Stantec Selects OpenPages SOX Express for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

OpenPages, the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) solutions, today announced Stantec Inc. has selected OpenPages Sarbanes-Oxley Express (SOX Express) for its Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives. Stantec will deploy SOX Express to automate the company's ongoing test and review of its internal controls documentation in order to reduce the time and resource costs associated with Sections 404 and 302 compliance.

Stantec, founded in 1954, provides professional design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, surveying, and project management. The company supports public and private sector clients in a diverse range of markets at every stage, from initial concept and financial feasibility to project completion and beyond. Services are offered through more than 5,500 employees operating out of over 60 locations in North America and the Caribbean. Stantec trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol [STN] and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol [SXC].

OpenPages SOX Express is an enterprise compliance management solution that reduces the time and resource costs associated with ongoing compliance for Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. SOX Express combines powerful document management, business process management and flexible reporting capabilities in an extremely easy-to-use environment that enables an organization to document financial controls and automate the ongoing test and review process. Completely web-based, SOX Express maximizes end-user participation with little training. Its dashboards can be used by project managers, documentation team members, internal auditors and external auditors to plan, document and test the internal controls framework of the company, and to attest to the financial statements.

For more information on OpenPages' line of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management solutions or to register for a weekly webinar, please call 781-647-3800 or visit www.openpages.com.

About OpenPages

Founded in 1996, OpenPages develops enterprise governance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) solutions that optimize internal controls, reduce risk exposures and empower effective corporate oversight. OpenPages' solutions improve corporate accountability, reduce disclosure process costs, assure organizational performance and increase stakeholder confidence via a unified system of record for every significant process, risk and control throughout the enterprise. The company's portfolio of solutions includes SOX Express, the market-leading enterprise application for automating the compliance requirements of Sections 404 and 302 of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and OPtimum ORM, an enterprise risk management software solution that enables entities to identify, analyze and manage operational risk on an integrated, company-wide basis. The world's largest corporations in diverse markets -- including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, media/entertainment, retail/consumer, energy, high technology, health services and life sciences -- rely on OpenPages for cost-effective, efficient, sustainable governance, risk and compliance management. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with international headquarters in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, and regional offices throughout North America.

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