Counsel Corporation CXSNF

Insider Buying

[Hassel]

This is the background of one of the insiders who has been buying: Mr. Paul J. Vessey served as an Executive Vice President, US Product Management, Personal and Commercial Banking at The Toronto-Dominion Bank (formerly, TD Bank Group). Mr. Vessey also served as TD Canada Trust’s Senior Vice President of Card Products and Personal Lending. Mr. Vessey served as an Executive Vice President of Product of TD Bank US Holding Company. Mr. Vessey served as an Executive Vice President of Emerging Technology and Chief Operating Officer at Visa U.S.A. Inc. Prior to joining Visa, Mr. Vessey served as a Senior Executive Vice President of Card Products at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). He also served as a Vice President and General Manager of Consumer Financial Services at American Express Canada. From 1978 to 1986, Mr. Vessey held various positions in product development and marketing as well as consumer banking at Continental Bank of Canada. Mr. Vessey spent almost four decades in the banking industry. He served as Chairman of CIBC Mortgage Corp. and Vice Chairman of Visa International. Mr. Vessey has been Director at Counsel Corporation since June 21, 2011. Mr. Vessey serves as an Advisory Board Member at Equifax. He served as Director of TD Financing Services Home Inc. since April 2006. He served as the Co-Chairman of Visa Canada Association. He was also a Director of both Women’s College Hospital and the Toronto International Film Festival. Mr. Vessey is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program, The International Senior Managers Program, at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration and of Business Administration at Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology.