JULIE TREMBLAY, PRESIDENT & CEO

SUN MEDIA CORPORATION

October 6, 2014


Dear Colleagues:

Today we are announcing the sale of our English-language newspaper business to Postmedia.
After 16 years as part of the Quebecor family, we are about to part company with you,
although, as this sale is subject to Competition Bureau approval that could take a number of
months, this will be a long goodbye of sorts.

It is a very large, game-changing transaction in the continuing evolution of Canadian media.
But I understand what's most important now is what this will mean to you, our loyal and
hard-working employees.

A lot has changed since Quebecor purchased Sun Media in 1999 and in the years since we
have worked together to grow, innovate and diversify in an increasingly challenging
multiplatform world.

But as Pierre Dion, president and CEO of Quebecor noted today, "the Canadian newspaper
business absolutely needs consolidation to remain viable." After a great deal of discussion, we
decided that Postmedia offers our English-language properties the best opportunity for long-
term growth and success in that environment.

As part of Postmedia, Sun Media will be part of a very large media footprint. You will be
working with people well-versed in print, eager to invest in new technologies and inclined to
experiment in new media platforms.

We have accomplished a great deal over the last number of years and I am proud that we can
say that we have been leaders in the changing media landscape in this country.

It has been an honour to lead you. Bonne chance mes amis!




Julie