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Arthur B. Crozier Executive Chair, Innisfree M&A Incorporated Arthur B. Crozier is Executive Chair of Innisfree M&A Incorporated of New York and of Lake Isle M&A Incorporated, Innisfree’s wholly-owned UK subsidiary. Mr. Crozier’s practice includes the representation of U.S. and international clients in a wide variety of transactions and proxy contests, as well as annual and special meetings. In addition, he counsels an international roster of clients on corporate governance, shareholder engagement and executive compensation issues. Recent high profile situations he has worked on include: Tesla in its proposal to adopt the 2025 CEO Performance Award at its 2025 Annual Meeting and the proposals to ratify the 2018 CEO Performance Award and to reincorporate from Delaware to Texas at its 2024 Special Meeting; Disney in its successful defense against Trian’s recent proxy contests; Rio Tinto in its acquisition of Turquoise Hill Resources, despite opposition by Pentwater Capital and SailingStone Capital Partners; Nielsen in its acquisition by a consortium of private investment funds, despite opposition by The WindAcre Partnership; TEGNA in its successful defense against two consecutive proxy contests by Standard General; HP in its successful defense against the unsolicited offer by Xerox; Dell Technologies in connection with the conversion of its Class V common stock, which was opposed by Carl Icahn; Cigna Corporation in its acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Co, despite opposition by Carl Icahn; The Walt Disney Company in its acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox; Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in its successful proxy contest against Pershing Square Capital Management; Deckers Brands in its successful proxy contest against Marcato Capital Management; Taubman Centers, Inc. in its successful proxy contest against Land and Buildings Investment Management; Tesla Motors in its acquisition of SolarCity; Chicos FAS in its successful proxy fight against Barington Capital; the successful defense at DuPont against the proxy contest waged by Trian Partners; the successful defense at Allergan against the unsolicited offer by Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Pershing Square Capital Management; the acquisition of Dell Inc. by Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management, despite opposition by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management. Mr. Crozier has written numerous articles and spoken extensively on the subjects of corporate governance, shareholder engagement, proxy contests, hedge fund activism, executive compensation and international voting practices. He received his B.A. degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. degree from Boston College Law School. He is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute, the Advisory Board for the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School, and the Society for Corporate Governance; as well as a Director of Scouting America, Greater New York Councils.