Constellation Software Inc.

Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

To Be Held On May 8, 2020

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting (the "Meeting") of the holders of common shares ("Common Shares") of Constellation Software Inc. ("CSI" or the "Corporation") will be conducted as a virtual meeting to be held via live audio webcast online at: https://web.lumiagm.com/284151016on May 8, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) for the following purposes:

  1. to receive the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the auditors' report thereon;
  2. to elect directors;
  3. to re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors to fix their remuneration;
  4. to consider and vote on an advisory resolution on CSI's approach to executive compensation, and;
  5. to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Accompanying this Notice is a copy of a Management Information Circular, a form of proxy, and a financial statement request form. A holder of Common Shares of record at the close of business on April 1, 2020 will be entitled to vote at the Meeting.

To mitigate risks related to the rapidly evolving global COVID-19 (coronavirus) public health emergency to the Corporation's shareholders, employees, communities and other stakeholders and based on government recommendations to avoid large gatherings, the Meeting will be conducted in a virtual only format, which will be conducted via live audio webcast. The live audio webcast will allow shareholders to have an equal opportunity to participate at the Meeting regardless of their geographic location or particular circumstances they may be facing as a result of COVID-19. Shareholders will not be able to attend the Meeting in person. A summary of the information shareholders will need to attend the Meeting online is provided in the Management Information Circular.

Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be able to attend the Meeting, ask questions and vote, all in real time, provided they are connected to the Internet and comply with all of the requirements set out in the Circular. Non-registered shareholders who have not duly appointed themselves as a proxyholder will be able to attend the Meeting as guests and ask questions, but guests will notbe able to vote at the Meeting.

A shareholder who wishes to appoint a person other than the management nominees identified on the form of proxy or voting instruction form (including a non-registered shareholder who wishes to appoint themselves to attend) must carefully follow the instructions in the Management Information Circular and on their form of proxy or voting instruction form. These instructions include the additional step of registering such proxyholder with our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc., after submitting their form of proxy or voting instruction form. Failure to register the proxyholder with our transfer agent will result in the

proxyholder not receiving a username to vote in the Meeting and only being able to attend as a guest.

If unable to attend the Meeting, a registered shareholder may submit his or her proxy by mail, by facsimile, by telephone or over the Internet in accordance with the instructions below.

A non-registered shareholder should follow the instructions included on the voting instruction form provided by his or her Intermediary.

Voting by Mail Before the Meeting.A registered shareholder may submit his or her proxy by mail by completing, dating and signing the enclosed form of proxy and returning it using the envelope provided or otherwise to the attention of the Proxy Department of Computershare Investor Services Inc. at 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1.

Voting by Facsimile Before the Meeting.A registered shareholder may submit his or her proxy by facsimile by completing, dating and signing the enclosed form of proxy and returning it by facsimile to Computershare Investor Services Inc. at (416) 263-9524 or toll free (within North America) at (866) 249-7775.

Voting by Telephone Before the Meeting. A registered shareholder may vote by telephone by calling toll free 1-866-732-VOTE (8683) or from outside of North America by calling (312) 588- 4290 and following the instructions provided. Shareholders will require the 15 digit control number (located on the front of the proxy) to identify themselves to the system.

Voting by Internet Before the Meeting. A registered shareholder may vote over the Internet by going to www.investorvote.com and following the instructions. Such shareholder will require the 15 digit control number (located on the front of the proxy) to identify themselves to the system.

To be effective, a proxy must be received by Computershare Investor Services Inc. no later than 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on May 6, 2020 or, if the Meeting is adjourned, 48 hours (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted) prior to the time of holding the Meeting.

DATED March 30, 2020

By Order of the Board

Mark Leonard

Chairman and President

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CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE INC.

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON MAY 8, 2020

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

This management information circular (the "Circular") dated as of March 30, 2020 and accompanying form of proxy are furnished in connection with the solicitation, by management of Constellation Software Inc. (the "Corporation"), of proxies to be used at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the "Meeting") referred to in the accompanying Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Notice") to be held on May 8, 2020, at the time and place and for the purposes set forth in the Notice. The solicitation will be made primarily by mail, but proxies may also be solicited personally or by telephone by directors and/or officers of the Corporation, or by the Corporation's transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc. ("Computershare"), at nominal cost. The cost of solicitation by management will be borne by the Corporation. Pursuant to National Instrument 54-101Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer, arrangements have been made with clearing agencies, brokerage houses and other financial intermediaries to forward proxy solicitation material to the beneficial owners of the common shares of the Corporation ("Common Shares"). The cost of any such solicitation will be borne by the Corporation.

MEETING INFORMATION

To mitigate risks related to the rapidly evolving global COVID-19 (coronavirus) public health emergency to the Corporation's shareholders, employees, communities and other stakeholders and based on government recommendations to avoid large gatherings, the Meeting will be conducted in a virtual only format, which will be conducted via live audio webcast. The live audio webcast will allow shareholders to have an equal opportunity to participate at the Meeting regardless of their geographic location or particular circumstances they may be facing as a result of COVID-19. Shareholders will not be able to attend the Meeting in person. A summary of the information shareholders will need to attend the Meeting online is provided below. See "Voting at the Meeting" below.

The Meeting will be held on May 8, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) virtually via live audio webcast online at: https://web.lumiagm.com/284151016.

Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders who participate at the Meeting online will be able to listen to the Meeting, ask questions and vote, all in real time, provided they are connected to the Internet and comply with all of the requirements set out below under "Voting at the Meeting". Non-registered holders who have not duly appointed themselves as proxyholders may still attend the Meeting as guests. Guests will be able to listen to the Meeting and ask questions but will notbe able to vote at the Meeting. See "Voting at the Meeting" below.

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VOTING BEFORE THE MEETING

Appointment and Revocation of Proxies

The persons named in the enclosed form of proxy are directors and/or officers of the Corporation. Each shareholder has the right to appoint a person, who need not be a shareholder of the Corporation, other than the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy, to represent such shareholder at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Such right may be exercised by inserting such person's name in the blank space provided in the enclosed form of proxy or by completing another proper form of proxy. The additional registration step outlined below under "Voting at the Meeting - Appointment of a Third Party as Proxy" must also be followed. All proxies must be executed by the shareholder or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing or, if the shareholder is a corporation, by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized. A registered shareholder may submit his or her proxy by mail, by facsimile, by telephone or over the Internet in accordance with the instructions below.

A non-registered shareholder should follow the instructions included on the voting instruction form provided by his or her Intermediary (as defined below).

Voting by Mail Before the Meeting.A registered shareholder may submit his or her proxy by mail by completing, dating and signing the enclosed form of proxy and returning it using the envelope provided or otherwise to the attention of the Proxy Department of Computershare Investor Services Inc. at 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1.

Voting by Facsimile Before the Meeting.A registered shareholder may submit his or her proxy by facsimile by completing, dating and signing the enclosed form of proxy and returning it by facsimile to Computershare Investor Services Inc. at (416) 263-9524 or toll free (within North America) at (866) 249-7775.

Voting by Telephone Before the Meeting.A registered shareholder may vote by telephone by calling toll free 1-866-732-VOTE (8683) or from outside of North America by calling (312) 588- 4290 and following the instructions provided (located on the front of the proxy) to identify themselves to the system.

Voting by Internet Before the Meeting. A registered shareholder may vote over the Internet by going to www.investorvote.com and following the instructions. Such shareholder will require a control number (located on the front of the proxy) to identify themselves to the system.

To be effective, a proxy must be received by Computershare no later than 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on May 6, 2020 or, if the Meeting is adjourned, 48 hours (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted) prior to the time of holding the Meeting.

A shareholder who has given a proxy has the power to revoke it as to any matter on which a vote has not already been cast pursuant to the authority conferred by such proxy and may do so either: (1) by delivering another properly executed form of proxy bearing a later date and depositing it as described above; (2) by depositing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy executed by the shareholder with Computershare at any time up to and including 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on the second last business day preceding the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, at which the proxy is to be used; or (3) in any other manner permitted by law.

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