Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Blue Foundry Bancorp special meeting. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Grimbilas. Please go ahead. Welcome to the special meeting of shareholders of Blue Foundry Bancorp. A special meeting will please come to order. I am Kenneth Grimbilas, Chair of Blue Foundry Bancorp. I want to welcome everyone to this special shareholder meeting of Blue Foundry Bancorp. On behalf of the directors and the officers of the company, I would like to welcome you and express my appreciation to you for participating in this virtual meeting today. I'd like to introduce Elyse Beidner, who will act as Secretary of the special meeting. I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce the other members of the board of directors, all of whom are participating in today's meeting: J. Christopher Ely, Robert T. Goldstein, Elizabeth Jobes, Patrick H. Kinzler, John F. Kuntz, Mirella Lang, Jonathan M. Shaw, and James D. Nesci. I'd like to turn the meeting over to Jim Nesci, our President and Chief Executive Officer, who will serve as Chair of this special meeting of shareholders. Thank you, Mr. Grimbilas. Let me add my warm welcome to our shareholders in attendance at this virtual meeting. If you need access to our proxy statement, a link to this document is available online. Also, we intend to follow the rules of conduct for this meeting, a copy of which is located in the special meeting portal. I ask for your cooperation and that you review and follow those rules so we can complete the meeting in a timely and organized fashion. If you are having technical difficulties, please call the number listed on the virtual meeting log-on page. You may submit written questions at any point today by clicking the question prompt box in the lower left portion below the meeting media window. We will address questions related to the matters conducted at this meeting following our presentation of the proposals. The board of directors has appointed Jim Raitt from American Election Services, LLC, to act as the Inspector of Election at the special meeting and to count and examine all voting. The inspector's report will be attached to the minutes of the special meeting. The Secretary has delivered to the inspector a list of the shareholders of the company entitled to vote at the special meeting as of the close of business on December 18th, 2025, the record date for voting. The Secretary informs me that the records of the company show that there were 20,761,225 shares of common stock issued, outstanding, and entitled to vote at the special meeting, of which 10,380,613 represent a majority. We have previously received confirmation that the notice of special meeting and a proxy card were mailed commencing on December 30, 2025, to each shareholder of record as of the close of business on the record date. The Secretary has previously delivered to the inspector a list of shareholders and all proxies that have been received. The Secretary informs me that more than a majority, the total outstanding shares entitled to be voted at the special meeting, are in attendance virtually or by proxy. The inspector is making an exact count and will submit a formal report on the number of shares present or represented during the course of the special meeting. A quorum is declared present, subject to the confirmation of that fact by the inspector in his report. The business to be acted upon at the special meeting, as stated in the notice of special meeting, is to consider and act upon: one, a proposal to approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 24, 2025, by and between Fulton Financial Corporation and Blue Foundry Bancorp. Two, a proposal to adjourn the Blue Foundry special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Blue Foundry special meeting to approve and adopt the Blue Foundry merger proposal, or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is timely provided to Blue Foundry stockholders. As you know, the board has recommended a vote in favor of each of the proposals. The proxy solicited by the board of directors can be tallied at one time, even though each proxy contains two proposals for consideration. Likewise, the votes that any shareholder present seeks to cast online can be handled the same way. Accordingly, I intend to introduce each of the two items for consideration and then open the meeting to questions regarding the two matters. At the conclusion of the discussion of the two items, we will take the vote on all items. The polls are now open. At the conclusion of the discussion on all matters, I will announce the closing of the polls. We will consider the proposals in the order presented in the notice of special meeting. You may submit written questions at any point today by clicking the question prompt box in the lower left portion below the meeting media window. The first item of business to be voted upon is a proposal to approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 24, 2025, by and between Fulton Financial Corporation and Blue Foundry Bancorp. The second item of business to be voted upon is the proposal to adjourn the Blue Foundry special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Blue Foundry special meeting to approve and adopt the Blue Foundry merger proposal, or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the proxy statement is timely provided to Blue Foundry stockholders. Thank you. Have any questions regarding the two proposals been submitted? There have been no questions posted on the meeting site. This concludes the discussion on all matters. Will the stockholders who wish to vote at this time, please do so by clicking on the link provided online. If you have already voted, there is no need for you to recast your vote. However, if you have not yet voted or wish to change your vote, you may do so by clicking on the link provided online. The voting is now closed. The Inspector has completed his count, and the secretary will now report on the certificate and report of the Inspector of Election. The report confirms that a quorum is and has been in attendance at the special meeting for all purposes. The report also shows that, 1, the proposal to approve and adopt the merger agreement received the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Blue Foundry common stock entitled to vote, and 2, the proposal to adjourn the Blue Foundry special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Blue Foundry special meeting to approve and adopt the Blue Foundry merger proposal, or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the accompanying proxy statement prospectus is timely provided to Blue Foundry stockholders, received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the special meeting. Accordingly, the proposal to approve and adopt the merger agreement has been approved, and the proposal to adjourn the Blue Foundry special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Blue Foundry special meeting to approve and adopt the Blue Foundry merger proposal, or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the accompanying proxy statement prospectus is timely provided to Blue Foundry stockholders, has been approved.
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