LAVAL, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. (“Neptune”) (NASDAQ:NEPT) (TSX VENTURE:NTB) announces, in reference to and in payment of its dividend declared on July 17, 2008 to all its common shareholders registered as of July 28, 2008 in the aggregate amount of $9.380,36, the issuance of an aggregate of 9,380,355 notes. Each note has a principal value of $0.001, bears interest from the first anniversary date of their issuance at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum and is due two years after the date hereof. These notes are redeemable by the obligor at any time, by advance payment, either in cash or in kind, including in equity securities of the obligor of such notes.