Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by for CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.'s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. It is now my pleasure to introduce the Chairman of the Board of CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc., Rod Brenneman. Please go ahead. Good morning. I am Rod Brenneman, Chairman of the Board of CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. On behalf of the Board of Directors and management of CrossFirst Bankshares, welcome to our 2021 Annual Stockholder Meeting. We again decided to hold our annual meeting virtually to increase stockholder participation across all of our markets. As we look forward, we remain determined to grow responsibly and increase the earnings power of the company. We had a great first quarter, and our results are available on our investor relations site. I will now begin the formal portion of the meeting. Will the meeting please come to order? We appreciate your attendance, your interest, and most importantly, your support of CrossFirst. This annual meeting of the stockholders is held pursuant to the bylaws of the company and written notice to all stockholders. Stockholders may submit questions at any time during this meeting in the space provided on the virtual meeting screen. 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 handling a few procedural matters, we will take up the items to be acted upon. We would like to welcome the directors and management of CrossFirst who are in attendance today. Also attending this meeting is Eric DeCoursey from BKD, our independent auditor. Although BKD has indicated that it does not wish to make a statement, Mr. DeCoursey is available to respond to appropriate questions during the general question and answer period. In accordance with our bylaws, I will act as Chairman of the meeting, and Aisha Reynolds will act as Secretary of the meeting. In addition, the board of directors has appointed Nancy Hoffman to serve as the independent Inspector of Election for this meeting. I request that she file her oath of office with the Secretary of the meeting for inclusion in the minutes of this meeting. 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 notice of this meeting and sending to stockholders of record as of March 19th of 2021 our proxy materials, all of which Broadridge commenced distribution of to stockholders on April 9th, 2021. I also have a copy of our proxy materials, which include our proxy statement and Form 10-K, which includes financial statements certified by BKD. A copy of our proxy materials was sent or made available to each stockholder entitled to vote at this meeting, and an electronic version of the proxy materials is available on the website used to access this meeting. The notice of meeting and the affidavit of mailing, together with the attachments thereto and the proxy materials, will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. The secretary has the list of the holders of record of common stock of the company at the close of business on March 19, 2021. This list of stockholders has been open for examination at the company for any purpose relevant to this meeting during ordinary business hours for the past 10 days. This list is available for inspection during this meeting by any stockholder on the website used to access this meeting. The secretary will please file a copy of the list of stockholders with the records of the company. The secretary has advised me that on March 19, 2021, the record date for this annual meeting, there were outstanding and entitled to vote a total of 51,681,438 shares of common stock. I have been informed by the Inspector of Election that there are 35,812,929 shares of stock represented by proxy, or approximately 69% of all the shares entitled to vote at this annual meeting. The shares so represented exceed 50% of the total shares entitled to vote at this meeting and thus constitute a quorum. On the basis of the report of the Secretary and the Inspector of Election, I find that proper notice has been given and that a quorum is present. Accordingly, this meeting has been properly convened. It is now 11:05 A.M. on May 11, 2021, and the polls for voting on all matters are open. All CrossFirst stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting have the ability to do so online. If you are a stockholder entitled to vote and have not yet voted, or if you want to change your previously cast vote, please do so via 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 her preliminary report. We'll move now to a review of the proposals. The first proposal to come before the meeting is the election of directors. At this meeting, we will be electing six directors for a three-year term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. The nominees are Steven W. Caple, Ron Geist, George Hansen, George Jones, Kevin Rauckman, and Grey Stogner. Information concerning their principal occupations, service as CrossFirst board members, skills and qualifications, and other matters which may be of interest are contained in the proxy statement. No other nominations were received prior to the deadline established in the company's bylaws. Therefore, no additional nominations may be made at this meeting, and I declare the nominations to be closed. Are there any questions or comments on the first proposal? Seeing none, we'll move on to the second proposal. The next matter to come before the meeting is the ratification of the appointment of BKD as the company's independent registered public accounting firm. The board of directors recommends the ratification of the appointment of BKD to serve as the company's independent registered public accounting firm and to audit the company's financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. Are there any questions or comments on this proposal? Seeing none, I'll move on to the final proposal. The next matter to come before the meeting is the approval of the amendment to the CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. employee stock purchase plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance by 750,000. The board of directors recommends the approval of such proposal. Are there any questions or comments on this proposal? Okay. The polls are about to close, so if you have not yet voted, please do so. Since everyone has had the opportunity to vote, it is now 11:09 A.M. and the polls are closed. The Inspector of Election has delivered her preliminary report, and I will now announce the preliminary results. Based on the Inspector of Election's preliminary report, each of the nominees for director received more than 74% of the votes cast in favor of his or her election and has been elected as a director of the company to serve for a three-year term that will expire in 2024. The ratification of the appointment of BKD as the company's independent registered public accounting firm received more than 99% of the votes cast in favor, and the appointment has been ratified. The proposal to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the employee stock purchase plan received more than 98% of the votes cast in favor, and the amendment is approved. 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. Well, that concludes the business for this meeting. 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 any questions that you have. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending today's meeting. Thank you. The annual general meeting for CrossFirst Bankshares Inc. has now come to an end. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.
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