On May 30, 2006, Capital Desjardins inc. completed the establishment of a $2 billion medium term note program. 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, Catherine Isabelle and student-at-law Teri Hoppenheim of Fasken Martineau.