October 15, 2008

Recent market volatility negatively impacted the performance of the National Bank Stone Pure Total Return™ Principal Protected Deposit Notes, Series 1 and resulted in a rebalancing of assets between certain Stone-managed Funds and the Bond on October 7, 2008. The net proceeds from the sale of all the units and shares of the Funds were invested in a Bond to ensure full repayment of the Initial Deposit Amount of $100.00 per Deposit Note on the Maturity Date, as per the terms of the Information Statement. As a result, the Deposit Notes will produce no return on the Maturity Date, regardless of the subsequent performance of the Funds.

For any further information, please consult the Information Statement (all information about the Deposit Notes is available on its website at www.fpsgroup.ca) or contact either National Bank’s Financial Products Solutions Group at 1-877-879-6423, or Stone Client Services at 1-800-795-1142.

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