the Board of Directors of a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. approved an increase in the size of the Board from eight members to nine members and appointed Sourav Ghosh to the Board and to the Audit Committee of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Ghosh will serve as a Class II director until the Company's 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

Mr. Ghosh is deemed to be independent in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange.