On January 22, 2024, Mobix Labs, Inc. and Dr. Jiong Ma entered into a Resignation and Release Agreement pursuant to which Dr. Ma resigned from the Company?s Board of Directors as a director, effective January 22, 2024. On January 22, 2024, the Board appointed Mr. Michael Long as a Class III director of the Board effective immediately for a term expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. From May 2009 until May 2022, Michael J. Long, age 65, was the former chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (?Arrow?).

Prior to being named CEO in May 2009, Mr. Long served as president and chief operating officer (COO) of Arrow, with responsibility for all of the company?s operations and business units. Before that, Mr. Long served as senior vice president of Arrow and president of the company?s Global Components business with responsibility for overseeing Arrow?s semiconductor, passive, electromechanical and connector products and services businesses worldwide. Mr. Long had been employed by Arrow since 1991 when Arrow merged with Schweber Electronics, a company where he held various leadership roles from 1983 to 1990.

In 1994, Mr. Long was president, Capstone Electronics, an Arrow company, and from 1995 to 1999, he was president of Gates/Arrow Distributing. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Long was president and COO of Arrow North American Computer Products (now Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions). Mr. Long also served as president of North America and Asia/Pacific components.

Mr. Long holds a bachelor?s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He is active in the Young Presidents? Organization, a global peer networking group.

Mr. Long served on the board of directors of AmerisourceBergen from May 2006 until March 2023 and currently serves on the boards of the following nonprofit organizations: UC Health and the National Western Stock Show.