<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The <span class="gmail-il">voting</span> on ballot SC44 has completed, and the ballot has <b>passed</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black"><span class="gmail-il">Voting</span> <span class="gmail-il">Results</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Certificate Issuers</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">21 votes total, with no abstentions</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">         </span><span style="color:black">21
 Yes votes: <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">Buypass, Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, eMudhra, Entrust, Firmaprofesional, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Kamu SM, Let's Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustCor, SecureTrust, Visa </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">         </span><span style="color:black">0 No Votes</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">         </span><span style="color:black">0 Abstentions</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Certificate Consumers</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">5 votes total, with no abstentions</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">      </span><span style="color:black">5 Yes votes: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">2.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">      </span><span style="color:black">0 No votes</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">3.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">      </span><span style="color:black">0 Abstentions</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Bylaw Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">      </span><span style="color:black">Bylaw 2.3(f) requires:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">o</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">    </span><span style="color:black"> A
 "yes" vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 
50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes. Votes to abstain are not 
counted for this purpose.<br><i>This requirement was MET for Certificate Issuers and MET for Certificate Consumers</i>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">o</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">    </span><span style="color:black">at
 least one Certificate Issuer and one Certificate Consumer Member 
must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. <br><i>This requirement was MET</i>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">2.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black">      </span><span style="color:black">Bylaw
 2.3(g) requires that a ballot result only be considered valid when 
“more than half of the number of currently active Members has 
participated”. Votes to abstain are counted in determining quorum. Half 
of the currently active members at the start of <span class="gmail-il">voting</span> was 12, so the quorum was 13 for this ballot. <br><i>This requirement was MET.</i></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This ballot now enters the IP Rights Review Period to permit members to review the ballot for relevant IP rights issues.</span></span></p></div>