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Bragg Gaming Group Inc (2)
Symbol BRAG
Shares Issued 21,552,895
Close 2023-05-25 C$ 4.48
Market Cap C$ 96,556,970
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Bragg nominates Young, Robertson, Baryoseph to board

2023-05-26 10:26 ET - News Release

Mr. Yaniv Spielberg reports

BRAGG GAMING NOMINATES KENT YOUNG, DON ROBERTSON, AND RON BARYOSEPH TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADDING SIGNIFICANT GAMING INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Bragg Gaming Group Inc. has filed a notice of meeting and management information circular in respect of its coming annual meeting of shareholders to be held on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at 10 a.m. (Toronto Time).

In addition, the company also announced that there will be three new nominees for election to its board of directors. The new nominees will replace three existing directors, Paul Godfrey (chair), Paul Pathak and Rob Godfrey, who have each opted not to stand for re-election to the board at the meeting. Mr. Godfrey has entered into a 24-month consulting agreement under which he will provide the company with advisory services.

Including the new nominees, there will be seven individuals nominated for election to the board. The election of the three new directors will add significant gaming and financial industry experience to the board and demonstrates Bragg's continuing commitment toward initiatives to further establish the company as a leading global provider of innovative on-line gaming content. Set out below are the new nominees together with brief background information on each.

Kent Young

Mr. Young is an innovator, entrepreneur and long-time leader in the global gaming industry. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has held senior executive positions with Bragg and other prominent companies, including Aristocrat Technologies in Australia and America, and Aruze Gaming America. While at Aristocrat, Mr. Young held several roles, including vice-president of research and development and global general manager of marketing. In this role Mr. Young helped spearhead the successful effort to introduce and popularize penny slots in the industry and significantly contributed to Aristocrat's North American market entry. He has served on multiple industry boards, including the Gaming Standards Association. An entrepreneur, Mr. Young successfully founded, built and sold two gaming technology companies: True Blue Gaming and Spin Games. Mr. Young holds a bachelor of commerce degree from James Cook University of North Queensland. He and his wife, Christina, are based in Reno, Nev., where they are deeply involved in supporting non-profit organizations with their time, skills and assets.

Don Robertson (independent)

Mr. Robertson has more than 25 years of corporate finance, risk management and governance experience and is currently serving on the board of directors of Orillia Power Generation Corp. He served as managing director and head of global mergers and acquisition at Scotiabank from 2017 to 2022 and as chief executive officer, Canada, and head of corporate finance, Americas, at Standard Chartered Bank from 2012 to 2016 as well as managing director and head of Canadian M&A at Credit Suisse from 2006 to 2012. Earlier in his career, Mr. Robertson served as a director at RBC Capital Markets from 1997 to 2006 and articled at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP from 1996 to 1997. He holds a bachelor of commerce from Laurentian University, an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a JD from the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1998.

Ron Baryoseph (independent)

Mr. Baryoseph is a gaming industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the North American regulated land-based and on-line gaming sectors. Mr. Baryoseph is president of RBY Gaming which has provided distribution, sales and consulting services to companies including Cammegh, Playtech, Inspired Gaming, Suzo Happ, Softweave, e Connect, Tangiamo, Apt Pay and others. Prior to opening RBY Gaming, Mr. Baryoseph served as senior vice-president of Amaya Gaming. During his tenure, Amaya acquired The Stars Group as well as Cadillac Jack which was subsequently sold to AGS. Mr. Baryoseph has also held senior positions with Aristocrat Technologies, IGT, TCS John Huxley and Paulson Gaming Supplies (now GPI). His strategic planning and collaborative style have led to numerous successes.

Yaniv Sherman, director and chief executive officer of Bragg, said: "We are delighted to welcome Kent Young, Don Robertson and Ron Baryoseph to the board. We believe their collective gaming industry experience, relationships and expertise will provide a significant boost to our continued execution on our many B2B i-gaming growth opportunities as we seek to deliver profitable revenue growth and increasing cash flow which will ultimately drive enhanced value for our shareholders. We are confident that the changes to the board announced today will help take our company to the next level.

"Paul Godfrey has served as the chair of the board since January, 2021, and Paul Pathak and Rob Godfrey have dutifully served on the board and various committees of the board since 2019. The company sincerely thanks Messrs. Godfrey, Pathak and Godfrey for their significant contributions and guidance to the company. During their time on the board, Bragg has transformed itself and become a global organization with a diverse platform of game development studios and leading technology. As directors, they played an important role in helping to expand our i-gaming capabilities, including through the acquisitions of Spin Games and Wild Streak Gaming, which have significantly enhanced our game development efforts and provided an important foundation for our North American expansion which is successfully diversifying our business. More recently, they have helped foster our successful content-led focus which has seen Bragg begin to deliver proprietary and exclusive third party content to a growing roster of i-gaming operators around the globe."

The circular is filed under the company's SEDAR profile and under the company's EDGAR profile.

About Bragg Gaming Group Inc.

Bragg Gaming Group is a content-driven i-gaming technology provider, serving on-line and land-based gaming operators with its proprietary and exclusive content, and its cutting-edge technology. Bragg Studios offer high-performing, data-driven and passionately crafted casino gaming titles from in-house brands Wild Streak Gaming, Spin Games, Atomic Slot Lab, Indigo Magic and Oryx Gaming. Its proprietary content portfolio is complemented by a range of exclusive titles from carefully selected studio partners which are powered By Bragg: games built on Bragg remote games server (Bragg RGS) technology, distributed through the Bragg Hub content delivery platform and available exclusively to Bragg's customers. Bragg's modern and flexible omnichannel player account management (Bragg PAM) platform powers multiple leading i-casino and sportsbook brands and is supported by expert in-house managed operational and marketing services. All content delivered through the Bragg Hub, whether exclusive or from Bragg's large, aggregated games portfolio, is managed from a single back office and is supported by powerful data analytics tools, as well as Bragg's Fuze player engagement tool set. Bragg is licensed or otherwise certified, approved and operational in multiple regulated i-casino markets globally, including in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ontario, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Malta and Colombia.

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