Taiga Building Products Ltd. announces December 2009 note interest payment

BURNABY, BC, Jan. 14 /CNW/ - Taiga Building Products Ltd. (TSX: TBL & TBL.NT) announces that it will be paying the monthly interest payment of $11.6667 per $1,000 principal value subordinated Notes. Taiga will also be paying the interest on deferred interest, accruing for the month of December 2009 , in the amount of $1.1233 per $1,000 principal value subordinated Notes. The payments will be made to shareholders and noteholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2009 and will be payable on January 15, 2010 .

Taiga Building Products Ltd. is Canada's largest independent distributor of building products by revenue.

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For further information: regarding Taiga please contact: Tom Stefan, Vice President, Finance and Administration, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]; Mark Schneidereit, Manager, Corporate Planning, Tel: [phone]