Lead Independent Director Committees: Audit (Chair) Nominating and Corporate Governance Conflicts (Chair) Our director since: July 2016 Qualifications: The Board nominated Mr. Hedayat because of his significant experience in investment banking, service as chief executive officer of a public company, and outside board service. In addition, the Board considered his international experience as well as his knowledge of finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. At our 2025 annual meeting, he received 97.9% votes in favor of his re-election. Business Experience: Mr. Hedayat is the founder and has been Managing Director of Maryana Capital, a financial firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since March 2015. From July 2024 to July 2025, Mr. Hedayat served as the Chief Executive Officer of DRI Capital Inc. ( DRI Healthcare ), the manager of DRI Healthcare Trust, a TSX traded trust with a portfolio of pharmaceutical and biotechnology investments for which Mr. Hedayat has served on the board since June 2020. Mr. Hedayat has served as the Chief Executive Officer of DRI Healthcare Trust since July 2025, when DRI Healthcare Trust internalized the manager function by acquiring the relevant assets of DRI Healthcare. He previously cofounded Edoma Capital in London, a capital fund, where he worked from 2010 until December 2012, and was a partner at Indus Capital, a capital fund in London, from May 2013 until March 2015. Mr. Hedayat held progressively more senior roles at the Goldman Sachs Group from 1997 to 2010, including from 2005 to 2007 as Managing Director of the European Principal Strategies group and from 2007 to 2010 as Managing Director and Co-head of the Americas Principal Strategies group. Mr. Hedayat previously served on the board of RMM Management, a music royalty company, from August 2020 to July 2021. Mr. Hedayat also served on the board and audit committee of U.S. Geothermal Inc., a renewable energy company, from February 2017 until March 2018 and served on the board and governance and nomination committee of Crius Energy, an independent energy retailer in the United States, from May 2018 through July 2019. Mr. Hedayat is 51 years old and resides in Ontario, Canada. Other U.S. Public Company Board Service Within Last Five Years: None.