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President, Design Innovation & Strategy from 2001 to 2009. Ms. Kotchka is an independent consultant to Fortune 500
companies on innovation, strategy and design. She is also a speaker at conferences and forums on design and innovation and
has been featured in numerous books and articles on innovation. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Smithsonian
Design Museum at the Cooper-Hewitt in New York and is a regular guest lecturer at Stanford University.
The Board has also determined that Ms. Stymiest is an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of General
Instruction B(8)(a) of Form 40-F under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The SEC has indicated that the
designation of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not make such person an “expert” for any purpose, impose
any duties, obligations or liability on such person that are greater than those imposed on members of the Audit Committee and
the Board who do not carry this designation or affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the audit
committee or the Board.
As set out in the Audit and Risk Management Committee’s charter, the committee is responsible for pre-approving all non-audit
services to be provided to the Company by its independent external auditor. The Company’s practice requires senior
management to report to the Audit and Risk Management Committee any provision of services by the auditors and requires
consideration as to whether the provision of the services other than audit services is compatible with maintaining the auditor’s
independence. All audit and audit-related services are pre-approved by the Audit and Risk Management Committee.
Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) chartered accountants, the Company’s independent external auditor,
for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2015 and March 1, 2014, respectively, for professional services rendered by EY for the
audit of the Company’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by EY in connection with statutory
and regulatory filings or engagements for such fiscal years were $3,458,051 and $5,128,000 respectively.
Audit-Related Fees
The aggregate fees billed by EY for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2015 and March 1, 2014, respectively, for assurance
and related services rendered by EY that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s
financial statements and are not reported above as "Audit Fees" were $33,785 and $167,000. The fees paid in this category
relate to provision of assurance services related to certain contractual compliance clauses, as well as the Company’s corporate
social responsibility disclosures.
Tax Fees
The aggregate fees billed by EY for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2015 and March 1, 2014, respectively, for professional
services rendered by EY for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and other services were $9,432 and $11,000 respectively.
Tax services provided included international tax compliance engagements.
INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS
During the three-year period ending February 28, 2015 and during the current financial year up to the date hereof, none of the
Company's directors, executive officers, 10 percent shareholders or any of their associates or affiliates had a material interest,
directly or indirectly, in any transaction that has materially affected or is reasonably expected to materially affect the Company,
other than Mr. Watsa, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and a significant shareholder, of Fairfax, which participated in
the Debenture Financing and continues to hold a significant proportion of the outstanding Debentures. See “General
Development of the Business - Fiscal 2014” and “Description of Capital Structure - Convertible Debentures” in this AIF.
TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS
The Company’s transfer agent and registrar in Canada is Computershare Investor Services Inc. of Canada, 100 University Ave.,
8th Fl., Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1. The co-transfer agent and registrar for the common shares in the United States is
Computershare Trust Company, Inc. at its offices in Denver, Colorado.
MATERIAL CONTRACTS
Other than as noted below, the Company has not entered into any material contracts, on or after January 1, 2002, that are
required to be filed pursuant to NI 51-102 of the Canadian Securities Administrators:
• the settlement agreement and licensing agreement with NTP, Inc. (the “Settlement and Licensing Agreements”), both
of which can be found under the Company’s profile on www.sedar.com. The Settlement and Licensing Agreements are
summarized in the Company’s material change report filed on SEDAR on March 10, 2006, which is incorporated by
reference in this AIF; and
• the Trust Indenture providing for the issuance and conversion of the Debentures, dated as of November 13, 2013, as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 12, 2013 and the Second Supplemental