<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The <span>voting</span> on ballot SC46 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>Voting</span> <span>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">17 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">17
Yes votes: <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">Actalis, Certigna (DHIMYOTIS), Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, DigiCert, eMudhra, Entrust, Firmaprofesional, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, Kamu SM, SwissSign, Telia Company, Visa </span></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></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black"> </span>One vote was not counted because it was received after the voting period had ended.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><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" 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:10pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black"></span><span style="color:black">5 Yes votes: <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla</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:7pt;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:black"> </span></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">1. B<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">ylaw 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">2. B<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">ylaw
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>voting</span> was 13, so the quorum was 14 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></div>