Red Hat Appoints Former McAfee Executive to Lead Red Hat’s Canadian Operations

Luc Villenueve Joins Red Hat as Red Hat Canada Country Leader

RALEIGH, N.C. -

RALEIGH, N.C. – DECEMBER 2, 2013 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the appointment of Luc Villenueve as country leader of Red Hat Canada. Based in Toronto, Villenueve will be responsible for sales, client services, marketing, and the management of all aspects of Red Hat’s Canadian operation.

Villenueve brings more than 25 years of information technology sales and management experience to Red Hat, where he aims to capitalize on momentum for open source and open hybrid cloud solutions among Canadian organizations. According to a September 2013 report issued by Canada’s Information and Communications Technology Council on the Canadian cloud computing market, “the Canadian cloud economy contributes $4.6 billion annually to Canadian GDP, and by 2018, this contribution will grow to become $8.2 billion.” [1]

Prior to Red Hat, Villenueve served as president of McAfee Canada, NCR Europe, and NCR Canada. Additionally he spent five years as vice president of sales at Sun Microsystems Canada. Earlier in his career, Villenueve held progressive executive sales and marketing positions at Pharmatrust, BCE, GE Capital ITS, and CNC Global Limited.

“We live in a world that is evolving faster than ever, driven by consumer trends and behaviors, technology innovation and adoption, business productivity, and channel reach,” said Rick Akie, vice president and general manager, North America sales, Red Hat. “I expect Luc’s leadership will be a significant asset to Red Hat as we continue our leadership in providing open source software solutions and expand both our global presence and open hybrid cloud vision.”

[1] Information and Communications and Technology Council, “Canada’s Cloud Imperative: Improving Business Opportunities Through Enabling Services,” September 2013, available at http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/?page_id=9395.

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  • About Red Hat
  • Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.



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  • Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: risks related to delays or reductions in information technology spending; the effects of industry consolidation; the ability of the Company to compete effectively; the integration of acquisitions and the ability to market successfully acquired technologies and products; uncertainty and adverse results in litigation and related settlements; the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and the potential for infringement or breach of license claims of or relating to third party intellectual property; the ability to deliver and stimulate demand for new products and technological innovations on a timely basis; risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, the Company’s growth and international operations; fluctuations in exchange rates; and changes in and a dependence on key personnel, as well as other factors contained in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov), including those found therein under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry and market conditions and growth rates, economic and political conditions, governmental and public policy changes and the impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.