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Alwin Epple serves as a director of ADSE Holdco. Mr. Epple has served as Chairman of the Advisory Board for AMANN & Sohne GmbH & Co.KG, a worldwide operating manufacturer of industrial sewing threads and embroidery yarns, and as a member of the Board of Management of Hanns A. Pielenz-Stiftung, a non-profit foundation, since 2016. Additionally, from 2016 through 2023, Mr. Epple served as the Chief Audit Executive of Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Daimler AG) Stuttgart/Germany, Detroit/USA, and Beijing/China. Mr. Epple studied economics at Eberhard-Karls-University Tubingen and has participated in multiple executive management training sessions at Harvard University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Joseph Brancato serves as a director of ADSE Holdco. Mr. Brancato serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Gensler, a global design and architecture firm. In addition, he is Managing Principal for Gensler's Northeast and Latin America regions. Mr. Brancato serves on the Executive Committee of the Board and the Global Compliance Committee. He provides thought leadership and regularly speaks on topics such as the impact of driverless cars and ride-sharing on urban planning and development, shaping the future of cities, the urbanization of suburbia, and design of post-pandemic office buildings. Engaged in professional outreach, he is an active member of the American Institute of Architects, Urban Land Institute, Urban Design Forum, and CoreNet Global and serves on the board of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). Mr. Brancato is a registered architect in 23 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. He holds Bachelor's degrees in architecture and urban studies from the University of Maryland. We believe Mr. Brancato is well-qualified to serve as a director due to his expertise in architecture, urban planning, and market leadership.

Michael Rudloff serves as the Chief Operations Officer of ADSE since October 2023 and has extensive expertise in technology leadership, strategy development and performance improvement of the company in market, product, technology and processes. From May 2023 to October 2023, Mr. Rudloff served as Senior Vice President of ADSE. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Restructuring Officer and later the Chief Executive Officer of Dauphin Office Interior GmbH & CO.KG, a manufacturer of innovative seating solutions for office, contract, and industrial sectors, from August 2021 until December 2023. From April 2017 to July 2021, Mr. Rudloff served as the Chief Executive Officer of Willy Sauter GmbH&Co.KG, a manufacturer of tool and workpiece carrier systems for machine tools. Mr. Rudloff holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Applied Sciences Wurzburg/Schweinfurt.

Sonja Harms, PhD serves as a director of ADSE Holdco. Dr. Sonja Harms is the co founder and managing partner of GREEN MINE GmbH Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft (GREEN MINE). GREEN MINE specializes in implementation and consulting for financial and sustainability reporting according to national and international reporting requirements. Before founding GREEN MINE, she worked for Ernst&Young GmbH ranked as manager in the assurance service line (2004 - 2009) and as a freelancer (2015 - 2023) and as group accounting manager at Henkel AG Co. & KGaA (2010 - 2012). She also worked as a professor at the FOM University for Applied Science in Essen, Germany (2018 - 2023). She holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Munster and is appointed as a German Certified Auditor in Germany since 2007.

Kurt J. Lauk, PhD is the co-founder and President of Globe CP GmbH, a private investment firm established in 2000. His varied experience includes service as a Member of European Parliament (2004 - 2009), including as a Member of Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and Deputy Member of the Foreign and Security Affairs Committee. Dr. Lauk possesses extensive European automotive industry experience, primarily through his positions as Member of the Board of Management and Head of World Wide Commercial Vehicles Division of Daimler Chrysler (1996 - 1999), as well as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (with responsibility for finance, controlling and marketing) of Audi AG (1989 - 1992). He currently serves as a Trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and was an honorary professor with a chair for international studies at the European Business School in Reichartshausen, Germany. Dr. Lauk possesses both a PhD in international politics (Kiel), as well as an MBA (Stanford).

Sebastian Schypulla serves as our Chief Purchase and Logistic Officer since May 2022. He spent more than ten years at Porsche AG and has held various positions in procurement. Prior to his current role at ADSE as Chief Purchase and Logistics Officer, Mr. Schypulla served as Manager General Procurement in the Operating Material & Charging Infrastructure division. He holds a diploma in Business Administration from the Technical University of Dresden, where he was Member & Executive Vice-President of the Erasmus Initiative for almost two years.

Torsten Klee serves as the Chief Financial Officer of ADSE since October 2025. Prior to joining ADSE, Mr. Klee served as the business unit chief financial officer of Aquila Clean Energy GmbH, a wind turbine, photovoltaic, and battery storage park development and construction company based in Hamburg, Germany, from April 2022 to December 2024. From March 2021 to February 2022, Mr. Klee served as working capital manager of UEE Holding SE & Co. KG (Enercon), a wind turbine manufacturing company based in Aurich, Germany. From January 2020 to January 2021, Mr. Klee served as group chief financial officer of Janoschka AG, a pre-press services company based in Kippenheim, Germany. From July 2019 to January 2020, Mr. Klee served as a consultant of the board of Nordeon Group, a lighting systems company based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Since August 2015, Mr. Klee has also served as the managing director of TKM Services GmbH, an interim management services company based in Munich, Germany. Mr. Klee earned his Account Specialist IHK from Commercial Chamber (IHK), Frankfurt/Main, his Executive MBA from Henley Management College, UK, and his Diplom Kaufmann from Universitat der Bundeswehr, Munich.

Andreas Fabritius, PhD serves as a director of ADSE Holdco. Mr. Fabritius has served as a Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a leading global law firm, for more than 30 years. He specializes in public and private M&A as well as general corporate law. His clients include German and international companies, banks, financial investors, and government agencies. He studied law and economics in Bonn and Speyer in Germany, at the University of Michigan Law School in the United States, and at the European Institute in Italy. In addition to his role at Freshfields, Dr. Fabritius serves as British Honorary Consul in Frankfurt am Main.

Thomas Gerhart Speidel serves as the chief executive officer of ADSE and a director of ADSE Holdco. Mr. Speidel founded ADSE GM in 2017 and serves as its chief executive officer. Prior to that, he served as chief executive officer and managing director of ads-tec, which was founded by his father, Hans-Herman Speidel, and ads-tec Group. He is also a member of several boards and committees, including the Fraunhofer ISE Board of Trustees (since 2018) and the Expo Energy Storage Europe exhibition advisory committee (since 2019). Mr. Speidel has served as the president of the German Energy Storage Systems Association since 2016. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Stuttgart.

Christoph Fehrenbacher works for ads-tec Energy GmbH since January 2025 as Chief Technology Officer and was confirmed in his role as an officer in January 2026. Prior to joining ADSE, he worked for A123 Systems GmbH, a developer and manufacturer of lithium iron phosphate batteries and energy storage systems, from October 2010 to October 2020 in various management positions with a focus on research and development including Managing Director of the European Research and Development Center. From November 2020 to December 2024 he was Vice President Key Technologies, Corporate R&D at ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a technology manufacturing company that supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology. He has in-depth expertise in electromobility, Li-Ion batteries and thermal management and he has extensive leadership experience in Research and Development. Christoph Fehrenbacher holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart.