AGM 2026

May 5, 2026

Good morning, and welcome to AvePoint's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. We are pleased to hold this year's annual meeting virtually so that all of our stockholders are able to participate regardless of their geographical location. My name is Brian Brown, and I am the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and a director on the board of AvePoint. The agenda for today's meeting is as follows. First, we will tend to the formal business portion of the meeting, including the stockholder vote on the election of three director nominees, the approval on a non-binding advisory basis of the compensation paid to our named executive officers in the 2025 fiscal year, and finally, the ratification of Deloitte & Touche as our independent auditor for the 2026 fiscal year. Dr. Jiang, our CEO, will provide a summary of the company's performance from the 2025 fiscal year. Finally, we will conclude a brief question and answer period to answer questions, if any, from stockholders. Both the full agenda and the rules of conduct for today's meeting have been posted on the virtual meeting website. The board has appointed me to act as chairman and secretary of this meeting. I would like to begin the meeting by introducing the other current members of the company's board of directors who are all present today. Joining me today are Mr. Kai Gong, Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr. Tianyi Jiang, our CEO, Mr. Jeff Teper, our Lead Independent Director, Mr. Jeff Epstein, Mr. John Ho, and Ms. Janet Schijns. Additionally, the following members of our executive team and representatives from our independent auditor and inspector of election are also participating in today's annual meeting of stockholders. Specifically, Mr. Jim Caci, our Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Stuart Robertson, our Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mario Carvajal, our Chief Marketing and Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Taylor Davenport, Chief Revenue Officer, Mr. John Peluso, our Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Ken Shiomitsu, our Head of Japan, Mr. Coby Liang, our Chief Revenue Officer and Head of EMEA, Mr. Dux Raymond Sy, our Chief Brand Officer, Mr. James Arestia, our Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Lou Larson, our Inspector of Election from L-Squared Elections, and finally, Mr. John Pardoe from Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Kraft, is there a quorum present for today's annual meeting? Yes, we have a quorum present. A majority of the holders of the shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting are present or represented by proxy. Thank you. I will file the proxies with the records of the company. A list of stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 9, 2026, the record date for this annual meeting, certified by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the company's transfer agent, as well as copies of the notice of the meeting, the proxy statement, and the form of proxy, and the affidavit confirming the proper mailing of the notice, proxy statement, and proxy card to stockholders of record as of the record date will be filed with the records of the company and with the minutes of this meeting. Mr. Lou Larson from L-Squared Elections is hereby appointed Inspector of the Election at this meeting of stockholders. Mr. Larson has signed an oath to act as the Inspector of Election, and the oath will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Delaware law requires that I announce the date and time of the opening and closing of the polls. Accordingly, I am declaring the polls open at 9:05 A.M. After all of the items set forth in the proxy statement are properly brought before the meeting, we will ask for the votes from the stockholders voting online during today's meeting, adding those votes to the votes being cast by the stockholders by proxy. After the vote is conducted, the Inspector of Election will tally the votes cast, and we will announce the preliminary results as provided by the Inspector of the Election. I'd like to call your attention to the fact that if brokers do not receive specific proxy voting instructions from their clients, they generally vote in favor of the board's recommendations for all routine matters. The only routine matter before today's meeting is the ratification of the selection of AvePoint's independent registered public accounting firm. SEC rules state that the election of the members of the board of directors and the approval of the say on pay proposal are considered non-routine matters. Therefore, only actual votes cast by the stockholders will count for these proposals. Stockholders that have not provided specific voting instructions to their broker on these non-routine matters will not have their shares counted and will instead be considered broker non-votes. The first item of business is the election of directors. Our directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Therefore, the three nominees receiving the greatest number of votes cast will be elected. In accordance with the bylaws and the certificate of incorporation of the company and the laws of the State of Delaware, the following directors have been nominated to serve as directors for a three-year term that will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2029: Mr. Brian Michael Brown, Mr. Jeff Epstein, and Mr. John Ho. No other director terms are expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. Under the company's bylaws, any additional nominations were required to be submitted in writing by a stockholder of record to the secretary of the company in advance of the annual meeting in the manner required by the bylaws. No such nominations were properly received. The board has recommended a vote for each of the nominees named in the proxy statement. The second item of business is to consider and vote upon the approval on a non-binding advisory basis of the compensation paid to our named executive officers. In order to be approved, this proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at this meeting. The board has recommended a vote to approve the compensation paid to the named executive officers in the 2025 fiscal year. The third item of business is to consider and vote upon the proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as AvePoint's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. In order to be approved, this proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at this meeting. The board of directors has recommended a vote for this proposal. Note that the ratification of the selection of the company's auditors is considered a routine matter by the SEC. Therefore, brokers will generally vote shares in favor of the selection of the auditors in accordance with the company's recommendation, even if the stockholder has not submitted a proxy, unless, of course, a stockholder has instructed his or her broker to do otherwise. Our bylaws require that a stockholder of record who wishes to bring a matter before an annual meeting that is not described in the proxy statement must notify the company in advance of the annual meeting in the manner required by the bylaws. No such notice was received. Accordingly, the matters to be voted on at today's annual meeting have now all been formally presented. Any stockholder who has not yet voted should do so now by clicking the Vote button on the virtual annual meeting website and follow the instructions. As a reminder, stockholders who already voted do not need to vote again unless they would like to change their vote. All of the stockholders attending virtually or by proxy have now had the opportunity to vote. Therefore, I declare the polls closed at 9:10 A.M. No more voting will be accepted or recognized. The Inspector of the Election has prepared a preliminary report on the results of the voting for today's meeting, which is shown on the screen now. With regard to proposal one, each director nominee has been duly elected. With regard to proposal two, the compensation paid to the named executive officers has been approved on a non-binding basis. With regard to proposal three, Deloitte & Touche has been ratified as AvePoint's independent registered public accounting firm. The final results will be filed with the SEC after the results are finalized and verified. This concludes the formal portion of our annual meeting. The 2026 annual meeting of stockholders is now adjourned, and all matters before it are closed. I would now like to turn things over to our CEO, Tianyi Jiang, to provide a summary of our 2025 performance. TJ? Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us for our annual shareholder meeting. 2025 was an exceptional year for AvePoint. Our leading position in mission-critical data management, coupled with a market demand for data protection in the AI era, enabled us to deliver accelerated revenue growth, GAAP profitability, and strong cash flow generation. Very few software companies can point to similar levels of organic growth and profitability, and even fewer sit at a critical intersection of data protection and security. Importantly, we see healthy demand from companies spanning every size, vertical, and regions of the world, validating our conviction in a large and growing market for secure, automated, and AI-ready data governance and resilience solutions. This broad-based customer demand isn't surprising, as it's clear that AI has transformed the speed, scale, and stakes of data security and governance for companies everywhere. Organizations no longer view data governance as back-office hygiene. It has become the prerequisite for AI and agentic AI adoption. Our customers and partners continue to tell us the same thing. Before they can deploy AI at scale, they need one company that can secure, govern, and operationalize their data with confidence. AvePoint is that company. Today, for more than 28,000 customers and 6,000 partners around the world, we ensure that data is reliable, governed, and is secure, just as we have done for more than 2 decades. While AI is a powerful tool, enterprise-grade software remains essential for managing complex environments and ensuring regulatory compliance. Our unique ability to manage critical data in real time across cloud vendors makes us the trusted partner of choice for our customers. We remain enormously grateful for this trust and support. I'm equally proud of the dedication and tireless efforts of the entire AvePoint team in delivering another exceptional set of results in 2025. Thank you for joining us today. I hope you enjoyed Tianyi Jiang's presentation. We will now move to the general question and answer session of our meeting. We will start with 1 question per stockholder before answering any subsequent questions. If we do not have time to answer all of the questions that are submitted, we will follow up with those stockholders after the meeting using the contact information you provided when registering. Stuart, do we have any questions from stockholders? No questions have been submitted at this time. Okay. Thank you. That concludes the annual meeting of stockholders. I want to thank you for attending, and thank you for your investment and confidence in AvePoint. We look forward to seeing you at next year's annual meeting.