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Nigel Perks
Ontario, Canada Executive Vice President, Human
Resources
Chief HR Officer, BT Global Services (2008 - 2013)
John Sims
California, USA President, Global Enterprise Services Global Head of Telecom & President, SAP Mobile Services (from 2011 to 2013); President, SAP Mobile Services (2011
to 2013); CEO, 724 Solutions (2001 to 2010)
Mark Wilson
California, USA Senior Vice President, Marketing Chief Marketing Officer, Avaya (2012 to 2013); SVP, Corporate and Field Marketing, Sybase Inc. (2010 to 2012);
VP, Corporate Marketing, Sybase Inc. (2007 to 2010)
James Yersh
Ontario, Canada Chief Financial Officer Senior Vice President and Controller, BlackBerry (2008 - November 2013)
Steve Zipperstein
California, USA Chief Legal Officer &
Corporate Secretary Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Verizon Wireless
Notes:
1 Member of the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee (Chair - Prem Watsa)
2 As noted above, Mr. Watsa first joined the Company as a director in January 2012, but then resigned on August 13,
2013 as a result of the Special Committee formed by the Board to explore strategic alternatives.
3 Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (Chair - Barbara Stymiest)
As at March 1, 2014, the above directors and executive officers of the Company beneficially owned, or controlled or directed,
directly or indirectly, approximately 119,000 common shares of the Company representing approximately 0.02% of the issued
and outstanding common shares of the Company. In addition, as of such date, Fairfax and certain of its wholly-owned or
controlled subsidiaries beneficially owned approximately 46,783,700 million common shares of the Company (the “Fairfax
Shares”) representing approximately 8.9% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, or 96,783,700
million common shares of the Company representing approximately 16.8% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the
Company assuming conversion of all of its Debentures and after giving effect to the conversion. Prem Watsa, a director of the
Company, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax and may be deemed under applicable U.S. securities laws to
beneficially own the Fairfax Shares by virtue of his position at Fairfax.
The Board has two active standing committees: an Audit and Risk Management Committee and a Compensation Nomination
and Governance Committee, the members of which are noted above. A third committee, the Strategic Planning Committee,
was dissolved on November 20, 2013 and a fourth committee, the Innovation Committee, was dissolved on May 21, 2013.
The Company does not have an Executive Committee.
Cease Trade Orders, Bankruptcies, Penalties or Sanctions
Other than set out below, none of the directors or executive officers is, as at the date of this AIF, or was within 10 years before
the date of the AIF, a director or chief executive officer or chief financial officer of any company (including the Company) that:
a) was subject to an order (as defined in National Instrument 51-102F2 of the Canadian Securities Administrators)
that was issued while the director or executive officer was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive
officer or chief financial officer; or
b) was subject to an order that was issued after the director or executive officer ceased to be a director, chief
executive officer, or chief financial officer, and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person
was acting in the capacity as a director, chief executive officer, or chief financial officer.
Other than as set out below, none of the directors, executive officers or a shareholder holding a sufficient number of securities
of the Company to affect materially the control of the Company,
a) is, at the date of this AIF, or has been within 10 years before the date of this AIF, a director or executive officer
of any company (including the Company) that, while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of
that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to
bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with
creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets; or
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