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Terran Orbital Expands Leadership Team with Focus on Growth and Profitability – Company Announcement

Peter Krauss appointed chief operating officer

Adarsh ​​Parekh appointed as CFO

Mathieu Riffel appointed as chief accounting officer


BOCA RATON, FL.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 29, 2024–
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) (“Terran Orbital” or the “Company”), a global leader in satellite solutions for the aerospace, defense, intelligence and commercial industries, today announced the appointments of key members of its leadership team to accelerate the Company’s path to increased revenues and obtaining positive cash flows.

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Terran Orbital welcomes Peter Krauss as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).  (Image: Terran Orbit)


Terran orbit welcomes Piotr Kraus as the new chief operating officer (COO). (Photo: Terran orbit)

The company welcomes you Piotr Krauss as the new chief operating officer (COO), Adarsh ​​Parekh as the new chief financial officer (CFO) and Mathieu Riffel as chief accountant (CAO). Vocation Mr. Kraus is valid from June 1, 2024and nominations Mr. Parekh AND Mr. Riffel valid from June 17, 2024.

Mr. Kraus AND Mr. Parekh everyone will report to Mark Bell, co-founder, president and CEO of the company. About effectiveness Mr. Parekh AND At Mr. Krauss’s nominations, respectively Mr. Riffel I will report Mr. Parekh. Mr. Kraus will oversee all engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, business development and marketing functions, as well as our international operations. Mr. Parekh will oversee all accounting, finance and investor relations functions.

Tony Gingissthe current operating director of the Company, decided to leave Terran orbit. This decision is based on mutual respect and understanding. Therefore, in order to facilitate the smooth and orderly transfer of his responsibilities, Mr Gingiss agreed to provide strategic consulting services to the Company until his departure July 15, 2024. The company is extremely grateful for his leadership and contributions over the past year and wishes him all the best in his future endeavors.

“We are thrilled to welcome Piotr Kraus AND Adarsh ​​Parekh to the Terran Orbital Family and promote Mathieu Riffel. All three executives have a proven track record of operational efficiency, financial discipline and accelerated growth,” Bell said. “Their leadership will play a key role in our strategy to streamline our operations, optimize financial performance and deliver profitable revenue growth. This strategic strengthening of our leadership team reinforces our commitment to delivering value to our shareholders.”

As director of operations, Piotr Kraus will focus on increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs of Terran Orbital’s production and production processes. Mr. Kraus is an experienced sales, marketing and operations executive with nearly 30 years of experience leading organizational growth and profitability, as well as extensive expertise in building and managing complex, global production and distribution systems in countries such as USA, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, Hungary, Singapore, Hong KongAND Taiwan. Mr. Kraus brings extensive expertise in cost reduction, process optimization and efficiency improvement. Mr. Kraus has extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions and a history of significant transactions. As a proven operator, Mr. Kraus specializes in team building, mentoring and effective communication with an emphasis on creating an ideal work culture focused on results. As a problem solver and change agent, Mr. Kraus is a specialist in improving customer and team member experiences while delivering efficient, effective and scalable operations and significant financial results.

Adarsh ​​Parekh joins Terran orbit as CFO, contributing over 20 years and $2.5 billion transactional experience in the financial sector, including strategic growth initiatives, strategy planning and implementation, FP&A, M&A, leveraged financing, capital markets transactions and treasury management. Before joining Terran orbit, Mr. Parekh he served as the company’s financial director Alio limited liability companymedical technology company where he oversaw all financial and accounting functions and played a key role in the company’s initial commercialization efforts. Mr. Parekh he also served as financial director for Woodspur Farmsa vertically integrated specialty agricultural company where he was responsible for the integration of four separate acquisitions and numerous organizational initiatives.

As CAO, Mathieu Riffel will focus on the Company’s accounting, financial reporting, internal controls and compliance processes. Mathieu Riffel has been with the Company since 2021, most recently as acting financial director. Mr. Riffel will continue to serve as the Company’s chief accountant. His deep commitment to accuracy and attention to detail will ensure continued financial transparency.

“Peter Krauss, Adarsh ​​ParekhAND Mathieu Riffel are the right leaders at the right time for Terran Orbital,” Bell added. “Their combined expertise and focus on profitability will drive our positioning Terran orbit compete for speed in responsive space and the proliferation of mega-constellations expected from government and commercial customers in the coming years. We are confident that they will help us achieve our financial goals and deliver long-term value to our stakeholders during this exciting period of growth.”


ABOUT Terran orbit


Terran orbit is a leading manufacturer of satellite products serving mainly the aerospace and defense industries. Terran orbit provides end-to-end satellite solutions, combining satellite design, manufacturing, launch planning, mission operations and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civilian and commercial customers. More information can be found at www.terranorbital.com.


Forward-looking statements

This press release contains, and the Company’s management and representatives may from time to time make, other public written and oral announcements containing “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. We intend for such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Art. 21E of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any statements, other than statements of current or historical fact, contained in this press release regarding our expected future financial performance, our business strategy, current strategic review, future operations, results of operations and its impact on our stockholders, our ability to implement, expectations regarding key customer contracts and management’s expectations, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “plan”, “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “outlook”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “project”, “continue ” “may”, “might”, “might”, “possible”, “potential”, “anticipate”, “will”, “should”, “would” and “could” and other similar words and phrases, but none of these words do not mean that the statement does not apply to the future. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (many of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that could cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this document. press release, including, without limitation: statements regarding our ability to drive revenue growth and achieve positive cash flow, streamline our business, optimize our financial performance and deliver profitable revenue growth, and achieve our financial goals and deliver long-term value to our stakeholders; and other risks disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with: KNOT ON April 1, 2024 and a supplement to the prospectus dated September 18, 2023 related to our Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-271093), which has been declared effective by KNOT ON April 18, 2023.

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