On September 12, 2006 Aspire Capital Inc. announced a stock dividend in its wholly owned subsidiary SouthernStar Oil Corporation. The stock dividend is payable to shareholders of Aspire as of the record date September 29, 2006 in the ratio of one common share of SouthernStar for every ten common shares of Aspire.
Please see the Company's press release for further details.

CALS will begin trading ex-dividend Wednesday, September 27, 2006.

Symbol: CALS
Ex-dividend Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Record Date: Friday, September 29, 2006

If you have any questions or require further information please contact Radhika Joseph at (416) 572-2000 X 2435 or
E-mail: radhika.joseph@cnq.ca