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Saputo Inc.: Financial Results Fiscal 2013 Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2012

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INFORMATION BY SECTOR

CEA Dairy Products Sector----------------------------------------------------------------------------(in millions of CDN dollars)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Fiscal years                   2013                              2012   2011               Q3       Q2       Q1       Q4       Q3       Q2     Q1     Q4----------------------------------------------------------------------------Revenues  1,057.6  1,020.7  1,025.0  1,009.6  1,042.2  1,032.5  970.2  921.2EBITDA      128.1    122.0    127.8    121.9    131.9    135.7  125.3  113.0----------------------------------------------------------------------------Selected factors positively (negatively) affecting EBITDA(in millions of CDN dollars)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Fiscal years                                               2013         2012                                      Q3          Q2         Q1           Q4----------------------------------------------------------------------------Market factors(1)(2)                   -           -          -            5Inventory write-down                   -           -         (3)           -----------------------------------------------------------------------------(1)  As compared to same quarter of previous fiscal year.(2)  Market factors include the international market pricing impact related     to sales of dairy ingredients.USA Dairy Products Sector----------------------------------------------------------------------------(in millions of CDN dollars)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Fiscal years                    2013                            2012    2011                  Q3      Q2      Q1      Q4      Q3      Q2      Q1      Q4----------------------------------------------------------------------------Revenues       708.9   688.6   640.4   658.9   722.7   723.7   636.5   528.2EBITDA          81.4    90.2    72.2    75.5    72.7    74.4    80.8    81.4----------------------------------------------------------------------------Selected factors positively (negatively) affecting EBITDA(in millions of CDN dollars)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Fiscal years                                               2013        2012                                     Q3           Q2         Q1          Q4----------------------------------------------------------------------------Market factors(1)(2)                  8           10        (14)        (29)US currency exchange(1)              (3)           2          3           3----------------------------------------------------------------------------(1)  As compared to same quarter of previous fiscal year.(2)  Market factors include the average block market per pound of cheese and     its effect on the absorption of fixed costs and on the realization of     inventories, the effect of the relationship between the average block     market per pound of cheese and the cost of milk as raw material, as     well as the market pricing impact related to sales of dairy     ingredients.Other pertinent information(in US dollars, except for average exchange rate)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Fiscal years                                            2013            2012                                          Q3      Q2      Q1      Q4      Q3----------------------------------------------------------------------------Average block market per pound of cheese                                1.955   1.750   1.539   1.522   1.760Closing block price(1) per pound of cheese                                1.760   2.075   1.650   1.490   1.563Average whey market price(2) per pound                                 0.620   0.550   0.500   0.630   0.650Spread(3)                              0.028   0.060   0.072   0.017   0.023US average exchange rate to Canadian dollar(4)                             0.991   0.995   1.010   1.002   1.023----------------------------------------------------------------------------(1)  Closing block price is the price of a 40 pound block of cheddar traded     on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on the last business day of     each quarter.(2)  Average whey powder market price is based on Dairy Market News     published information.(3)  Spread is the average block market per pound of cheese less the result     of the average cost per hundredweight of Class III and/or Class 4b milk     price divided by 10.(4)  Based on Bank of Canada published information.Grocery Products Sector----------------------------------------------------------------------------(in millions of CDN dollars)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Fiscal years                         2013                        2012   2011                         Q3     Q2     Q1     Q4     Q3     Q2     Q1     Q4----------------------------------------------------------------------------Revenues               34.1   36.1   32.9   35.0   31.6   35.2   32.3   31.9EBITDA                  3.0    3.4    3.1    3.7    2.7    2.9    3.4    0.1----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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