Access Information to National Bank's Investor Presentation on April 16, 2002

Montreal, 15 April 2001 - 

National Bank of Canada will be hosting an Investor presentation Tuesday, April 16^th, 2002.

Louis Vachon, Senior Vice-President – Treasury and Financial Markets, National Bank of Canada and G. F. Kym Anthony, President and Chief Operating Officer, National Bank Financial will be giving insights on National Bank Financial and Treasury activities

A live Internet audio broadcast of the presentation will be accessible at www.nbc.ca/investorrelations

• Date: April 16^th, 2002, Toronto
• Time: 10h00 to 12h00 EDT
• Presentation slides will be posted on National Bank’s website prior to the beginning of the conference.

Archive of Presentation

• The audio archive of the webcast will be available after the conference on the Bank’s website at www.nbc.ca/investorrelations for a three month period.

Source: Elaine Carr, Director, Investor Relations, (514) 394-0296, elaine.carr@bnc.ca