Dye & Durham Appoints Hans T. Gieskes as Chair and Interim CEO

• Arnaud Ajdler to serve as Board's Lead Independent Director
• Board forms CEO search committee
• Concludes 2024 Annual Meeting

TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2024 /CNW/ - Dye & Durham Limited ("Dye & Durham" or the "Company") (TSX: DND), today announced that the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") appointed Hans T. Gieskes Chair of the Board and Interim CEO. In addition, Director Arnaud Ajdler will serve as the Board's Lead Independent Director until such time as the Company recruits a permanent CEO.

The Board also formed a CEO search committee headed by Anthony P. Kinnear to lead the search and recruitment process for the Company's permanent CEO.

"The Board is pleased to appoint Mr. Gieskes as its Chair and Interim CEO of the Company. Mr. Gieskes brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the role and looks forward to working with Dye & Durham's customers, senior leadership team, and its employees, to drive value for all stakeholders," said Arnaud Ajdler, Lead Independent Director.

Earlier today, the Company also concluded the 2024 annual general and special meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") and each of Arnaud Ajdler, Hans T. Gieskes, Tracey E. Keates, Ritu Khanna, Anthony P. Kinnear, and Sid Singh, and, Eric Shahinian, were elected to the Board. The voting results from the Annual Meeting will be filed on www.sedarplus.ca  under the Company's SEDAR profile.

About Dye & Durham Limited

Dye & Durham Limited provides premier practice management solutions empowering legal professionals every day, delivers vital data insights to support critical corporate transactions and enables the essential payments infrastructure trusted by government and financial institutions. The company has operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa.

Additional information can be found at www.dyedurham.com.

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