2022 Q1

NewsLetter BRENNANApril,2022-Q1 Connection

Table of ContentS 4. Nady Abraham Retirement 6. Employee Spotlight - Rebecca Carter 4. 6. 8. Brennan Headlines 10. 12. 10. Welcome to Brennan 12. Brennan’s I.T. Department 14. The Bottom Line 16. Up to Know Good 18. Chinese New Year 20. Employee Appreciation Day 14. 16. 18. 20. Photo Cover PC10 Editor-In-Chief: John Joyce • Creative Editor: Rob Custer • Graphic Design: Rob Custer • Content: Tamara Seghetti Contributors: PC10-Rob Ward & Angela Sebesy • PC20-Alan Shockley • PC30-Jeremiah Giesy • PC35-Jeremiah Giesy • PC40- Ryan McCarty • PC50-Luanne Lonn • PC60-Dwayne Potts • BMG-Alicia Herrlich • PC71-Don Martin • PC72-Daniel Gheorghiu • PC73-Jordan Devlin • PC74-Marc Lefebvre • PC76-Ryan Mushet • PC78-Mike Fustey • UK-Ian Medlock • BMGUK-Dave Yates & Jane Yates • China-Shiela Wang 2 BRENNAN Newsletter

EXECUTIVE Note I’m thrilled to say we are off to an amazing start in 2022. I anticipate the rest of the year to be just as great. It has been an exciting time for us as we have undergone many new changes. We have implemented significant developments and celebrated the openings of our new facilities. Our new facilities are now fully operational. One facility is in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the other is in Atlanta, Georgia. This expansion will position us well for growth. The new space will expand the breadth and depth of our product offering, enabling us to better meet the demands of our customers. Matt Price has filled the position of Global I.T. Director, Brad Edmonds is the new Managing Director at our UK facility, and Caelin Mills has started as Marketing Manager at our corporate headquarters. Please join me in welcoming them to the team. I believe they will be an indispensable part of the Brennan family. The first quarter was packed with fun and engaging activities for our team. It allowed colleagues the chance to enjoy time together in a positive environment. You can read all about it on the following pages. Please enjoy reading this quarter’s newsletter. I look forward to what we can accomplish for the rest of the year! DAVE CARR PRESIDENT CEO 3

Nady Abraham Retirement Interview Photo & Text: Tamara Seghetti, Nady Abraham - canada controller, and Melissa Morgan - Canada Controller On January 14th, 2022, Nady Abraham retired I remember working tirelessly for two months trying to from Brennan Industries. We would like to wish balance the books and clean the general ledger. Due to our fellow employee a happy retirement! Nady their previous experiences, my correction plans needed to Abraham, Canada Controller has been with our be submitted to and approved by the President, the CPA organization for 22 years. Nady will always be remembered as (who was an auditor at Deloitte), and the ACCPAC software a hardworking, committed, and valued employee. We asked consultant. Upon reviewing and approving my work, I was Nady some questions on his experience at Brennan before his immediately offered a permanent position as accounting parting. Here are his responses. manager, and the books have been accurately balanced since. the books and ledgers worse off. Q: How many years have you worked at Brennan? Another accomplishment of which I am very proud was when Brennan decided to replace the old EPR system AccPack with A: Twenty-two years combined between Brennan and Versa. their EPR tribute system. They also decided the same year to implement ADP, a new payroll management system. Q: What is your favorite Brennan memory? Managing those two changes simultaneously was challeng- ing, yet with the support of the head office in Ohio and local A: My favorite Brennan memory was visiting the Brennan management in Mississauga, we rose to the challenge and Manufacturing Facility in Ohio. I was fascinated by the caliber oversaw a successful and seamless transition to the new of products we produce, and the quality control was overall systems. quite impressive. Q: What do you enjoy most about working for Brennan? Q: What were your greatest successes or accomplishments while working for Brennan? A: When Brennan acquired Versa in 2017, I felt a shift from working for a small, local Canadian company to being a part A: I was lucky enough during my employment at Brennan/ of a larger, international corporation. I was able to quickly Versa to have worked on, overseen, and shared in many advance my skills and knowledge and apply them widely. projects and assignments. They ranged from upgrading or converting new payroll and accounting systems to exhaustive I also enjoyed the new atmosphere and appreciated how due diligence processes for acquisitions. My greatest management treated all employees with respect, appreciat- accomplishment, however, dates to July of 1999. I had ing everyone’s contribution to the corporation. initially joined the company on a temporary basis after the sudden departure of the previous controller. Before I joined, management had brought in 3 or 4 part-time controllers in an attempt to balance the books, each leaving the books and ledgers worse off. 4 BRENNAN Newsletter

Pictured: Nady Abraham, wife Amal Youssef, and their grandson Luca Q: What is your perspective on how Brennan has grown? Don Martin - General Manager Mississauga and Melissa Morgan - Canada Controller had a message to share with A: The acquisition policy Brennan uses to grow and expand Nady. in other countries will aid the corporation in its growth. This is backed by talented and knowledgeable management and Don Martin : I had the pleasure of working with Nady since professionals who are able to sustain this growth. he first started in September of 1999. he is very honest, dedicated and reliable employee. Nady is very detailed Q: Who is/was favorite co-worker (retired or active)? oriented – before we joined Brennan we had some times when it was crucial that every penny was accounted for, A. I have enjoyed working with all my co-workers. and Nady was up to the task. You can quickly tell when you talk to Nady about his grandchildren, how much he loves Q. What is a message you would like to share for newer or and appreciates them, how much he is looking forward to younger associates? spending more time with them and how lucky they are to have him as their grandfather. A. My message for new or younger associate is that Brennan is a very suitable place to grow and build your career path, Melissa Morgan: Nady has been a mentor and a friend to whether you are in MFG, Marketing, Finance, HR or IT. You me. His guidance and trust has been priceless. From day have the opportunity to challenge yourself and grow. one Nady took me under his wing and showed nothing but patience and support throughout my career at Brennan. His Q. What are your retirement plans? many years of service to Brennan are an inspiration to me as I am privileged to undertake the role he has held for over A. After working for many long years, I think it is time to twenty years. I admire his devotion to his family, friends and enjoy a slower pace of life and spent more time with my coworkers. We all wish him well and I will miss a lot. Thank grandchildren Zack, Zoe, Luca, and new baby Valentina; they you Nady for everything. have changed my life. 5

Employee Spotlight Rebecca Carter Supply Chain Specialist PC 73 - Vancouver Photo & Text: Tamara Seghetti, Rebecca Carter, Don martin - general manager of mississauga, and Mike Fustey - director of sales canada Q: What accomplishments have you been most proud of Q: What are your hobbies outside of the office? in and out of the office? A: I love anything outdoors! I spend much of my spring- A: In the office, I feel accomplished in my career and the summer and fall camping in our beautiful province of growth I’ve seen. I started as a Territory Manager, servicing British Columbia. It is surrounded by trees, mountains, the British Columbia Market. From there, I became the rivers, and places like Harrison Lake within a one-hour PC73 Operations Manager. As an analytical personality, drive. I am truly blessed to live here. Camping, hiking we found a great fit for me in my current role as a Supply kayaking are my favorite activities. Chain Specialist. In my personal life, I am proud of my volunteering, which I hope to get back into more this year! Q: What is one of your favorite places you’ve traveled to? Q: What do you enjoy most about working for Brennan? A: My favorite vacation was a cruise in the Caribbean for a friend’s wedding. We traveled from Miami to the Cayman A: I have been with Brennan for ten years as of the 26th of Islands, then Roatan, Honduras, Belize City, Belize, and March. I have grown and learned so much while here. I am finally to the beautiful island of Cozumel. We visited surrounded by amazing co-workers. My daily duties vary beaches, a banana plantation, museums, and local craft from purchasing, consolidation, expediting, and so much fairs. We wandered the streets and met so many wonderful more. I assist in training when possible and love helping people! I can’t wait to go back and explore the culture and the team! Here’s to many more years in my Career with beauty of the areas! Brennan! 6 BRENNAN Newsletter

I have grown and learned so much while here. I am surrounded by amazing co-workers. Don Martin - General Manager Mississuga and Mike Fustey - Director of Sales Canada, had some nice words to share about Rebecca. Don Martin: During her time with us Rebecca has worked as an outside sales representative, a branch operations manager and now as a supply chain specialist. That experience along with Rebecca’s thirst for knowledge has given her a unique skill set that makes her an asset in almost any facet of the business. Rebecca is always ready, willing, and able to help any of her co-workers and when faced with down- time she is quick to reach out to see if anybody can use her assistance. Mike Fustey: I would just like to say that when it comes to Rebecca, you never have to ask her twice if you need help with something. I know from working with Rebecca for many years that when we have another member of the team off on vacation, Rebecca will always be the first to reach out asking what she can help with just to make everything go a little easier. Always gives 110% !! On a personal level, Rebecca is also a very caring person, whether it be helping to arrange a fundraiser or making her contribution at a charity event, she’s always willing to donate her time or whatever else she can do! And I could always depend on Rebecca having a bowl of some of my favorite candies on her 7 desk when I visited town!!

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Headlines Pictured left to right: Jeff Worobel - VP of Finance, Scott Irwin - General Counsel, Matt Stahr - Vp of operations, angela sebesy - Director of human resources, North America, Matt Price - Global I.t. director, pat decapua - VP of global manufacturing, rob ward - general manager, and brad rico - executive vice president 9

Welcome To Brennan! Photo & Text: Tamara Seghetti and Matt Price - Global I.T. Director We are pleased to announce the recent hiring of Matt Price for the position of Global Director of Information Technology. Matt joined our team in November of 2021. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience gained in the Information Technology field. On behalf of the Brennan family, welcome onboard! With your skills and experience, we believe you will be a terrific asset to our team. We look forward to sharing many successes! Let me introduce myself My name is Matthew Price, and I started with Brennan We have played over 90 different rooms and have traveled all in November of 2021 as Global Director of Information over the East Coast to find the best rooms. Technology. I’ve worked in IT for over 28 years, focusing on My team’s mission at Brennan is to enable you and make internal IT and hosting of software. I am passionate about your job easier and faster through technology, in a safe and IT, security, and communication! I went to the University of secure manner. My team has a vision of improving technology, Akron (go Zips!), and have my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees enabling our people, and reducing downtime and issues across in Information Technology. My personal goal is to bring my all of Brennan’s business systems. We are undertaking several expertise in the medium to large business and Enterprise space projects over the next one to three years to revolutionize our to Brennan to reach our NG5 goals and continue our growth. technology and the way we support you to make this vision a I am an Ohio native and live in Twinsburg, Ohio with my fiancé reality, with the flagship project being the implementation of a Kristen. I have three boys, ages 19, 14, and 11, and a cat named new and improved ERP system in tandem with the Operations Wembley. My oldest son is currently attending Ohio State team. Our cross-functional team is already working diligently at University for Aerospace Engineering. My family loves puzzles: evaluating new ERP software packages, with demos and proof most weekends you’ll find us playing Escape Rooms together. of concepts happening in the next two months. It is a very exciting time to join the Brennan family! 10 BRENNAN Newsletter

One of the IT topics I often talk about with the global team is security; I’m sure you’ve already seen multiple emails from me talking about the state of cybersecurity and the precautions we must take as a company (and in our personal lives). Please make sure to take a few minutes to read these emails when they come out and understand how you and your personal radar are the best defense we have against attacks! I am very excited to be part of the team and look forward to working with you all! 11

Brennan’s I.T. Department Photo & Text: Tamara Seghetti & Matt Price - Global I.T. Director Q: What is Information Technology? Q: What is the future vision for our I.T. department? A: Information Technology is the management of A: IT’s Strategic Vision: the technology that a company uses to perform - Mobilize the warehouse and employees by improving work. At Brennan Industries, Information Technology mobile abilities and updating the CRM system encompasses the management of hardware such as - Improve availability and redundancy of applications servers, our desktops and laptops, telecommunications - Standardize the technology used across all of Brennan (Internet, phone systems, email), security, and - Secure our networks and systems to prevent outages, application administration. Our team manages the data loss, and loss of work “backend” of the technology - for example, we manage - Serve our stakeholders and grow our people through and administrate applications such as Office 365, proper team alignment and consistent training Sophos (our antivirus), and business applications such as Tribute. Application administration can range Q: What are new changes that are being implemented from patching software, implementing automation to within Brennan’s I.T. department? speed up processes, application governance (should we use a feature? do we need a new workflow?), A: Information Technology has been busy participating implementing new software packages or features, and in the ERP project, as well as implementing camera helping the consumers of the software (you!) if they systems, phone systems, and assisting with launching have issues or errors. We essentially support the teams new warehouses. We’ve also been busy implementing that are entering and manipulating data and using the some backend security systems to get better visibility applications. Information Technology’s main mission to our networks. The Canada phone system rollout was is to enable our users to do their jobs with technology, completed in January, and the US phone system rollout while constantly looking at ways to improve efficiency will take place this month. and reduce overhead through technology. 12 BRENNAN Newsletter

Pictured: Matt Price, Kelly Manos, Dale Stills, and Shelly Farrel - PC 10 Q: What are some way’s we are optimizing technology? provisioning user accounts, managing email, setting up new computers for new hires, addressing security A: We need to be better utilizing and training applications questions and issues, implementing software, helping we currently have but don’t use to their full extent. Many with errors in our ERP and CRM applications, and keeping of the business applications, like Teams and Office 365, Tribute running. have features that we already own that we could utilize to improve our jobs. We will be implementing, documenting, Q: What are the names and roles of our I.T. Team? and assisting with training these features so that they are used the same way across all teams. A: The current staff of the IT department is Matthew Price (Director), Patrick Cardinal (Manager), Shelly Farrell (IT Q: How does IT spend their time? Support Specialist), Dale Stills (Sr. Systems Analyst), and Laurence Manzon (Jr. IT Specialist). We are currently A: Most of our time is spent in three overall ways - Jitbit working on recruiting a backfill for Kelly Manos, who has tickets (our helpdesk system, itsupport@brennaninc. transitioned to Sales Administration, as well as filling com), working on projects such as technology two other positions necessary to address our workload upgrades and implementations, and maintenance and and skill redundancy. Part of our roadmap for 2022 is management of backend systems. Our day to day can aligning and staffing our team to support the current and range from tasks such as addressing helpdesk tickets, upcoming IT needs! 13

The bottom line Photo & Text: Tamara seghetti and Brad Rico - Executive Vice President Our Sales Team has made some changes positioning us for substantial growth. We will utilize a more aggressive approach while maintaining realistic and attainable goals. The Brennan family is happy to welcome many new faces to our Sales department. Managers will convey knowledge and skills our new employees require, with proper training and resources. We are confident that our new team members will show great success within the organization. I met with Brad Rico – Executive Vice President to touch on some of the upcoming changes. He was pleased to announce that 2021 was a record year and 2022 is off to a record setting pace. Q: What are some ways our sales team achieves Measurable Q: What is the new system we have implemented to gen- growth? erate leads and how well is it doing? A: Measurable growth is what happens when you succeed A: The Key point with the new Leads management system in surpassing your sales goals. We work to achieve this on is that we are effectively tripling the amount of leads we an annual basis. We continually look for market advantages, are generating. Our approach is more aggressive, and our focus on retaining our existing business and strategize on follow-up will be directed to win business. winning new business. Our team is accountable to every Brennan department. We always act in the best interest of the Pictured: Mark Mazzone - Senior Manager of Business Develop- company goals. ment, Brad Rico - Executive Vice President, Scott Schechtman - Se- nior Manager of National Accounts, Anthony Nahra - BDM -Priscilla Q: What are our sales goals? Patricy - Independant Sales Manager, and Antonio Dargaj - BDM A: Our sales goals are pretty simple. Create year over year growth. We’ve been able to accomplish this over the last two decades. Our team is driven, up for continual improvement, willing to change and ultra-competitive. We want to win profitable business. 14 BRENNAN Newsletter

Pictured: David Kelley - OEM Account Manager Pictured: jill Kisamore - Regional Sales Manager Pictured: michael caliebe - oem sales manager Q: The sales team used to consist of Re- gional Sales Managers and Business Devel- opment Managers, how has that structure changed? A: We have created four separate sales channels. Each channel will have a specific agenda, cadence, and goals to achieve. The four channels are OEM, Independent Distributors, National Distributors and Business Development Managers. Pictured: Pictured: 15 Jas Juttlla - business development manager - UK Mike Fustey - Director of sales canada

Pictured left to right: emily clapsaddle, Alec wallace, Crystal Wisniewski, Mark mazzone, Candis kinford, antonio dargaj, and angela sebesy. Up to know good Photo & Text: Tamara seghetti In Cleveland it has been extra snowy and cold in the months of January, February, and March. To break the winter blues, we had many fun activities to help keep us active, warm us up, and provide some entertainment. On January 19th, PC 10 celebrated National Popcorn Day. We distributed prefilled bags of popcorn for employees to enjoy. On January 24th, we recognized National Compliment Day. We came up with a very thoughtful idea. We printed out cards and gave them to all team members then they could write a personalized compliment and give it to whoever. It was a positive activity that spread kindness and made a lot of team members feel special. One kind word can change a person’s whole day! On January 31st, we warmed things up by celebrating National Hot Chocolate Day. Rob Ward, General Manager provided hot chocolate and toppings for a delicious cup of hot cocoa. In the month of February, Angela Sebesy, HR Director held four refreshing Yoga classes. Her classes are a great way to relax the mind and stretch the body. Brennan believes in living a healthy lifestyle and we are happy to be able to incorporate healthy activities into the workday. 16 BRENNAN Newsletter

On February 11th, PC 10 hosted a Super bowl Tailgate Potluck to Pictured left to right: celebrate the 56th Superbowl between the Cincinnati Bengals Anthony Nahra, Chris homan, Mike Picone, Matt price, Kelly- and LA Rams. Staff wore the team colors of their projected manos, candis kinford, and robbie mocilnikar- PC 10 winning team. There were a lot of yummy dishes to enjoy that employees brought. We had a variety of tasty foods from buffalo chicken dip, pizza, taco dip, and many more. We held a Pick’ Em contest where staff picked who they thought would be the winning team. The winner was Robbie Mocilnikar, he picked the LA Rams as the projected winning team. Robbie won a $50 gift card to the NFL Shop. PC 60 also celebrated the Superbowl by dressing up in their favorite teams’ colors, and they played super bowl squares. They enjoyed a variety of foods like pizza, deviled eggs, sandwich tray, cookies, and more! March 4th we celebrated Employee Appreciation Day. See page 22 for details. March 17th PCs celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. See page 26 for details. Pictured left to right: Pictured left to right: Scott Schechtman and matt kontur - pc 10 Larry Cranefield, De’aveon Johnson, Cecila coleman, catherine 17 Johnson, pat Perry, berry Emory - PC 60

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Employee Appreciation Day Photo & Text: Tamara seghetti On March 4th, Brennan Industries celebrated Employee Appreciation Day. We are so happy with the amount of PCs that participated in this special day. Managers at our facilities took the time to make the day special for their team. Each PC celebrated the day differently. Some provided lunch or breakfast, raffles, gave out gift cards, gave out Brennan apparel vouchers, and other fun things! Today was a day to show appreciation for all the hard work our employees put in every day. We showed our gratitude this day but every day we are grateful to have employees like you. PC 10: had a burger bar provided by Michaels Catering, cheese pizza, chips, and refreshments. We had a drawing held every hour for a chance for employees to win a gift card or a Brennan apparel voucher. Our lucky winners were David Johnson, Denise Silvestri, Anthony Nahra, Teena Burns, Dale Stills, Sue Conway, Kelly Manos, and Candis Kinford. Greg Smith, who celebrated 30 years in 2021. PC 35: enjoyed a lunch from Jersey Mike’s Subs. Employees were given Starbucks gift cards and bottles of apple cider. PC 40: staff enjoyed a lunch from In-N-Out Burger. They received gift cards from Starbucks, Target, and Subway. PC 50: enjoyed a Chick-fil A lunch box for lunch. We raffled off gift cards and Brennan apparel vouchers. We took some photos outside to show everyone it doesn’t always rain in Washington! PC 71: celebrated with a morning snack of bagels, muffins, croissants, donuts, coffee and hot chocolate. They also had draws for an assortment of gift cards and some Brennan swag. 20 BRENNAN Newsletter

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day Brennan employees were lucky to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with extra fun festivities. We had a big turnout of PCs who celebrated the holiday. We had so much fun dressing up in our best green attire, decorating our workspaces with shamrocks and green decorations, eating and drinking delicious foods and drinks, and enjoying team activities. We were all a little Irish this day! Here are some of the shenanigans our facilities participated in. May your troubles be less, your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door. PC 10: Sue Conway picked up corned beef sandwiches from Slyman’s. This a traditon that has been held for many years here at our Cleveland facilities. At our headquarters facilty in addition to our corned beef sandwiches we had cookies and chocolates. We had a little fun with a game of guessing how many green Fruit Loops were in a jar and 3 random drawings. The prizes were Jameson Irish Whiskey, and 6 packs of Guinness. The winners were Antonio Dargaj, Matt Price, Crystal Wisniewski, and Matt Kontur. PC 40: Employees at PC 40 enjoyed cupcakes and lunch to celebrate the day. PC 50: Employees at PC 50 celebrated the day with cupcakes and Sprite that were green St. Patrick themed. PC 60: The staff at 60 got to enjoy corned beef sandwiches from Slyman’s. They also enjoyed cookies, cupcakes, and cake. They were given lottery tickets, hopefully there were some lucky winners! PC 71: The team at PC 71 had fun time celebrating St. Patrick’s day. They even had a visitor, Matt Stahr from headquarters was there to enjoy the day with them. They had cookies, cupcakes, drinks, and some drawings for gift cards! 22 BRENNAN Newsletter

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mindful living Text: https://www.mindful.sodexo.com/smart-ways-to-get-your-steps-in/ We pulled this information from mindful. They provide great tips on how to achieve 10,000 steps per day. See below the steps as provided in the article. aim for 10,000 steps per day 1. Park offsite and walk to your office building. 2. Hop off the bus or train a stop or two early. 3. Keep sneakers in your car or office to take a walk whenever you can. 4. Greet colleagues personally by taking a quick morning stroll through the office. Remember the goal is to move so don’t get caught up in long conversations. Just a friendly hi. 5. Choose stairs over elevators and escalators. 6. Drink lots of water. You’ll have to make more bathroom trips. 7. Dress casually whenever possible. Research shows you’ll move more throughout the day than when you’re in more traditional business attire. 8. Schedule a walking meeting instead of a sitting one 9. Stroll to lunch even if you have to drive part of the way. Or walk afterwards. 10. Use restrooms and water fountains on other floors or other areas of the building. 11. Pace while talking on the phone. 12. Grab a walk instead of a snack. (Bonus: You’ll burn calories instead of consuming them.) 13. Climb an extra flight of stairs every time you use them. 14. Send fewer emails, walking to talk to co-workers instead. 15. Ditch the coffee break for a walking one. You’ll get just as good of an energy boost. 16. Set an hourly alert every time you sit down. If it goes off and you haven’t moved, take a 3- to 5-minute stroll. 17. Join a step challenge or create your own. Competing against others can motivate you to move more. Active Workers are Productive Workers If you’re thinking that you don’t have time for all of this walking, consider the benefits. A little up-and- moving time may help you get more done when you’re at your desk. Here’s how. Better mental health Workers who participated in a 100-day, 10,000 step challenge reported lower levels of stress and anxiety and improvements in their mood and feelings of well-being. A byproduct of those changes may be reduced absenteeism, greater productivity, and improved quality of life, according to other studies. 24 BRENNAN Newsletter

Work enjoyment When workers took a lunchtime walk, they reported feeling more enthusiastic and positive about their jobs. And happy workers tend to be more productive. Greater creativity People generated twice as many creative solutions to problems when they were walking compared to sitting. The creative juices kept flowing even after they sat down. Less snacking A 15-minute walk has been shown to reduce cravings for sweets and chocolate. You can find this article at https://www.mindful.sodexo.com/smart-ways-to-get-your-steps-in/ 25

PC 20 - Atlanta’s New Facility Photo & Text: Tamara Seghetti and Alan Shockley - Operations Manager - PC 20 We are excited to announce that we moved into our new facility in Atlanta on February 28th. We moved from our location in Decatur of 20 plus years to our new location in Norcross, Georgia. The new Atlanta facility is doubling the cubic feet, anticipating yielding gains through vertical stocking. This new facility has moved us closer to local customers. We expect this move to position us well for future growth. The new location is a modern high ceiling warehouse/office space built for distribution. The new building boasts 17,000 sq/ft of space, multiple dock doors, and 20 ft high shelving. This will allow us to more than double the amount of inventory we can warehouse. The new open space where the CSR’s are situated has made it easier to communicate information back and forth, creating a more efficient work environment. PC 20 employees are adapting to the new facility and enjoying all the new updates! 26 BRENNAN Newsletter

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PC 73 - vancouver’s New Facility Photo & Text: Tamara Seghetti and jordan devlin - operations manager- PC 73 We are happy to announce we have settled into our new Vancouver facility on February 14th. At the new Vancouver location, we are tripling our square footage, which will allow us to more than double our breadth and depth of product offering. This will enable us to offer a larger amount of Brennan Core Products. It will serve as Brennan’s Canadian West Coast Hub. The new location is in the city of Surrey. The new facility is what dreams are made of. We couldn’t be happier. It still seems a little surreal, to us adjusting to a bigger facility takes time and a lot of leg work. We are very lucky to have had such an amazing group of people join us for the move. A big thank you to all who helped us. We now have all new office furniture and a kitchen to enjoy lunches together. A state-of-the-art conference room adds to the Wow factor as we tour our guests around the facility. We have raving reviews from all the guests. This facility offers a huge upgrade in lighting compared to our old facility, assuring that the sun never sets on the Brennan family. We are all very fortunate to call this beautiful facility our home away from home. We look forward to a bright future here in B.C. 29

Brennan China facility Update Photo & Text: Sheila Wang - Marketing Manager Shanghai, China We decided to move in 2021.4 and bought a new facility in 2021.6. We started to move the inventory and machine from 2021.08-2021.10. At the same time, we have updated our new facility. The update is still going on. But we have roughly completed the workshop and office update now. We will have some changes to the zoning of the workshop and plan to do some cultural walls of the office. 30 BRENNAN Newsletter

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Marketing & SALES Updates Photo & Text: Tamara Seghetti and Caelin Mills - Marketing Manager We are excited to announce The Brennan sales team attended that Caelin Mills has joined the the 2022 IDCO Expo in Lousiville, marketing team as Marketing Kentucky, from February 28th to Manager at PC 10. She previously March 2nd. The expo was a great served as the Communications chance to network with old friends Coordinator for the Solon and new colleagues. Brennan Chamber of Commerce and the sponsored a Kentucky Communications Specialist for the bourbon experience. They enjoyed City of Akron, Ohio Department a bourbon-themed meal and of Public Safety. She is a graduate a taste of local bourbon while of Kent State University, majoring getting to know IDCO members in multimedia journalism with and Endorsed Suppliers. minors in political science and graphic design. Her experience in Marketing’s data team has been content creation, digital strategy hard at work, we added over and relationship-building across 6,000 items to the website. We industries will be a great asset to now have over 200,000 Core our marketing team!   Competitor Cross References, over 300 new part photgraphs, and over 600 new engineering catalog drawings! 32 BRENNAN Newsletter

PC UPDATES New Hires, Role Changes & Work Anniversaries Text: PC's and PC Managers PC10 Bill Poduska Role Changes Quality Assurance Manager - 7 years NEW HIREs Kim Cornell • Kelly Manos formerly Administrative Caelin Mills Senior Buyer - 24 years Coordinator in I.T., has been promot- Marketing Manager ed to Sales Support Administrator John Dylong Tracey Fears Quality Analyst - 13 years • Daryl Estigoy has been promoted to Quality Technician Team Lead under Ken Domzalski. Ken Domzalski Remmy Banda Warehouse Supervisor - 24 years PC 20 Warehouse Associate Sue Conway NEW HIREs Ray’Quan Minter Accounting Specialist - 26 years Warehouse Associate Nicholas Stitts San’ Tannia Sweeney Scott Schechtman Warehouse Associate Warehouse Associate National Accounts Manager - 6 years Joseph Fluellen Allison Hanson Priscilla Patricy Warehouse Associate Warehouse Associate Independent Sales Manager - 1 year Work Anniversaries Brenda Gardner Domaris Bennett Warehouse Associate Warehouse Associate - 1 year Annette Shockley Inventory Control - OEM Specialist - 14 Angelina Jelks Rob Custer Warehouse Associate Marketing Communications Manager - 3 years Chambion Lentes years Sheran Allen Warehouse Associate Matt Stahr Warehouse Associate - 2 years Vice President of Operations - 14 years Londia Rubin Jeff Worobel Trayon Jackson Warehouse Associate Vice President of Finance - 12 years Warehouse Associate - 1 year Matt Kontur Work Anniversaries Director of Supply Chain - 11 years Tyric Miller Customer Service Manager - 1 year Brad Rico Executive Vice President - 18 years NEWs Kelly Walker See page 28 for the new facility update! Warehouse Associate - 11 years 33

PC 30 Jake Woomer Donald Forte Warehouse Associate - 4 years Secondary/Wash - 7 years Role Changes PC 60 Gary Gibson • Jill Kisamore is now covering our CNC - 9 years Independent Distributors in PC30/35 Work Anniversary Billy Gantt CNC Machinist - 11 years • Mike Caliebe is now covering OEM Michael Palevsky Alicia Herrlich sales Texas and most of the Eastern Customer Service Representative- 21 Office Manager - 12 years states. Ray Burton Year ACME Machinist - 14 years PC 35 Rebecca Romeo Trisha Givera Shipping/Secondary - 30 years New Hire Customer Service Representative- 1 Greg Abrahamsen CNC Machinist - 18 years Sarah Sustaita Year Warehouse Associate Barry Emory Role Changes Warehouse Associate - 3 years PC 40 • Da’Jamia Martin started in our ship- John Toczylowski ping department and was promoted NeW HIRE Warehouse Associate - 5 years on 2-28-22 to CNC Machinist. Jaime Rincon Daniel Romero PC 71 Warehouse Associate Warehouse Associate - 1 year Retirements Work Anniversary BMG Nady Ibrahim Mario Arrevalo Work Anniversary Canada Controller - 22 years Warehouse Associate - 8 years We wish you a happy and healthy retire- Celeste Frisby ment! Full Story on page 4. Role Changes Deburring/Secondary - 5 years Work Anniversaries • Edgar Anzurez formerly a warehouse Laurie Banaszek associate, was promoted to Ware- Shipping/Secondary - 10 years Melissa Morgan house Lead Controller - 15 years Thomas Geevarghese PC 50 Quality - 1 year Ruby Gidda Expeditor - 23 years New Hires Rick Stuart CNC Machinist Lead - 2 years Rosa Morales Huetzen Warehouse Associate Pamela Lane Quality Lead - 4 years Work Anniversaries Kolleen Krebs Steve Paulik Quality/Inspection - 3 years Warehouse Manager - 15 years 34 BRENNAN Newsletter

Patrick Cardinal again to everyone who contributed to UK Information Systems Manager - 19 the move and the set up of the new location. We are all looking forward New Hires years to the opportunities the new branch will bring us and servicing our valued Brad Edmonds Kristen Malcolm customers out of the amazing new Managing Director Warehouse Supervisor - 3 years facility. Brad Eaton Todd Morgan PC74 Warehouse Operative Warehouse Manager - 23 years • No New Updates Work Anniversaries Paramjeet Fantu Checker/Packer - 12 years PC 76 • Ian Medlock Supply Chain Director - 5 Years Menjit Kaur New Hire Customer Service Representative - 21 Role Changes Logan Commet Christal Bryan Warehouse Associate Ian Medlock formerly General Man- CSR - 4 years ager at PC 01, has been promoted to Work Anniversaries • Supply Chain Director Norma Hunter Driver - 22 years Brian Blood News Warehouse Associate - 1 year PC 72 Groundwork has been started on the Ralph Lopez new Distribution Hub, with PC01 due News Customer Service Representative- 1 year to move later this Summer. Due to significant growth, we are looking to • February 9th was National Pizza Day. PC 78 • employee a further three team mem- In Canada PC 72 celebrated the day bers to support our customers. by enjoying some hot and delicious New Hire pizzas. CHINA Jae Kusnick PC 73 Business Development Manager news New Hire Work Anniversary We appreciate all people in Brennan Shanghai, year 2021 is milestone to Damon Stadnik Steve Fierce Brennan Shanghai, we moved to cur- Warehouse Associate Customer Service Representative - 13 rent totally new place in three mon- thes, our sales growing up for more News years than 20%, all these achievements are relied on your extraodinary efforts. • February 14th we opened the doors let us keep it this way, and hope we at our new Surrey location. A Big have great year 2022. Happy Tiger thank you to everyone that came year! out to help us set up. The hard work everyone put in over the few days will help Brennan grow in British Co- lumbia for years to come. Thank you 35

Brennan Newsletter Being a part of Brennan means being part of a family. Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success. Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. Thanks to all of you for continuing to make Brennan strong. Will Call Desk at PC 40