Maple Leaf Foods: purchases additional Canada Bread shares

Toronto / CA. (mlf) Maple Leaf Foods Inc. announced that it has purchased 458’800 common shares of Canada Bread Company Limited at a price of 71,15 Canadian Dollar (CAD) per share for an aggregate consideration of 32’643’620 CAD. The shares were purchased on the Toronto Stock Exchange. These shares, together with 158’400 shares purchased in May 2005 and the 122’900 shares purchased in January 2007, represent about 2,9 percent of Canada Bread´s outstanding shares. Maple Leaf Foods now owns 22’818’515 common shares representing approximately 89,8 percent of the outstanding common shares of Canada Bread. The shares were purchased for investment purposes. Maple Leaf Foods may or may not purchase additional shares of Canada Bread in the future, depending on market conditions.