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Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario, Canada / TheNewswire / December 18, 2018 – Converge Technology Solutions Corp. (“Converge” or the “Company”) (TSXV:CTS) announces today the framework of a bonus reinvestment plan, under which certain executive officers and employees will be required to invest a minimum of 25% of their annual or other incentive bonus in Converge common shares purchased on the open market (the “Plan”). No shares of the Company will be issued from treasury with respect to this the Plan. Converge plans to forward the total amount of bonus to be invested in common shares by the executive officers and employees to an independent third-party agent to purchase the shares on the open market. The purchasing agent will execute the trades in accordance with pre-established rules, which will be intended to limit the impact on the Company’s share price. The shares will be held in escrow for a period of three years, with one-third being released each year.
“The Plan to require the investment of a minimum of 25% of the annual or other incentive bonus for certain executive officers and employees aligns the long-term interests of employees and shareholders. And it does so better than an employee stock option plan,” said Shaun Maine, CEO of Converge. “We also believe that our plan can be more accurately reflected in our annual expenses as opposed to the estimates typically involved in expensing employee stock options. As a result, we do not expect to make any awards under the stock option plan that had been established by the former Norwick board of directors prior to the closing of our Qualifying Transaction.”
The annual incentive and other bonus awards for key employees of the Company will be approved by the Compensation, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, taking into consideration Converge’s financial results among other factors.
The Company also plans on requesting approval of an employee stock purchase plan at its annual general meeting in 2019, allowing for all employees to purchase stock through a payroll deduction mechanism.
About Converge
Converge Technology Solutions Corp. combines innovation accelerators and foundational infrastructure solutions to deliver best-of-breed solutions and services to customers. The Company is building a platform of regionally-focused Hybrid IT solutions providers to enhance their ability to provide multi-cloud solutions, blockchain, resiliency, and managed services, enabling Converge to address the business and IT issues that public and private-sector organizations face today. For more information, visit http://www.convergetp.com.
For further information contact:
Mary Anne Palangio
Chief Financial Officer
Converge Technology Solutions Corp.
(416) 360-1495
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