Good afternoon. I want to welcome all of you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Aeva Technologies, Inc., and call this meeting to order. I am Mina Rezk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aeva Technologies. In accordance with our bylaws, I'll be acting as the chairman of this meeting. Along with my fellow directors and executive officers of the company, I would like to thank you for your attendance, your interest, and most importantly, your support of Aeva Technologies. As you are aware, we are holding this meeting virtually. Stockholders may submit questions at any time during this meeting in the space provided on the virtual meeting screen. This annual meeting of stockholders is held pursuant to the bylaws of the company and written notice to all stockholders. During the annual meeting, questions from stockholders should pertain to the proposals being considered at that particular time. Stockholders wishing to ask other questions will be given an opportunity to do so following the meeting. After introducing the directors and officers in attendance and dealing with a few procedure matters, we will take up the items to be placed upon. I would like to introduce you and welcome each member of our board of directors who are present at today's meeting. With us, we have Daniel Gibson, Katherine Motlagh, Soroush Salehian Dardashti, Chirag Shah, Stefan Sommer, Stephen Zadesky. I would also like to introduce you to Andrew Fung, our Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Development, who will act as the secretary and timekeeper of the meeting for us today. I am pleased to welcome the representative of Deloitte & Touche, our independent registered public accounting firm. Although Deloitte has indicated that it does not wish to make a statement, they are available to respond to appropriate questions during the general question and answer period. I would like to introduce Richard Leza, who has been appointed to act as an Inspector of Elections for this meeting. He has previously taken his oath as our Inspector of Elections. Will the secretary please report on the proof of notice of the meeting? I have an affidavit of mailing from Broadridge Financial Solutions certifying as to the giving of the notice of this meeting and the sending to stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 24th, 2026, the notice of internet availability of proxy materials, all of which Broadridge commenced distributing to stockholders on April 29th, 2026. This affidavit is available if any stockholder wishes to examine it and will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. I also have a copy of the company's annual report for 2025, which includes financial statements certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP. A copy of this annual report was sent or made available to each stockholder entitled to vote at this meeting. An electronic copy of it is available on the website used to access this meeting. The notice of meeting and the affidavit of mailing, together with the attachments thereto, the annual report, and the oath of the inspector of elections will all be filed with the minutes of this meeting. The secretary has the list of the holders of record of the common stock for the company at the close of business on April 24, 2026, which was the record date set by the board. This list of stockholders has been open for examination by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the annual meeting for a period of 10 days prior to this meeting by contacting our investor relations department. The secretary will please file a copy of the list of stockholders with the records of the company. Andrew, will you please present your report of attendance at this meeting so that we can determine whether a quorum is present? Mr. Chairman, on April 24th, 2026, the record date for this annual meeting, there were outstanding and entitled to vote a total of 63,026,459 shares of common stock. I have been informed by the inspector of election that the number of shares of stock represented by proxy and entitled to vote at this annual meeting exceeds 50% of the total shares entitled to vote at this meeting, and therefore constitutes a quorum. Thank you, Andrew. On the basis of the report of the secretary and the inspector of election, I find that the proper notice has been given and that a quorum is present. Accordingly, this meeting has been duly convened. The polls for the voting on all matters are open. All Aeva Technologies stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting have the ability to do so online. If you are stockholders entitled to vote and have not yet voted, or if you want to change your previously cast vote, please do so by the website used to access this meeting. Please remember that if you have already voted by proxy, it is not necessary to vote again. After voting has been completed on all matters on the agenda, we will close the polls, and the inspector of election will provide his preliminary report. We will move now to a review of the proposals. Voting will commence after all proposals have been presented. The first proposal to come before the meeting is the election of the directors. At this meeting, we will be electing two Class II directors to hold office until our 2029 annual meeting of stockholders. If elected, each director shall serve until such director's successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until such director earlier resignation or removal. The nominees are Hrach Simonian and Stephen Zadesky. The board has recommended you vote in favor of the nominees. The nominees receiving the highest number of votes in favor of their election at this meeting will be elected. Information concerning the nominees and other matters which may be of interest is contained in the company's proxy statement. No other nominations were received prior to the deadline established in the company bylaws. Therefore, no additional nominations may be made at this meeting. I declare the nomination to be closed. The next matter to come before the meeting is the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. The board recommends that you vote to approve the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, to serve as the company's independent registered public accounting firm and to audit the company's financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2026. Are there any questions or comments on the proposals brought forth during today's meeting? Again, please follow the instructions provided on the virtual meeting screen to submit questions, and be mindful of the rules of conduct. This concludes our presentation of the proposals at this meeting. The polls are about to close. If you have not yet voted, please do so. Since everyone has had the opportunity to vote, the polls are closed. The Inspector of Election has delivered the preliminary report. I will now announce the preliminary results. Mr. Chairman, based on the Inspector of Election's preliminary report, on the first proposal, Hrach Simonian and Stephen Zadesky were the nominees who received the highest number of votes in favor of election. As a result, each has been elected as a Class II director to hold office until our 2029 annual meeting of stockholders. On the second proposal, a majority of the votes cast were in favor of the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm. Therefore, the appointment has been ratified. We will file the final report of the Inspector of Election with the records of this meeting. We expect to report the results of the voting on a Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business days of this meeting. That concludes the business for the meeting. It is 12:13 A.M., and the meeting is now adjourned. I now invite you to ask any questions you may have regarding the company and its business. Please follow the instructions provided on the virtual meeting screen to submit questions and be mindful of the rules of conduct.
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