AvePoint, the Largest Microsoft 365 Data Management Solutions Provider, Announces $2bn Merger - Seite 3

Sixth Street, the global investment firm which led a $200 million growth equity investment in AvePoint in 2019, will continue as a shareholder in the combined company.

Additional information about the proposed transaction, including a copy of the merger agreement, will be provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K and in Apex’s registration statement on Form S-4, which will include a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement of Apex, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus, each of which will be filed by Apex with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and available at www.sec.gov.

Advisors

Evercore Group L.L.C. (“Evercore”) is acting as financial advisor to AvePoint. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citi”), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), Evercore and Cowen Inc. are acting as capital markets advisors to AvePoint. William Blair & Company is acting as a financial advisor to Apex. Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. is acting as a capital market advisor to Apex. Goldman Sachs, Citi and Evercore are acting as private placement agents to Apex. Cooley LLP is acting as legal counsel to AvePoint. Latham & Watkins LLP is acting as legal counsel to Apex. Goodwin Procter LLP is acting as legal counsel to the private placement agents.

Conference Call Information

AvePoint and Apex will host a joint investor conference call to discuss the transaction and review an investor presentation on November 23 at 12:30 pm ET. Register to attend: https://avept.it/liveqa

To listen to the prepared remarks via audio webcast, go to https://avept.it/invest

About AvePoint

AvePoint enables you to collaborate with confidence. Our data management solutions help our diverse, global customer base overcome complex transformation, governance, and compliance challenges in the Microsoft cloud. A five-time winner of the Global Microsoft Partner of the Year award, AvePoint offers the only full suite of SaaS solutions to migrate, manage and protect data in Microsoft 365. More than 7 million cloud users, including a quarter of the Fortune 500, rely on our solutions. Our SaaS solutions are also available to managed service providers, so they can better support and manage their small and mid-sized business customers. Our multi-tenant solutions are available from over a dozen distributors in more than 100 cloud marketplaces worldwide. Founded in 2001, AvePoint is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. For more information, visit https://www.avepoint.com.