- Enters into Cooperation Agreement with Plantro and Matt Proud
- Review May Include a Sale of the Company
TORONTO, ON – July 29, 2025 – Dye & Durham Limited (“Dye & Durham” or the “Company”) (TSX: DND), a leading provider of cloud-based legal practice management software, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has initiated a review of strategic alternatives to maximize value for all shareholders. The review may include a sale of the Company, asset sales, recapitalizations or potential mergers. The Company does not intend to make any further public comment regarding the strategic review until it has been completed.
In connection with this announcement, the Company has entered into a Cooperation Agreement (“Agreement”) with Plantro Ltd. (“Plantro”) under which Plantro has agreed to withdraw its special meeting requisition. As part of this agreement, David Danziger, CPA, CA will be appointed to the Board forthwith. Mr. Danziger will also join and serve as Chair of a newly formed Special Committee tasked with leading the strategic review. The Agreement also contains customary standstill provisions and voting commitments.
“Over the past several weeks, the Board has engaged with shareholders to carefully consider Dye & Durham’s next steps,” said Board Chair Arnaud Ajdler. “We appreciate the constructive and pragmatic engagement that we have had with Plantro and Matt Proud toward our shared goal of enhancing value for the Company’s shareholders, and we are pleased to have reached a resolution. We welcome David, whose M&A and accounting expertise and significant public company director experience will be incredibly additive.”
“As one of the Company’s largest and longest-standing shareholders, we are pleased to have reached a constructive agreement with the Board that provides the basis to thoughtfully pursue a sale of the Company to preserve and maximize value for all shareholders,” said Matt Proud, spokesperson for Plantro. “Plantro is appreciative of the efforts of the Board Chair Arnaud Ajdler in developing this collaborative framework. We look forward to remaining an engaged and constructive shareholder.”
David Danziger, CPA, CA Biography
David Danziger, CPA, CA, is an experienced finance leader and corporate director with an extensive background in audit, accounting, M&A and management consulting. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President, Assurance, and the National Leader of Public Companies at MNP LLP, Canada’s fifth-largest accounting firm. Mr. Danziger continues to serve as a Senior Advisor for MNP LLP working on special projects and supporting the Public Company Audit Team nationally. Mr. Danziger has served as a director for a range of technology, mining and life sciences companies listed on the TSX, TSXV, CSE and NYSE.
About Dye & Durham Limited
Dye & Durham Limited provides premier practice management solutions empowering legal professionals every day, delivers vital data insights to support critical corporate transactions and enables the essential payments infrastructure trusted by government and financial institutions. The company has operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa.
Additional information can be found at www.dyedurham.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, nor guarantees or assurances of future performance but instead represent management’s current beliefs, expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events and operating performance. Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Dye & Durham’s control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the outcome of the strategic review process, the ability to successfully enter into a transaction with a third party relating to the Company, including a potential sale, divesture of assets, recapitalization or merger transaction, and the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in Dye & Durham’s most recent annual information form. Dye & Durham does not undertake any obligation to update such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
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