Good day, welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Cion Investment Corporation. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mark Gatto. Please go ahead. Thank you. I would like to call to order the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Cion Investment Corporation, hereafter referred to as the company. I am Mark Gatto, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of the company. I will act as Chairman of the meeting. I hereby appoint Mr. John F. Holowach of American Election Services, LLC, as the Inspector of Election. Mr. Holowach has reported to me that shareholders present at the meeting by proxy or through the web portal represent more than one-third of the outstanding shares of the company as of the April 30, 2026, record date. Therefore, a quorum for the company is present, and the meeting is now regularly and lawfully convened and ready to transact business. Michael A. Reisner and Stephen Roman have been designated as proxy agents for all shareholders of the company who have properly returned their proxy cards or have provided voting instructions with respect to shares to be voted at this meeting. The proxy statement and the 2025 annual report of the company are available for inspection at www.proxyvote.com. I'd also like to present for the record an affidavit from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., the firm responsible for mailing the company's proxy materials. The affidavit shows that the notice of internet availability of proxy materials was duly mailed and that such mailing commenced on April 30, 2026, to shareholders of record as of the record date. We will now proceed to proposal one on the agenda to be voted upon in accordance with the direction of shareholders. To elect two directors of the company who will each serve for a term of three years, expiring in 2029 or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The two directors up for election this year are Robert A. Breakstone and Catherine K. Choi, each an independent director serving on the company's board. There being no shareholders desiring to vote at the meeting, the polls are declared closed. The Inspector of Election will tally the votes and report the results to the secretary. I ask the Inspector of Election if he is prepared to deliver the report on the results of the voting. The report of the Inspector of Election shows the results of the proposal brought to the meeting as follows. With respect to proposal one, a plurality of all the votes cast at the meeting have approved the election of Robert A. Breakstone and Catherine K. Choi, and therefore, proposal one is passed. The certificate of the Inspector of Election will reflect the approval of proposal one. We will now proceed to proposal two on the agenda to be voted upon in accordance with the direction of shareholders. To ratify the selection of RSM US LLP to serve as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026. There being no shareholders desiring to vote at the meeting, the polls are declared closed. The Inspector of Election will tally the votes and report the results to the secretary. I ask the Inspector of Election if he is prepared to deliver the report on the results of the voting. The report of the Inspector of Election shows the results of the proposal brought to the meeting as follows. With respect to proposal two, a majority of all the votes cast at the meeting have approved the selection of RSM US LLP for the year ending December 31st, 2026, and therefore, proposal two is passed. The certificate of the Inspector of Election will reflect the approval of proposal two. There being no further business on the formal agenda for this meeting, I move that the meeting be adjourned. Is there a second? Seconded. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? The meeting is now adjourned. Thank you all very much.
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