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Mr. Arison has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since November 2022, and previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Legacy Grindr from October 2022 to November 2022. Mr. Arison previously served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift Technologies, Inc. (Shift) (Nasdaq: SFT) from December 2013 to September 2022, and he continued to serve as a member on the Board of Directors until August 2023. In 2018, Mr. Arison conceived and created Pulsar AI, an artificial intelligence platform for auto sales, which was acquired by Impel. Prior to that, he served in various positions at Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) from 2010 to 2013. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Arison served as co-founder of Taxi Magic (now known as Curb, acquired by Verifone), an on-demand ground travel tool and one of the earliest native mobile app technologies. From 2005 to 2007, he worked for Boston Consulting Group. Prior to his business career, Mr. Arison was a policy analyst and ran a political campaign in Georgia, the country of his birth, about which he wrote Democracy and Autocracy in Eurasia: Georgia in Transition. Shift filed for bankruptcy, which became effective in October 2024, more than two years after Mr. Arison left his operating role at the company. Mr. Arison received a bachelor's degree from Middlebury College. Since joining Grindr, Mr. Arison has overseen our successful transition to a public company, posting significant growth and profitability results and driving product innovation.

Mr. North has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2025. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Lazydays Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: GORV), a nationwide retailer of recreational vehicles, from September 2022 to September 2024. From October 2020 to September 2022, Mr. North served as Chief Financial Officer at Copart, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPRT), a leading provider of online auctions and vehicle remarketing services. Prior to that, Mr. North served as the Chief Financial Officer of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAR), a global leader in car and truck rental and on-demand car sharing, from March 2019 to August 2020. Prior to joining Avis Budget Group, Inc., Mr. North served for 17 years in a variety of leadership roles with Lithia and Driveway, Inc. (NYSE: LAD), a global auto retailer, including as Chief Financial Officer from January 2017 to March 2019, and before that, as Chief Accounting Officer from January 2016 to December 2016. Mr. North has served as a member of the Board of Directors of XPEL Inc. (Nasdaq: XPEL), a manufacturer of protective films for automotive and marine applications, since August 2023, including as Chair of the Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of AutoCanada Inc. (TSX: ACQ), a leader in Canadian automotive retail, since December 2025. Mr. North earned his B.S. in Finance from Santa Clara University in 1998. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a CFA Charterholder.

Mr. Balance has served as our Chief Product Officer since November 2022 and served as the Chief Product Officer of Legacy Grindr from December 2021 to November 2022. Prior to joining Legacy Grindr, Mr. Balance was the lead product manager of the Driving Team at Uber Technologies, Inc., where he worked from September 2016 to December 2019, and the co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dispatcher, Inc., a logistics technology platform for long-haul truckers and freight shippers, from November 2013 to August 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Balance was a product manager at Gigwalk, a software solutions company, from 2011 to 2013 and an analyst in corporate strategy and business development at The Walt Disney Company, a multinational entertainment and media conglomerate, from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Balance also serves as Grindr LLC's designee on the board of managers of the Start Up (as defined below in Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions-Start-Up Incubation). Mr. Balance received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree from Stanford University.

Mr. Katz has served as an officer of the Company since September 2023, initially as our General Counsel & Head of Global Affairs and Corporate Secretary, and as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Head of Global Affairs and Corporate Secretary since January 1, 2026, responsible for our Legal, Privacy, Government Affairs, and Grindr for Equality functions. From 2014 to September 2023 Mr. Katz held several executive roles including Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer at education technology leader Age of Learning, Inc. At Age of Learning he oversaw legal, privacy, government affairs, partnerships, communications, research, and the company's joint venture with Rakuten in Japan. Mr. Katz served in the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2013, including as Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, overseeing agency strategy and operations on behalf of the Chairman, after serving in the White House Counsel's Office. He was previously an attorney at the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 1999 to 2002 he worked at a Silicon Valley strategy consulting and venture capital firm. Mr. Katz received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was elected Editor-in-Chief of The Yale Law Journal and served on the board of directors of The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc., and a bachelor's degree from Yale College, magna cum laude, in History of Science.

Mr. Gearon has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2022 and our lead independent director since November 2025. Mr. Gearon is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 28th Street Ventures, LLC, a family office based in Atlanta which he founded in 2007. A pioneer in the cell tower industry, Mr. Gearon has established six successful businesses across six countries over 30 years, spanning four continents. His roles have included Chairman of Pan Asia Tower, a wireless communications and broadcast infrastructure company, from 2013 to November 2019; and Chairman Advisor of PT Serana Menara Nusantara Tbk, the largest cell tower company in Indonesia, from 2007 to 2016. Prior to these roles, he served as Vice Chairman of American Tower Corp. from 2002 to 2007 and was on its Board of Directors from 1998 to 2003, following the sale of his business, Gearon & Co., to American Tower. Beyond telecommunications, Mr. Gearon has also made significant contributions in the sports industry. He was part owner of the Atlanta Hawks from 2004 through 2023, serving as Governor from 2005 to 2009 and as co-managing partner and board member from 2004 to 2015. He also co-owned the Atlanta Thrashers from 2003 to 2010. His achievements in business were recognized when he was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997. Mr. Gearon received a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in Inter-Disciplinary Studies from Georgia State University.

Mr. Zage has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2022. Mr. Zage has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Tiga Investments Pte. Ltd. since November 2017 and was a founder and previously served as a director, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of Tiga Acquisition Corp. from July 2020 to November 2022. In April 2021, he also joined the Board of Directors of EDBI Pte Ltd, independent equity investment arm of Singapore's Economic Development Board, and in April 2025 changed his role to Senior Advisor. Prior to August 2018, Mr. Zage was managing director and Chief Executive Officer of Farallon Capital Asia Pte Ltd, which invests capital on behalf of Farallon Capital Management LLC, where he was a partner. Mr. Zage joined Farallon Capital Management LLC in March 2000 and in 2002 set up and ran Farallon Capital Asia Pte Ltd (also previously known as Noonday Asset Management Asia Pte Ltd). Prior to joining Farallon, Mr. Zage was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte Ltd in the Investment Banking Division having also worked for Goldman Sachs in New York and Los Angeles. Mr. Zage continued to serve as a part-time senior advisor at Farallon until December 2025. He serves as a member of the Board of Commissioners of PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk and as an independent director of numerous private companies. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Whitehaven Coal Limited (ASX: WHC.AX) from August 2013 until October 2025, and as a member of the board of directors of Toshiba Corporation from June 2019 until October 2023, where he served as chair of the nomination committee. Mr. Zage received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1992.

Mr. Hanna has been nominated to serve on the Board of Directors beginning in June 2026 immediately following the Annual Meeting. Mr. Hanna has served as Chief Risk Officer of Bloomberg LP since July 2025, where he oversees the company's global risk management program across risk domains, including operational and technology risks. Prior to that, Mr. Hanna served as Chief Compliance Officer of Bloomberg from June 2018 to July 2025. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Hanna served as a Managing Director in Compliance at JPMorgan from 2011 to 2018, where he advised on banking and securities regulations across the firm's investment banking and asset management businesses, and as a litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from 2006 to 2011, where he focused on securities litigation and internal investigations. Mr. Hanna received a B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Ms. Gersh has served on the board of directors of Hasbro, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAS) since 2010, where she had chaired the Compensation Committee for seven years and where she currently sits on the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Gersh also serves as a member of the board of directors of Starz Entertainment (Nasdaq: STRZ), which she joined when the Company went public in May 2025. At Starz, Ms. Gersh chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and sits on the Compensation Committee. Ms. Gersh also serves on the board of directors of three private companies, Jones Road Beauty, Anastasia Beverly Hills, and Pypestream. Previously, Ms. Gersh served on the board of directors of MoneyLion, Inc. (NYSE: ML), a publicly traded financial technology company, from September 2021 until the company was sold to Gen Digital Inc. in February 2025. During her tenure at MoneyLion she chaired the Nominating and Governance Committee and sat on the Compensation Committee. Ms. Gersh has had a lengthy career in consumer products and media. She was a cofounder of Oxygen Media, where she served as the President and Chief Operating Officer until its sale to NBC in 2009. Ms. Gersh was retained by NBC as the President of Strategic Initiatives, a role she held until NBC's sale to Comcast in 2011. After leaving NBC, Ms. Gersh served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and eventually Chief Executive Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, Ms. Gersh played a pivotal role as Chief Executive Officer in the formation of GOOP, a private lifestyle company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow. Ms. Gersh began her career at Debevoise & Plimpton, and later as a founding member of New York law firm, Friedman Kaplan & Seiler LLP, where she worked creating strong corporate partnerships. Ms. Gersh received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School.

Mr. Solomon has been nominated to serve on the Board of Directors beginning in June 2026 immediately following the Annual Meeting. Mr. Solomon has served as Chief Executive Officer of H55, a Swiss electric aviation propulsion battery company, since November 2025. From September 2024 to March 2026, Mr. Solomon served as a Venture Advisor with AI Fund, a venture studio that works with AI start-ups. Prior to that, Mr. Solomon co-founded Kite and served as the Chief Executive Officer from April 2022 to February 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Solomon served as Chief Executive Officer of GoFundMe from July 2015 to March 2020 and as Chairman from June 2015 to May 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Solomon served as a Venture Partner at Accel Partners, a venture capital firm, from 2013 to 2015. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Solomon served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN), a publicly traded e-commerce marketplace. Mr. Solomon currently serves on the board of directors of GoFundMe.ORG and Woodside Horse Park, non-profit organizations, and privately held companies Instacoach, Biztrip.ai, and Pixi. Mr. Solomon received a B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley.