20% of its stake in airport operator BAA.

The 2007 Annual Report of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, tabled today in the National Assembly by Minister of Finance Monique Jérôme-Forget is now available on the Caisse website.