Mr. Wunderlich is a Class III member of the Board whose term of office as a director is scheduled to expire at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. Since December 2023, Mr. Wunderlich has been President and CEO of PNFP Capital Markets, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc (NASDAQ: PNFP). Mr. Wunderlich served as an officer of Live Oak Acquisition Corp. II from August 2020 to the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined below) on October 19, 2021. Since February 2022 Mr. Wunderlich has served as a Director of Valuence Merger Corp. I (NASDAQ: VMCA), a blank check company focused on combining with a merger target based in Asia (excluding China, Hong Kong and Macau). From February 2021 to November 2023, Mr. Wunderlich was President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and a member of the board of directors of Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp., a blank check company which redeemed its shares in 2023. From January 2020 to December 2020, Mr. Wunderlich served as an officer of Live Oak Acquisition Corp., a blank check company that consummated a business combination with Meredian Holdings Group, Inc., which was renamed Danimer Scientific, Inc. Mr. Wunderlich is co-founder and managing partner of Live Oak Merchant Partners, a merchant bank providing capital and advisory services to middle market companies across a wide range of industries. Prior to co-founding Live Oak in 2019, Mr. Wunderlich was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wunderlich Securities, Inc., a full-service investment banking and brokerage firm, from 1996 until its merger in 2017 with B. Riley Financial, Inc. From 2016 to 2018 Mr. Wunderlich was a member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association s National Board of Directors. He was also a founding board member of the American Securities Association from its inception in 2016 until 2018. Mr. Wunderlich also served in various capacities with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority including serving on the National Advisory Board, serving on the District 5 Committee as both a Member and Chairman, and serving as a Member of the National Membership Committee. Mr. Wunderlich received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of Memphis. We believe Mr. Wunderlich is qualified to serve on the Board due to his extensive investment and securities background .