CANADIAN FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DE LA FRANCHISE

NOTICE

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the CANADIAN FRANCHISEASSOCIATION/

ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DE LA FRANCHISE (the “Association”) will be held at The Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9H4 in the Quebec Room on the 4th floor, commencing at 7:45 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 for the following purposes:

  1. To approve the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held April 4, 2017;
  1. The Chair to present annual report on behalf of the Board;
  1. To approve audited financial statements of the Association for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2017;
  1. To re-appoint Clarkson Rouble LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditors of the Association for its current fiscal year and to authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration;
  1. To elect or re-elect the following individuals as Directors of the Association for a two year term. The nominated slates are:

a)To elect the following Director(s) for a two year term:

  • Steven Collette, FounderCEO, 3rd Degree Training/Actual Nutrition
  • Lawrence Eade, President & CEO, Box Concepts Food Group
  • Andrew Hrywnak, President, Print Three Franchising
  • Rimma Jaciw, Vice President of Global Operational Performance, WSI Digital
  • Stephen Schober, President & CEO, Metal Supermarkets
  • Frank Stanschus, Chief Operating Officer, Little Kickers of Canada

b) To re-elect the following Directors for a two year term:

  • Rick Chittley-Young, BDO Canada LLP
  • John DeHart, Co-Founder, Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
  • David Druker, President & Chief Executive Officer, The UPS Store
  • Clark Harrop, McDonald’s Restaurants Canada Limited
  • Don Leslie, Chief Financial Officer, A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.
  • Jon Anthony-Lui, Tutor Doctor

c)For your information only, the following Directors have one more year to serve in their term of two years and therefore are not standing for re-election:

  • Hadi Chahin, President & Chief Operating Officer Mary Brown’s Inc.
  • Felix DeCata, Director of Development, Eastern Canada, Boston Pizza International Inc.
  • Gerry Docherty, President & Chief Operating Officer, Good Earth Cafés Ltd.
  • Lafleche Francoeur, Vice President Business Development, Pacini Canada Inc.
  • Sebastian Fuschini, Vice President, Franchising, Pizza Pizza
  • Terry Hould, National Franchise Sales Manager, ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd.
  • Sherry McNeil, Snr. Vice President, Business Development, Shoeless Joe’s Limited Restaurants
  • Tony O’Brien, Executive Vice President, TruShield Insurance
  • Gary Prenevost, FRANNET
  • Peter Snell, Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
  • Bob Tipple, Vice President, Expedia CruiseShipCenters
  • Larry Weinberg, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

d)Board Appointments – To occur following the Annual General Meeting in accordance with paragraph 27 (e) and (f) of the By-law 213

  • John Wissent, Past Board Chair
  • Lorraine McLachlan – President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Franchise Association

The Association will accept any additional written nomination for Directorship which is received at the Association’s office at 116-5399 Eglinton Ave W, Toronto, Ontario M9C 5K6 not less than 72 hours prior to the commencement of the Annual General Meeting. Fora nomination form, please contact Janet Donnelly at the Association’s office at 416-695-2896 /800-665-4232 ext. 226; and

  1. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

DATED this 2nd day of April, 2018

By order of the Board,

John Wissent, Chair

Canadian Franchise Association

Board of Directors

All materials related to the Annual General Meeting may be accessed by contacting Janet Donnelly at 416-695-2896/800-665-4232 ext. 226, or by clickinghere.