On May 9, 2024, 2024, the Board of Directors of 2U, Inc. increased its size to nine members in accordance with the Company?s Eighth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and appointed Ivona Smith as a Class II Director to fill the vacancy created by such increase in size, both effective as of May 9, 2024. Ms. Smith?s term will expire at the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, subject to the election and qualification of her successor and her earlier death, resignation or removal. The Company does not currently expect that Ms. Smith will serve on any committee of the Board.