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#Management
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Inside Ownership                   Ordinary Shares    % ALU Issued         Net Value at $38.68

Aram Mirkazemi                     9,518,403                    7.23%                          $368.1m

Sergiy Kostynsky                   2,402,468                    1.82%                          $93m

Samuel Weiss                        1,906,207                    1.45%                          $73.7m

Lynn Mickleburgh                   23,400                         ~                                  $905K

Simon Kelly                             4,081                           ~                                  157.9K

Total                                        13,854,559                  10.52%                        $535.9m

Aram Mirkazemi has been a driving force at Altium since the early 1990s. Aram commenced his career with Altium as Director of Research and Development from 1991-1999. Followinga successful IPO in 1999, Aram left Altium to explore his interest in web-based technology before returning to Altium in 2010 when he was appointed Head of Engineering, and later Chief Technology Officer. Aram was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in January 2014 and has been an Executive Director of the Board since 2012. 

Sergiy Kostynsky has 20 years of extensive experience at a senior management level in CAD software development and web-based technology. Prior to rejoining Altium as VP Engineering in 2010, as part of the Morfik Technology acquisition, Sergiy served as Director, Product Development. Sergiy was also one of the founding members of the Dream Company, a Ukraine component development company which was acquired by Altium in 2001. He is outstanding in creating, directing and managing complex software engineering projects and products, and has been the driving force behind Altium research and development. Sergiy was appointed as an Executive Director on 1 January 2018. 

Samuel Weiss joined the board in January 2007 and became chairman later that year. Sam is the former Chairman of 3PLearning, Open University Australia. He has been a Non-executive Director of Breville, iProperty Group and Oroton Group Ltd.

Lynn Mickleburgh  joined the Altium Board as a Non-executive Director on 1 March 2017. From 2015 – 2018 Lynn was Head of Business Optimisation at Atlassian Inc, with her prior experience including VP Finance at Citrix Systems and various global and operational leadership roles at Adobe Systems and Apple Inc.

Simon Kelly was appointed to the Altium Board on 17 March 2022. His diverse executive career includes 10 years with PwC in the UK and Australia and C level roles such as CEO, CFO, COO and CIO at a number of ASX listed companies including Ardent Leisure, Nine Entertainment Co., Aristocrat Leisure, Virgin Australia and Goodman Fielder. His career also includes leadership roles at a number of emerging high growth technology businesses. 

#Acquisition History
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Altium Acquisitions/ Divestments

·      December 2020 Divest TASKING business for US$100m. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20201214/pdf/44qx8rhqvxlyrc.pdf

·      August 2017 Upverter the developer of the world’s first fully-cloud, fully-collaborative electronics design system. This transaction will augment Altium’s cloud-based competencies and drive further differentiation and growth for Altium in the market for next-generation electronic CAD software. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20170828/pdf/43lt5y1mslmxbc.pdf

·      August 2015 Octopart a leading provider of electronic parts data and specialised inventory search. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20150814/pdf/430hqgjswtmdwd.pdf

·      September 2010 Morfik Technology - Australian cloud-application development company. A scrip transaction with Altium issuing 13.3 million fully paid ordinary shares (representing approximately 14.9% of outstanding shares) for 100% of Morfik’s outstanding shares. https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20100916/pdf/31sjnqg3tg2hkt.pdf