Saputo Announces Appointment in Senior Management

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - March 6, 2014) - Saputo Inc. ("Saputo" or the "Company") (TSX:SAP) announces an appointment in its senior management team.

Effective April 1, 2014, Mr. Paul Corney will be appointed President and Chief Operating Officer, Dairy Foods Division (USA). Mr. Corney has been with the Company since 2001 and has served as Senior Vice President - National Retail Sales, Dairy Division (Canada). Prior to 2001, Mr. Corney held several senior management positions in sales and operations with other dairy processors. In his new role, Mr. Corney will report to Mr. Dino Dello Sbarba, President and Chief Operating Officer, Saputo Inc. Since December 2013, Mr. Dello Sbarba is also acting as Interim President and Chief Operating Officer, Dairy Foods Division (USA).

About Saputo

Saputo produces, markets, and distributes a wide array of dairy products of the utmost quality, including cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products and dairy ingredients. We are one of the top ten dairy processors in the world, the largest in Canada, the third largest in Argentina and among the top three cheese producers in the United States. Our products are sold in more than 40 countries under well-known brand names such as Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, Baxter, Dairyland, Dragone, DuVillage 1860, Friendship, Frigo Cheese Heads, Great Midwest, King's Choice, Kingsey, La Paulina, Milk2Go, Neilson, Nutrilait, Ricrem, Salemville, Stella and Treasure Cave. Saputo Inc. is a publicly traded company whose shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "SAP".