On January 5, 2024, Hull Xu tendered his resignation, resigning from his position as Chief Financial Officer, including as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, of Cepton, Inc. to pursue other opportunities. The Company accepted Mr. Xu?s resignation, effective as of January 5, 2024. In connection with Mr. Xu?s resignation, the board of directors of the Company appointed Dong (Dennis) Chang, the Company?s current Sr. Vice President of Manufacturing, as Interim Chief Financial Officer, including as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective as of January 5, 2024.

Mr. Chang has served as the Company?s Sr. Vice President of Manufacturing since December 2023, and previously served as Vice President of Manufacturing for the Company since February 2022. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Manufacturing for Cepton Technologies, Inc. since May 2019. Prior to joining Cepton Technologies, Inc., Mr. Chang served as an Engineering Manager at Bromic Group Pty Ltd. from October 2017 to April 2019.

Mr. Chang has an M.B.A. from Macquarie University and a B.Eng. in Automobile Engineering from Tsinghua University.