Mr. John Moretz reports

NEPTUNE ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF HELENE F. FORTIN TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. has appointed Helene F. Fortin to its board of directors.

"We are pleased that Ms. Fortin has accepted to join the board of Neptune," said John Moretz, chairman. "Her extensive experience on the boards of leading public and private corporations combined with her impressive financial and governance background, will be extremely beneficial for Neptune, as we seek to significantly grow our activities in the multibillion-dollar cannabis market."

Helene F. Fortin, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D, IAS.A, has been practising public accounting for more than 30 years. A member of CPA Quebec, she lectured in accounting and auditing during more than 20 years at many universities in both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She was actively involved from 1982 to 2015 with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CPA Canada), on the Interprovincial Board of Evaluators, and with the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, during which time the 36 international standards of auditing were adopted in Canada from 2006 to 2009. She has been serving on boards of directors of large public and private corporations since 2003 which provides her with exposure to the best practices within a wide range of organizations, including Loto Quebec, a Crown corporation of the Province of Quebec, as chair of the board of directors, UBS Bank (Canada), Institute of Corporate Directors/Quebec, VoiceAge Corp., and the federal department audit committees of the Public Service Commission and of Agriculture/Agrifood Canada. Former positions include the following boards: CBC/Radio-Canada, Hydro-Quebec, Infrastructure Quebec, Concordia University and Bellus Health. She is also actively involved with asset management and financing strategies in her role as trustee/adviser for large pension plans, estates and foundations.

About Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc.

Neptune is a health and wellness products company, with more than 50 years of combined experience in extraction, purification and formulation of value-added differentiated science-based products. Currently, the company develops turnkey nutrition product solutions available in various unique delivery forms, offers specialty ingredients such as MaxSimil, a patented ingredient that enhances the absorption of lipid-based nutraceuticals, and a variety of other marine and seed oils. Leveraging its scientific, technological and innovative expertise, Neptune is preparing to commence production of products in legal cannabis markets.

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