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IC Group Holdings Inc. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024

Jun 11, 2024

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Cuspis Capital II Ltd. (the “ Corporation ”)

Annual and Special Meeting June 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) Virtual (the “ Meeting ”)

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Electronic Delivery

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Proxy Voting – Guidelines and Conditions

  1. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY MANAGEMENT OF THE CORPORATION.

  2. THIS PROXY SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEETING MATERIALS PRIOR TO VOTING.

  3. If you appoint the Nominees indicated on the reverse to vote on your behalf, they must also vote in accordance with your instructions or, if no instructions are given, in accordance with the Voting Recommendations highlighted for each Resolution on the reverse. If you appoint someone else to vote your securities, they will also vote in accordance with your instructions or, if no instructions are given, as they in their discretion choose.

  4. This proxy confers discretionary authority on the person named to vote in his or her discretion with respect to amendments or variations to the matters identified in the Notice of the Meeting accompanying the proxy or such other matters which may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

  5. Each holder has the right to appoint a person other than the Management Nominees specified herein to represent them at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such right may be exercised by inserting in the space labeled “ Please print appointee name ”, the name of the person to be appointed, who need not be a security holder of the Corporation.

  6. To be valid, this proxy must be signed. Please date the proxy. If the proxy is not dated, it is deemed to bear the date of its mailing to the security holders of the Corporation.

  7. To be valid, this proxy must be filed using one of the Voting Methods and must be received by TSX Trust Company before the Filing Deadline for Proxy , noted on the reverse or in the case of any adjournment or postponement of the Meeting not less than 48 hours (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted) before the time of the adjourned or postponed meeting. Late proxies may be accepted or rejected by the Chairman of the Meeting in his discretion, and the Chairman is under no obligation to accept or reject any particular late proxy.

  8. If the holder is a corporation, the proxy must be executed by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized, and the holder may be required to provide documentation evidencing the signatory’s power to sign the proxy.

VOTING METHOD
INTERNET
FACSIMILE
MAIL or HAND DELIVERY
Go towww.voteproxyonline.comand
enter the 12 digit control number above
416-595-9593
TSX Trust Company
301 - 100 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, Ontario,M5H 4H1

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Cuspis Capital II Ltd. ( the “Corporation”)

FORM OF PROXY (“PROXY”)

Annual and Special Meeting June 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) Virtual

SECURITY CLASS: COMMON RECORD DATE: May 28, 2024

CONTROL NUMBER:

FILING DEADLINE FOR PROXY: June 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time)

APPOINTEES

The undersigned hereby appoints William Ollerhead , whom failing Grant McCutcheon (the “Nominees”), or instead of any of them, the following Appointee

Please print appointee name

as proxyholder on behalf of the undersigned with the power of substitution to attend, act and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned in respect of all matters that may properly come before the Meeting and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, to the same extent and with the same power as if the undersigned were personally present at the said Meeting or such adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof in accordance with voting instructions, if any,

- SEE VOTING GUIDELINES ON REVERSE -

RESOLUTIONS – MANAGEMENT VOTING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INDICATED BY HIGHLIGHTED TEXT ABOVE THE BOXES

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1. Election of Directors FOR WITHHOLD
a)
William Ollerhead
b)
Grant McCutcheon
c)
Jack Schoenmakers
d)
C. Fraser Elliott
2. Appointment of Auditor FOR WITHHOLD
Appointment of McGovern Hurley LLP as Auditor of the Corporation to hold office until the earlier of the next annual meeting of the Shareholders and the
completion of the IC Group Transaction, as further described in the Management Information Circular.

3. Stock Option Plan Resolution
FOR AGAINST
To consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass the Stock Option Plan Resolution, with or without variation, which resolution authorizes and approves the
Stock Option Plan of the Corporation, as such Stock Option Plan Resolution is more clearly described in the Management Information Circular.

4. Number of Conditional Directors
FOR AGAINST
To set the number of directors at five (5), conditional upon completion of the IC Group Transaction, as further described in the Management Information
Circular.
5. Election of Directors, conditional upon Completion of IC Group Transaction FOR WITHHOLD
a)
Duncan McCready
b)
Marc Caron
c)
Michael Svetkoff
d)
C. Fraser Elliott
e)
Jack Schoenmakers
6. Appointment of Auditor, conditional upon Completion of IC Group Transaction FOR WITHHOLD
Appointment of MNP LLP as Auditor of the Corporation, to hold office from the completion of the IC Group Transaction, as further described in the
Management Information Circular, until the next annual meeting of the Shareholders or until their successors are appointed.

7. Name Change Resolution
FOR AGAINST
To consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass the Name Change Resolution, with or without variation, which resolution authorizes the change of name
of the Corporation to “IC Group Holdings Inc.”, or such other name as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, in connection with the completion of the
IC Group Closing, as further described in the Management Information Circular.

8. Consolidation Resolution
FOR AGAINST
To consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass the Consolidation Resolution, with or without variation, which resolution authorizes the consolidation of
the issued and outstanding common shares of the Corporation on the basis of up to five pre-consolidation common shares for each one post-
consolidation common share, as such Consolidation Resolution is more clearly described in the Management Information Circular.

9. Advisory Fee Resolution
FOR AGAINST
To consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass the Advisory Fee Resolution, with or without variation, which resolution authorizes the approval of the
payment of the Advisory Fee to Cuspis Capital Partners Ltd., as such Advisory Fee Resolution is more clearly described in the Management Information
Circular.

This proxy revokes and supersedes all earlier dated proxies and MUST BE SIGNED

PLEASE PRINT NAME

Signature of registered owner(s) Date (MM/DD/YYYY)

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