Mr. Donald R. Dixon has served as a Class III director since September 2022 and as the Chair of the Legacy Amprius board of directors since December 2016. Mr. Dixon also served as a director of Amprius Holdings, from June 2009 to October 2024. In 1993, he co-founded, and has since served as a Managing Director of, Trident Capital, a venture capital fund. In 2015, Mr. Dixon co-founded ForgePoint Capital, an investment firm focused on cybersecurity, where he served as a Managing Director from its inception through December 2025. He has remained with ForgePoint as a Senior Advisor since January 2026. Prior to Trident Capital, Mr. Dixon was the Co-President at Partech International, a private equity fund associated with Banque Paribas, a Managing Director at Alex. Brown & Sons, and a Vice President at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Dixon has previously served on the boards of directors of the publicly held companies IronNet, Inc., Qualys, Inc. and Top Image Systems Ltd., and several others. He currently serves as a director of a privately held company. Mr. Dixon is a member of the Leadership Council of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Mr. Dixon holds a B.S.E. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We believe Mr. Dixon is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive investment experience in the technology industry and extensive expertise and skills in strategy, finance and management.