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Softchoice Corp
Symbol SFTC
Shares Issued 57,865,804
Close 2023-05-31 C$ 17.92
Market Cap C$ 1,036,955,208
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Softchoice shareholders elect eight directors

2023-05-31 17:44 ET - News Release

Mr. Tim Horan reports

SOFTCHOICE CORPORATION REPORTS AGM VOTING RESULTS AND COMPLETION OF LEADERSHIP TRANSITION

Softchoice Corp. has released the results of its annual general meeting of shareholders (the AGM) held on Tuesday, May 31, 2023, and provided an update on its previously announced leadership transition.

Election of directors

At the AGM, Softchoice shareholders elected eight directors, comprising seven incumbent directors and one new director, Andrew Caprara. The votes for the election of directors were as shown in the attached table.

Nominee                  Votes for  % votes for   Votes against  % votes against

Vince De Palma          36,350,826       91.652       3,311,056            8.348     
Andrew Caprara          36,428,756       91.848       3,233,126            8.152     
Felix-Etienne Lebel     31,843,523       80.287       7,818,359           19.713     
Christopher Voorpostel  34,886,767       87.960       4,775,115           12.040     
Lawrence Pentland       39,351,197       99.217         310,685            0.783     
Anthony Gibbons         38,679,108       97.522         982,774            2.478     
Amy Cappellanti-Wolf    39,077,895       98.528         583,987            1.472     
Sylvie Veilleux         39,658,704       99.992           3,178            0.008

Appointment of auditor

In addition, KPMG LLP was appointed as Softchoice's auditor until the next annual meeting of the company's shareholders, and the board of directors of Softchoice was authorized to fix its remuneration. The votes for the appointment of the auditor were as shown in the attached table.

Votes for    % votes for    Votes withheld   % votes withheld

39,476,823        99.511           193,952              0.489      

The full details of these matters are set out in the company's management information circular dated April 12, 2023, issued in connection with the AGM, which is available under the company's profile on SEDAR. The company has filed a report of voting results on all resolutions voted on at the AGM.

Leadership transition update

Concurrent with election of directors, the company completed its previously announced leadership transition plan for management and the board through the following appointments: Mr. Caprara as president and chief executive officer, Mr. De Palma as executive chair of the board, and Mr. Lebel as lead independent director. Jonathan Roiter has also commenced his role as chief financial officer.

About Softchoice Corp.

Softchoice is a software-focused IT (information technology) solutions provider that equips organizations to be agile and innovative, and for their people to be engaged, connected and creative at work. That means moving them to the cloud, helping them build the workplace of tomorrow and enabling them to make smarter decisions about their technology portfolio.

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