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A. Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as
those controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in
reports filed or submitted by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.
The Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the Registrant’s disclosure
controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report and have determined that such disclosure
controls and procedures were effective. A discussion of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures can be found in its
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended February 29,
2016, included in Exhibit 1.3 to this Annual Report, under the heading “Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal
Controls - Disclosure Controls and Procedures”.
B. Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
On October 30, 2015 and September 22, 2015, the Registrant completed the acquisition of Good Technology
Corporation and AtHoc, Inc., respectively, which are included in the fiscal 2016 consolidated financial statements of the
Registrant and constituted 19% and 23% of total and net assets, respectively, as of February 29, 2016, and 3% and 13% of
revenues and net income before tax, respectively, for the year then ended. In conducting their evaluation of the effectiveness of
the Registrant's internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange
Act), management has excluded Good Technology Corporation and AtHoc, Inc. from its assessment of internal controls over
financial reporting as of February 29, 2016 because they were acquired by the Registrant during fiscal 2016.
See Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended
February 29, 2016, included in Exhibit 1.3 to this Annual Report, under the heading “Disclosure Controls and Procedures and
Internal Controls - Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”.
C. Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
The attestation report of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) is included in EY’s report, dated April 1, 2016, to the
shareholders of the Registrant, which accompanies the Registrant’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year
ended February 29, 2016, filed as Exhibit 1.2 to this Annual Report. EY’s audit of internal control over financial reporting of
the Registrant also did not include an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Good Technology
Corporation and AtHoc, Inc.
D. Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
See Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended
February 29, 2016, included in Exhibit 1.3 to this Annual Report, under the heading “Disclosure Controls and Procedures and
Internal Controls – Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”.
E. Notice of Pension Fund Blackout Period
The Registrant was not required by Rule 104 of Regulation BTR to send any notice to any of its directors or executive
officers during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2016.
F. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Registrant’s Board of Directors has determined that Barbara Stymiest, an individual serving on the Audit and Risk
Management Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors, is an audit committee financial expert, within the meaning of
General Instruction B(8)(b) of Form 40-F.
The Commission 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 and Risk Management Committee and the Board of Directors who do not carry this