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Board of Directors

Information current as at: November 10, 2006

Hugh J. Bolton, FCA
 
Hugh Bolton   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Independent - Chairman
Age: 69

Director Since: March 29, 2001
FY2007 Meeting Attendance: 100%
FY2007 Director Compensation: $57,647
Common Shareholdings1: 72,878
Change from 20061: +4,955

Meets minimum shareholding requirement

Committees:
    - Compensation and Governance

Principal Occupation:
Chairman of EPCOR Utilities Inc. (Electric & Water Utility)

Recent Business Experience:
Mr. Bolton retired as Chairman and CEO of Coopers & Lybrand Canada in 1998 after a 40-year career with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and predecessor firms.

Other Directorships:
EPCOR Utilities Inc. (Chairman), Teck Cominco Limited, The Toronto Dominion Bank, The Canadian National Railway Company, WestJet Airlines Ltd., Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society

Stock Options
   Number    Price    Grant    Exercisable    Expiry    Exercised
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
2.01
1.85
2.89
4.15
19-Jul-02
22-Apr-03
19-May-04
28-Apr-05
19-Jul-03
22-Apr-04
19-May-05
28-Apr-06
19-Jul-08
22-Apr-09
19-May-10
28-Apr-11
-
-
-
-

RSUs:
   Number    Grant    Vesting Schedule
9,000
7-Jul-06
4,500 (7-Jul-08); 4,500 (7-Jul-09)


C. Kent Jespersen
 
C. Kent Jespersen   Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Independent
Age: 61

Director Since: March 29, 2001
FY2007 Meeting Attendance: 93%
FY2007 Director Compensation: $35,000
Common Shareholdings:1: 76,808*
Change from 2006:1: +4,750

Meets minimum shareholding requirement

Committees:
    - Compensation and Governance (Chair)

*includes 3,100 common shares held by associates or affiliates

Principal Occupation:
Chairman, La Jolla Resources International Ltd. (Advisory & Investments)

Recent Business Experience:
Mr. Jespersen is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of La Jolla Resources Int’l. Ltd. and has held senior executive positions with several energy resource companies, including serving as President at NOVA Gas International and Foothills Pipe Lines and as Senior Vice President at Husky Oil.

Other Directorships:
Axia Netmedia, CCR Technologies Inc. (Chairman), North American Oil Sands Ltd., TransAlta Corporation

Stock Options
   Number    Price    Grant    Exercisable    Expiry    Exercised
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
2.01
1.85
2.89
4.15
19-Jul-02
22-Apr-03
19-May-04
28-Apr-05
19-Jul-03
22-Apr-04
19-May-05
28-Apr-06
19-Jul-08
22-Apr-09
19-May-10
28-Apr-11
-
-
-
-

RSUs:
   Number    Grant    Vesting Schedule
9,000
7-Jul-06
4,500 (7-Jul-08); 4,500 (7-Jul-09)


Robert Moore, PHD
 
Robert Moore   Tustin, California, USA
Independent
Age: 65

Director Since: March 29, 2001
FY2007 Meeting Attendance: 93%
FY2007 Director Compensation: $25,000
Common Shareholdings:1: 118,031
Change from 2006:1: +4,750

Meets minimum shareholding requirement

Committees:
    - Audit

Principal Occupation:
Chairman and CEO, Vigilistics, Inc. (Technology)

Recent Business Experience:
Dr. Moore is Chairman and CEO of Vigilistics, Inc., an early-stage company that provides real-time operations intelligence systems for dairy and food processing. Previously, he was a Founder and President of Gensym Corporation, a public company in Massachusetts.

Other Directorships:
Bluebeam Software Inc., Digital Performance Inc., Vigilistics, Inc. (Chairman)

Stock Options
   Number    Price    Grant    Exercisable    Expiry    Exercised
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
2.01
1.85
2.89
4.15
19-Jul-02
22-Apr-03
19-May-04
28-Apr-05
19-Jul-03
22-Apr-04
19-May-05
28-Apr-06
19-Jul-08
22-Apr-09
19-May-10
28-Apr-11
-
-
-
-

RSUs:
   Number    Grant    Vesting Schedule
9,000
7-Jul-06
4,500 (7-Jul-08); 4,500 (7-Jul-09)


Michael B. Percy, PHD
 
Michael Percy   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Independent
Age: 59

Director Since: March 29, 2001
FY2007 Meeting Attendance: 100%
FY2007 Director Compensation: $25,000
Common Shareholdings:1: 28,200
Change from 2006:1: +4,500

Meets minimum shareholding requirement

Committees:
- Audit

Principal Occupation:
Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Alberta (Education)

Recent Business Experience:
Dr. Percy is the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Alberta and has been with the University since 1979. Dr. Percy is an active researcher and commentator on a variety of public policy issues.

Other Directorships:
EPCOR Utilities Inc., K-Bro Income Trust, Timber Investments Ltd. (Tolko Forest Products), Alberta Life Sciences Institute

Stock Options
   Number    Price    Grant    Exercisable    Expiry    Exercised
10,000
10,000
2.89
4.15
19-May-04
28-Apr-05
19-May-05
28-Apr-06
19-May-10
28-Apr-11
-
-

RSUs:
   Number    Grant    Vesting Schedule
9,000
7-Jul-06
4,500 (7-Jul-08); 4,500 (7-Jul-09)


Janice G. Rennie, FCA
 
Janice Rennie   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Independent
Age: 50

Director Since: January 21, 2003
FY2007 Meeting Attendance: 100%
FY2007 Director Compensation: $37,500
Common Shareholdings:1: 25,321
Change from 2006:1: +4,750
Meets minimum shareholding requirement

Committees:
    - Audit (Chair)

Principal Occupation:
Independent Director

Recent Business Experience:
Mrs. Rennie is an independent director and business advisor. She has held senior management positions with a number of companies including, most recently, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness at EPCOR Utilities Inc., a company on whose board she served for ten years. Mrs. Rennie was also Principal of Rennie & Associates, which operated a number of business interests.
Other Directorships:
Greystone Capital Management Inc., Methanex Corporation, Teck Cominco Limited, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Stock Options
   Number    Price    Grant    Exercisable    Expiry    Exercised
50,000
10,000
10,000
1.85
2.89
4.15
22-Apr-03
19-May-04
28-Apr-05
22-Apr-04
19-May-05
28-Apr-06
22-Apr-09
19-May-10
28-Apr-11
-
-
-

RSUs:
   Number    Grant    Vesting Schedule
9,000
7-Jul-06
4,500 (7-Jul-08); 4,500 (7-Jul-09)


Eric Rosenfeld2

 
Eric Rosenfeld   New York, New York, USA
Independent
Age: 50

Director Since: July 12, 2007
FY2007 Meeting Attendance: 100%
FY2007 Director Compensation: n/a
Common Shareholdings:1: 3,152,900*
Change from 2006:1: n/a

Meets minimum shareholding requirement

Committees:
    - Compensation and Governance

*common shares held by affiliates over which Mr. Rosenfeld exercises control
  • Crescendo Partners II LP Series N (2,839,835
        shares)
  • Crescendo Partners III LP (313,065 shares)

  • Principal Occupation:
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Crescendo Partners, L.P. (Investment Firm)

    Recent Business Experience:
    Mr. Rosenfeld is President and CEO of Crescendo Partners, L.P., which he formed in 1998. Prior to forming Crescendo, he was managing director at CIBC Oppenheimer and its predecessor company Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. for fourteen years. Mr. Rosenfeld holds an MBA form Harvard University and an A.B. degree in economics form Brown University.

    Other Directorships:
    CPI Aerostructures Inc. (Chairman), Computer Horizons Corp. (Chairman), Rhapsody Acquisition Corporation (Chairman), Emergis Inc., Hill International

    Stock Options
    Nil

    RSUs:
       Number    Grant    Vesting Schedule
    13,500
    12-Jul-07
    4,500 (12-Jul-08); 4,500 (12-Jul-09); 4,500 (12-Jul-10)


    Nizar J. Somji, P.Eng
     
    Nizar Somji   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Related - Management
    Age: 48

    Director Since: March 29, 2001
    FY2007 Meeting Attendance: 100%
    FY2007 Director Compensation: $51,8723
    Common Shareholdings1: 10,607,286*
    Change from 20061: n/a

    Meets minimum shareholding requirement

    Matrikon Board Committees:
        - None

    *includes 711,576 common shares held by associates or affiliates

    Principal Occupation:
    President and CEO of Matrikon Inc. (Industrial Technology)

    Recent Business Experience:
    Mr. Somji is the founder, president and CEO and interim CFO of Matrikon. He is also president of Jaffer Inc., a consulting company offering a broad range of services for small business owners as well as assistance with mergers and acquisitions. He is a frequent guest speaker for industry associations and business groups and regularly contributes to a variety of publications.

    Other Directorships:
    Optimal Geomatics Inc., CARE Canada

    Stock Options
    Nil

    RSUs:
       Number    Grant    Vesting Schedule
    9,000
    7-Jul-06
    4,500 (7-Jul-08); 4,500 (7-Jul-09)



    Notes:
    1 "Common Shareholdings" refers to the number of common shares of Matrikon beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is exercised, by the nominee as of November 1, 2007 and as of October 26, 2006 for 2006

    2 Mr. Rosenfeld was a director of Hip Interactive Corp in 2005 while a cease trade order was issued because the company did not file its year-end financial information. Mr. Rosenfeld the resigned from the board. An interim receiver was later appointed.

    3 Mr. Somji received director compensation for the portion of the year that he was the non-executive chairman of the board.


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