Quebecor Names Claude Helie Executive Vice-President and Chief Officer

Business Wire, April 20, 2000

Business Editors

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2000

Mr. Pierre-Karl Peladeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quebecor Inc. (TSE:QBR.A.)(TSE:QBR.B.), is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Claude Helie to the position of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.

Mr. Helie graduated from l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal and has been a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Quebec since 1970. He brings to Quebecor Inc. more than 35 years of financial expertise. He started his career with Campbell Sharp, C.A. in 1965 and worked as a Controller for The Chanteclerc Hotel until 1973, when he joigned the Compagnie de gestion Thomson ltee. From 1977 to 1982, he served as Treasurer for Industries TIW Ltee., to become in 1982, Vice-President Finance and Treasurer of the Societe generale de financement du Quebec. Since 1994, he was Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Donohue Inc. Mr. Helie also sits on several the Board of Directors of several companies.

Quebecor Inc.(TSE : QBR.A, QBR.B) is a communications company with business activities spread throughout North America, Europe, South America and Asia, the Company operates in four main sectors: printing, newspaper publishing, broadcasting and new media, as well as in the book, magazine and music sectors. Through its subsidiary Quebecor Printing Inc., it ranks as the largest commercial printer in the world. Sun Media Corporation, another subsidiary, is Canada's second largest newspaper group. In the new media area, Quebecor Inc. is the sole owner of CANOE, one of Canada's largest Internet portals and its subsidiary Nurun Inc. is the Canadian leader in Web integration. Quebecor Inc. employs approximately 60,000 people in 15 countries