nurun Inc. in Italy

On June 26, 2000, nurun Inc., a public subsidiary of the Quebecor group and formerly known as Information Group Inc., announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the shares of Italian Quam SRL group, which comprises designers, programmers and marketing experts specializing in web-related solutions. The purchase price will be made up by a combination of cash and nurun common shares payable in instalments.

Acting for nurun were Frank L. Picciola (London office) and Michelle Setlakwe (Montreal office) of Ogilvy Renault who were assisted by Mario Ortu and Andrea Carreri of Freshfields in Milan. The Quam SRL group was represented by Gianpiero Basso of Guidotti Morano & Associati.