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Ian Fearon will be appointed to the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Dr. Fearon is the founder and Director of whatIF? Consulting Ltd, a regulatory science consulting company he established in June 2017. Prior to founding whatIF? Consulting Ltd, Dr. Fearon held various roles at British American Tobacco from March 2008 to December 2017, including International Regulatory Affairs Manager, Clinical Research Manager, Principal Scientist (Human Studies and Regulatory Affairs), and Principal Scientist/Head of Clinical Research. Dr. Fearon also served as Senior Director of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs EMEA at JUUL Labs from July 2018 to December 2018, and as Chief Scientific Officer at McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors from June 2023 to January 2024. Dr. Fearon currently serves as a director of IM2 Property Ltd and IM2 Holdings Ltd and a scientific advisory board member for Qnovia, Inc. Dr. Fearon holds a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honors in Pharmacology and a Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Studies, both from the University of Leeds.

Faisal Bari will be appointed to the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Bari served as Group Chief Financial Officer of Kuwait Food Co (Americana) Ltd from June 2017 to January 2026, where he also served as a Steering Committee member of the Risk Committee. Prior to Americana, Mr. Bari served as GCC Business Unit Chief Financial Officer at PepsiCo International and as Group Chief Financial Officer of Olayan Group KSA. Mr. Bari holds a Diploma from the University of the West of England and is a Chartered Accountant qualified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

Husam Manna will be appointed to the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Manna has served on the board of directors of Bank of Jordan plc since July 2015, where he also serves on the Executive Committee and the Early Warning Signals Committee. During his tenure on Bank of Jordan's board, Mr. Manna has also served on the Corporate Governance and Strategy Committee, Compliance Committee and Governance and Management of Information Technology Committee. Mr. Manna holds degrees of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/International Business from California State University, Chico and Master of Business Administration from California State University, Chico.

Tamir Saeed will be appointed as chairman of the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Saeed has served on the board of directors of AIR since 2020 and has also served on the audit and risk committee, remuneration and nomination committee (as chair) and ESG committee of AIR since 2020. Mr. Saeed is a Managing Partner at Kingsway since 2015, where he has overseen successful consumer-focused investments and served on the board of directors for a number of portfolio companies. Prior to joining Kingsway, Mr. Saeed held various roles at Goldman Sachs between 2006 and 2014. Mr. Saeed holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Bassem Lotfy joined AIR in July 2020 and has served as Chief Financial Officer of AIR since January 2024. In this capacity, he is responsible for AIR's global finance strategy, including tax, treasury, financial and management reporting, capital structure and bank financing. Previously, Mr. Lotfy served as Director of Corporate Finance at AIR from July 2020 to December 2023. Prior to joining AIR, Mr. Lotfy spent over 23 years in several senior finance director roles at British American Tobacco across Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Lotfy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and a MBA from Webster University in Bellevue, Switzerland.

Manuel Stotz will be appointed to the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Stotz has served as a director of AIR since November 2020. Mr. Stotz founded Kingsway in July 2015 and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer since April 2017. Prior to founding Kingsway, Mr. Stotz served as a portfolio manager and partner at THS Partners LLP from June 2011 to June 2015 and as an investment analyst at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners from January 2008 to April 2011. Mr. Stotz received a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Reinhard Mieck will be appointed to the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Mieck serves as Chairman of the Board of AIR, a position he has held since January 2024. Mr. Mieck previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of AIR from May 2021 to December 2023. Prior to joining AIR, Mr. Mieck served as Executive Vice President of Europe, Australia and New Zealand at Reckitt plc from November 2018 to April 2021. Mr. Mieck was also a co-founder of Metier Group Ltd., a luxury leather goods company, in 2015, serving as its Chief Executive Officer until October 2018, and since November 2018 as Chairman of its Board of Directors and member of the Compensation Committee. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Mieck served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of LABELUX Group, where he also served as Chairman of Jimmy Choo and Bally. Mr. Mieck also held various senior roles at Reckitt Benckiser from 1997 to 2009, including Senior Vice President & Regional Director for Eastern Europe. Mr. Mieck studied business at the Universities of Trier, Germany and Dublin, Ireland, and holds an MBA in Marketing and Strategic Management.

Stuart Brazier joined AIR in January 2019, bringing over 22 years of international business experience from British American Tobacco (BAT), where he held senior roles including Head of Finance for BAT's Europe and North Africa Region, Area Director for North Africa and Regional Manager for Asia Pacific. Mr. Brazier will be appointed to the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Brazier holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Economics with Accountancy from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. and completed executive studies at Harvard Business School and IMD. Mr. Brazier is also a Chartered Management Accountant.

Andrew S. Gundlach will be appointed to the Pubco Board following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Gundlach is the President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Bleichroeder LP, a registered investment advisor he founded in 2019. Mr. Gundlach is also the Chairman and CEO of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company. Mr. Gundlach currently serves on the Board of Directors of Welltower, Inc., a publicly traded health care infrastructure REIT, where he serves on the Audit and Investment Committees. Previously, Mr. Gundlach served as a Director of First Eagle Holdings for over 15 years and held roles in the Investment Banking and M&A departments of Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan between 1994 and 2000. Mr. Gundlach holds degrees of Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a Certificat d'Etudes Politiques from Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Shane S. George has served as Chief People Officer of AIR since December 2021, taking on a progressively expanding responsibilities, first as Chief People Officer / SVP IT in July 2024 and Chief People Officer / SVP Europe and IT in August 2025. In these capacities, he is responsible for AIR's global human resources and information technology functions and oversees operations across Europe. Previously, he served in various roles at Reckitt from June 2010 to November 2021, including as Vice President, HR, North America Hygiene from April 2019 to November 2021 and as Vice President, HR Operations from January 2018 to April 2019. Mr. George holds degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Bachelor of Science in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.