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Table of Contents
42
James S. Mackey
Pennsylvania, USA Executive Vice
President, Executive
Operations
SVP, Corporate Development and Corporate Strategy, Open
Text, Inc. (from 2012 to 2013); SVP (and previously, VP),
Corporate Development, SAP AG (from 2004 to 2012)
Nita White-Ivy
California, USA Executive Vice
President, Human
Resources
Chief People Officer, SuccessFactors (an SAP company)
(from December 2012 to December 2013); Vice President,
Worldwide Human Resources, Sybase, Inc./SAP (from
January 1998 to December 2012)
Carl Wiese
Texas, USA President, Global
Sales Senior Vice President, Global Collaboration Sales, Cisco
Systems (August 2009 to January 2015)
James Yersh
Ontario, Canada Chief Financial
Officer Senior Vice President and Controller, BlackBerry (2008 to
November 2013)
Steve Zipperstein
California, USA Chief Legal Officer &
Corporate Secretary Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary,
Verizon Wireless (2003 to 2011)
Notes:
1 Member of the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee (Chair - V. Prem Watsa).
2 Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (Chair - Barbara Stymiest).
3 Mr. Watsa first joined the Company as a director in January 2012, but then resigned on August 13, 2013 in connection
with the formation of the Special Committee to explore strategic alternatives and rejoined the Company as a director
in November 2013. See “General Development of the Business - Fiscal 2014”.
As at February 29, 2016, the above directors and executive officers of the Company beneficially owned, or controlled or
directed, directly or indirectly, 1,009,054 common shares of the Company representing approximately 0.19% 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 46,724,700 common shares of the Company (the “Fairfax Shares”) representing
approximately 8.97% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, or 96,724,700 common shares of the
Company representing approximately 16.9% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company assuming
conversion of all of its Debentures and after giving effect to the conversion. Mr. 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.
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