Company: SONM
Filing Date: 2025-06-24
Form Type: DEFN14A
Source: 0001213900-25-057305
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Company: SONIM TECHNOLOGIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-06-24
Form: DEFN14A
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 at the next annual meeting of Sonim’s stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Set forth below is: (a) the name, age, any position and office with Sonim held by each such AJP/Orbic Nominee, and the term thereof, business experience during the past five years (including principal occupation and employment during the past five years, the name and principal business of any corporation or other organization in which such occupation or employment was carried on; and whether such corporation or organization is a parent, subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company), a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that such AJP/Orbic Nominee should serve as a director for the Sonim as of the date hereof, in light of the Company’s business and structure (including such material information beyond the past five years and information on such AJP/Orbic Nominee’s particular area of expertise or other relevant qualifications); and (b) any directorships held by such person during the past five years in any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

| Name and Age             |     | Principal Occupation or Employment and Public Company                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Directorships, in each case During the Last Five Years                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |     | Business Address                             |
| Douglas B. Benedict (61) |     | Mr. Benedict currently serves as an Executive Vice President of Corporate Development of Orbic North America, LLC since 2022. Mr. Benedict’s role at Orbic relates to advising on developing and executing Orbic’s organic and inorganic growth through strategy formation and execution, including M&A, capital financings, strategic alliances, and corporate investing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Mr. Benedict has served as the Managing Principal of Regent Advisors since 2005, a corporate development, strategic and financing advisor to privately held company owners, boards of directors, entrepreneurs, C-suite executives and investors with respect to corporate strategy, M&A, capital structure, growth initiatives and operational efficiencies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Mr. Benedict also recently served as Managing Director at Outcome Capital from 2018 to 2022. Outcome Capital was a dual focused technology and specialized life sciences healthcare investment banking firm, providing advisory services to management teams and boards of directors with respect