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Mr. Warzala has a strong management and technical background in the motion control industry and has served as Chairman of the Board since February 2014. Mr. Warzala joined Allient as President and Chief Operating Officer in May 2002 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2009. Prior to joining Allient, Mr. Warzala was President of the Motion Components Group of Danaher Corporation and held various positions at American Precision Industries Inc., including Corporate Vice President and President of its API Motion Division. Pursuant to his employment agreement, as long as Mr. Warzala is Chief Executive Officer and is willing to serve, the Board of Directors will nominate him for election to the Board. His leadership experience and Company and industry knowledge, with 40 years of motion experience, provides valuable insight to the Board of Directors in formulating and executing the Company's strategy. Mr. Warzala has been on the Board of Directors of AstroNova, Inc. since December 2017 where he serves as the Lead Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Michaud was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in May 2024. Prior to joining Allient, he served as Chief Financial Officer and a senior corporate leader at several large public and private companies. He joined Allient from Elior North America, a subsidiary of Elior Group SA, a global contract food and support services company, where he served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Business Dining and Events since 2020. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Global Business Services and Chief Accounting Officer for Delaware North, a global privately held hospitality company. He also held senior finance roles at Armored Autogroup, Inc., Warnaco Group, Inc., and Honeywell International, Inc. He began his career in public accounting including the role of Senior Manager with Ernst & Young, LLP. Mr. Michaud is a Certified Public Accountant and earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Accountancy at Bentley University.

Mr. Bendre was named Vice President & President of Allient Orion Group in July 2020. He has led the Allient TCI technology unit since its acquisition by the Company in 2018. Mr. Bendre joined TCI LLC, a privately owned manufacturer of power quality solutions as Vice President of Engineering in 2011. He was promoted to President & Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and President & Chief Executive Officer in 2015. Prior to Allient/TCI, Mr. Bendre served as the Director of Technology for DRS Power & Control Technologies, a division of Leonardo DRS focused on naval power conversion. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago - Booth School of Business.

Mr. Pirthauer was named Vice President & President of Allient Dynamos Group in July 2020. He joined Allient as Chief Executive Officer of the Heidrive Group after its acquisition by the Company in January 2016. Mr. Pirthauer progressed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Heidrive GmbH in January 2013. Previously he held several positions in Heidrive GmbH including the position as Director of Sales and Technical Development since 2007 and Leader of the Sales Department since 2003. Prior to joining Heidrive GmbH, Mr. Pirthauer was the group leader of customer applications in the Heidolph GmbH & Co KG. Prior to that Mr. Pirthauer founded his own engineering consulting company IHP in August 1996 and served for the Heidolph GmbH & Co. KG since January 1997 as a consultant.

Mr. Warzala was named Corporate Vice President and President of the Allient Defense Business Unit in December 2024. He also holds the position of Chief Growth Officer and has led the Company's AI Taskforce since February 2023. In 2019, Mr. Warzala was named Director of Business Development to oversee and lead the acquisition strategy for Allient and was also appointed as the Corporate Director of Marketing to ensure acquisitions were effectively integrated within Allient. He began his career with the Company as a Marketing intern in 2010 and moved to a Regional Sales Manager role in 2011. His extensive experience in marketing and regional sales management roles has been instrumental in driving growth and market expansion. Since 2020, Mr. Warzala has led Allient in Community Development efforts, and, in 2022 was appointed as an Executive Board Member of the Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports Foundation. He holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Management & Marketing and Broadcast Communications from Mercyhurst University.

Mr. Federico has over forty-six years of operational, strategy and investment experience and has served as Lead Director for the past nine years. Since March 2016 Mr. Federico has been the Chairman and CEO of MicroSonic Solutions LLC, a science and technology company. In addition, from November 2012 he has been the Founder and Chairman at Cetan Partners, an investment and advisory firm. From June 2014 to April 2016 he was a Partner and later a Senior Advisor at TZP Group, a leading mid-market private equity firm, where he led the growth advisory practice. He spent the prior ten years as a Senior Advisor and Managing Director in private equity with Sterling Partners, where he served as an investment partner and additionally worked with Sterling's portfolio investments to build, capture and maximize best-in-class practices across the firm and instituted effective governance at the portfolio level. His background also includes senior management positions with companies including Thermo Fisher, The Millard Fillmore Health System, The Science Kit Group and KPMG. He currently is and has been involved with numerous private and non-profit boards. His risk management, operational, financial, technology, cyber security, environmental security and investment experience, knowledge of capital markets and experience on other public and private company boards prepare him to give the Board his views on strategic, operational, financial, advanced technology and environmental related matters.

Ms. Tzetzo serves as Chief Financial Officer of Tzetzo Companies LLC, a residential and commercial real estate company with primary focus in senior care facilities. From 2016 to 2018 she served as the first Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, a billion-dollar foundation, where she was responsible for all of the Foundation's legal and financial operations. Ms. Tzetzo's career as a tax attorney included partner roles at Hodgson Russ, LLP (2019 to March 2021) and Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP (2006 to 2016), where she represented numerous for-profit and not-for-profit clients on general tax and business matters. She currently is and has been involved with numerous private and non-profit boards. Ms. Tzetzo has served in management and leadership roles throughout her legal career. Her significant business and legal experience make her highly qualified to serve as a director.

Mr. Finch retired as President of Manufacturing and Community Engagement at Viridi Parente, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of environmentally conscious energy usage and storage products, including battery powered energy delivery systems for heavy equipment, and energy storage and power management systems. He is the former Plant Manager of the General Motors (GM) Tonawanda Engine Plant, one of Western New York's largest manufacturers with approximately 1,600 employees. Mr. Finch began his 41-year career with GM in 1976 and he held several assignments with increasing responsibility at various GM facilities outside Buffalo before becoming Tonawanda Engine Plant Manager in 2007. He was a previous board member and Senior Vice President of the Automobile Association of America Western and Central New York. He is currently an independent director at National Fuel Gas Company, where he serves on the Audit Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. Through his extensive career, Mr. Finch developed expansive and diverse experience in manufacturing and customer relations, as well as in capital and labor management. His experience in senior level oversight during periods of significant industry challenge and disruption provides an important perspective on organizational transformation and the management of regulatory and economic change.

Mr. May was named Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in August 2022. Prior to that he served as Director of Research & Development and Global Electronics, a position he held since January 2019. Prior to joining Allient, he spent over twenty years at Moog Inc. and eleven years, collectively, at Borg Warner and Zexel Corporations, serving in various capacities of systems engineering, project engineering, product line engineering management and functional management for actuation and electronics design. Mr. May holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).