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CANAC ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF GENNARO PATELLA TO ITS SENIOR LEADERSHIP POST

Montreal (St Laurent), Quebec and Salt Lake City, Utah, July 30, 2010.Savage Companies (Savage) is pleased to announce that Gennaro Patella has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice-President and General Manager at CANAC Railway Services (CANAC, and the Company), based in Montreal, Quebec. Mr. Patella will build upon the Company.s solid legacy of providing creative railroad-based solutions over the last 39 years, and will focus on continuing to develop CANAC into a single source provider of end-to-end sustainable railroad solutions throughout the world. He will also help integrate the rail operations and consultancy services widely associated with CANAC.s brand with those of its parent company, Savage CANAC, a part of the Savage Companies (Savage).

Prior to accepting his new role, Mr. Patella was CANAC's General Manager of Engineering where he oversaw CANAC's engineering consulting services as well as the P-811 track renewal operations. Gennaro is a veteran with CANAC for over 17 years, and is a native of Quebec. He holds a Bachelors of Engineering degree from Polytechnique Montreal and a Masters of Engineering from Concordia University, of Montreal.

CANAC, now an integral part of Savage CANAC, was originally founded as the international railway consulting arm of Canadian National Railway Company (CN). Established in 1971, CANAC has successfully completed over 800 major projects in all areas of railway operations and engineering in some 60 countries throughout the world, and has performed a vast array of services for every major railroad in the United States and Canada, short line operators, industrial concerns, passenger and commuter rail operators, state DOTs, other government agencies and railroads throughout the world.

Gary L. Plant, Savage CANAC's Senior Vice President who heads up Strategic Development in Salt Lake City, said .We are excited to have Gennaro take on the leadership of CANAC. His blend of experience, leadership skills and passion for railroading make him a great choice for continuing the growth of our global rail operations and consultancy business. We believe that the combination of CANAC's global solutions expertise of rail operations and infrastructure, which include engineering, mechanical services, transportation planning, signaling, training and other services to the railway industry and Savage's operations and material management/handling expertise in a wide array of industries, creates a unique and distinctive set of capabilities and operational insights that benefit customers working in both the North American and international marketplace..

For further information on CANAC, please visit www.canac.com, and regarding Savage, visit its website at www.savageservices.com.

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XCEL ENERGY.S TOLK COAL PLANT AND RELATED SAVAGE OPERATION ARE NAMED POWDER RIVER BASIN COAL USERS. PLANT OF THE YEAR

Salt Lake City - May 3, 2010.Savage Companies (Savage) is pleased to announce Xcel Energy.s Roy Tolk Station and Savage.s Tolk energy services group have been co-awarded the Powder River Basin Coal User.s Group.s .Plant of the Year. for 2010, citing the teams. overall safe operations, environmental diligence, continual improvement and dedication to best practices. The award to both Xcel Energy.s Tolk Station and Savage will be presented at a Power Plant Awards Banquet in Baltimore, MD on May 17. The Tolk Station was one of four plants considered for the award.

The Tolk Station at Muleshoe, TX, along with its sister Harrington Station at Amarillo, TX, is part of Xcel Energy.s Southwestern Public Service Company unit. The plants together are major coal-fired stations, consuming approximately 9 million tons of Powder River Basin coal annually. The Tolk Station, with 1,080 Megawatts of capacity, is the largest plant in the Texas Panhandle and serves a wide group of electrical customers in Texas and New Mexico. Savage owns, operates and maintains the coal handling, receiving, storage and plant feed assets and operations for both plants, as well as providing the unit-train railcars for the plants.

Tolk Station.s plant director, David Low, complimented his plant.s employees, as well as Savage.s people, saying: .Our employees and Savage have strived for excellence over the past few years, and this national recognition reflects that effort. Savage played a big role in winning this award by operating a well-run coal-handling facility. We have enjoyed a great partnership (with Savage) and we are proud to accept this award..

Savage, a North American leader in providing services to electric power generation, coal mining, oil refining, chemical and Class I railroad customers, owns and/or operates large bulk terminals for coal, petroleum coke, sulphur, chemicals and other commodities; system-based transportation-truck, rail, barge and vessel- moving over 50 million tons annually of coal, coke, waste coal, waste ash and sulphur; and also provides on-site operations and management services for large power plants and oil refiners. Savage has 145 operations in 35 US states and five Canadian provinces. The Company operates in and around 20 coal-fired power stations including units in California, Utah, Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia, Canada. Its power plant services group provides on-site dedicated operations, maintenance, fuel-management and logistics services for its utility customers. Savage is a Creative Solutions company, striving to provide specially tailored services to each customer, with .Best Value-No Worry. services.

Todd L. Savage, the Company.s EVP and Energy & Power Services leader stated, .We are pleased that the Powder River Basin Coal User Group has recognized our outstanding employees at the Tolk Station and the distinctive coal handling services we provide to Xcel Energy. Providing fuel handling and logistics expertise to coal-fired electric power generators is a unique competency Savage has developed over a number of years. This award signifies the quality service we provide to our customers which allows them to focus on their core generation and distribution operations. All of us at Savage are proud of our team at Tolk, and greatly appreciate the opportunity to serve Xcel Energy..

Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) is a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company with regulated operations in eight Western and Midwestern states. Xcel Energy provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers through its regulated operating companies. Company headquarters are located in Minneapolis, MN. More information is available at www.xcelenergy.com.

For further information on Savage, visit its website at www.savageservices.com.

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SAVAGE SERVICES CORPORATION REACHES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE BUSINESS OF SAFE HANDLING, INC. OF AUBURN, ME.

Salt Lake City, Utah, November 10, 2009.Savage Services Corporation of Salt Lake City, Utah (Savage) announces that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the assets, terminals and services business of Safe Handling, Inc. of Auburn, Maine (Safe Handling). The transaction is expected to close on November 30, 2009.

Safe Handling is an industry leader and pioneer in providing full-service, bulk product, chemical, toll processing, transportation, warehousing and transloading services to customers through its two primary locations in Auburn, ME and New Stanton, PA. In addition to the opportunity to leverage the benefits of both rail and truck transportation (the company operates a fleet of tank trucks dedicated to this specialized service), Safe Handling features ISO 9001:2001 and ISO 14001-certified, and Responsible Care affiliated, manufacturing facilities where materials are blended for regional deliveries. Safe Handling operates a state-of-the-art, 80,000 square foot Toll Processing Facility specializing in bulk chemical mixing, dispersing, slurrying, dissolving, blending and diluting for Fortune 500 chemical producers.

At Safe Handling.s New Stanton, PA location, the company operates a large regional warehousing, storage and transloading facility in conjunction with Westmoreland County.

Savage also owns and/or operates large bulk terminals for coal, petroleum coke, sulphur and other commodities; system-based transportation-truck, rail, barge and vessel- moving over 50 million tons annually of coal, coke, waste coal, waste ash and sulphur; and also provides on-site operations and management services for large power plants and oil refiners. Savage has over 140 operations in 35 US States and five Canadian Provinces.

Savage.s Chairman and CEO, Allen B. Alexander stated, .Safe Handling is a company that is known for its integrity and outstanding customer service. The addition of Safe Handling helps continue Savage.s legacy of providing .Best Value-No Worry. service to customers, and offering Creative Solutions in solving our customers. materials management challenges. We are enthused about the prospect of combining Safe Handling.s impressive suite of services with those of our own, and providing them in a system to our customers. We are looking forward to having the Safe Handling employees join our organization. Additionally, this move greatly increases our market presence in the US Northeast, and we are especially excited to move into the state of Maine for the first time in our history..

Mr. Ford S. Reiche, named 2008 Maine Small Business Leader of the Year, and majority shareholder and President of Safe Handling, said .I am gratified to have partnered our company.s services and expertise with those of Savage. With our great reputation and unique business model, Safe Handling is poised for significant growth at our existing operations in Maine and Pennsylvania, as well as across the continent. Joining strengths with Savage will lead to a great future for both companies, as well as for our staffs and our customers. To have been with Safe Handling since its birth in 1990, it is a pleasure to say with confidence that I cannot imagine any path forward more favorable than this alliance..

Following closing, the Safe Handling business will be rebranded as .Savage Safe Handling. and will continue to be based in Auburn, Maine. Mr. Bradley D. Crist has been named to be the General Manager (and Savage Vice President) of Savage Safe Handling. Mr. Crist has been with Savage for eight years, most recently as Vice President and Business Manager of Savage.s Refinery and Sulphur Services Group. He and his family will relocate to Auburn from Salt Lake City. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University, and holds an MBA degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. Mr. John T. Wolanski, a graduate of the University of Vermont, and formerly Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Safe Handling, will become Vice President-Business Development for Savage Safe Handling. Mr. Bob Drake of Safe Handling, and a graduate of Boston University, will continue as Vice President in the role of Operational Support and Sales.

For further information, visit the website of Savage at www.savageservices.com , or Safe Handling at its website at www.safehandling.com

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SAVAGE SERVICES CORPORATION REACHES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE BUSINESS OF QUALITY RAIL SERVICES, LLC

Salt Lake City, Utah, December 29, 2008.Savage Services Corporation of Salt Lake City, Utah (Savage) announces that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the assets and the locomotive and rail services business of Quality Rail Services, LLC of Golden, Colorado (QRS). The transaction is expected to close on December 31, 2008.

QRS is an industry leader and pioneer in providing specialized services to the nation.s Class 1 Railroads with locomotive fueling, mechanical and other support services on an outsource basis. QRS primarily serves customers located in the western and central US, with 30 locations serving the BNSF, Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific railroads, as well as many of the railroads. customers. The company provides unique and specialized direct locomotive fueling services, delivery of traction sand, oil and coolants, mobile repairs and other direct services to the railroads. prime locomotive operating fleets. QRS also provides state of the art fuel inventory tracking solutions through its Hawkeye Technology (Hawkeye). QRS is a leader in developing rail process management technologies and has incorporated safety, environmental impact and audit-ability within its flagship fuel management application.

Savage, a North American leader in providing services to its customers engaged in oil refining, chemicals, coal production, electric power generation, and the Class I railroads, sees this opportunity to extend a 62-year tradition of service by responding to the railroads. initiatives to continually improve velocity and capacity. Savage provides .Best Value-No Worry. services in many arenas to the US Class 1 railroads and their customers, through its extensive transload network, industrial switching and short line platforms. Further, Savage, through its subsidiary CANAC Railway Services Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, provides the railroad industry with railroad engineering, planning, design, rehabilitation and rail training services.

Savage also owns and/or operates large bulk terminals for coal, petroleum coke, sulphur and other commodities; system-based transportation moving over 140 million tons annually of coal, coke, waste coal, waste ash and sulphur; and also provides on-site operations and management services for large power plants and oil refiners. The Company has over 110 operations in 31 US States and five Canadian Provinces.

Savage.s Chairman and CEO, Allen B. Alexander stated, .We are extremely excited to make this strategic move to serve our important railroad and rail-based customers. We want to continue our legacy of providing .Best Value-No Worry. service to customers, and seeking to provide Creative Solutions in solving our customers. materials management challenges. Our people are enthused about combining QRS. impressive suite of services with those of our own, and providing them in a system to our customers..

Michael Gordon, Chairman of QRS, said .I am deeply gratified to have partnered our company.s services and expertise with those of Savage Services. I believe that together, in cooperation with our customers, we have begun a new phase of service excellence in the railroad industry..

The QRS business will be rebranded as .Savage QRS. and will continue to be based in Golden, Colorado. Jim Moschetti, a long-time rail industry executive and formerly with QRS will become the Savage QRS leader as its Senior Vice President. Bob Sleeker, formerly Vice President of Marketing of QRS, will become Vice President-Business Development for the new organization.

For further information, visit the website of Savage at www.savageservices.com, or QRS at its website at www.qualityrailservices.com

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