FRENCH ENGLISH HOME PRODUCTS ESTABLISHMENTS ENVIRONMENT DIRECTION CAREER IN REGARDS TO NEW CONTACT Take root at home GDS DIVISIONS GDS is a company very well established in its region of Témiscouata, where it was founded. Today, all operations, from logging to the sale of products, take place almost everywhere in Bas-Saint-Laurent, where the roots first grew, then in Gaspésie, there. where they then progressed. HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER SALES OFFICE 207, route 295 Dégelis (Québec) G5T 1R1 Tel. : 418 853-2566 Sales Director: Glen Meehan Logistics and Transport Director: Frédéric Deschênes Tel. : (418) 853-5050 GRANVAL GDS WOOD 10, rue Industrielle Grande-Vallée (Quebec) G0E 1K0 Tel. : 418 393-2244 Directeur : Edi Savard Adjoint administratif : Michel Minville BOIS MARSOUI GDS 2, route de la Mine Candégo Marsoui (Québec) G0E 1S0 Tél. : 418 288-5635 Directeur : Daniel Lamarre Adjoint administratif : Dario Jean INDUSTRIES GDS 6, chemin Qospem Pointe-à-la-Croix (Québec) G0C 1L0 Tél. : 418 788-5066 Directeur : Jacques Vadnais Adjoint administratif : Roland Boudreau GDS VALORIBOIS (DIVISION MATANE) 80, Parc Industriel Matane (Québec) G4W 0K1 Tél. : 418 566-6555 Directeur : Jean-Yves Potvin Adjoint administratif : Marcel Beaudoin GDS VALORIBOIS (DIVISION LAC-AU-SAUMON) 50, rang Didier Lac-au-Saumon (Québec) G0J 1M0 Tél. : 418 778-3895 Director: Jean-Yves Potvin Foreman: Norman Landry GDS FORESTRY 6, chemin Qospem Pointe-à-la-Croix (Quebec) G0L 1L0 Tel. : 418 788-5906 Director of Forestry: Steve Leblanc, ing.f. ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER, 207 ROUTE 295, DÉGELIS, QC, G5T 1R1 (418) 853-2566 AGDS@GROUPGDS.COM

HOME PRODUCTS FACILITIES ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CARREERS ABOUT CONTACT US The branches of a great family tree THE GDS FAMILY From left to right: Mr. Guildo Deschênes, Mr. Sylvain Deschênes, Mr. Georges Deschênes et Mr. Frédéric Deschênes. Established in 1947 by Mr. Georges Deschênes, founding president, Groupe de Scieries GDS (GDS) has become one of the most important companies of the forest product processing industry in Lower St. Lawrence and the Gaspé Peninsula. Mr. Guildo Deschênes retired from his previous functions and Mr. Sylvain Deschênes, CEO, is now managing the company. For some years now, Mr. Georges Deschênes and Mr. Frédéric Deschênes represent the 4th generation of the Deschênes family to join the ranks. GDS generates more than 450 direct and indirect jobs, and is entirely managed locally, since the head office, the administrative centre and the sales office are in Dégelis, Témiscouata. GDS operates three sawmills in the towns of Grande-Vallée, Marsoui and Pointe-à-la-Croix, a wood-drying facility in Lac-au-Saumon and a secondary wood processing plant in Matane. GDS is involved in various fields of activity: logging, sawmilling of rough lumber and the products related to this activity, the preparation of lumber, the secondary processing of wood for the manufacture of specialty products, and sales. CENTRE ADMINISTRATIF, 207 ROUTE 295, DÉGELIS, QC, G5T 1R1(418) 853-2566AGDS@GROUPGDS.COM