Golden Leaf Reports First Quarter 2017 Results, Shareholder Update Call, and New Board Slate for Annual General Meeting - Seite 2

In addition, GLH recently announced three new independent director nominees for the Board slate at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") scheduled at 11:00 am ET on June 28, 2017 in Toronto. The proposed Board of Directors (which will consist of seven directors) has the skills and experience necessary to provide the Company with strong and relevant governance in its next phase of growth.

The nominees for the Board of Directors for the upcoming AGM include, Don Robinson, Alex Winch, Michael Cohl, Peter Saladino, Gary Yeoman, Bob McKnight and Gary Zipfel.

Gary Yeoman

Mr. Yeoman, who upon nomination will become GLH's board chairman, has served as the Executive Chair of iLOOKABOUT since June 2013, after previously serving as a consultant to the company. He is also the President of Yeoman and Associates Inc., a private real estate consulting company. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Yeoman served as CEO of Altus Group, a TSX-listed real estate consultancy firm that supplies software, data and analytics intelligence. During his term as CEO, he led Altus through a seven-year growth period during which the company increased revenues from $75 million to approximately $325 million. During this period, Mr. Yeoman reorganized, re-focused and directed the business expansion from 15 Canadian offices to over 65 offices with business in 64 countries, orchestrating the acquisition of 25 companies located in six different continents at an approximate capital cost of $250 million.

Bob McKnight

Mr. McKnight co-founded Quiksilver, Inc. in 1976 and has served as the company's President, CEO and Chairman of the board of directors from its inception until 2015. Under his watch, Quiksilver grew from a startup to a worldwide corporation with revenues of $2.5 billion. Today, Quiksilver is a globally diversified, world leader in outdoor lifestyle apparel with their three main brands of Quiksilver, Roxy and DC. Quiksilver, Inc. has over 5000 employees, operates in over 100 countries and has close to 700 retail stores in the world. Today, Mr. McKnight serves as a consultant and ambassador to the company, and manages the Quiksilver Foundation.