Mr. Rickenbacher has served as the Chair of the Compensation Committee since 2025 and if elected to the Board, shall serve as the Chair of the Governance Committee and Lead Independent Director. Prior to the Acquisition, Mr. Rickenbacher served as the Vice Chair of Aebi Schmidt s Board since 2023. In February 2026, Mr. Rickenbacher was nominated to the board of directors of The Swatch Group Ltd, a Swiss manufacturer of watches, which is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Since 2024, Mr. Rickenbacher has been Chair of the board of directors of Suva, one of the biggest injury insurance companies in Switzerland. Since 2023, Mr. Rickenbacher has served as a consultant for Bantel & Partner AG, a public relations firm in Zurich, Switzerland, having previously served as a director from 2017 until 2023. Mr. Rickenbacher has served as Chair of the board of directors of CSEM AG, a Swiss research and development center active in the fields of precision manufacturing, digitalization, and renewable energy, since 2023, and served as a member of the board of directors of Ender Diagnostics AG, a medical laboratory in Bern, Switzerland until 2024. Mr. Rickenbacher was the Vice President of the Switzerland Innovation Foundation from 2015 to 2021 and has since served as its President since 2022. Since 2018, Mr. Rickenbacher has served on the board of directors of BKW AG, a power production and distribution utility in Bern, Switzerland. Since 2016, he has served on the board of directors of each of HRS Real Estate AG, a Swiss owner-managed real estate service provider, Bernexpo AG, an exhibition and trade center in Bern, Switzerland and Andreas Rickenbacher Management AG, a business consultant company (for which he is also serving as a management consultant). Since 2016, Mr. Rickenbacher also serves as the Vice President of the Organization Committee of the Internationale Lauberhornrennen Wengen Association, a group that organizes World Cup ski races. From 2017 to 2023, Mr. Rickenbacher served as a member on the board of directors of Bigla Care AG, a supplier of hospital beds and mattresses and from 2016 to 2021, Mr. Rickenbacher served as a member of the advisory board of the Swiss Economic Forum. Mr. Rickenbacher founded and owned Rickenbacher Projekte GmbH, a public relations company, from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Rickenbacher worked as a project leader at MCM Consultants AG, a consultant company from 1998 to 2004 and as a project leader and assistant at Gfs.bern, a political and communications market researcher from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Rickenbacher was Secretary of Economic Affairs from 2006 to 2016 and Governor from 2012 to 2013 of the Canton of Bern. Mr. Rickenbacher earned a Master of Science in Business Administration from University of Bern. Mr. Rickenbacher has extensive knowledge and experience in executive leadership of large and complex public and private sector organizations. His subject matter expertise covers strategic business management, human resources, compensation, and organizational matters as well as stakeholder management and customer relationship management. Based on various board memberships, he has insight into different industries in different world regions.