INFOTHE OFFICIAL INLAND GROUP NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2016

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What a summer it has been for Inland!

We kicked it off in May when our 110,000 sq. ft. dealership was opened in Phoenix,

Arizona. The spectacular new facility led the way as the first installment in an 85-acre business park designed for the transportation industry. The grand opening was a hit with over 1,000 customers and vendors in attendance. I am glad to say that everyone has settled in and things are rolling smoothly.

Our new 85,000 sq. ft. dealership in Prince George will quickly follow. Construction is expected to be completed this fall with a projected opening date in January 2017. The facility’s layout will be similar to the Phoenix dealership. It will also strongly exhibit our new branding and will be one of the first businesses you see as you approach Prince George from the south on Highway 97. It will proudly represent

Inland as our northern BC flagship for many years to come.

Early in August, after an exhaustive 18 month review, we announced our decision to partner with CDK – a world class business solutions provider. This new partnership will redefine our approach to process, data management and customer service. There is no doubt that we will all be challenged as we prepare for implementation. However, with our talented team and the end goal of creating a better customer experience in mind, I have no doubt that we will ultimately become a stronger, more connected company with all the tools we need to offer a world class experience to our customers.

With so much change on the horizon, streamlined communication has become a top priority. With that in mind, I had the chance to visit Facebook’s headquarters in Silicon Valley in June. Subsequent to that initial meeting, Inland was accepted as an

early adopter for the Facebook at Work platform. We saw the immediate value as a communication tool so we fast tracked the launch and put it in everyone’s hands as soon as possible. We are seeing some great results thus far and, once people become more familiar with the platform, it will only get better. In early September, I will take some time to answer questions I’ve received relating to our decision to use Facebook at Work and best practices for using the tool within the Facebook application.

In closing, and as we wrap up the fiscal year, I’d like to thank each and every one of you for your dedication and efforts. I am truly proud of what we’ve accomplished over the past year and can’t wait to see what we can get done next year.

Sincerely,

Andrew Johnston

IN THIS ISSUE:

Athletes at InlandCollege coaches, long-distance runnersa pro rugby player and more!

Andrew Johnston, CFO, stops a shot while playing goalie for a competitive men’s league. Andrew has played hockey almost his entire life.

A message from Andrew Johnston, Executive VP & CFO

ATHLETES at INLAND

Scott (also pictured below), played football for Chico State and then coached the offensive line for 19 years at

Chico State, Mendocino and Western Washington.

Brett has been snowmobiling since he was six years old. He has raced in numerous events and hopes to one day

compete at the Jackson Hole World Championships.

Carl has been racing professionally for 10 years in the Best in the Desert Racing Series. He started racing

motocross professionally when he was 19. He eventually moved on to off road racing as he got older.

Brett Burgess - Cranbrook

Scott Hodgkinson - Tucson

Carl Deines - Phoenix

Scott Hodgkinson - TucsonCarl Deines - Phoenix

Keep ‘em coming! If you’re an athlete, send your photos to twillcox@inland-group.com

Sheila Zaleski - Fort St. John

Sheila played volleyball at UBC-Okanagan as well as a division 1 professional stint in Spain for the 2009-2010

season.

Ian currently plays professional rugby for the San Diego Breakers of the Professional Rugby

Organization. In 2012, Ian captained Belmont Shore RFC to a USA championship win.

Troy (left) placed 4th in Masters and 2nd in Heavyweight at this year’s BC Provincial

Championships for bodybuilding. He is currently training for nationals.

After playing four years with Ohio State, Steve coached and recruited with the team for 14 seasons - producing numerous NHL

stars and Olympians.

Colette has completed 6 full marathons including the Boston Marathon and Victoria Marathon. In 1988, she ran a portion of the Olympic Torch Relay in Campbell

River, BC.

Troy Knight - Langley

Steve Brent - Tucson

Colette Mondin - Home Office

Ian CarpenterLA

The “Mother Truckers” relay team from Home Office including:Back L-R: Nicole McGlynn, Colette Mondin, Elena Antipenkova,

Monica Gabbassova, Wiyani Prayetno, Heide Baer. Front L-R: Oksana Friesen, Andrea Ramsson, Jovelita Melgar

Jack played college baseball at the University of Southern California. He was drafted in the 8th round

by the Washington Nationals in 2005. He played 7 seasons in the organization - making it to Triple A.

Mike has run in a number of races including: the Boston Marathon, Phoenix Marathon, San Diego Marathon, Marine Corp Marathon and Tucson Marathon. He has also run in the Tour de Mesa and the Tour

of the Tucson Mountains which are over 70 miles long.

Tom was the Canadian Youth Champion in the shotput in 2008. He went on to compete for the University of Memphis where he earned

All-Conference honors and competed in the NCAA regionals.

Since he’s stopped climbing, Jason races motorcycles because it is safer (although he did crash last year).

Jason was a mountain climber with sponsorships from Outdoor Research, Black Diamond, Kayland Boots, Petzl and The North Face. He has climbed

in Canada, USA, New Zealand, Australia, the Andes and the Himalayas. Jason has resorted to social climbing after a bad fall on Liberty Bell in

Washington in which he broke his leg.

Jack Spradlin - Phoenix

Jason Wheeler - Home Office

Jason Wheeler - Home Office

Tom Willcox - Home Office

Mike Seidel - Tucson

We recently had an opportunity to provide a presentation for the LBX Board of Directors. They requested this presentation and held their annual meeting in Vancouver, BC on July 7. Bill Currie, Andrew Johnston, Corey Timms, Aeron McKie and myself had the pleasure of joining the 18

board members for dinner on July 6, learning more about each other and the challenges of our business. During the presentation, we highlighted the history of Inland, our commitment to our employees and customers, the financial position of our company, our reinvestment in the business, and a

productive discussion regarding our day-to-day interactions with LBX. The picture of our group is after they toured our Langley facility (pictured above). We considered this an honor for the invitation. Our employees should be proud that the directors saw value in learning more about Inland.

A visit from LBX & Sumitomo

Teams from Inland, LBX and Sumitomo worked with Lialan Industries to test Link-Belt’s 3240 platform. Testing took place

at Johnson Creek - about 130 km southwest of Fort St. John.

The Inland & LBX teams(Story Below)

Important Reminder from HR!If you have received a PLATINUM (silver–colored) Visa gift card for an Inland anniversary, please be aware that they have a one-year expiry date from the month they were issued. We cannot get the funds back or give you a new card if you miss using the card before the expiry date! (Note: This does not apply to the reloadable gold cards where the funds will rollover to a new card once the current cards expire.)

On June 4, Prince George held their annual Customer Appreciation Day. The sun was shining on us as our cooks, Dave Knowles and Len Godin, served up hot dogs, hamburgers and smokies. There was a Skid Steer bouncer for the kids and an Inland coloring book for them to take home.

We had a dunk tank - thanks to Rick Bruneski, Dealer Manager, Carl Overnay, Fixed Operations Manager and Jeff Morrison, Parts Manager for taking the plunge into the cold water. Proceeds were by donation that went to our local SPCA.

Adults and children had a chance to look inside some trucks & equipment on display. A Linkbelt 3240 Processor with a Waratah head, CX36B Mini Excavator, whose bucket held the cold drinks, 1085B Tigercat Forwarder, 635E Tigercat Skidder, Kenworth T800 and T880 trucks.

Our customers entered their names in our draws for a 55” TV (Bob Rickett), Pressure Washer (Kyle Megli), Lightbar (Bob Schwing). We also had 5 $100.00 service gift certificates and 5 $100.00 parts gifts certificates. We had 2 kids draws, congratulations to Navaeh Fryer and Gavin Wiebe.

A big thank you goes out to all those who helped make this day a success.

Customer Appreciation Day in PG

Rick Bruneski

Submitted by Tracey Russell

Submitted by Vivian Biederman

Submitted by Lori Willcox

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Photos from around Inland

Tommy Boy entertains the crowd at our Phoenix grand opening. Hundreds of people showed up to take in the carnival-style

entertainment at the Phoenix grand opening.

Back L-R: Kevin Christy, Ali Webster, Tyson Negus, Rob Stevens, Nicole Heck, Brendon Rempel, Mike Bradley, Kelly Good, Brandon Basanti

Front L-R: Cole Fex, Jenn Bauer, Deanne Hall, Yvonne Dmyterko, Karen Stevens

Inland Kamloops - K-Wobblers2016 Kamloops Automotive League Champions

Dunk tanks were an Inland hit this hot summer. Jeff Morrison, Parts Manager, also took a plunge at

Prince George’s Customer Appreciation Day.

Mike Lambert (left) and Matt Allen accept Inland’s Silver Award for Outstanding Customer Service at

the PACCAR Parts & Service meeting.

The Kamloops team went out on a white water rafting adventure. Greg Negus failed to stay on

the raft the entire trip.

Steve Trussell, Arizona Rock Products Association Executive Director,

prepares for a dip!