Company: PLSAY
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001884082-25-000012
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Company: Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
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The Company believes that Mr. Li is qualified to serve on the Board based on his significant executive experience in the automotive sector and his experience in operational management in China.

Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann has served on the Board since June 2022. Dr. Neumann joined the Former Parent Board in February 2022. Dr. Neumann is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of KTN Investment and Consulting since March 2018. He also serves as a director of indie Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:INDI) since June 2021 and as a director of South Korea based Hyundai-Mobis since March 2019, and as a member of the Advisory Board of SK-On since February 2024. From April 2018 to June 2019, Dr. Neumann held a management position at Canoo Inc. (NASDAQ:GOEV), an electric vehicles company, where his responsibilities included technology and marketing. From March 2013 to March 2018, he was Executive Vice President & President Europe for General Motors Company, where he was also a member of the GM Executive Committee. Dr. Neumann was previously with Volkswagen AG, where he was Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Volkswagen Group China in Beijing from September 2010 to August 2012. Prior to this position, he held a number of management positions at Volkswagen, beginning in 1999 as Head of Research and Director of Electronics Strategy. From 2004 to 2009, Dr. Neumann was a member of the Executive Board at German automotive supplier Continental AG, responsible for the Automotive Systems Division. From August 2008 to September 2009, he was Chairman of the Executive Board of Continental AG. In December 2009, Dr. Neumann returned to Volkswagen AG and took over company-wide responsibility for electric propulsion. Dr. Neumann began his professional career at the Fraunhofer Institute as a research engineer before moving to Motorola Semiconductor, where he worked as an engineer and strategy director responsible for the

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automobile industry. Dr. Neumann holds a Ph. D. in Microelectronics from the University of Duisburg, as well as a diploma in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dortmund.

The Company believes that Dr. Neumannn is qualified to serve on the Board based on his significant executive experience in the automotive sector.

David Richter David Richter has served on the Board since June 2022 and joined the Former Parent Board in May 2020. Mr. Richt