Diana M. Peninger, age 61, has been a director of the Company since 2020. Her term expires at the Annual Meeting. She is a CEO-experienced operating executive and board director with more than 30 years of global leadership in chemicals, specialty materials, and industrial manufacturing, including expatriate assignments in Frankfurt, Germany. She brings deep operating, governance, and strategic planning experience, with a focus on disciplined execution, risk management, and performance improvement. Ms. Peninger, previously served as the President and CEO of Reproductive Solutions, a Dallas-based medical device company, from 2021 to 2025. She also founded Geneva Lake Partners LLC, an advisory firm supporting middle-market industrial, medical companies with strategy and growth initiatives, and served as its CEO since 2017. Ms. Peninger held senior leadership roles at Celanese Corporation from 2007 to 2016, including Vice President of Acetyl Intermediates, EVA Performance Polymers and Nutrinova Specialty Food Ingredients. Earlier at Celanese, she led corporate strategy and business development efforts focused on manufacturing expansion in low-cost regions. She also held P&L leadership roles at Chemtura Corporation from 2005 to 2007. Ms. Peninger has served on the board of The Rogers Group, Inc. since 2017, where she currently chairs its Compensation Committee and serves on the Audit Committee. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, where she received the Distinguished Alumni Award. Ms. Peninger's extensive industry and leadership experience, among other factors, led the Board to determine that she should serve as a director.