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Mr. Michael E. Reed, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: USA TODAY Co., Inc.:Chair of the Board since May 2019:Chief Executive Officer and President, and member of the Board since November 2013. GateHouse Media, Inc., our predecessor:Chief Executive Officer from January 2006 to November 2019 and member of the board of directors from October 2006 to November 2019. OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Former Director and former Chair, Newspaper Association of Americal; Former Director, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Former Director and former Chair of the Audit Committee, the Associated Press.

Ms. Gosser has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2025. Ms. Gosser has worked in finance roles for the Company since January 2007, most recently serving as Deputy Chief Financial Officer from January 2023 to March 2025 and as Senior Vice President - Finance and Investor Relations from April 2021 to January 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Gosser served in finance roles at Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. and Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC)

Mr. Kevin M. Sheehan, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Dave & Buster's, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLAY), a leading operator of entertainment and dining venues:Chair since April 2021 and Director since 2011:Interim Chief Executive Officer from December 2024 to August 2025 and also from October 2021 to June 2022. Scientific Games Corporation, a global provider of gaming products and services:Chief Executive Officer, President and Director from August 2016 to June 2018:Senior Advisor from June 2018 to October 2018. Adelphi University, a private university in New York:Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business from 2015 to 2016. OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Chair and Director, Dave & Buster's, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLAY); Former Director, Scientific Games Corporation; Former Director, Navistar, Inc. (NYSE: NAV); Former Director, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRI).

Ms. Debra A. Sandler, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Trewstar Corporate Board Services, a boutique board services firm; Partner since January 2021; Advisor from June 2020 to January 2021. Mavis Foods, LLC, a food company focusing on direct-to-consumer sales; Founder and Chief Executive Officer since August 2018. La Grenade Group, LLC, a privately held consulting firm; Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer from May 2015 to April 2020. Mars, Inc., a global manufacturer of confectionary, food, and pet food products; Chief Health and Wellbeing Officer from July 2014 to June 2015; President, Chocolate, North America from April 2012 to July 2014; Chief Consumer Officer, Mars Chocolate from November 2009 to March 2012. OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Director, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (Nasdaq: KDP); Director, Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG); Director, Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM); Former Director, Legacy Gannett; Trustee, Hofstra University; Member, Executive Leadership Council; Board of Executive Managers, Pharmavite, LLC

Ms. Amy E. Reinhard, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), a global streaming entertainment service:President of Advertising since October 2023:Vice President, Studio Operations and Consumer Products from September 2020 until October 2023:Vice President, Content Acquisition and Consumer Products from November 2016 to September 2020Paramount Pictures Corporation (Nasdaq: PARA), a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc. and a producer and global distributor of filmed entertainment:Held a series of advancing roles, most recently as President, Worldwide Television Licensing and Distribution from April 2014 to November 2016

Ms. Barbara W. Wall, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Legacy Gannett, a media company which we acquired in November 2019; Chief Legal Officer from June 20015 to November 2019; Interim Chief Operating Officer from March 2019 to November 2019. TEGNA, Inc., a media company and Legacy Gannett's former parent; Held various advancing positions for 30 years. American University, School of Communications; Professor of media law since 2007. OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Trustee, The Freedom Foruml; Director, The News Media Alliance; Lifetime Achievement Awards including the Media Law Resource Center's William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award, the American Bar Association's Champion of Freedom Award and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press's First Amendment Award.

Mr. John Jeffry Louis, III, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Gannett Co., Inc., a media company which we acquired in November 2019 and refer to as Legacy Gannett:Former Chair until November 2019Parson Capital Corporation, a Chicago-based private equity and venture capital firm:Co-founder and Chair until 2007. OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Former Director, Legacy Gannett:Director, The Olayan Group:Director, S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc.:Chair of the Board, Net Purpose Ltd.:Life Trustee, Board of Trustees, Northwestern University.

Mr. Theodore P. Janulis, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Investable Oceans, an investment platform focused on sustainable ocean investing:Founder and Principal since September 2019. CRT Greenwich LLC, a financial services company:Chief Executive Officer from January 2014 to June 2016. Aurora Bank FSB, a federal savings bank:Chief Executive Officer from September 2008 to January 2013. Lehman Brothers, a global financial services firm:Various senior management roles including Global Head of Mortgage Capital, Global Head of the Investment Management Division, and Global Co-Head of Fixed Income until 2008

Ms. Maha Al-Emam, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD), a multinational media and entertainment company:Advisor from February 2023 to September 2023. Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), a company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services:Managing Director, Digital Strategy and Product from October 2015 to July 2022. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies:Vice President, eCommerce from September 2013 to October 2015. Bloomberg LP, a financial, software, data, and media company:Chief Product Officer from September 2011 to April 2013. The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, a business and economic-focused newspaper:Global Director, International Markets Technology from June 2009 to September 2011.

On September 15, 2026, the Board of Directors of USA TODAY Co., Inc. increased the size of the Board from eight to nine directors and appointed Timothy Allen as a member of the Board, effective as of such date. Allen is the Chief Executive Officer of Babbel, a global digital language-learning company, where he leads the company's global strategy, operations, and next phase of growth, including the thoughtful integration of AI to enhance customer experiences. For more than two decades across technology, digital media, subscription businesses, and consumer platforms, Allen has built a reputation for driving growth, fostering innovation, and creating customer-centric products and experiences at scale. Prior to joining Babbel, Allen served as Chief Executive Officer of Care.com and Ask.com, held the position of Vice President of Program Management and Operations at Ask.com, and served as General Manager of Product Management at Vimeo, where he helped scale global consumer technology platforms and drive product innovation.

Cindy Gallagher, age 44, appointed as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and as its Principal Accounting Officer, effective August 11, 2023. Ms. Gallagher has served as the Company's Senior Vice President Finance and Controller since January 2023 and previously served as the Company's Senior Vice President Shared Services from November 2020 to January 2023. Prior to this, Ms. Gallagher was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Source PBC, a provider of data analytics and financial services, from March 2018 to November 2020. Ms. Gallagher formerly served as Senior Vice President Global Business Services Controller for Discovery Communications from November 2014 to March 2018, and as Vice President Deputy Controller and Assistant Treasurer with AOL, Inc. from September 2011 to November 2014.