<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">The <span>voting</span> period for Ballot SC33 has ended and <b>the Ballot has Passed</b>. Here are the <span>results</span>:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline"><span>Voting</span> by Certificate Issuers – 22 <span>votes</span> total including abstentions</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><br><br>- 22</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal"> Yes <span>votes</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">: <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">Buypass, Certigna (DHIMYOTIS), Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust Datacard, Firmaprofesional, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, Kamu SM, Let's Encrypt, NAVER, SHECA, SSL.com, TWCA, TrustCor, SecureTrust (former Trustwave), Visa</span><br>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal">0 No <span>votes</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">: <br>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal">0 Abstain</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">: <br><br>100% of <span>voting</span> Certificate Issuers <span>voted</span> in favor.<br><br><u><b><span>Voting</span> by Certificate Consumers – 6 <span>votes</span> total including abstentions</b></u><br><br>- 6</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal"> Yes <span>vote</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">s: <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera</span><br>- 0</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal"> No <span>votes</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">:<br>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal">0 Abstain</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">: <br><br>100% of <span>voting</span> Certificate Consumers <span>voted</span> in favor.<br><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal">Relevant Bylaw references</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><br><br>Bylaw 2.3(f) requires:<br><br>-
 a "yes" <span>vote</span> by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer <span>votes</span> and 50%-plus-one
 Certificate Consumer <span>votes</span> for approval.  <span>Votes</span> to abstain are not 
counted for this purpose.  This requirement </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline">was met for both Certificate Issuers and Certificate Consumers</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">.<br>-
 at least one Certificate Issuer and one Certificate Consumer Member 
must <span>vote</span> in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This 
requirement </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline">was also met</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">.<br><br>Under
 Bylaw 2.3(g), "a ballot <span>result</span> will be considered valid only when more 
than half of the number of currently active Members has participated". 
<span>Votes</span> to abstain are counted in determining a quorum.  Half of currently
 active Members as of the start of <span>voting</span> was </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal">10</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">, so quorum was</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal"> 11</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"> <span>votes</span> – </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline">quorum was met</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">."<div class="gmail-adL"><br><br></div></span></span></div></div>