DAVIDsTEA Inc. announced that at its annual meeting shareholders elected a Board of Directors comprised of the seven persons nominated by Rainy Day Investments Ltd. as well as Joel Silver. The seven new directors are Herschel Segal, M. William Cleman, Pat De Marco, Emilia Di Raddo, Max Ludwig Fischer, Peter Robinson and Roland Walton. Immediately following the annual meeting, the Board of Directors appointed Herschel Segal as Executive Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer of DAVIDsTEA and M. William Cleman as lead director of the Board of Directors. The company also announced that Joel Silver has left DAVIDsTEA, effective immediately. Mr. Silver was Chief Executive Officer and a director of DAVIDsTEA. As a result of Mr. Silver's departure, there is a vacancy on the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors has commissioned the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, chaired by Roland Walton, an independent director, to initiate the process of finding a permanent Chief Executive Officer.