Company: MRCY
Filing Date: 2025-09-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001049521-25-000029
Chunk: 49

Company: MERCURY SYSTEMS INC
Filing Date: 2025-09-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 49
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#### Who are Mercury’s executive officers?
The following persons are our executive officers as of the date of filing of this proxy statement:

| Name                |     | Age |     | Position                                                               |
| William L. Ballhaus |     |  58 |     | Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer          |
| David E. Farnsworth |     |  65 |     | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer                      |
| Stuart H. Kupinsky  |     |  57 |     | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary |
| Steven V. Ratner    |     |  49 |     | Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer                |

Our executive officers are appointed to office by the Board of Directors at the first board meeting following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders or at other board meetings as appropriate, and hold office until the first board meeting following the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until a successor is chosen, subject to prior death, resignation or removal.

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |     | David E. Farnsworth |
| David E. Farnsworth joined Mercury in July 2023 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Farnsworth was the Chief Financial Officer of HawkEye 360, a radio frequency data analytics company from 2020 to 2023. Before joining HawkEye 360, Mr. Farnsworth was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Integrated Defense Systems of Raytheon Company from 2018 to 2020. Before that, he was CFO for the Intelligence, Information, and Services segment of Raytheon. In March 2025, Mr. Farnsworth was appointed as a non-voting Board advisor at V2X Inc., and in August 2025 he was appointed to the Board at V2X., a leading facilities management, logistics, and network communications services company. |     |                     |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |     | Stuart H. Kupinsky |
| Stuart H. Kupinsky joined Mercury in January 2024 as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary. Previously, Mr. Kupinsky served as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for five public and private technology companies, including Blackboard Inc. (later Anthology Inc. following its acquisition of Blackboard) from 2015 through 2024, one of the largest global education technology companies, and Tekelec, Inc., a public