 As the Company carries out the launch of TAATTM in the United States, it has hired Laura McCormally to lead its finance initiatives as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development. Ms. McCormally has more than a decade of experience at RBC Capital Markets, a Top 10 U.S. investment bank, in both Toronto and New York City. At RBC Capital Markets in New York, as a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, Ms. McCormally helped execute approximately USD 4 billion in MA deals working for both the buy and sell sides. The Company anticipates that Ms. McCormallys leadership could facilitate profitable growth for the Company as it commercializes TAATTM in the USD 814 billion global tobacco industry. As the Company carries out the launch of TAATTM in the United States, it has hired Laura McCormally to lead its finance initiatives as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development. Ms. McCormally has more than a decade of experience at RBC Capital Markets, a Top 10 U.S. investment bank, in both Toronto and New York City. At RBC Capital Markets in New York, as a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, Ms. McCormally helped execute approximately USD 4 billion in MA deals working for both the buy and sell sides. The Company anticipates that Ms. McCormallys leadership could facilitate profitable growth for the Company as it commercializes TAATTM in the USD 814 billion global tobacco industry. 