JULY 2008

Performance Plants Inc.

Announces Equity Financing

Accelerates Food Crop and Biofuels Biotechnology Businesses

Performance Plants Inc. ("PPI"), a leading global agricultural biotechnology company with research and development facilities in Kingston, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Waterloo, New York, announced today the completion of a $13 million equity financing.

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JUNE 2008

Phenomenome Discoveries Inc.

New Colorectal Cancer Screening Research Trial Approved and Set to Begin

A simple blood test may be all that is needed to detect colorectal cancer risk. The launch of a new colorectal cancer screening research trial supported by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health is scheduled to begin in the next two weeks.

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