APH 10-Q Quarter ended June 30, 2021

Mr. Janulis founded and has served as a principal of Investable Oceans, an investment platform that is focused on sustainable ocean investing, since September 2019. From January 2014 until June 2016, Mr. Janulis served as the Chief Executive Officer of CRT Greenwich LLC, a financial services company. Prior to that, Mr. Janulis served as Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Bank FSB ("Aurora"), a federal savings bank, from September 2008 to January 2013. Before Aurora, Mr. Janulis spent 23 years at Lehman Brothers in various senior management roles including Global Head of Mortgage Capital, Global Head of the Investment Management Division, which included Neuberger Berman, and Global Co-Head of Fixed Income. Mr. Janulis also served on the firm's Executive Committee. Mr. Janulis' knowledge, skill, expertise and experience, including his extensive senior management experience, his service as Chief Executive Officer of two companies and his significant financial background, as evidenced by his professional and educational history, provides us with valuable experience at the board level.

Mr. Reed has been Chairman of the Board since May 2019, and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and President, and a member of our Board since November 2013. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of GateHouse Media, Inc. ("GateHouse"), our predecessor, since January 2006 and was a member of the board of directors of GateHouse since October 2006. Mr. Reed formerly served on the board of directors for the Newspaper Association of America, including one year as Chairman. He formerly served on the board of directors for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Reed also formerly served as a director of the Associated Press and Chairman of the Audit Committee for the Associated Press. Mr. Reed has a deep understanding of our operations, strategy and people, as well as our industry, serving in senior executive capacities in the newspaper and media industries for more than 30 years. Mr. Reed also has extensive corporate board experience.

Maha Al-Emam is a digital executive in media and technology, who served in an advisory capacity for Warner Bros. Discovery Global Brand Franchise (Nasdaq: WBD), a multinational media and entertainment company, from February 2023 to September 2023. Formerly, Ms. Al-Emam was Managing Director for Digital Strategy and Product at Apple Retail Worldwide, Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), a company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services, from October 2015 to July 2022. Ms. Al-Emam joined NBCUniversal Media, LLC, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, in September 2013, and prior to that, she served as Chief Product Officer for Bloomberg LP, a financial, software, data, and media company, from September 2011 to April 2013. Prior to Bloomberg, Ms. Al-Emam was Global Director of International Markets Technology for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, a business and economic-focused newspaper, from June 2009 to September 2011. Ms. Al-Emam brings to the Board valuable experience as a digital product leader, including experience leading product in omni-channel and digital-first companies, and experience leading traditional companies through a digital transformation.

Mr. Tarica was President and Chief Operating Officer of Jimlar Corporation ("Jimlar"), a member of the Li and Fung Group and a designer, distributor, and supplier of footwear, from March 1991 until his retirement in December 2014. Mr. Tarica serves on the board of directors of D'Addario and Company, a manufacturer of musical instrument accessories. Mr. Tarica also served on the Advisory Board of the New York Mets until November 2020. Mr. Tarica's knowledge, skill, expertise and experience, specifically his experiences in a variety of business divisions, including sales and marketing, his development of Jimlar's digital services and social media strategy and his over 20 years of operational and leadership experience as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Jimlar, are attributes our Board considers highly valuable.

Kevin M. Sheehan Lead Director Age: 71 Director since November 2013 Lead Director since May 2019

Mr. Louis served as a director and as Chairman of the Board of Gannett Co., Inc. (which we acquired in November 2019 and is referred to as "Legacy Gannett") from June 2015 to November 2019. Mr. Louis previously served as a director of TEGNA, Inc., Legacy Gannett's former parent, from October 2006 until June 2015. Mr. Louis was the co-founder of Parson Capital Corporation, a Chicago-based private equity and venture capital firm, and served as its Chairman from 1992 to 2007. He currently serves as a director of The Olayan Group and S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., Chair of the Board of Net Purpose Ltd., and is a Life Trustee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University. Mr. Louis has financial expertise, with substantial experience in founding, building and selling companies and investing in early stage companies from his years of experience in the venture capital industry as a leader of Parson Capital and as an entrepreneur who has founded a number of companies and provides the Board with a valuable perspective.

Ms. Sandler serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of La Grenade Group, LLC, a privately held consulting firm that she founded in 2015 and advises a wide range of clients on marketing innovation and overall business development. Ms. Sandler served as a director of Legacy Gannett from June 2015 to November 2019. Ms. Sandler served as Chief Health and Wellbeing Officer of Mars, Inc., a manufacturer of confectionary, food, and pet food products, from July 2014 through June 2015, having served as President, Chocolate, North America from April 2012 to July 2014, and Chief Consumer Officer, Mars Chocolate, North America from November 2009 to March 2012. Prior to joining Mars, Ms. Sandler spent ten years with Johnson & Johnson in a variety of leadership roles and, before that, 13 years with PepsiCo. She serves as a director of Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (Nasdaq: KDP), Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG), Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM), a trustee of Hofstra University, and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council. Ms. Sandler is a regular speaker on topics such as diversity and inclusion, multicultural business development and health and wellbeing in the consumer packaged goods industry. Ms. Sandler has served a member of the Board of Executive Managers of Pharmavite, LLC since 2017. Ms. Sandler has strong marketing and operating experience and a proven record of creating, building, enhancing and leading well-known consumer brands as a result of the leadership positions she has held with Mars, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo.

Ms. Wall served as the Chief Legal Officer of Legacy Gannett from June 2015 to November 2019, and as its interim Chief Operating Officer from March 2019 to November 2019. She previously held various other positions with TEGNA, Inc., where she worked for thirty years. Since 2007, Ms. Wall has taught media law at American University's School of Communications. She also currently serves on the boards of The Freedom Forum and The News Media Alliance. Ms. Wall brings extensive First Amendment and legal expertise in addition to a deep knowledge of Legacy Gannett and its history and operations. She has received several lifetime achievement awards, including the Media Law Resource Center's William J. Brennan, Jr. Defense of Freedom Award (2021), the American Bar Association's Champion of Freedom Award (2020) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press's First Amendment Award (2012).

Ms. Reinhard has been the President of Advertising for Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix") (Nasdaq: NFLX) since October 2023, having previously served as Vice President of Studio Operations and Consumer Products for Netflix from September 2020 until October 2023, and Vice President of Content Acquisition and Consumer Products for Netflix from November 2016 to September 2020. From January 2005 until November 2016, Ms. Reinhard was with Paramount Pictures Corporation (Nasdaq: PARA), a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc., where she held a series of advancing roles, most recently as President of Worldwide Television Licensing and Distribution from April 2014 to November 2016. Ms. Reinhard is a senior media executive with more than 20 years of strategy, operational, and management experience across the spectrum of television and film acquisition, production, marketing, and distribution. She has significant experience across traditional and digital media and brings to the Board a unique combination of strategy and operational skills with a global perspective, growth orientation and audience-focus.