Mr. Brandon G. Lutnick has been a director of our Company since February 2025. Mr. Brandon Lutnick is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Cantor and our affiliate Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, and Chief Executive Officer of CFGM. Mr. Brandon Lutnick joined Cantor in 2022 and prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer and Chair worked in the Office of the Chairman, managing strategy and overseeing other special projects relating to Cantor and its affiliates. Mr. Brandon Lutnick has also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cantor s special purpose acquisition companies, commonly referred to as SPACs, including our affiliates Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. and Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. since 2024, and Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc., Cantor Equity Partners III, Inc., Cantor Equity Partners IV, Inc. and Cantor Equity Partners V, Inc. since 2025. Mr. Brandon Lutnick joined Cantor in 2022 in equity sales and trading. Prior to his positions at Cantor, Mr. Brandon Lutnick began his career as a Credit Analyst at Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. In 2021, Mr. Brandon Lutnick graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor s degree in Symbolic Systems. Mr. Brandon Lutnick is the son of our former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Howard W. Lutnick.