National Bank's Senior Vice-President ' Treasury and Financial Markets to Speak at Credit Suisse First Boston Wholesale Banking Conference

Montreal, 21 October 2003 - 

Louis Vachon, Senior Vice-President – Treasury and Financial Markets of National Bank of Canada will speak Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at the Credit Suisse First Boston Wholesale Banking Conference in Toronto. Mr. Vachon is scheduled to begin his presentation at 3:25 p.m.

Louis Vachon's live audio presentation is accessible via the Investor Relations page of the National Bank website at www.nbc.ca/investorrelations under the heading Events. The presentation slides will be available for viewing and downloading as of 3:00 p.m. Wednesday.

The audio archive will be available for a three month period.

Source: Elaine Carr, Director, Investor Relations, (514) 394-0296, investorrelations@nbc.ca