Welcome to the annual meeting for BCP Investment Corporation. Our host for today's call is Ted Goldthorpe, director, president, and chief executive officer. I will now turn the call over to your host. Mr. Goldthorpe, you may begin. Good morning. Welcome to the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of BCP Investment Corporation. My name is Ted Goldthorpe, Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of BCP Investment Corporation, and I will act as the chair of this meeting. We're excited to be hosting our virtual meeting, which allows us to be more inclusive and reach a greater number of our stockholders. We have stockholders attending via web portal and the 800 number that we have provided. We'll conduct the business portion of our meeting first and answer questions at the end of the meeting. Though we may not be able to answer every question, we will do our best to provide a response to as many as possible and invite stockholders with unanswered questions to email the company's investor relations group. It is now shortly after 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time on June 25th. This meeting is officially called to order. We appreciate the interest and support you express for BCP Investment Corporation by attending this virtual meeting. We'd also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that no one attending via webcast or telephone is permitted to use any audio recording device. It is possible that our discussion at today's meeting, including some of our comments and responses to your questions, may include forward-looking statements, which are predictions, projections, or other statements about future events. These statements are not historical facts and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from such anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, such forward-looking statements should not be relied upon. Except to the extent required by the applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Thus it should not be assumed that our silence over time means that actual events are occurring as expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Please refer to our discussion set forth under the Forward-Looking Statements section of the company's earnings release, as well as under the caption Risk Factors in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025, and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2026, as such risks, uncertainties, and factors may be updated in the company's periodic filings with the SEC. I would like to introduce Brandon Satoren, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer of BCP Investment Corporation. As Secretary of BCP Investment Corporation, Mr. Satoren will act as secretary of this meeting. I will turn to him with any procedural issues that may arise. We're also joined here today by the independent registered public accountants for BCP Investment Corporation, Deloitte & Touche LLP. They'll be available to respond to appropriate questions raised by stockholders at this meeting. We're also joined here today by Alexander Karampatzos of Dechert LLP, outside counsel to the company. After the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will provide time for general questions. Only validated stockholders may ask questions in the designated field on the web portal. Out of consideration for others, please limit yourself to one question. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. Again, we remind you that no one attending via webcast or telephone is permitted to use any audio recording device. I'm appointing Christopher J. Woods of American Election Services, LLC as Inspector of Elections for today's meeting. If you have not done so, you may vote your shares through the use of the web portal for this virtual meeting. In addition, if you would like to revoke your proxy or change your vote, you may do so through the web portal. In the interest of time, we ask you to take those actions now. Our bylaws provide that notice of the annual meeting be given to each stockholder not less than 10 or more than 60 days before the date of our meeting. Our bylaws provide that a majority of the voting power of issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, shall constitute a quorum. Mr. Satoren, may we have the report on giving of notice and whether a quorum is present? Mr. Chairman, I present to the meeting the following documents. A certified list of the holders of common stock of BCIC as of the close of business on April 27th, 2026, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and vote at this annual meeting that includes the residence of each and the number of shares held by each. The list has been prepared by Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, BCIC's transfer agent. The list of stockholders will remain open for inspection on the portal during the election at this meeting. An affidavit of Joan Vogel, an officer of Broadridge Financial Solutions, dated as of May 14th, 2026, as to the mailing of the notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for all beneficial holders of BCIC common stock as of the close of business on April 27th, 2026. Such notice provided stockholders with information on how to access the following documents: The company's annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31st, 2025, a notice of this annual meeting, the definitive proxy statement dated April 29th, 2026, and a proxy for the annual meeting. The board of directors fixed April 27th, 2026, as of the record date for determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and vote at this annual meeting. Approximately 62.96% of the outstanding common stock of BCP Investment Corporation Or an aggregate of 7,791,937 shares is represented here in person or by proxy. Under our bylaws, a quorum consists of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting. Accordingly, a quorum is present. Thank you. Please file these materials with the minutes of the meeting. Since a quorum is present, this meeting will proceed. On behalf of the board, I would like to express my appreciation to all stockholders who returned their proxies. It is now 11:07 A.M. Eastern Time on June 25th, 2026, and the polls are now open. Stockholders who wish to vote or change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. Stockholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet and do not want to change their vote do not need to take any actions. If any stockholder would like to make a comment regarding any of the proposals, please submit your comment through the web portal. We respond to any comments submitted after the proposals are presented. Polls remain open while proposals are being presented and will be closed after all matters have been brought before the meeting. First order of business for BCP Investment Corporation is the election of three directors of the company's board for a three-year term. In accordance with BCP Investment Corporation's bylaws, the board has fixed the size of the board at eight. The board has nominated Jennifer Kwon Chou, Joseph Morea, and Robert Warshauer to serve as directors for a three-year term in accordance with our bylaws. Ms. Kwon Chou, Messrs. Morea and Warshauer currently serve as directors of BCP Investment Corporation. Information about the background and service to BCP Investment Corporation of each of these nominees can be found in the proxy statement. The other five directors are not up for election at this time. Details into this matter are contained in the proxy statement. The board unanimously recommends that stockholders vote for the election of each of Ms. Kwon Chou and Mr. Morea and Mr. Warshauer as directors. Mr. Satoren, have any other nominations been made in accordance with our bylaws? No other nominations have been made. Mr. Chairman, I move for the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved that Jennifer Kwon Chou, Joseph Morea, and Robert Warshauer be elected directors of BCP Investment Corporation, each to serve for a three-year term expiring in 2029, and to hold such office until their successors are elected and qualified. I second the motion. Second motion being put forth for BCP Investment Corporation is the ratification of the appointment by the board of directors on recommendation of the audit committee of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ended December 31st, 2026. Details as to this matter are contained in the proxy statement. The audit committee of BCP Investment Corporation has recommended, and the board of directors has unanimously approved the appointment of Deloitte to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of BCP Investment Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31st, 2026, and recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. Mr. Chairman, I move for the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved that stockholders of BCP Investment Corporation hereby ratify the appointment of Deloitte to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of BCP Investment Corporation for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. I second the motion. We'll now respond to any comments that have been submitted. I've been informed that no comments have been submitted. Now that all proposals are being presented, and everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I now declare the polls for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of BCP Investment Corporation closed at 11:10 A.M. Eastern Time on June 25th, 2026. Let me now ask the Inspector of Elections for a report on the voting. Mr. Chairman, I have received the following preliminary voting results. The preliminary vote report for this meeting shows that each of the nominees for the election to the board of BCP Investment Corporation has been duly elected, and the appointment of Deloitte as the independent registered public accounting firm of BCP Investment Corporation for the fiscal year to December 31st, 2026 has been duly ratified. We will report the final voting results by filing a Form 8-K with the SEC within four business days of today. The chair directs that the results of this election be incorporated into the minutes of the meeting. Mr. Satoren, has any other business been brought before this meeting in accordance with our bylaws? No other business has been brought before the meeting. Since there's no other business, I move that the meeting be adjourned. I second the motion. Thank you. The annual meeting is now adjourned. We will now proceed to the question and answer portion. At this point, I would like to ask if any stockholder has a question. It is noted that there's no questions. This concludes our question and answer period, and on behalf of the board of directors and officers of BCP Investment Corporation, I would like to thank you for attending this meeting and express our appreciation for the loyalty and confidence of our stockholders. Thank you. This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.
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