CEMATRIX CORPORATION

ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 24, 2024

NOTICE OF MEETING AND

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR

DATED: MAY 8, 2024

TO BE HELD AT

The Glenmore Inn & Convention Centre

1000 Glenmore Court SE,

Calgary, Alberta, T2C 2E6

THIS NOTICE OF MEETING AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR IS FURNISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOLICITATION BY THE DIRECTORS OF CEMATRIX CORPORATION OF PROXIES TO BE VOTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF CEMATRIX CORPORATION TO BE HELD ON JUNE 24, 2024.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of holders of common shares

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General proxy information

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Purpose of solicitation

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Appointment and revocation of proxies

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Voting of proxies

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Notice and access

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Advice to beneficial shareholders

3

Quorum

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Record date and voting common shares

4

Particulars of matters to be acted upon at the meeting

4

Financial statements

4

Election of Board of Directors

4

Corporate cease trade orders or bankruptcies

6

Penalties or sanctions

6

Personal bankruptcies

6

Reappointment of auditor

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Re-approval of omnibus equity incentive compensation plan

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Advisory vote on executive compensation "say on pay"

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Other business

9

Approval and certification

9

Principal shareholders

10

Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

10

Summary compensation table

12

Stock options and other compensation securities

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Exercise of compensation securities by Directors and named Executive Officers

13

Stock option plans and other incentive plans

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Executive employment agreements

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Pension plan benefits

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Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans

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Audit committee

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Corporate governance

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Indebtedness of Directors and Executive Officers

18

Interest of informed persons in material transactions

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Interest of certain persons or companies in matters to be acted upon

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Management contracts

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Additional information

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CEMATRIX CORPORATION

Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of holders of common shares

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting (the "Meeting") of the holders ("Shareholders") of common shares ("Common Shares") of CEMATRIX CORPORATION (the "Corporation") will be held at the Glenmore Inn and Convention Centre, 100 Glenmore Court SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2C 2E6 at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time), on June 24, 2024 for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and consider the audited financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended December 31, 2023 and the report of its auditors;
  2. To fix the board of directors of the Corporation (the "Board") to be elected at the Meeting at seven
    (7) members and to elect the Board of the Corporation for the ensuing year and to elect the directors of the Corporation;
  3. To consider and, if thought appropriate, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the reappointment of MNP LLP, Chartered Accountants, as the Corporation's auditor for the ensuing year and to authorize the Board to fix the auditor's remuneration;
  4. To consider, and if thought appropriate, to approve, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution, as more particularly set forth in the accompanying circular (the "Circular") relating to the renewal and adoption of the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan of the Corporation;
  5. To consider, and if thought appropriate, to approve, in an advisory, non-binding capacity, the Corporation's approach to executive compensation as described in the Circular; and
  6. To transact any such other business as may properly be brought before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The directors of the Corporation have fixed May 15, 2024 (the "Record Date") as the record date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to receive notice of the Meeting.

The Corporation has elected to use the notice-and-access provisions under National Instrument 54-101 and National Instrument 51-102 (the "Notice-and-Access Provisions") for the Meeting. The Notice-and- Access provisions are a relatively new set of rules developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators that reduce the volume of materials that must be physically mailed to Shareholders by allowing the Corporation to post the Information Circular and any additional materials online. Shareholders will still receive this Notice of Meeting and a form of proxy and may choose to receive a paper copy of the Information Circular. The Corporation will not use the procedure known as 'stratification' in relation to the use of Notice-and-Access Provisions. Stratification occurs when a reporting issuer using the Notice-and- Access Provisions provides a paper copy of the Information Circular to some shareholders with this notice package. In relation to the Meeting, all Shareholders will receive the required documentation under the Notice-and-Access Provisions, which will not include a paper copy of the Information Circular.

Please review the Information Circular carefully and in full prior to voting as the Information Circular has been prepared to help you make an informed decision on the matters to be acted upon. The Information Circular is available on the Corporation's website at:

www.cematrix.com/investors/presentations-and-webcasts/

and under the Corporation's profile on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.com. Any shareholder who wishes to receive a paper copy of the Information Circular, should contact the Corporation at 403-219-0484, or toll free at 1-888-876-0484 or by email to public.company@cematrix.com. Shareholders may also use the toll- free number noted above to obtain additional information about the Notice-and-Access Provisions.

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Shareholders as of the Record Date are entitled to vote their Common Shares except to the extent that they have transferred the ownership of any of his or her Common Shares after the Record Date. The transferee of those Common Shares must produce properly endorsed share certificates or otherwise establish that he or she owns the Common Shares and requests, not later than 10 days before the date of the Meeting, to be included in the list of Shareholders eligible to vote at the Meeting, in which case such transferee will be entitled to vote those Common Shares at the Meeting.

DATED at Calgary, Alberta, May 8, 2024.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Signed "Minaz Lalani"

Minaz Lalani

Chairman of the Board

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A registered Shareholder may attend the Meeting in person or may be represented by proxy. All Shareholders are encouraged to vote in advance of the meeting by mail, in the manner set out in the meeting materials that have been sent to Shareholders. To be effective, the enclosed proxy must be mailed so as to reach or be deposited with Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, not later than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays) prior to the time set for the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The persons named in the enclosed form of proxy (the "Management Designees") are members of the Corporation's management. Each Shareholder has the right to appoint a proxyholder other than such persons, who need not be a Shareholder, to attend and to act for him or her and on his or her behalf at the Meeting. To exercise such right, the names of the Management Designees should be crossed out and the name of the Shareholder's appointee should be legibly printed in the blank space provided.

The instrument appointing the proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed by the Shareholder or his or her attorney authorized in writing or, if the Shareholder is a corporation, under its corporate seal by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized.

In order to ensure that a paper copy of the Information Circular can be delivered to a requesting Beneficial Shareholder or Registered Shareholder in time for such shareholder to review the Information Circular and return a voting instruction form or proxy prior to the Proxy Deadline, it is strongly suggested that a shareholder ensure their request is received no later than June 12, 2024.

A live audio of the meeting will be available by conference call by dialing 1-844-511-2074 and using the participant code 720-803-646 to listen to the meeting via conference call.

CEMATRIX CORPORATION

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 24, 2024

General proxy information

Purpose of solicitation

This Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the management of Cematrix Corporation (the "Corporation") for use at the annual and special meeting of the common shareholders of the Corporation (the "Meeting"), to be held at the Glenmore Inn and Convention Centre, 1000 Glenmore Court SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2C 2E6 at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time), on June 24, 2024, or at any adjournment for the purposes set out in the accompanying notice of meeting (the "Notice").

The solicitation of proxies will be conducted primarily by mail, subject to the use of "Notice and Access Provisions" (as described below) in relation to the delivery of the Information Circular and the cost of the solicitation will be borne by the Corporation. The Corporation may retain other persons, entities, or companies to solicit proxies on its behalf which may be by phone, email, fax or in person.

Appointment and revocation of proxies

Shareholders have the right to appoint a nominee (who need not be a shareholder) to represent them at the Meeting other than the persons designated in the enclosed form of proxy and may do so by inserting the name of the appointed representative in the blank space provided in the form of proxy.

A form of proxy will not be valid for the Meeting or any adjournment unless it is completed by the shareholder or by his attorney authorized in writing and must be delivered by mail to Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, not later than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays in the Province of Alberta) before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it as to any matter upon which a vote has not already been cast pursuant to the authority conferred by the proxy. A proxy may be revoked by either executing a proxy bearing a later date or by executing a valid notice of revocation, either of the foregoing to be executed by the shareholder or by his authorized attorney in writing, or, if the shareholder is a corporation, under its corporate seal by an officer or attorney duly authorized, and by depositing the proxy bearing a later date with Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the date of the Meeting or any adjournment at which the proxy is to be used, or by depositing the revocation of proxy with the chairman of such Meeting on the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment of the Meeting.

Voting of proxies

The persons named in the enclosed form of proxy are directors and/or officers of the Corporation and have indicated their willingness to represent as proxy the shareholder who appoints them. Each shareholder may instruct his proxy how to vote his shares by completing the proxy form.

The person indicated in the accompanying proxy shall vote the shares in respect of which they are appointed in accordance with the direction of the shareholder appointing them. In the absence of such direction, the Management Designees named in the accompanying proxy will vote such shares in

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favour of the matters on which the Shareholder is entitled to vote as specified in the Notice, and more specifically in favour of:

  1. the election of the persons proposed to be nominated by management as directors;
  2. the appointment of MNP LLP, as auditors of the Corporation; and
  3. the approval of the Corporation's Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
  4. the approval, in an advisory, non-binding capacity, the Corporation's approach to executive compensation.

all as more specifically described in this Information Circular.

THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY CONFERS DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY UPON THE PERSON INDICATED IN THE PROXY WITH RESPECT TO AMENDMENTS OR VARIATIONS TO MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND WITH RESPECT TO OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.

At the time of printing of the Information Circular, the management of the Corporation knows of no such amendments, variations or other matters to come before the Meeting other than the matters referred to in the Notice and the Information Circular. If any matters which are not now known to the directors and senior officers of the Corporation should properly come before the Meeting, the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy will vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

Notice and access

Notice-and-Access is a mechanism which allows reporting issuers other than investment funds to choose to deliver proxy-related materials to registered holders and beneficial owners of its securities by posting such materials on a non-SEDAR website (usually the reporting issuer's website and sometimes the transfer agent's website) rather than delivering such materials by mail. The notice-and-access provisions under National Instrument 54-101 and National Instrument 51-102 (the "Notice-and-Access Provisions") can be used to deliver materials for both special and general meetings.

The use of the Notice-and-Access Provisions is intended to reduce paper waste and mailing costs to the reporting issuer. In order for the Corporation to utilize the Notice-and-Access Provisions to deliver proxy- related materials, the Corporation must send a notice to Shareholders indicating that the proxy-related materials for the Meeting have been posted electronically on a website that is not SEDAR and explaining how a Shareholder can access them or obtain a paper copy of those materials. Upon request, beneficial owners are entitled to delivery of a paper copy of the information circular at the reporting issuer's expense. This Information Circular has been posted in full on the Corporation's website at

www.cematrix.com/investors/presentations-and-webcasts/

and under the Corporation's SEDAR profile at www.sedarplus.com.

In order to use the Notice-and-Access Provisions, a reporting issuer must set the record date for the meeting at least 40 days prior to the meeting to ensure there is sufficient time for the materials to be posted on the applicable website and the notice of meeting and form of proxy to be delivered to Shareholders. The requirements for the notice of meeting are that the Corporation shall provide basic information about the Meeting and the matters to be voted on, explain how a Shareholder can obtain a paper copy of this Information Circular, and explain the Notice-and-Access process. The Notice of Meeting containing this information has been delivered to Shareholders by the Corporation, along with the applicable voting document (a form of proxy in the case of registered Shareholders or a voting instruction form in the case of non-registered Shareholders).

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The Corporation will not rely upon the use of 'stratification'. Stratification occurs when a reporting issuer using the Notice-and-Access Provisions provides a paper copy of the information circular to some, but not all, of its shareholders, along with the notice of meeting. In relation to the Meeting, all Shareholders will receive the documentation required under the Notice-and-Access Provisions and all documents required to vote at the Meeting. No Shareholder will receive a paper copy of this Information Circular from the Corporation or any intermediary unless such Shareholder specifically requests same.

The Corporation will be delivering proxy-related materials to NOBOs indirectly through the use of intermediaries. The Corporation intends to pay for delivery of materials to OBOs. As a result OBOs will also receive the materials indirectly through the use of intermediaries.

Any shareholder who wishes to receive a paper copy of this Information Circular should contact the Corporation at 403-219-0484, or toll free at 1-888-876-0484 or by email to public.company@cematrix.com. In order to ensure that a paper copy of this Information Circular can be delivered to a requesting shareholder in time for such shareholder to review this Information Circular and return a proxy or voting instruction form so that it is received not later than forty-eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays) prior to the time set for the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting, it is strongly suggested that a shareholder ensure their request is received no later than June 12, 2024. All shareholders may call 1-866-962-0498(toll-free) in order to obtain additional information about the Notice-and-Access Provisions or to obtain a paper copy of this Information Circular, up to and including the date of the Meeting, including any adjournment of the Meeting.

Advice to beneficial shareholders

The information set forth in this section is of significant importance to many shareholders of the Corporation, as a substantial number of shareholders do not hold Common Shares in their own name.

Shareholders who do not hold their Common Shares in their own name (referred to in this Information Circular as "Beneficial Shareholders") should note that only proxies deposited by shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Corporation as the registered holders of Common Shares can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting. If shares are listed in an account statement provided to a shareholder by a broker, then, in almost all cases, those shares will not be registered in the shareholder's name on the records of the Corporation. Such shares will more likely be registered under the name of the shareholder's broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depositary for Securities, which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms). Shares held by brokers or their agents or nominees can only be voted (for or against resolutions) upon the instructions of the Beneficial Shareholder. Without specific instructions, a broker and its agents and nominees are prohibited from voting shares for the broker's clients. Therefore, Beneficial Shareholders should ensure that instructions respecting the voting of their Common Shares are communicated to the appropriate person.

Applicable regulatory policy requires intermediaries/brokers to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholders' meetings. Every intermediary/broker has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by Beneficial Shareholders in order to ensure that their shares are voted at the Meeting. The majority of the brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. ("Broadridge"). Broadridge typically uses its own form of proxy, mails those forms to the Beneficial Shareholders and asks Beneficial Shareholders to either return the proxy forms to Broadridge or alternatively provide voting instructions by utilizing an internet on-line or automated telephone system. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of shares to be represented at the Meeting. A Beneficial Shareholder receiving a proxy from Broadridge cannot use that proxy to vote Common Shares directly at the Meeting. The proxy must be returned to Broadridge well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the Common Shares voted.

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Although a Beneficial Shareholder may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting Common Shares registered in the name of his broker (or an agent of the broker), a Beneficial Shareholder may attend at the Meeting as proxyholder for the registered shareholder and vote the Common Shares in that capacity. Beneficial Shareholders who wish to attend the Meeting and indirectly vote their Common Shares as proxyholder for the registered shareholder, should enter their own names in the blank space on the instrument of proxy provided to them and return the same to their broker (or the broker's agent) in accordance with the instructions provided by such broker (or agent), well in advance of the Meeting.

All references to shareholders in this Information Circular, the accompanying instrument of proxy and Notice are to shareholders of record unless specifically stated otherwise.

Quorum

The by-laws of the Corporation provide that a quorum of Shareholders is present at the meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation if at least two persons holding or representing in person or by proxy not less than five (5%) percent of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the Meeting are in attendance.

Record date and voting common shares

Only the Common Shares are entitled to vote at the Meeting. As of the date of this Information Circular, 135,759,486 Common Shares without nominal or par value are issued and outstanding. Each Common Share entitles the holder to one vote on all matters to come before the Meeting. No group of shareholders has a right to elect a specified number of directors, nor is there cumulative or similar voting rights attached to the Common Shares of the Corporation.

The record date for determining the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at the Meeting was fixed by the board of directors of the Corporation (the "Board") as May 15, 2024 (the "Record Date"). A shareholder of record as of the Record Date is entitled to vote his Common Shares except to the extent that he has transferred the ownership of any of his shares after the Record Date, and the transferee of those shares produces properly endorsed share certificates or otherwise establishes that he owns the shares, and demands, not later than 10 days before the Meeting, that his name be included in the shareholder list before the Meeting, in which case the transferee is entitled to vote his shares at the Meeting.

Particulars of matters to be acted upon at the meeting

Financial statements

The Board of Directors of the Corporation has approved all of the information in the audited financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the report of the Auditor thereon, all of which may be reviewed on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.comor the Corporation's website www.cematrix.com/investors/presentations-and-webcasts/.

Election of Board of Directors

The following table sets forth the name of the seven persons proposed to be nominated for election as a director of the Corporation, all positions and offices in the Corporation presently held by them, their municipality of residence, principal occupation at the present and during the preceding five years, the period during which they have served on the Board, and the number and percentage of Common Shares that the nominee has advised are beneficially owned by the nominee, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised, as of the date hereof.

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Unless otherwise directed, it is the intention of the Management Designees, if named as proxy, to vote for the election of the persons named in the following table to the Board. The Board does not contemplate that any of such nominees will be unable to serve as directors. Each director elected will hold office until the next annual meeting of the Shareholders or until his successor is duly elected.

Name and

Principal occupation for past

Office held and

Board

Voting

municipality

five years

date appointed

committees

shares (1)

of residence

Robert L. Benson

Retired. Former Vice President &

Corporate

Director

Governance &

235,000

Victoria, British

COO for Kemex Limited from 2005

(July 28, 2008)

Compensation

(~0.2%)

Columbia

to 2007.

Committees

Steve Bjornson

Independent businessman and

Financial Executive. CFO of

Director

Chair of Audit

250,000

Calgary, Alberta

Valeura Energy Inc. from 2010 to

(July 28, 2008)

Committee

(~0.2%)

2020.

Patrick N. Breen,

Corporate lawyer with Miller

Chair of

Thompson LLP since 2019 and with

Director

300,000

K.C.

Governance

McLeod Law LLP from 1996 to

(July 28, 2008)

(~0.2%)

Calgary, Alberta

Committee

2019.

Human Resources Executive with

Anna Marie

experience working for large

Chair of

construction companies in Canada.

Director

88,235

Cuglietta

Compensation

VP Human Resources for Bird

(April 27, 2021)

(~0.1%)

Edmonton, Alberta

Committee

Construction / Stuart Olson from

2017 to 2021.

Jeffrey Kendrick

President and Chief Executive

President, CEO

Corporate

3,853,187

Officer of the Corporation since

and Director

Governance

Calgary, Alberta

(2.8%)

2008.

(June 18, 2008)

Committee

Mr. Kim is an independent business

consultant and investor. Currently a

board member for several private

John Kim

and public companies including

Director

Audit

450,000

EMERGE Commerce (TSXV) and

Toronto, Ontario

(October 1, 2021)

Committee

(0.3%)

WELL Health (TSX). Previously, Mr.

Kim was a Portfolio Manager at

Aventine Management Group from

2018 to 2019.

Chairman of Fenchurch General

Insurance Company, an Ontario

registered Property and Casualty

Insurance company since April

Minaz Lalani

2019, Chairman of Besurance

Director

Audit and

655,501

Corporation, an Insurance

Compensation

Calgary, Alberta

(March 16, 2010)

(0.5%)

Technology company since July

Committees

2013 and Managing Principal at

Lalani Consulting Group, an

actuarial and risk consulting firm

since February 2010.

  1. The information as to shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control or discretion is exercised, is based on information furnished to the Corporation by the respective directors as at the date hereof and calculated using 135,759,486 Common Shares issued and outstanding.

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