Optiva Inc. announced the nomination of four new independent directors for election to its board of directors at its upcoming annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held on June 22, 2021 (the 'Meeting'): Pat DiPietro, John Meyer, Simon Parmar and Barry Symons. Each of the new director nominees have strong backgrounds in technology, software and finance, as well as a broad range of public company executive and capital markets experience. Anuroop Duggal, Dan Goldsmith, Lee Matheson and Rob Stabile will also be nominated for re-election at the Meeting, and Ryan Morris will continue with the Company as a board observer. If all nominees are elected at the Meeting, Optiva's board of directors would be comprised of eight directors, all of whom would be independent. Mr. DiPietro has 40 years' of experience with start-up and disruptive technology companies. He was formerly the Senior Vice President of the Integration Management Office at Infinera, a role he held since October 2018 post the Infinera acquisition of Coriant. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board at Coriant, having created Coriant out of the founding companies of NSN Optical, Tellabs and Sycamore in 2013. From 2012-2018 Patrick served as Group President Telecom at Marlin Equity Partners working on transactions in the technology space. John A. Meyer has over 40 years of leadership experience with large publicly traded organizations and building high growth organizations in both the United States and internationally. John was the Executive Chairman of Arise Virtual Solutions Inc., until its successful sale/exit to Warburg Pincus in December 2019. Simon Parmar has over 20 years of experience in professional services, management consulting, and executive roles. He has spent the past 15 years as a President and Chief Financial Officer primarily in growth-oriented technology companies including Constellation Software Inc. Barry Symons has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Jonas Operating Group since August 2007 (one of 6 operating groups that make up Constellation Software Inc.). Prior to this appointment he held numerous roles of increasing responsibility with Constellation Software Inc. spanning the period from 1997 till 2007 culminating in his appointment as the Chief Financial Officer of Constellation Software Inc.