Mr. Seidenberg served as Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications, Inc., a telecommunications provider, from 2002 to 2011. He also served as Chairman of the board of Verizon from 2004 to 2011. He previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation and NYNEX Corporation, Verizon s predecessor companies, from 1995 to 2002. Mr. Seidenberg previously served as a director of Perella Weinberg Partners, an investment banking financial services firm, from June 2021 to April 2023, Blackrock Inc. from 2011 to May 2020 and Boston Properties Inc. from 2014 to 2016. In light of his experience as a senior executive and director of other public companies, our Board has concluded that Mr. Seidenberg should be elected to serve as a director of the Company.