Mr. Constantine S. Macricostas is a member of the Board. Mr. Macricostas is also founder of the Company. Mr. Macricostas was Executive Chairman of the Company until January 20, 2018, and Chairman of the Board until January 6, 2025 upon the appointment of his son, Mr. George C. Macricostas, as Executive Chairman. Mr. Macricostas previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on three different occasions from 1974 until August 1997, from February 2004 to June 2005, and from April 2009 until May 2015. Mr. Macricostas is also a former director of RagingWire Data Centers, Inc. As founder of the Company, Mr. Macricostas knowledge of the Company and its operations, as well as the industry, is invaluable to the Board of Directors in evaluating and directing the Company s future. Through his long service to the Company and his vast experience in the photomask industry, he has developed extensive knowledge in the areas of leadership, safety, risk oversight, management, and corporate governance, each of which provides great value to the Board of Directors. Mr. Macricostas is the founder and director of The Macricostas Family Foundation, Inc., a private foundation formed in 2001 as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The foundation, administered by Mr. Constantine S. Macricostas, Ms. Marie C. Macricostas, Mr. George C. Macricostas, and Mr. Stephen Macricostas, provides grants and funding to educational, literary, and international institutions. Mr. Macricostas holds a Foundation board seat at Western Connecticut State University and because of his contributions the university named its Liberal Arts School the Macricostas School of Arts and Science. Mr. Macricostas was associated with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece, and was an Overseer at the ASCSA s Gennadius Library, where Mr. Macricostas made possible the library s Makriyiannis Wing. Mr. Macricostas is a member of the Board s Cybersecurity Committee and a non-voting advisor to the Compensation Committee.