Converge Technology Solutions Corp.

Management Discussion and Analysis

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

Converge Technology Solutions Corp.

Management Discussion and Analysis

(expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars)

General Information

The following management discussion and analysis ("MD&A") of the financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations of Converge Technology Solutions Corp. (the "Company" or "Converge") constitutes management's review of the factors that affected the Company's financial and operating performance for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, as well as the Company's consolidated financial statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2020.

The condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting policies consistent with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ("IFRIC") in effect for the Company's reporting three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. The consolidated financial statements can be found at www.sedar.com and www.convergetp.com.

This MD&A was written to comply with the requirements of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations. This MD&A is dated as at November 10, 2021 and was approved by the Board of Directors on that date. Results are reported in thousands of Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.

The Company's registered head office is 85 Rue Victoria, Gatineau, Quebec, J8X 2A3.

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About Forward-Looking Information

Certain information and statements within the MD&A and documents incorporated by reference may constitute "forward-looking information" (as defined in applicable Canadian securities legislation) which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company and its subsidiaries, or the industry in which the Company operates, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this MD&A, the words "estimate", "believe", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "may", "should", "will", the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations of the management of the Company with respect to future events based on currently available information and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or expansion and growth achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those forward looking statements, such as significant changes in market conditions, the inability of the Company to close sales and the inability of the Company to attract sufficient financing and including the risk factors summarized above under the heading "Risks and Uncertainties". New risk factors may arise from time to time and it is not possible for management of the Company to predict all of those risk factors or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this MD&A are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this MD&A speak only as of the date hereof. The Company does not undertake or assume any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Non-IFRS Financial Measures

This MD&A refers to certain performance indicators including Adjusted EBITDA and Gross Revenue that do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Management believes that these measures are useful to most shareholders, creditors, and other stakeholders in analyzing the Company's results. These non-IFRS financial measures should not be considered as an alternative to the consolidated income (loss) or any other measure of performance under IFRS. See section "Non-IFRS Financial Measures".

Overview of the Business

Converge is a North American platform of regionally focused IT solution providers ("ITSP") in the United States of America ("US") and Canada connecting best of breed services and solutions to clients. On August 5, 2021, the Company announced its acquisition of REDNT AG, marking Converge's official expansion into Europe, a significant milestone for the Company. Converge provides high quality hardware, software, and managed services solutions to corporate and government institutions.

Companies increasingly rely on the expertise and experience of an IT solutions provider to design their IT infrastructure and to procure and integrate the appropriate hardware and software for an integrated IT solution and providing ongoing services. This trend is largely driven by limited in-house capacity, higher costs and challenges related to internal development, deployment, and maintenance of complex and rapidly changing IT infrastructure. Furthermore, clients are increasingly looking to consolidate their vendors and minimize the number of providers they interact with for their IT needs. Companies are looking for providers who offer a broad portfolio of end-to-end capabilities including next generation technologies and new delivery models. Converge offers an extensive range of products, services, and solutions to meet these needs.

With significant increases in the amount of information and the abundance of data in today's market environment, companies are increasingly demanding a more agile, responsive technology infrastructure system that helps meet

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their strategic business objectives. These needs are increasingly under pressure with the desire to create virtual environments that can further leverage this growing dataset, including cloud computing. Cloud computing heavily leverages resource pools in a variety of different technologies - storage and networking, virtualization, and the data center. Converge believes that these technologies are not only central aspects of a company's IT strategy, but also central to a company's broader business strategy.

As a buyer of Information Technology Service Providers ("ITSPs"), Converge tends to seek out sellers that have digital transformation, cloud, compliance, security, vertical market, and regional expertise. With a focus on these areas, Converge believes it is well positioned to become a solutions leader within these segments.

The following table presents further details on the material subsidiaries of Converge as of the date of this MD&A:

Company

Location

Ownership percentage

Northern Micro Inc. ("Northern Micro")

Ottawa, ON

100%

Corus Group, LLC ("Corus360")

Atlanta, GA

100%

BlueChip Tek, Inc. ("BCT")

Santa Clara, CA

100%

Key Information Systems, Inc. ("KeyInfo")

Agoura Hills, CA

100%

Portage CyberTech Inc., 10084182 Canada Inc. o/a Becker-

Ottawa, ON

100%

Carroll, Vivvo Application Studios ("Portage")

Lighthouse Computer Services, Inc., Creative Computing

Providence, RI

100%

LLC, Lighthouse Middleware, LLC, Acumetrics Business

Intelligence Inc. ("Lighthouse")

SIS Holding Company, LLC, Software Information Systems,

Lexington, KY

100% (1)

LLC ("SIS")

Nordisk Systems, Inc. ("Nordisk")

Portland, OR

100%

Essextec Acquisition, LLC, Essex Technology Group, Inc.,

New York, NY

100%

Essex Commercial Finance LLC ("Essextec")

Datatrend Technologies, Inc. ("Datatrend")

Minneapolis, MN

100%

VSS Holdings, LLC, VSS, LLC, Information Insights, LLC

Madison, MS

100% (2)

("VSS")

Solutions P.C.D. Inc, P.C.D. Consultation Inc. ("PCD")

Montreal, QC

100%

Unique Digital, Inc. ("Unique Digital")

Dallas, TX

100%

Workgroup Connections, Inc. ("Workgroup")

Saint Louis, MO

100%

Vicom Computer Services, Inc. ("Vicom")

Farmingdale, NY

100%

CarpeDatum LLC ("CarpeDatum")

Aurora, CO

100% (3)

Accudata Systems LLC ("Accudata")

Houston, TX

100%

Dasher Technologies, Inc. ("Dasher")

Campbell, CA

100%

ExactlyIT Inc. ("ExactlyIT")

Morrisville, NC

100%

REDNET AG ("Rednet")

Mainz, Germany

75% (4)

LPA Software Solutions ("LPA")

Rochester, NY

100%

Notes:

  1. The Company indirectly holds all of the issued and outstanding Class A membership units of SIS, which represent 100% of the economic and voting interests in SIS. As of the date of this MD&A, there are also 2,000,000 Class B membership units of SIS (which have no right to economic or voting participation in SIS) issued and outstanding, held by the vendors of SIS and exchangeable into common shares of the Company.
  2. The Company indirectly holds all of the issued and outstanding Class A membership units of VSS, which represents 100% of the economic interests in VSS. As of the date of this MD&A, there are also 15 Class B membership units of VSS (which have no right to economic participation in VSS) issued and outstanding, held by the vendors of VSS and exchangeable into common shares of the Company.
  3. The Company indirectly holds all of the issued and outstanding Class A membership units of CarpeDatum, which represents 100% of the economic interests in CarpeDatum. As of the date of this MD&A, there are also 367,644 Class B membership units of CarpeDatum (which have no right to economic participation in CarpeDatum) issued and outstanding, held by the vendors of CarpeDatum and exchangeable into common shares of the Company.
  4. The seller holds a put option, which provides the non-controlling interest shareholders of Rednet the right to require the Company to purchase the remaining 25% ownership interest in Rednet. For accounting purposes, the Company has elected to consolidate 100% of Rednet in its financial statements and does not recognize a non-controlling interest, as per IAS 32 - Financial Instruments

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Strategy

Identify and Acquire. Converge's strategy is to identify and acquire ITSPs that offer a multi-vendor technology solution for clients. Selecting the right companies for acquisition is essential to creating market momentum and is pivotal in delivering lasting value for the company's stakeholders. Converge selects ITSPs with proven business, technical, enterprise client and industry experience that are known and recognized for the business value they create for its clients and partners.

Invest and Transform. Building on the capabilities, relationships, and value of acquired companies, Converge invests in resources, education, tools, and relationships to deepen domain level expertise in specific technology practice areas and industry sectors. Converge has acquired and built public and private cloud capabilities that transform ITSPs into Hybrid IT providers.

Consolidate Certain Back-Office Functions. Starting with back office and support functions, Converge creates significant financial and operating efficiencies and service level gains by leveraging its best-of-breed systems, purchasing power, staff, and processes across acquired companies.

Volume Rebates. Converge provides value to clients and the market by identifying and expanding business, industry, and technical solutions competencies across acquired businesses, including leveraging vendor certifications and hardware volumes across groups to receive increased pricing incentives and rebates.

Talent. Converge continues to build its talent pool of highly qualified engineers and software professionals in its key practice areas in order to provide more value-added IT solutions to the Company's customers.

With its first acquisitions in 2017, Corus360 and Northern Micro, Converge was able to establish an acquisition platform that closely aligned with its stated strategy. During the first quarter of 2018, Converge acquired Becker- Carroll, a company specialized in delivering powerful blockchain solutions. During the second quarter of 2018, Converge expanded its offerings with the acquisition of Key Information Systems, Inc. ("KeyInfo"), an infrastructure company that simplifies complex technology challenges, and BlueChip Tek Inc. ("BCT"), an information technology professional services organization specialized in data center infrastructure integration, cloud optimization, and data center infrastructure solutioning. In the fourth quarter of 2018, Converge acquired Lighthouse Computer Services, Inc., Creative Computing, LLC, Lighthouse Middleware, LLC, and Acumetrics Business Intelligence Inc. (collectively "Lighthouse"), a highly skilled company experienced in analytics, hybrid cloud, infrastructure, and cybersecurity. During the first quarter of 2019, Converge acquired SIS Holding Company, LLC and Software Information Systems, LLC (collectively "SIS"), a strategic company focused on managed cloud delivery, compute efficiency, network optimization, and IT spend optimization. During the third quarter of 2019, Converge acquired Nordisk Systems, Inc. ("Nordisk"), a professional services organization specialized in infrastructure, cloud, security, analytics, business continuity and managed services solutions. During the fourth quarter of 2019, Converge acquired Essextec Acquisition, LLC. ("Essextec"), a leading Wall Street-based cloud, cognitive, and cybersecurity solution provider, Datatrend Technologies, Inc. ("Datatrend"), a leading technology solutions provider focused on Next Gen Data Center, hybrid cloud, infrastructure, multi-site IT deployments, and ISV/OEM solutions, and VSS Holdings, LLC ("VSS"), a leading technology solutions provider specializing in managed services, technology solutions, IT portfolio management and consulting services.

On February 1, 2020, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Solutions P.C.D. Inc. and P.C.D. Consultation Inc. (collectively "PCD"), a Montreal, Canada based partner focused on solutions in enterprise system architecture, storage and information management, virtualization and cloud, and business continuity and disaster recovery. On October 1, 2020, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Unique Digital, Inc. ("Unique Digital"), a Texas-based IT solutions provider focused on architecting and implementing solutions in big data, cloud, data protection networking, security, and virtualization. On December 1, 2020, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Workgroup Connections, Inc. ("Workgroup"), a US- based IT solutions provider with headquarters in Missouri and Colorado, that specializes in leading-edge cloud, software development, and licensing services and solutions. On December 22, 2020, the Company acquired all of

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