On October 12, 2023, the Company announced that John P. Bilbrey has been appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of such date. Mr. Bilbrey succeeds JuE Wong, who no longer serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of October 12, 2023. Ms. Wong will remain employed with the Company until October 20, 2023.

Ms. Wong has resigned from her position as a member of the Company?s board of directors, effective October 12, 2023. Mr. Bilbrey has served as Executive Chair of the Board since July 10, 2023. Mr. Bilbrey served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hershey Company, a multinational consumer food company, from 2011 until his retirement in 2017.

He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hershey from 2015 to 2017 and as Non-ExecutiveChairman from 2017 to 2018. Mr. Bilbrey joined Hershey as Senior Vice President, President Hershey International in 2003 and served as Senior Vice President, President Hershey North America from 2007 to 2010 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2010 to 2011. He previously spent 22 years at The Procter & Gamble Company.

Mr. Bilbrey serves on the Board of Directors of Campbell Soup Company, Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, Tapestry, Inc. and Colgate-Palmolive Company and also serves on the Kansas State University Foundation Board of Directors. Mr. Bilbrey earned a B.S. in Psychology from Kansas State University.