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Nicholas Hughes-Jones has served as Senior Vice President, Business Development of SharonAI Inc. from February 15, 2024 to May 2025. Mr. Hughes-Jones consulted to the Company from July to December 2025 and then rejoined the Company in January 2026 as Head of Corporate Development. He has over 18 years' experience in financial markets and technology industries across corporate finance, funds management and senior executive roles at listed and unlisted energy infrastructure and technology companies. His experience includes serving as Chief Investment Officer of Defender Asset Management Pty Ltd, a diversified asset manager, from 2022 until 2024. He served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MIGI), a digital infrastructure platform developer and operator, from October of 2021 until November of 2022, where he helped build over 100 modular data centers across 200MW of energy infrastructure in the USA and Australia. He also served as Senior Advisor at Bell Financial Group (ASX:BFG), a brokerage and financial advisory services firm, from 2016 until 2021. He also served as Institutional Equities Dealer at Southern Cross Equities, an institutional equities and equity capital markets firm, from 2011 until 2016. Mr. Hughes-Jones has a Commerce Degree (majors in Corporate Finance and Business Law) from the University of Sydney.

James Manning has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 22, 2026, a Director since consummation of the Business Combination, the Chair of the Board of Directors since consummation of the Business Combination until May 21, 2026, and of SharonAI Inc. since February 15, 2024. After its acquisition by SharonAI, Mr. Manning has also continued to serve as the Chairman of Distributed Storage Solutions Limited ACN 646 979 222, until September 2024, an Australian company that operates HPC/AI and distributed storage operations, a position he started January 2021, before its acquisition by SharonAI. Mr. Manning has over 20 years' experience across corporate finance, accounting, business, asset management and operations in both public and private companies. He has spent the last 5 years focused on digital asset infrastructure, with a keen focus on the energy requirements for data center development. Mr. Manning currently serves as Managing Director at Vertua Limited, a listed investment company, a position he has held since June 2014. He was the founder and CEO of Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MIGI), a digital infrastructure platform developer and operator, until May of 2023. He is also the Chairman of Defender Asset Management Pty Ltd, a diversified asset manager, a position he has held since September 2015. Mr. Manning has a Master of Business (Finance) and a Masters in Property Development from the University of Technology Sydney, as well a Bachelor of Accounting from Australian Catholic University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors (FAICD), and a member of Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).

Alastair Cairns has been a Director of the Company since consummation of the Business Combination and of SharonAI Inc. since September of 2024. Previously, Mr. Cairns served as the Head of Asset Management, North America, at Linedata, a European listed financial software company, a position he held from July 2024 to November 2025. Previously, he was head of insights and marketplace at Addepar, a provider of reporting and analytics software to wealth managers, from 2017 until 2022. Prior to Addepar, he held executive positions at Credit Suisse from 2007 until 2016 in strategy, product and sales, in asset management and private banking. Alastair began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he rose to partner in the financial services practice. He holds degrees in Physics and Economics from Queen's University in Canada and a Masters in Economics from the University of Chicago.

David Burns was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company with effect from 07th September 2026. David Burns brings more than 35 years of experience leading and transforming technology, telecommunications and services businesses across Australia, the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to joining the Company, since 2024 he served as Principal of David Burns Advisory & Thinkingcubed, advising enterprise clients and private equity firms on acquisitions, organizational transformation, leadership and strategic customer priorities, and serving as an active investor in Humanico, a workforce-intelligence software business. Prior to that, between 2012 and 2024, he held a series of senior leadership roles at Telstra, including Group Executive, Telstra Enterprise, where from 2020 to 2024 he led the company's Australian B2B business and international portfolio; Group Executive, Global Business Services; Group Managing Director, Global Services & International; and Acting Group Executive, Enterprise & International Business, with responsibility spanning customer delivery, managed services, infrastructure, transformation and major acquisitions. Prior to Telstra, from 1990 to 2012, he held senior leadership roles at IBM across Australia, the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, including General Manager of Global Technology Services for IBM UK & Ireland, Managing Director of the IBM Telstra account, and General Manager of Global Technology Services for Australia and New Zealand. As Chief Operating Officer, David Burns leads the end-to-end delivery and operation of Sharon AI's multi-site, multi-country AI infrastructure estate, bringing together program management, procurement, the consolidated customer order book and partner-delivered services, with accountability for accelerating the journey from customer order to live operational capacity. He leads operational strategy and execution to scale the company's AI infrastructure platform with a strong focus on delivery, customer outcomes and financial performance.

Mr. Goel will serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company commencing August 24, 2026. Mr. Goel has over 20 years of investment banking experience at Macquarie Group, where he has served as Head of Technology, APAC at Macquarie Capital since 2012. Prior to that role, Mr. Goel served in Macquarie's Venture Capital division from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Goel holds an actuarial foundation and has extensive experience in technology, media and telecommunications transactions, including Telstra's approximately AUD$11 billion NBN transaction, WiseTech Global's approximately AUD$3.2 billion acquisition of E2Open, and the PEXA initial public offering, among other technology-related capital markets transactions. Mr. Goel has significant experience supporting listed-company chief financial officers and boards of directors through reporting cycles, initial public offering roadshows and investor engagement.

Tim Flahvin has been the Company's General Counsel since January 2026 and was subsequently appointed Company Secretary. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Flahvin was a partner at an Australian national law firm in the area of corporate law from 1998 to January 2026. He has over 28 years' experience at partner level practicing corporate law and working on transactions including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, compliance with relevant laws and listing rules as well as mergers and acquisitions. He has a Masters Degree in Law (Sydney University) and Bachelors degree in Accounting (University of Technology, Sydney).

Peter Woodward has been a Director of the Company since consummation of the Business Combination Mr. Woodward is the founder of MHW Capital Management, LLC, a position he has held since September 2005. From 1996 to 2005, Mr. Woodward was the Managing Director for Regan Fund Management, LLC. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Cartesian, Inc. from June 2015 to July 2018, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee for TSS, Inc., as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Precision Optics Corporation, and as the CEO of Innovative Power, LLC. Prior to founding MHW Capital Management, Mr. Woodward served as an economist for the Council of Economic Advisors at the White House. Mr. Woodward holds a BA in economics from Colgate University and a Masters of International Affairs with a concentration in international economics and finance from Columbia University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Daniel Mons has served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Company since consummation of the Business Combination and of SharonAI Inc. since May 17, 2025. He has over 20 years' experience in high performance computing encompassing infrastructure design, systems architecture, information security and cluster administration. Prior to joining SharonAI, he worked at Queensland State Government's Department of Environment, Science, Energy and Innovation's ASDI, Cutting Edge, Eyecon and Sunsuper building and managing HPC environments. He is proficient across Linux and open source technologies, security, encryption, networking and virtualization, and has a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the University of Queensland.

On May 21, 2026, the Board of Directors of SharonAI Holdings Inc., appointed Mr. Andrew Penn to serve as a member of, and as the Chair of, the Board, effective upon May 21, 2026. Mr. Penn Andrew Penn is a global business and technology leader with deep experience across financial services, technology, telecommunications, and both digital and physical infrastructure. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) and is Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee. He is also Chair of Visit Victoria and a Senior Adviser with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Penn previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX: TLS) from 2015 to 2022, leading one of Australia's largest telecommunications and technology companies through major strategic, operational, and technology transformation. Prior to Telstra, he was Chief Executive Officer of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings from 2006 to 2011, overseeing a large-scale financial services business across multiple Asia-Pacific markets. Mr. Penn has also served as Chair of the Expert Advisory Boards for Australia's 2020 and 2023 National Cyber Security Strategies, reflecting significant experience in cyber risk governance and national digital resilience. In recognition of his contributions, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2023 Australia Day Honours for distinguished service to business, charitable organizations, youth, and the arts.