NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF CASCADES INC.

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF CASCADES INC.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Cascades Inc. (the “Corporation” or “Cascades”) will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Centrexpo Cogeco Drummondville, 550 St-Amant Street, Drummondville (Québec) at 11:00 a.m., local time, for the following purposes:

• 1 To receive the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and the Independent Auditor’s report thereon;

• 2 To elect the Directors of the Corporation for the ensuing year;

• 3 To appoint the Independent Auditor of the Corporation for the ensuing year and authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration;

• 4 To consider and, if deemed advisable, approve, on an advisory basis, a resolution accepting the Corporation’s approach to executive compensation;

• 5 To consider the shareholder proposals set forth in Schedule A to the Management Proxy Circular; and

• 6 To transact such other business as may properly be brought before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The specific details of the foregoing matters to be put before the Meeting are set forth in the accompanying Management Proxy Circular. Shareholders who are unable to attend the Meeting in person are requested to complete, date, sign and deliver the enclosed proxy form to Computershare Investor Services Inc., no later than Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 5:00 p.m., local time, in the envelope provided for that purpose.

Kingsey Falls, Québec, March 15, 2019.

By Order of the Board,

Robert F. Hall CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND CORPORATE SECRETARY

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