Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It's 9:00 A.M. Pacific Time. The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Daré Bioscience will now come to order. I'm Sabrina Martucci Johnson, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Daré. I welcome you to this year's annual meeting and thank you for joining us. Please note that this meeting is being recorded on behalf of the company. However, meeting participants are not permitted to record this meeting. Our director nominees, our executive officers, and a representative from our independent registered public accounting firm, Haskell & White, are attending today's virtual meeting. I will act as chairperson of the meeting. Cynthia Skoglund of American Election Services has been appointed to act as the Inspector of Election to examine and tabulate proxies and ballots at this meeting. This concludes our introductions. The polls have been open since the beginning of this meeting and will remain open until I announce their closure following a brief review of each proposal to be voted on today. Any stockholder who has not yet voted or wishes to change his or her vote may do so by clicking on the Vote Here button at the center of their screen and following the instructions. Any stockholder who sent in a proxy or voted via the telephone or internet and does not want to change his or her vote does not need to take any further action. Stockholders may submit questions during the meeting by typing them into the Q&A interface on their screen. During the meeting, we'll respond to questions that pertain to the proposals to be voted upon today. Ms. Skoglund, do we have a quorum? Yes. A preliminary count of the shares represented in person or by proxy at this meeting indicates that the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date are present at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. In addition, the list of stockholders of record of the company as of the record date for this meeting, April 14, 2026, shows that as of that date, 14,559,502 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. I have in my hand an affidavit of distribution from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., indicating that on or about April 28, 2026, a notice of this meeting, along with related proxy materials, were mailed or made available on the internet to all stockholders of record. Thank you. We will now briefly review the proposals to be voted on today, following which the polls will close. Under the company's bylaws, the only matters properly before our stockholders today are those set forth in the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. Each proposal is more fully described in the proxy statement for this meeting. The first proposal is the election of two Class III directors to serve until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Our Board, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, nominated Gregory Matz and Sabrina Martucci Johnson for election. Our Board recommends that stockholders vote for the election of these nominees. Information concerning each nominee, their service with Daré, and other matters that may be of interest are contained in the proxy statement for this meeting. The second proposal is to ratify the appointment of Haskell & White, LLP, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31st, 2026. The Audit Committee of our Board selected Haskell & White, and our Board recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. The third proposal gives stockholders the opportunity to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for this meeting. Our Board recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. The fourth proposal gives stockholders the opportunity to indicate, on an advisory basis, the preferred frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers. Our Board recommends a frequency of every year. The fifth proposal is to approve, in accordance with Nasdaq listing rules, the potential future issuance of shares of our common stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, under our existing equity line arrangement for Lincoln Park. Our Board recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. The sixth proposal is to approve an amendment to the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000. Our Board recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. The seventh proposal is to approve an adjournment of the annual meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of Proposal 5, if there are not sufficient votes to approve Proposal 5. Our Board recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. The eighth proposal is to approve an adjournment of the annual meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of Proposal 6, if there are not sufficient votes to approve Proposal 6. Our Board recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. That concludes the review of the matters to be voted on. As I previously mentioned, the polls have been open since the beginning of the meeting. Any stockholder who has not yet voted or wishes to change his or her vote may do so by clicking on the Vote Here button at the center of their screen and following the instructions. We will provide approximately 10 seconds more for stockholders to do this, starting now. Any stockholder who sent in a proxy or voted via the telephone or internet and does not want to change his or her vote does not need to take any further action. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, it is now 9:06 A.M. Pacific Time, and I declare the polls closed. We will now hear from the Inspector of Election, who will read the preliminary report of the Inspector of Election. The preliminary report reflects only those votes received by the company by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on June 10, 2026. Any votes cast after that time will be reflected in the final report of the Inspector of Election and in the permanent records of the company. The final voting results will be reported on a Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC. Ms. Skoglund, please read the preliminary report. The preliminary report of the Inspector of Election shows that with regard to Proposal 1, the stockholders elected Gregory Matz and Sabrina Martucci Johnson as Class III directors. With regard to Proposal 2, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. With regard to Proposal 3, the stockholders approved on an advisory basis the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for this meeting. With regard to Proposal 4, our stockholders preferred frequency of voting on the compensation of the company's named executive officers is every year. With regard to Proposal 5, the stockholders approved, in accordance with Nasdaq rules, the potential future issuance of shares of our common stock to Lincoln Park under the company's existing equity line with Lincoln Park. With regard to Proposal 6, the stockholders approved the proposal to amend the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000. With regard to Proposal 7, the stockholders approved the proposal to adjourn the meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of Proposal 5 if there are not sufficient votes to approve Proposal 5. With regard to Proposal 8, the stockholders approved the proposal to adjourn the meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of Proposal 6 if there are not sufficient votes to approve Proposal 6. Thank you. This annual meeting is not considered a channel that satisfies the public disclosure mandates of Regulation FD. Therefore, we're only taking questions related to the proposals at this meeting. Since we have not received any such questions, this now closes the formal portion of today's meeting, and I declare the meeting adjourned at 9:09 A.M. Pacific Time. On behalf of the entire management team of Daré, I'd like to thank you, our directors, and our stockholders for your continued support. That concludes the presentation and webcast for today. We thank you for attending. You may now disconnect your line
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