Ms. Stephanie Sorensen reports

INTACT FINANCIAL CORPORATION FILES PRELIMINARY SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS

Intact Financial Corp. has filed a preliminary short-form base-shelf prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada that will, upon a receipt being issued for IFC's final short-form base-shelf prospectus, allow the company to offer up to $5-billion of debt securities, Class A shares or common shares, subscription receipts, warrants, share purchase contracts, units, or any combination of such securities, over the next 25 months. This prospectus replaces IFC's prior short-form base-shelf prospectus filed in August, 2013.

When securities covered by the base-shelf prospectus are offered for sale, a prospectus supplement and/or a pricing supplement containing terms of these securities will be provided. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, Intact will use the net proceeds from the sale of securities for general corporate purposes.

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