June 15 (Reuters) - Laurentian Bank of Canada LB.TO :
* LAURENTIAN BANK OF CANADA - FRANÇOIS DESJARDINS IS STEPPING DOWN AS PRESIDENT & CEO & RESIGNING AS DIRECTOR OF BANK AND WILL BE RETIRING FROM BANK
* LAURENTIAN BANK OF CANADA - APPOINTMENT OF STÉPHANE THERRIEN AS INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO, AND AS A DIRECTOR OF BANK
* LAURENTIAN BANK OF CANADA - BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ESTABLISHED SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF BOARD TO IMMEDIATELY UNDERTAKE SEARCH FOR A NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO