Today, Kevin Kraus, 8x8 Chief Financial Officer, Larry Denny, 8x8 Chief Legal Officer, Kate Patterson, 8x8 Head of Investor Relations, as well as several members of the board of directors. Also joining us is Chris Morgan, Partner at Grant Thornton LLP, 8x8 independent auditors. Mr. Denny will be acting as the secretary for the meeting and the inspector of elections. We will now proceed with the formal business of the meeting as set forth in your notice of the annual meeting and proxy statement. We will first present the four proposals submitted for approval by the board. We will take questions related to the proposals after all the proposals have been presented, after which we will announce the preliminary results of the voting. As I mentioned earlier, the polls are open for voting on all matters to be presented. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote. After I describe each item to be voted on, we will close the polls. We will not accept ballots, proxies, revocations, or changes after the closing of the polls. If you have already submitted your vote by proxy and do not wish to change your vote, you do not need to vote now, and your shares will be voted as previously instructed. If you intend to vote and have not already done so, you must submit your vote online now in order for it to be counted. If you have not voted, I strongly encourage you to vote online now. You should all have a copy of the rules of conduct for this meeting. In order to conduct an orderly meeting, we ask you that you follow these rules. Stockholders who are attending this meeting with a valid 16-digit control number may submit questions or comments through the text box located on the virtual meeting screen. We will try to answer the questions submitted that are relevant to the proposals as and if we have time. Kate Patterson will assist with the incoming questions. Please submit your questions now to make sure they are received in a timely fashion for review and response. Will the secretary, Mr. Denny, please report at this time with respect to the mailings of the notice of the meeting and the stockholders list? Yes. I have at this meeting a complete list of the stockholders of record of the company's capital stock on June 8th, 2026, the record date for this meeting. The list of stockholders is open for inspection by any stockholder present through the video meeting platform and will remain open for inspection during this meeting. I also have an affidavit certifying that on June 24th, 2026, materials related to the annual meeting of stockholders of the company were deposited in the United States mail to all holders of common stock of record at the close of business on June 8th, 2026. A copy of the notice, proxy statement, form of proxy, and affidavit of mailing will be attached to the minutes of this meeting. I hereby appoint Mr. Denny to act as Inspector of Election at this meeting. Mr. Denny has taken and subscribed to the customary oath of office to execute his duties, which will be filed with the records of this meeting. His function is to determine the number of shares represented in this meeting and the validity of the proxies and the existence of a quorum and qualification of the voters, when all balloting on all measures is complete, the number of votes cast as to each member. Will the secretary please report at this time with respect to the existence of a quorum? Yes. As the Inspector of Election, I confirm that proxies have been received for 113,553,670 of the 141,782,325 shares of common stock, which represents approximately 80.09% of the total number of outstanding shares. This constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. I hereby declare this meeting to be duly constituted for the transaction of all business. We will now continue with the business of this meeting. There are four proposals to be considered by the stockholders at this meeting. After all the proposals have been described, we will answer any questions related to the proposals submitted online. As a reminder, we ask that any comments or questions during this portion of the meeting pertain only to these proposals. Please submit any questions as soon as possible for our review. The first order of business is the election of eight directors to serve for a one-year term until the date of the annual meeting in 2027 and until their successors are elected. The following individuals have been nominated for a one-year term ending in 2027: Jaswinder Pal Singh, Monique Bonner, Andrew Burton, Todd Ford, Alison Gleeson, John Pagliuca, Elizabeth Theophille, and Samuel Wilson. The next item of business is the approval of a non-binding advisory basis of the fiscal 2027 compensation of our named executive officers as described in our proxy. The next item of business is the ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditors of the company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. The next item of business is the approval of an amendment to the amended and restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of common stock available for issuance thereunder by 8,338,000 shares. There are no other proposals for today's meeting. We will now review if there are any questions submitted about the proposals before we close the polls. As a reminder, we will only review and answer questions that pertain to proposals at this time. Ms. Patterson, are there any questions pertaining to the four proposals? There are no questions related to the proposals. Thank you. The time is now 9:07 A.M. Pacific Standard Time. The polls are now closed for voting. The Inspector of Elections will now present the results. The report of the Inspector of Election covering the proposals presented at this meeting is as follows. One, the motion to elect as directors of the company, Jaswinder Pal Singh, Monique Bonner, Andrew Burton, Todd Ford, Alison Gleeson, John Pagliuca, Elizabeth Theophille, and Samuel Wilson, is approved. Two, the motion to approve on a non-binding advisory basis the fiscal 2027 compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in our proxy, is approved. Three, the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 2027, is approved. Four, the motion to approve an amendment to the amended and restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance thereunder by 8,338,000 shares, as disclosed in our proxy, is approved. A full tally of the votes will be published on a Form 8-K by the company with the SEC within four business days of today's date. This concludes the formal portion of today's meeting, and the annual meeting is now adjourned. Thank you again for your attendance at today's meeting and for your continued support of 8x8. This concludes today's call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.
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