H. C. Charles Diao has served as a director of the Company since November 2012. Mr. Diao is currently SVP Finance and Corporate Treasurer at Bally s Corporation with responsibilities for global treasury operations, corporate finance and capital markets, tax, and risk management/insurance. Mr. Diao is also a member of the multidisciplinary executive leadership team overseeing cybersecurity and ransomware preparedness, along with other risk management initiatives, for Bally s. From July 2021 until June 2023, Mr. Diao was Managing Director at Diao & Co. LLC ( Diao & Co. ), where he provided financial advisory services to corporate clients. Until July 2021, Mr. Diao served as Senior Vice President of Finance, Corporate Development and Corporate Treasurer of DXC Technology Company ( DXC ), a global IT solutions and managed service provider, which focuses on ensuring security and scalability across enterprise cloud systems. He previously served as Vice President and Corporate Treasurer of DXC s predecessor, Computer Science Corp since 2012, with responsibility for and management of global treasury operations, corporate finance and capital markets, corporate development and M&A, pension plans and risk management/insurance. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Diao was Managing Director and founder of Diao & Co., and the Chief Investment Officer of Diao Capital Management LLC, an affiliate that managed alternative investments on behalf of institutional family offices. Until 2008, Mr. Diao was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns where he was the Group Head for Special Situations Credit, a partner within the firm s TMT investment banking practice and a member of the firm s Investment Banking Committee and IPO Committee. Mr. Diao currently serves on the board of directors of Griffon Corporation, and also on the board of directors of Synechron Holdings, Inc., including the role of Chairman of the Nomination, Governance, and ESG Committee at Synechron. Mr. Diao served as a member of the board of directors of Media General Inc. (NYSE: MEG), the successor via merger to New Young Broadcasting Holdings Inc., from 2012 until 2017. He was Chairman of its Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of its Audit and Finance Committees. He holds a B.S.E. from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. We believe Mr. Diao is well-qualified to continue to serve as a director of the Company because of his prior directorships and senior management experience, as well as his corporate leadership, financial and operational management experience.