Compass Digital Acquisition Corp. concurrently with the Closing, the current directors of the Company will appoint new officers and directors as follows: Daniel Hennessy ? Chairman, Thomas Hennessy ?

Chief Executive Officer and Director, Kirk Hovde ? Independent Director, Matt Schindel ? Independent Director and Joseph Beck ?

Independent Director (Messrs. Hennessy, Hennessy, Hovde, Schindel and Beck, collectively, the New Directors). The current officers of the Company will resign, effective immediately upon the Closing, and the current directors of the Company will resign immediately following the appointment of the new officers and New Directors.

Daniel J. Hennessy, age 65, has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (Nasdaq: HCVI) since September 2021. Mr. Hennessy is also the Managing Member of Hennessy Capital Group LLC, an alternative investment firm he established in 2013 that focuses on sustainable industrial technology and infrastructure sectors.

He also served as Chairman and CEO of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V, or Hennessy V, from October 2020. Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman and CEO of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.

IV, or Hennessy IV from March 2019 until its business combination with Canoo Holdings Ltd, which closed on December 21, 2020 and is now known as Canoo Inc. Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving since August 2018. He also serves as a senior advisor to Proptech Investment Corporation II, a special purpose acquisition company targeting businesses in the real estate technology industry, and 7GC & Co. Holdings Inc., a special purpose acquisition company targeting businesses in the technology industry.

Mr. Hennessy previously served as senior advisor to Proptech Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company targeting businesses in the real estate technology industry, which closed its initial business combination with Porch.com Inc. in December 2020. From January 2017 to October 2018, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. III, or Hennessy III, which merged with NRC Group Holdings, LLC, a global provider of comprehensive environmental, compliance and waste management services, and is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Ecology Inc. and served as a director from January 2017 to October 2019.

From April 2015 to February 2017, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman and CEO of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II, or Hennessy II, which merged with Daseke in February 2017 and is now known as Daseke Inc. and previously served as its Vice Chairman from February 2017 to June 2021. From September 2013 to February 2015, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp., or Hennessy I, which merged with School Bus Holdings Inc. in February 2015 and is now known as Blue Bird Corporation, and previously served as a director from September 2013 to April 2019.

From 1988 to 2016, Mr. Hennessy served as a Partner at Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC (n/k/a CHS Capital or CHS), a middle-market private equity investment firm he co-founded in 1988. Prior to forming CHS, Mr. Hennessy was employed by Citicorp from 1984 to 1988 as head of the Midwest Region for Citicorp Mezzanine Investments and Vice President and Team Leader with Citicorp Leveraged Capital Group. He began his career in 1981 in the oil and gas lending group at Continental Illinois National Bank (now Bank of America) where he was a Banking Officer.

Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Mr. Hennessy is well qualified to serve as director due to his experience in private equity and public and private company board governance, as well as his background in finance and his experience with Hennessy I, Hennessy II, Hennessy III, Hennessy IV, and Hennessy V. Thomas D. Hennessy, age 38, has served as a Managing Partner of Growth Strategies of Hennessy Capital Group, LLC, an alternative investment firm founded in 2013 that focuses on investing in industrial, infrastructure, real estate and climate technologies. Since March 2023, Mr. Hennessy has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of two (NYSE: TWOA), a special purpose acquisition company, which in August 2023 entered and announced a definitive business combination agreement with LatAm Logistic Properties S.A., a leading developer, owner, and manager of institutional quality, class A industrial and logistics real estate in Central and South America.

Since July 2023, Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corporation III, a special purpose acquisition company, which in August 2023 entered and announced a definitive business combination agreement with One Energy Enterprises Inc., a vertically integrated industrial power solutions company, and the largest installer of on-site, behind-the-meter, megawatt-scale, wind energy in the United States. Since February 2021, Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I, a special purpose acquisition company, which in March 2023 entered and announced a definitive business combination agreement with GLAAM Co. Ltd., a leading designer and manufacturer of architectural media display glass.

Since December 2020, Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of 7GC & Co. Holdings Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, which in August 2023 entered and announced an amended definitive business combination agreement Banzai International Inc., a leading marketing technology company that provides data-driven marketing and sales solutions. Mr. Hennessy, in his role as Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, has executed two SPAC business combinations, including (i) PropTech Acquisition Corporation?s business combination with Porch Group Inc. in 2020; and (ii) PropTech Investment Corporation II?s business combination with Appreciate Holdings Inc. in 2022.

Since 2021, Mr. Hennessy has also invested in numerous privately-held companies in his capacity as Managing Partner of Hennessy Capital Growth Partners, a growth equity fund that serves as a strategic capital and growth partner. Mr. Hennessy served from 2014 to 2019 as a Portfolio Manager of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mr. Hennessy is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his extensive experience with special purpose acquisition companies and his expertise in mergers and acquisitions.